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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS 'Ten Years With Guru Dutt' launched12th July 2008 09.00 IST By Agencies Crossword and Penguin Books have launched 'Ten Years With Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey', a book by Sathya Saran. Veteran radio announcer Ameen Sayani and theatre actor Dolly Thakore read out select excerpts from the book at the launch in Mumbai Wednesday. 
Ameen Sayani recalled many memories of Guru Dutt and Waheeda Rahman and even Kishore Kumar . Guru Dutt is probably the only Indian filmmaker who, within the parameters of the box office, made a personal statement with his cinema. His films stand testimony not only to his own genius but also to the creativity of his team, comprising stalwarts like cameraman V K Murthy, music director S D Burman, and writer Abrar Alvi, among others. In 'Ten Years With Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey', Sathya Saran looks at the tumultuous yet incredibly fecund relationship between the mercurial director and his equally talented albeit unsung writer, a partnership that evolved over a decade till Guru Dutt's tragic death in 1964. Starting his career as a driver and chaperone to Guru Dutt's producer on the sets of 'Baaz', Abrar soon caught the attention of the director with his sharp ear for and understanding of film dialogue. With 'Aar Paar' in 1954, Abrar rewrote the rules of dialogue writing in Hindi cinema, till then marked by theatricality and artificiality. He followed it up with 'Mr and Mrs 55', 'Pyaasa' and 'Kaagaz Ke Phool' -- all veritable treatises on the art of scriptwriting before donning the director's mantle with great success in 'Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam'. 'Ten Years with Guru Dutt' is full of anecdotes about how Abrar honed his skills by writing over 300 love letters, how an accident involving a buffalo led to the discovery of Waheeda Rahman, Guru Dutt's visit to a 'kotha' to get the ambience right for 'Pyaasa'. Related Waheeda Rahman view Kishore Kumar videos (new) | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Vidya Balan can look hot and sexy! ~ Deepika-Ranbir not signing films just for the heck of it ~ Aamir Khan joins Shahrukh Khan's Temptation ~ Madhuri Dixit keeps PIA passengers entertained ~ 'Robot' renamed 'Enthiram' ~ Sherlyn Chopra's outrageous bikini causing panic ~ Hijack – Movie Review ~ A Wednesday – Movie Review ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Two faces of Indian woman at Toronto Film Fest ~ Bollywood to lend helping hand for flood-ravaged Bihar ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES A Wednesday, Hijack, Rock On, Chamku, Phoonk, C Kkompany, Mukhbir, Singh Is Kinng, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Drona , Kidnap , Aashayein , Karzzzz MUSIC Rock On , Bachna Ae Haseeno celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Sikander Kher | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | more... POPULAR WALLPAPERS Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Salman Khan | Aishwarya Rai | Shahrukh Khan | Akshay Kumar | Kareena Kapoor | Ranbir Kapoor | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Mallika Sherawat | Rani Mukherjee | Hrithik Roshan | Vidya Balan | Amrita Rao | Genelia D'Souza | Sneha Ullal | Riya Sen | Preity Zinta | Bipasha Basu | Minissha Lamba | Ayesha Takia | Imran Khan | Nigar Khan | John Abraham | Sherlyn Chopra | 
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