Bhavna Talwar To Begin Work On Guru Dutt's Biopic Titled Pyaasa
As biopics continue to fascinate Hindi filmmakers as a genre, a biopic is in making on the life of actor-filmmaker Guru Dutt, one of the icons of Bollywood's golden age.
As
biopics
continue
to
fascinate
Hindi
filmmakers
as
a
genre,
a
biopic
is
in
making
on
the
life
of
actor-filmmaker
Guru
Dutt,
one
of
the
icons
of
Bollywood's
golden
age.
The
producer
Sheetal
Talwar
and
Bhavna
Talwar
(who
will
also
direct
the
film)
have
decided
to
call
it
Pyaasa,
which
was
also
the
name
of
the
iconic
1957
drama
which
saw
him
essay
a
poet
who
struggles
for
love
and
recognition.
Confirming
the
same
filmmaker
Bhavna
Talwar
took
to
twitter
and
wrote,
"Now
that
the
cat's
out
of
the
bag!
Can't
wait
to
get
down
to
this
one
after
7
years
of
toil
and
immeasurable
joy."
She
also
posted
a
picture
of
the
script.
Acclaimed
filmmaker
Bhavna
Talwar,
who
won
the
National
Award
for
her
debut
film
Dharm
and
has
most
recently
completed
Heidi
featuring
Bill
Nighy,
Mark
Williams
and
Helen
Baxendale,
has
been
developing
this
project
for
the
past
few
years.
Now
that
the
cat’s
out
of
the
bag!
Can’t
wait
to
get
down
to
this
one
after
7
years
of
toil
and
immeasurable
joy.
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It
will
be
interesting
to
see
which
aspect
of
Guru
Dutt's
life
will
the
film
highlight
--
his
rise
as
a
formidable
talent
in
Hindi
cinema,
his
topsy-turvy
personal
life
or
the
mystery
around
his
sudden
demise
at
the
age
of
39.
Known
for
films
such
as
Pyaasa,
Kaagaz
Ke
Phool,
Chaudhvin
Ka
Chaand,
Sahib
Bibi
Aur
Ghulam,
Aar
Paar,
Mr
And
Mrs
55,
Baazi,
CID,
etc.,
Guru
Dutt
was
also
the
man
behind
bringing
forth
some
of
Bollywood's
best
talents
like
Waheeda
Rehman,
Johnny
Walker,
writer-director
Abrar
Alvi
and
cinematographer
VK
Murthy.
He
married
the
late
singer
Geeta
Dutt,
but
marital
discord
led
them
to
live
estranged
lives.