Pyaasa (1957)
February 19, 1957Release Date
Pyaasa (1957)
February 19, 1957Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Guru Dutt
Vijay
Waheeda Rehman
Gulabo
Mala Sinha
Meena Ghosh
Rehman
Ghosh
Johnny Walker
Abdul Sattar
Kumkum
Juhi
Leela Mishra
Vijay's Mother
Shyam Kapoor
Shyam / Assistant Director
Mehmood
Vijay's Elder Brother
Tun Tun
Pushplata
Radheshyam
Vijay's Eldest Brother
Abrar Alvi
Writer
Moni Chatterjee
Chatterjee
Sachin Dev Burman
Composer
V.K. Murthy
Cinematographer
Rajendra
(as Rajendar)
Y.G. Chawhan
Editor
Bhanu Athaiya
Costume Design
Biren Nag
Art Direction
Jayant
Makeup Artist
Mohammed Rafi
Playback Singer
Sahir Ludhianvi
Songs / Lyricist
Suhrid Kar
Assistant Music Supervisor
K.G. Prabhakar
Additional Camera
Surya Kumar
Choreographer
Babu Rao
Makeup Department Head
M. D. Moses
Additional Camera
Niranjan
Assistant Director
S. Guruswami
Production Supervisor
Mukul Bose
Sound Recordist
G.L. Kashmiri
Production Manager
G.R. Narvekar
Other
Geeta Dutt
Playback Singer
E.G. Shinde
Assistant Editor
Ramlal Maheswari
Assistant Costume Designer
Neel Kamal
Ashita
Maya Dass
Mohan Sandow
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Pyaasa (Hindi pronunciation: [pjɑːsɑː]; transl. Thirsty) is a 1957 Indian Hindi drama film directed and produced by Guru Dutt, who stars alongside Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman, Rehman, and Johnny Walker. Set in Calcutta, it focuses on the disillusioned Urdu poet Vijay (Dutt), whose works are underestimated by publishers and panned for writing on social issues rather than romantic topics. The film follows his encounters with the golden-hearted prostitute Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman) and his former girlfriend Meena (Sinha), how the former helps him to get his poetry published, the success of his works, and his romantic relationship with Gulabo.
The role of Vijay was initially offered to Dilip Kumar which he declined owing to the impact of doing intense films on his health. Later, in an interview, he also said that he found the character of Vijay in Pyaasa similar to that of Devdas and admitted Pyaasa was one of three movies he regretted turning down. Guru Dutt, later accepted the role himself and the film went on to become one of the most commercially successful movies of the year. Pyaasa is a classic and is considered one of the best films of Indian cinema. It was remade into the Telugu film Mallepoovu (1978).