Director

Guru Dutt

2 films in this canon, from 1957 to 1959. Highest ranked: #2.

Guru Dutt holds 2 films in this canon, spanning 1957–1959 — all within the 1950s. The highest-ranked is Pyaasa (1957) at #2, which we describe as: A poet nobody wants alive and everybody wants dead.

The work here clusters around Drama, Musical — though the sample here is small. Full filmography, crew credits and awards are on Wikipedia and IMDb.

Below: every Guru Dutt film in the canon, each with its own page, external sources and streaming links. Browse the rest of the canon by decade, by genre, or start from #1.

RankFilmYearDirectorGenre
2 Pyaasa प्यासा 1957Guru DuttDrama, Musical
8 Kaagaz Ke Phool कागज़ के फूल 1959Guru DuttDrama

Film record Wikipedia — the article linked from each film page · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one

Editorial The ranking and the case made for each placement — not a measurement · last revised 9 August 2026 · signed by Amit Sharma · the scoring is published in full so the machinery can be argued with, not just the result

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