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Abrar Alvi (1 July 1927 – 18 November 2009) was an Indian film writer, director and actor. Most of his notable work was done in the 1950s and 1960s with Guru Dutt . He wrote some of the most respected works of Indian cinema, including Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) and Pyaasa (1957), which have an avid following the world over.
Abrar Alvi was born on 1 July 1927 in Ayodhya, India. He was a writer and actor, known for Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) , Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966) and Professor (1962) . He died on 18 November 2009 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Writer, Actor, Director
- July 1, 1927
- Abrar Alvi
- November 18, 2009
Abrar Alvi and Guru Dutt formed a great team around a few others. Abrar, the writer cum director, combined with the great Guru Dutt to make screen magic. This book is a collection of Abrar's reminiscences of a great little partnership that sadly came to an end with Guru Dutt's tragic suicide.
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- Sathya, Saran,
Nov 18, 2019 · Abrar Alvi on the set of Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) | Bollywood Direct @Bollywoodirect | Twitter Part of this perception problem could have been the undervalued idea of a writer’s role. But it was more the fact that this was the period of auteurs — larger-than-life film directors who had a signature style.
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Abrar Alvi was born on 1 July 1927 in Ayodhya, India. He was a writer and actor, known for Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966) and Professor (1962). He died on 18 November 2009 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- July 1, 1927
- November 18, 2009
Dec 22, 2020 · Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi’s Journey; Sathya Saran; Penguin; Non-fiction; ₹299. In his 80s, and encumbered by illnesses, lonely and bitter, Alvi then was a complex person. But his ...
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Abrar Alvi was credited as screenplay and dialogue writer for the first time for Guru Dutt’s Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), but the film flopped at the box office. Under the same banner, Abrar Alvi also wrote the script and dialogues for Guru Dutt’s film adaptation of Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962), based on Bimal Mitra’s eponymous novel.