Guru Dutt

Jitendra Gupta lives a poor lifestyle in Calcutta, India, along with his elder and widowed sister, and a niece named Sushma. He works in the editorial department of a leading newspaper. He unauthorizedly exposes unscrupulous persons that are related to the newspaper's board of directors, leading to him being reprimanded by the Managing Director, Amita Sinha, and being forced to resign. Amita does have a change of heart, when she finds out that he had printed the truth, not only reinstates him but promotes him as the Chief Editor, and falls in love with him. Amita lives a wealthy lifestyle with her sister, Sunita, and is all set to tell her the good news that she finds out that Sunita has fallen in love with him also. Amita decides to give up on Jitendra in her sisters' interest. Shortly thereafter she receives a marriage proposal from wealthy Vikram Varma, the brother of a Director of the newspaper, for Sunita's hand. Will Amita seek this opportunity to wed Sunita with Vikram - and have Jitendra for herself?

Dr. Shankar Chaudhry lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay with his widowed mom, Rukmini, and younger sister, Manju. His mom would like him to get married to Ambala-based Advocate Madhusudan's daughter, Maya, even though neither of them have seen her. Shankar does agree to this marriage; the marriage takes place, the bride faints after the formalities; she is looked after by her cousin, Prakash, and Madhusudan; she recovers, and the next day she accompanies Shankar to his home. On the very first night she informs him that since she is undergoing a Holy Fast, she must refrain from any sexual activity. A few days later, Prakash arrives to take her to Banaras where her dad has re-located. Shankar accompanies them and get re-married to her at Bhagwan Vishwanath's Temple. Thereafter, both get intimate and soon Maya becomes pregnant. One day Shankar comes home to find both Prakash and Maya missing. He searches for them, but is unable to locate them. It is then he finds out that the woman claiming to be his wife is not the daughter of Madhusudan, and may well have eloped with Prakash - who is not her brother. Watch as events unfold and the impact this discovery has on Shankar and the rest of his family. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

The film tells, in flashback, the story of Suresh Sinha (Guru Dutt), a famous film director and his relationship with an aspiring actress Shanti (Waheeda Rehman).

A popular director (Guru Dutt) recruits a new actress (Waheeda Rehman) to work for his Movie. The popularity of the movie spills over to the already strained relationship between the Director and his in-law leading to ban in his access to his own daughter (Baby Naaz). Due to the emotional turmoils, the director falls from the height, while the actress who is now the queen of industry tries to bring him back into world. It tells the story of their interlinked destinies in backdrop of the traditional Indian Values. Love, infatuation, society, cinema, promises and emotional depth that different relation brings out.

Vijay, a talented poet struggles to get his work published and faces constant rejection. Disheartened yet spirited, Vijay finds solace in Gulaboo, a kind-hearted young woman who works in a brothel; she helps him to get his work published and get the recognition he deserves.

Vijay, a talented but indigent poet, struggles for love and recognition in this selfish world. Vijay a poet whose work is not taken seriously by the publishers even his elder brothers dislike him for the same and want him to find a suitable job.Due to all this Vijay leaves his house and starts living alone where once he encounters a prostitute Gulabo murmuring his poem and follows her but she feels he is an impostor.But Gulabo soon realizes her mistake and meets him and both develop feeling for each other he comes across Ghosh a publisher who wants to publish his poems but in turn hires him as a servant.Vijay finds that his former lover Meena is married to Ghosh for financial security and when Ghosh finds about it he fires him from work.Vijay is again left jobless and no where a beggar whom Vijay gave his coat meets with a train accident and everyone believes he is dead.But Vijay is very much alive and tries to prove his identity but his sent to an asylum where his brothers and Ghosh refuse to identify him. —alex.mjacko@gmail.com Unemployed Vijay is the youngest in his family consisting of his widowed mom, and two brothers. His passion is poetry - frowned upon by his brothers - who want him to find gainful employment instead. Vijay's poems are quite radical in which he laments about the poor, the destitute, and the arrogance of the rich after the departure of the British from India. His efforts to get them published are in vain. He takes to drinking, gets in trouble with the law, is disowned by his brothers, ends up at a brothel and befriends a prostitute named Gulabo. Gulabo is sympathetic, listens to him as he pours his heart out, and decides to assist Vijay. Watch what happens when Gulabo approaches some of her affluent clientèle to assist Vijay and try and get his work published, without revealing that they are written by an alcoholic, disheveled, homeless man. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

The story revolves around a CID inspector who is handed over the case of an editor who is killed. During the investigation, he finds a lead towards a suspect. But due to a sudden twist, he falls in the trap of the suspect.

An ex-convict gets a job as a taxi driver to change his girlfriend's prejudiced father's view of him, and becomes embroiled with a criminal gang in the process