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Ranked #5 of 100
Guide
गाइड · 1965
A tour guide, a dancer escaping a marriage, and an accidental sainthood. R. K. Narayan's novel turned into the most spiritually restless film in the mainstream.
- Director
- Vijay Anand
- Year
- 1965
- Genre
- Drama · Romance
- Cast
- Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman
Why it's at number 5
Vijay Anand's camera choreography in 'Piya Tose' is still taught. The ending refuses to comfort you.
A tour guide, a dancer escaping a marriage, and an accidental sainthood. R. K. Narayan's novel turned into the most spiritually restless film in the mainstream.
Guide sits in the 1960s alongside Mughal-e-Azam and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam — a decade this canon treats as foundational.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Vijay Anand — also responsible for Jewel Thief.
- Released in 1965, in the 1960s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Drama, Romance.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
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