Pyaasa

• Film Director: A Muthu
• Year: 2002
• Main Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Yukta Mookhey, Zulfikar Syed
• Music Director: Sanjeev Darshan

Movie Synopsis

Pyaasa is a 1957 Indian film produced and directed by Guru Dutt. The film tells the story of struggling poet, Vijay , trying to make his works known in post-independence India. Gulabo , a prostitute with a heart of gold, eventually helps him get his poems published. The music was composed by S.D. Burman. With commercial success of thrillers like Baazi, Jaal, Aar Paar, C.I.D. and comedies Mr. & Mrs. '55, Guru Dutt and his studio were financially secure and established. He could now make movies he really wanted to make, including Pyaasa. In 2002, Pyaasa was ranked at #160 on the Sight & Sound critics' and directors' poll for all-time greatest films. In 2005, Pyaasa was rated as one of the 100 best films of all time by Time Magazine, which called it "the soulfully romantic of the lot." Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.