Guru Dutt

Guru Dutt is one of those names that carries genuine ache for me. An actor, director, producer, choreographer and writer all at once, dead at just 39, and still ranked among the greatest filmmakers India ever produced. That combination of total creative control and a tragically short life suggests an artist who felt everything too deeply. The poetry attributed to his use of light and shadow makes me want to seek his films out properly. He is the rare figure whose legacy clearly outgrew his years, and I think his early loss still haunts cinema lovers.

Name (English)

Guru Dutt

Name (Japanese)

グル・ダット

Reading

ぐる・だっと

Born

July 9, 1925 – October 10, 1964

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

Origin

Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban district, India

Occupation

film actor / film director / film producer / choreographer / screenwriter

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru%20Dutt
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q149136

Tags

• Bengaluru Urban district
• film actor
• film director
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.