Ok Dudes, when Western eyes fall upon biggin up Indian directors
The names that always come to mind are the likes of Shekar Kapoor & Satyajit Ray.
But if you ever get a chance to watch this directors work please do!
His Name is Mr Guru Dutt and in my opinion he is also one of the best film directors of Bollywood Cinema.
He should also be remembered as one of the pioneering great directors of Indian Cinema.
I get loads of emails about where do I all the info about directors and films lol:() Most i watch on DVD or on TV. I came across Guru Dutts work from a Indian musician friend of mine a couple of years ago, he gave me the film Kagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flower) Personally this is my fav of all his films.
Wow this film moved me. Below is a clip from his film on youtube please watch.
GURU DUTT-KAAGAZ KE PHOOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6JOR6o1Cto
This clip is the final scene, Sinha, remembering his glorious past, dies in the empty film studio in the director's chair, a lonely and forgotten man
The film tells, in flashback, the story of Suresh Sinha (Guru Dutt), a famous film director. His marriage to Bina (Veena) is on the rocks because her wealthy family sees filmmaking as a job lacking in social status. He is also denied access to his daughter Pammi (Naaz) who is sent to a private boarding school.
On a rainy night Sinha meets a woman Shanti (Waheeda Rehman) and gives her his coat. She comes to the film studio to return the coat, unintentionally disrupting the shooting by walking in front of the camera. While reviewing the rushes, Sinha recognises her potential as a star in the making and casts her as Paro in Devdas. Shanti goes on to become an acclaimed star. Shanti and Suresh, two lonely people, come together. Their liaison is hotly debated in gossip columns and results in Pammi's friends tormenting her in school. Pammi pleads with Shanti to leave Sinha's life and allow her parent’s marriage another chance. Moved by Pammi’s plea Shanti throws away her career and becomes a school teacher in a small village. Shanti’s departure drives Suresh to alcohol, a downhill slide in his career and consequent decline in his fortunes. Shanti is forced to return to films since she has a contract with the studio.
Eventually he gets a chance to make a comeback film only if it stars Shanti; but by then she is unable to help him, as he is too far-gone for redemption. In the final scene, Sinha, remembering his glorious past, dies in the empty film studio in the director's chair, a lonely and forgotten man.
Guru Dutt in Pyaasa (1957)
1959 Kaagaz Ke Phool . Mr Guru Dutt invested a great deal of love, money, and energy in this film, which was a self-absorbed tale of a famous director (played by Guru Dutt) who falls in love with an actress (played by Waheeda Rehman, Dutt's real-life love interest). Kaagaz Ke Phool failed at the box office and Dutt was devastated.
On October 10, 1964, Guru Dutt was found dead in his bed in his rented apartment at Pedder Road in Mumbai. He is said to have been mixing alcohol and sleeping pills. His death may have been suicide, or just an accidental overdose.
Guru Dutt was at first mourned as a matinee idol but as the years passed, it became ever clearer that it was as a director that he would be remembered. Starting in 1973, his films were shown at film festivals throughout India and the rest of the world. Despite being a commercial director, he appealed to the same intelligentsia who made Satyajit Ray an international favourite. He also has a place in the hearts of many ordinary Indians for his song picturisations and the many vivid characters sketched in his films.
WOMAN IN BLACK TV DRAMA
written by Susan Hill
http://www.susan-hill.com/
Man I watched this film back in 1994 on C4 it was really really good.
One of my all time TOP Horror films ever! The Novel written by the wonderful Susan Hill.
Actually the Novel is worth a buy! I DON'T have any personal affiliation with Susan but above is her website.
Ok Dudes now this is in my opinon one of the most scariest films made and it was made for TV lol:()
The WIB is a beautifully photographed film & It doesnt have fancy ass special effects etc etc. Just good ole story telling.
The story centres around a young solicitor, Arthur Kidd, who is sent by his superior, Mr Sweetman, to Crythin Gifford, a small market town on the East Coast of Britain, to attend to the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, an elderly widow who lived alone in seclusion at Eel Marsh House.
According to local tales, seeing the Woman in Black meant that the death of a child would follow. After the affair is settled, Arthur Kipps returns to London, marries and has a child of his own. At a fair, while his wife and child are enjoying a carriage ride, Kipps suddenly sees the Woman in Black once more. She steps out in front of the horse pulling the carriage and startles it so that it gallops away, killing the child and fatally injuring Kipps' wife. The Woman in Black has had her vengeance.
Me being me!!! You can watch it on YOU TUBE if you search lol :()
WOMAN IN BLACK bed horror - the clip is scary so be warned!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRpBdYgh4cA&feature=related
It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV on Christmas Eve 1989 (repeated only once by Channel 4 over Christmas 1994). Overall the TV adaptation stayed reasonably faithful to the original novel, although some of the changes angered the author Susan Hill. the TV rights are now owned by someone else. Apparently the rights have been purchased twice and currently reside with the U.S. studio Universal As a result of this there will probably be no further TV broadcasts of the TV movie or any further DVD releases.
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