Guide (1965)

When mistaken to be a sage by some villagers, an ex-tour guide reflects on his past and lost love to search for spiritual wisdom to guide the villagers.

Director:

Vijay Anand

Writers:

Vijay Anand (dialogue), Vijay Anand (screenplay)

Stars:

Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Leela Chitnis

Top Rated Indian Movies #24 | 8 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dev Anand	...	Raju
Waheeda Rehman	...	Rosie Marco / Nalini
Leela Chitnis	...	Raju's Mother
Anwar Hussain	...	Ghaffoor
Ulhas	...	Raju's Uncle (Mamaji)
Gajanan Jagirdar	...	Bhola (as Jagirdar)
Rashid Khan	...	Joseph
Kishore Sahu	...	Marco
Praveen Paul	...	Bhola's Wife (as Pravin Paul)
Mridula Rani	...	Laxmibai (as Mirdula Rani)
Purnima
Sheela R.	...	(as Ellen Sheela R.)
Krishan Dhawan	...	Inspector Girdhari
Prem Sagar
Narbada Shankar	...	(as Nerbada Shankar)

Storyline

After being released from prison for Forgery and Theft, multi-linguist Raju (Dev Anand) reflects on his life as a Guide; his meeting with the daughter of a prostitute, Rosie (Waheeda Rehman), who was unhappily married to Marco (Kishore Sahu) and wants to take up acting and dancing as a career. Rosie separates and moves in with Raju and his mother (Leela Chitnis). They both re-locate and with Raju's encouragement, she succeeds in an acting and dancing career resulting in both becoming very wealthy. He then succumbs to gambling and alcohol and forges Rosie's signature. He is arrested, tried in court, found guilty and imprisoned. Now discharged from prison, he changes his mind about returning home to his mother and decides to go elsewhere and start afresh - a decision that will alter his life and way of thinking forever.

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Plot Keywords:

forgery | dancing | release from prison | ex convict | self expression | 

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Taglines:

From the pen of Pearl S. Buck - India - its mysteries of a million years past. A man and a woman and the passions of today!

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Genres:

Drama | Musical | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Guide was Dev Anand's first film in color.

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Alternate Versions

The American version includes brief nudity (body double) and a scene that implies Dev Anand's character has had sex with the heroine.

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Connections

Referenced in Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

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Soundtracks

Kya Se Kya Ho Gaya Bewafa, Tere Pyaar Mein
Lyrics by Shailendra
Music by Sachin Dev Burman
Records on H.M.V.

User Reviews

'Can there be any connection between one man's hunger and the rains?'

When I travelled from India to US this was the only Hindi movie DVD that I carried with me. To me this is a "complete movie", as a movie should be. It entertains me by taking me through a wide gamut of emotions, it stimulates me spiritually and philosophically (indian faith, western existentialism are all there) and it is technically brilliant.

Each scene seems to be individually composed and you can see the effort that director vijay anand and his crew put in. Raju speaks to us in one of the scenes "there is not much difference between me and you". And as he speaks this you see the statue of Krishna in the background and Raju's index finger stretched as if holding a sudarshan chakra. Brilliant!!! Subtle things like these that you have to watch out for. The name "Guide" itself conveys a different meaning at different times in the movie; a railway guide, a personal guide and then a spiritual guide.

It is very sad that a brilliant director like Vijay Anand could never come out of the shadows of Navketan and despite giving us some of the most important and influential movies of our times was ignored. People in west respect their classics and make an effort that Billy Wilder, Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Chaplin etc. are not forgotten. New directors openly admit how much they have been influenced by these people. But in India, what is not on MTV is not worth remembering. In another 10 years no one will remember Vijay Anand.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

6 February 1965 (India)

Also Known As:

Guide

Filming Locations:

Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Navketan International Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

183 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (US version) Color (Pathécolor) (original Indian version)