Bollywood Film Story: Today 'Kaagaz Ke Phool' is counted among the best films of Hindi cinema, but when this film was released 66 years ago, its director Guru Dutt was scared after seeing its condition. This film, released in the year 1959, was the most special film of his career. He directed it himself and also played the lead role. This was India's first CinemaScope film, in which special attention was paid to both story and technology.
The story of the film is about a film director who struggles with loneliness and failure after achieving success. Many people believe that this character gurudutt A glimpse of one's own life is visible. in the movie Waheeda Rehman K's acting, SD Burman's music and brilliant camera work made it special. People still like songs like Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam.
The audience could not understand this film at the time of release. It flopped miserably at the box office. Due to the failure of the film, Guru Dutt suffered a lot and became mentally broken. The empty theaters and negative reactions scared him so much that he decided to leave film direction. 'Kaagaz Ke Phool' became Guru Dutt's last directorial film. After this he never held the director's chair again. He limited himself only to acting and production, but could not regain the same confidence as before.
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The most surprising thing is that the film which was a failure at that time, is considered a cult classic today. Today's audience calls it a film ahead of its time. Talking about the budget of the film, this film was made for Rs 17 lakh. But, due to its flop, Guru Dutt had to suffer huge losses. 'Kaagaz Ke Phool' shows that sometimes an artist's work arrives before time, but he has to pay the price for it with his career.
