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Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)
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Suresh Sinha, who comes from a poor background, makes it big in the Bombay-based Indian film industry as a Director especially for the movie "Zordar"...
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2 wins
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Abrar Alvi: A Life lived in Guru Dutt’s Shadows
(From RealBollywood. 22 November 2009, 8:47 PM, PST)
India's 'Orson Welles' honored at New York Film Festival
(From The Bollywood Ticket. 7 October 2009, 11:08 AM, PDT)
(From RealBollywood. 22 November 2009, 8:47 PM, PST)
India's 'Orson Welles' honored at New York Film Festival
(From The Bollywood Ticket. 7 October 2009, 11:08 AM, PDT)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Waheeda Rehman | ... | Shanti |
 | Guru Dutt | ... | Suresh Sinha |
| Kumari Naaz | ... | Pramila 'Pammi' Sinha (as Baby Naaz) |
| Johnny Walker | ... | Rocky |
| Mahesh Kaul | ... | Rai Bahadur B.P. Verma |
| Veena | ... | Veena B. Varma / Veena S. Sinha |
| Minoo Mumtaz | ... | Veterinarian |
| Nilofar | (as Nilofer) | |
| Ruby Mayer | (as Sulochna Devi) | |
| Sheelavaz | (as Sheila Vaz) | |
| Vikram Kapoor | (as Bikram Kapoor) | |
| Mehmood | ... | Suresh Sinha's brother |
| Mohan Choti | ||
| Munshi Munakka | (as Munshi Munaqqa) | |
| Haroon |
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Paper Flowers
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148 min
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This was India's first widescreen film; it used the CinemaScope process.
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Referenced in Love Aaj Kal (2009)
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Ek Do Teen Chaar Aur Paanch
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I never associated Bollywood with introspective, semi-autobiographical tragedies, but here we are: writer-director-star Guru Dutt plays Suresh Singh, a highly successful movie-director who discovers a new star Shanti (Waheeda Rehman). The two fall in love but when he loses a custody battle with his estranged wife over his daughter, Suresh slides down a self-destructive path.
A movie like Kaagaz Ke Phool shows how wrong the stereotyped view of Bollywood-movies, as cheesy, badly made opiate for a backward people, really is. This is a highly intelligent, deeply personal movie with strong performances, assured visual direction, great cinematography and beautiful songs. It's not perfect: it drags somewhat in the middle and the broad comic relief feels out of place, but this movie about movies that can hold its own against any version of A Star is Born.
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