"Actor: Guru Dutt"

• Aar Paar | DVD | (20/08/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Kaalu (Guru Dutt) is a jobless common man aimlessly roaming the streets with no real ambition in life. He does small odd jobs and one day he takes up a job in a garage. There he meets and fall in love with Nikki who is the garage owner's daughter. Meanwhile he also meets a dancer (Shakila) in a bar where he goes to deliver a message to Captain from one of his jail mates. He asks Nikki's father for her hand in marriage who refuses as he thinks Kaalu as a worthless thug. Dejected he goes to see Captain and tells him of his dream to buy a taxi and become a taxi driver. Captains offers to buy him the taxi on the condition that it will be available for his use whenever he needs it. Kaalu agrees not knowing that Captain intends to use the taxi for smuggling. Kaalu then asks Nikki to elope with him. Nikki refuses. One day he finds out about Captain's nefarious activities and refuses to be a part of it. He is captured and about to be killed when Shakila tells Captain to force Kaalu to smuggle instead of killing him.

• Baaz | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Set in the 16th Century India, Baaz is the story of Prince Ravi (Guru Dutt) who lives with his mother the Queen, in Malabar. Since the Portuguese traders have practically begun to rule the state, the royal family has been reduced to mere figureheads. Nisha (Geeta Bali) is the daughter of a revolutionary who, along with her father, is arrested by the Portuguese and sold as slaves on a ship. Witnessing the killing of her father, she becomes a revolutionary herself, fights the Portuguese, takes over the ship and ultimately becomes the leader of her group. Each time she attacks, a Baaz (falcon) comes and sits on her shoulder and hence her group is named BAAZ. Meanwhile, Prince Ravi is travelling by a Portuguese ship to Portugal to get crowned by their Queen. Nisha and her group attack the ship but Ravi is unharmed because he is Indian. Nisha also realises that he is the same man she had met on an earlier occassion when sparks flew... The attraction, ignited again, is mutual and Ravi not only romances her but also helps her to come ashore and start to fight against the Portuguese, not revealing his royal identity. Will Nisha ever get to know? How will she reconcile her love and her mission? Baaz marked the beginning of Guru Dutt's remarkable career as an actor and filmmaker and his long association with music director O.P. Nayyar, who scored for this film evergreen hits like Zara Saamne Aa, Har Zabaan Ruki and the Talat Mehmood song Mujhe Dekho Hasrat Ki.

• Kaagaz Ke Phool | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The movie begins in the dying moments in the life of a famous film director played by Guru Dutt. The movie then moves to the beginning of his career where he meets Shanti only a debutante and unsure of everything she does. His growing fascination for her prompts him to cast her in his movies. Her growing independence and stature and his subsequent decay into mediocrity the tension between their personal feelings and their professional goals sets the stage for the rest of the movie. The movie has several generally acclaimed songs by Geeta Dutt which are inextricable from the movie plot itself.

• Bollywood Classics Vol 8 | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  3 Bollywood Classics: AAR PAAR: Kalu (Guru Dutt) a taxi driver who was sentenced to prison for speeding is released two months early for good behaviour. His old employer refuses to let him drive his taxi again. He gets a job at Nikki's father's garage and love blossoms between Nikki and Kalu. BASANT: Minakshi (Nutan) is the daughter of a wealthy man (Rai Bahadur) and her wealth has made her an arrogant spoilt and wilful girl. She wants to marry Rajesh (Pran) but her father does not agree to the marriage so she escapes from her father's house and heads to Mumbai to meet Rajesh. LAKHON KI BAAT: Freelance photographer Alok Prakash whilst photographing a womens' hockey match is hit by the puck and ends up in hospital.His brother-in-law a lawyer called Prem Sagar decides to capitalise on this accident.