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Pyaasa (English: The Thirsty) is a 1957 Indian film produced and directed by Guru Dutt. The film tells the story of struggling poet, Vijay (Guru Dutt), trying to make his works known in post-independence India. Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman in her first major leading role in Hindi cinema), a prostitute with a heart of gold, eventually helps him get his poems published. The music was composed by S.D. Burman. With the commercial success of thrillers like Baazi, Jaal, Aar Paar and C.I.D. as well as comedies like Mr. & Mrs. '55, Guru Dutt and his studio were financially secure and established. From 1957, 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 of 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 amon...

It is based on a Bengali story "Pasher Bari"  by Arun Chowdhury, which was first adapted in Bengali in 1952 as  Pasher Bari  directed by Sudhir Mukherjee and starring  Bhanu Bannerjee . It was made in  Telugu  as  Pakkinti Ammayi  (1953)   starring  Anjali Devi ,  Relangi , and singer  A. M. Rajah , in Tamil  as  Adutha Veettu Penn  (1960). It was again remade into the  Telugu  film  Pakkinti Ammayi  (1981) starring  Jayasudha ,  K. Chakravarthi  and  S.P. Balasubrahmanyam . In  Kannada  as 'Pakkadamane Hudugi' (2003)starring  Raghavendra Rajkumar  &  Anant Nag .   PADOSAN A simpleton named Bhola ( Sunil Dutt ) falls in love with his neighbour Bindu ( Saira Banu ). To impress her he wants to sing to her. However, he isn't a good singer and so seeks the help of his friend, Guru Vidyapati ( Kishore Kumar ). Guru, a famous singer, ag...