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  One of these aborted projects was  Gouri , launched in 1957. Guru Dutt Films Private Limited, fresh from the success of  Pyaasa  that year, announced a film in Bengali and English.  Gouri  was to have been directed by Guru Dutt and was billed as the acting debut of his wife, playback singer Geeta Dutt. Gouri  was set in the director’s favorite city, Kolkata. The plot revolves around a successful sculptor of Durga idols who meets a prostitute, who, to him, resembles the goddess. Moved by the woman’s plight, he marries her. They lead a blissful life until one of his friends starts blackmailing him. When his parents find out about their daughter-in-law’s past, they start mistreating her. The woman runs away.  Two scenes were filmed and music director SD Burman had recorded two songs when Guru Dutt stopped production.  Had  Gouri  been made, it would have been India’s first film in the Cinemascope format, rather than his  Kaagaz ...

  We all remember the song "Mera Sundar Sapna Beet Gaya" with this song Geeta Dutt became famous That was in 1947 with the release of 'Do Bhai' music was given by S D Burman.  1947-1949 saw Geeta Roy rule as the number one female playback singer in the Hindi film industry as she moved from strength to strength. She married Guru Dutt in 1953 whom she fell in love with during the recording of the songs of' Baazi'(1951). In 1957 Guru Dutt started a film 'Gauri' in Hindi and Bengali with her as the heroine.  This film was supposed to be shot in the new cinemascope technology. It is said that a lot of expensive types of equipment were ordered from abroad and the shooting began with a lot of expectations from Geeta Dutt The shooting of the film began and a few reels were shot. Based on the available information, at least one song sung and acted by Geeta was recorded. To much dismay of Geeta, Guru Dutt decided to scrap the film. It was a case of shattered dre...

  Guru Dutt and Sanjeev Kumar,  the two legendary actors of Bollywood were born on 9th July of 1925 and 1938 respectively. What a coincidence that both died prematurely. Both started their career early in their life. Guru Dutt got a   job under a three-year contract with the Prabhat Film Company in Pune  when he was just nineteen years of age. Sanjeev Kumar also started  his acting career as a stage actor, starting with  IPTA  in  Bombay  and later joining the Indian National Theatre. A t the age of 22, he played an old man in a play, an adaptation of  Arthur Miller's   All My Sons . In the following year, in the play  Damru  directed by  AK Hangal , he again played the role of a 60-year-old with six children. Guru Dutt acted in a small role as Sri Krishna in  Chand  in 1944. In 1945, he acted as well as assisted director Vishram Bedekar in  Lakhrani , and in 1946 he worked as an assistant director and ...