Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Sar Jo tera Chakraye..

Today, on the birth anniversary of India's most enigmatic actor & director - Guru Dutt, there is an interesting tale to tell.

While Chhote Nawab was the first release of R D, his first signed movie was Raaz, which was to be produced by Guru Dutt. Unfortunately the movie got shelved and post that, since Guru Dutt dies in 1964, both could never work together - at least not directly.

 I use the word directly, because, much later, in fact 16 years after R D's death, in 2010, for a movie, Arun Dutt (son of Guru Dutt) confirmed that original composition of one of the songs of Guru Dutt's most celebrated work Pyaasa was by R D, and fine tuned by S D.

 While we listen to the magic of this song, I am sure Guru Dutt's association with R D could have also led to some amazing music numbers.


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