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Pyaasa

  • ‘Confused product of a confused brain’: When Guru Dutt cast a spell over everyone – except one man

    ‘Confused product of a confused brain’: When Guru Dutt cast a spell over everyone – except one man

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Jul 09, 2025 · 07:45 am
  • Personal essay: How films became a bridge to my past and my present

    Personal essay: How films became a bridge to my past and my present

    Suresh Chabria
    · Apr 20, 2023 · 07:35 am
  • Sahir Ludhianvi at 100: Why the poet and film lyricist was the original ‘Angry Young Man’

    Sahir Ludhianvi at 100: Why the poet and film lyricist was the original ‘Angry Young Man’

    Akshay Manwani
    · Mar 07, 2021 · 08:45 am
  • How Guru Dutt became the reluctant hero of his masterpiece ‘Pyaasa’

    How Guru Dutt became the reluctant hero of his masterpiece ‘Pyaasa’

    Yasser Usman
    · Jan 11, 2021 · 10:30 am
  • How Guru Dutt laid himself bare in his films

    How Guru Dutt laid himself bare in his films

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Sep 17, 2020 · 10:30 am
  • Picture the song: ‘Sar Jo Tera Chakraye’ proves that Johnny Walker is truly the best stress-buster

    Picture the song: ‘Sar Jo Tera Chakraye’ proves that Johnny Walker is truly the best stress-buster

    Archana Nathan
    · Jul 22, 2018 · 09:15 am
  • Beyond ‘Maa Tujhe Salaam’, the film songs that dare to step out of line when things go off-key

    Beyond ‘Maa Tujhe Salaam’, the film songs that dare to step out of line when things go off-key

    Rineeta Naik
    · Aug 12, 2017 · 01:30 pm
  • ‘Pyaasa’ is the Guru Dutt gift that keeps giving

    ‘Pyaasa’ is the Guru Dutt gift that keeps giving

    Nasreen Munni Kabir
    · Oct 17, 2015 · 12:30 pm