{"id":9140,"date":"2013-08-07T22:26:38","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T16:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=9140"},"modified":"2014-07-03T14:44:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T09:14:14","slug":"kaagaz-ke-phool-1959-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/movies\/kaagaz-ke-phool-1959-movie-review","title":{"rendered":"Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) : Movie Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kaagaz<\/a>Starring<\/strong> Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Baby Naaz, Johnny Walker, Mahmood<\/p>\n

Screenplay and Dialogues<\/strong> by Abrar Alvi<\/p>\n

Produced and directed<\/strong> by Guru Dutt<\/p>\n

Yet another Guru Dutt\u2019s hit, Kaagaz Ke Phool<\/em> is a stunning drama about the highs and lows of filmdom that are faced by a director. The movie starts out as an old man is sitting in a studio, reminiscing about his successful career. This man is Suresh Sinha (Guru Dutt), once an acclaimed film director. He is separated from his wife as his in-laws are strongly against him working in films, deeming his occupation to be vile and unappealing. His wife, Bina (Veena) feels the same and does not want their daughter to be influenced by her father\u2019s profession. Thus the daughter, Pammi is sent to a boarding school and Suresh is left alone. One fine day, a girl named Shanti (Waheeda Rehman), whom Suresh had met earlier, enters his film set, accidentally coming into the frame of the camera. Suresh decides there and then that Shanti would be the perfect choice for the portrayal of Paro<\/i> in his movie Devdas. <\/i>Shanti\u2019s career then skyrockets as an actress. As time goes by, Shanti and Suresh start falling for each other, but circumstances involving Pammi get the best of them and the two part ways. Being apart from Shanti and losing his daughter\u2019s custody, Suresh goes into a downward spiral while his career takes a steep nosedive. Devoid of any love or support, he resorts to alcohol. And so begins his stumbling journey, that gradually crumbles into pieces.<\/p>\n

Kaagaz ke phool<\/i> has some really admirable performances starting with Guru Dutt himself, who does complete justice to his character as Suresh Sinha, a lonely man with an astute eye for film direction. Waheeda Rehman is the simple girl Shanti, whose innocence and warmth can be felt by the audience, while Johnny Walker\u2019s good natured humour leaves the viewer chuckling. The mesmerizing music of the film by S.D. Burman is another reason why this movie is definitely worth watching. For instance, \u201cwaqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam<\/i>\u201d proved to be an all time hit! Another song that is sure to stick to the viewers\u2019 minds is \u201cdekhi zamane ki yaari<\/i>\u201d with profound lyrics by Kaifi Azmi. These two tracks especially, give the impression that the actors and singers who performed then, did so with a sincere honesty, dedication and admiration.<\/p>\n

Actor William Shatner has said that \u201ca director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively\u201d. This, it seems is true of Guru Dutt, a man of many talents. Without him this project, Kaagaz ke Phool<\/em> probably wouldn\u2019t have been what it is today. Such was his brilliance!<\/p>\n

In conclusion, Kaagaz ke Phool<\/em> is an intriguing movie, presenting a realistic topic that is easy to connect with, rather than some fairytale saga that often disconnects the audience from reality. A round of applause for Guru Dutt\u2019s classic masterstroke!<\/p>\n

Rating – **** and a 1\/2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Starring Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt, Baby Naaz, Johnny Walker, Mahmood Screenplay and Dialogues by Abrar Alvi Produced and directed by Guru Dutt Yet another Guru Dutt\u2019s hit, Kaagaz Ke Phool is a stunning drama about the highs and lows of filmdom that are faced by a director. The movie starts out as an old man […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":459,"featured_media":9155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,66],"tags":[2014,2020,2018],"class_list":{"0":"post-9140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"category-reviews","9":"tag-guru-dutt","10":"tag-johnny-walker","11":"tag-waheeda-rehman"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/459"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27861,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9140\/revisions\/27861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}