Kaagaz Ke Phool
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Original title | Kaagaz Ke Phool |
Country of production | India |
original language | English ; Hindi |
Publishing year | 1959 |
length | 153 minutes |
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Director | Guru bun |
script | Abrar Alvi |
production | Guru bun |
music | Sachin Dev Burman |
camera | VK Murthy |
cut | YG Chawhan |
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Kaagaz Ke Phool ( Hindi : कागज़ के फूल, translated: paper flowers ) is a 1959 film by Guru Dutt .
action
Suresh Sinha is a successful film director . But his love for movies cost him his family. Wife Bina, the daughter of the wealthy Rai Bahadur Verma, has separated from him. He is forbidden to see his daughter Pammi, who was sent to a private school.
On a rainy night, Suresh meets a woman named Shanti and gives her his coat. She later goes to the film studio to return the coat to Suresh. In doing so, she unintentionally interrupts filming by walking right in front of the camera. Suresh recognizes her potential to become a star and casts her for the role of Paro in the film " Devdas ".
“Devdas” becomes a big hit and makes Shanti a respected and highly acclaimed star. Shanti and Suresh, two lonely people, get closer. Their love affair is hotly debated in all gossip columns. As a result, Pammi's friends torture her at school. Pammi then tries to persuade Shanti to leave her father alone in order to reunite her parents.
In fact, Shanti obeyed and gave up her career and became a teacher in a small village. Suresh, now entranced between Shanti and his love for his daughter Pammi, falls for alcohol and falls. Shanti is forced to keep making films because she has a contract with the film studio.
Eventually, Suresh gets the chance to make a comeback film, but only if Shanti stars in the lead role. Shanti is unable to help him because he is far from salvation.
Suresh remembers his glorious past and dies in the director's chair in the empty film studio as a lonely and forgotten man.
background
The story of the film is told as a flashback . The lyrics are by the famous author Kaifi Azmi .
The commercial failure of the film at the box office prompted Guru Dutt to stop directing his film productions.
The original CinemaScope negative from Kaagaz Ke Phool is damaged. There are only a few Scope copies left, two of them on European television stations.
Awards
- Filmfare Award / Best Production Design to MR Acharekar (1960)
- Filmfare Award / Best Cinematography to VK Murthy (1960)
Web links
- Kaagaz Ke Phool in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film review (German)