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Jul 9, 2023 · Kaagaz Ke Phool, the first cinemascope film in India, had a disappointing run at the box office upon its release in 1959, and its failure is said to have affected him so much that he quit film direction. But Raj Kapoor had predicted the film’s cult status and told Dutt, “Don’t worry, you have produced the picture 15 years too early.”
The films of actor, producer, and director Guru Dutt continue to occupy an in-between space within the larger traditions of Indian cinema. Suresh Sinha, a famous film director, discovers star potential in Shanti, a woman he stumbled into one rainy evening, and casts her as the lead in his new production. In a twist of fate, Shanti becomes a ...
Oct 2, 2000 · Kaagaz Ke Phool, India’s first film in the Cinemascope format, has been considered Guru Dutt’s finest and most autobiographical film by many. It is generally felt by most old timers and historians that the film was a cinematic masterpiece that, tragically, went over the audience’s heads and sank like the Titanic so to say in its time.
Kaagaz Ke Phool however, took that tradition of romantic melodrama onto a wholly new, and unprecedented plane, and to see how it did so, we need only to continue with the sequence of how Sinha discovers Shanti. He has been rejected by his wife and by his haughty father-in-law, and stands beneath a tree to shelter himself from the rain.
Jan 2, 1985 · Kaagaz Ke Phool (1985), Drama released in Hindi language in theatre near you. Know about Film reviews, lead cast & crew, photos & video gallery on BookMyShow.
Jan 2, 2024 · Like Raj Kapoor and Radhu Karmakar, filmmaker Guru Dutt and cinematographer VK Murthy formed a formidable partnership in shaping classic Hindi cinema. Kaagaz Ke Phool, India’s first film in CinemaScope, exemplifies their collaboration. Despite facing initial setbacks—legend has it that even the erstwhile President Rajendra Prasad left its screening—the film has since attained cult classic status, particularly lauded for its cinematography. Both the film and its creator continue to ...
The film tells, in flashback, the story of Suresh Sinha, a famous film director and his relationship with an aspiring actress.
