Pyaasa [1957] : Guru Dutt

The opening scene of Pyaasa (1957) where Bijoy (Guru Dutt) laying on the grasses and observing the playfulness of nature is just as mindful as a flying butterfly or the floating clouds. The extra close-up shots are masterful and as elegant & detailed as the impressionist paintings.

I think the sequence where Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman) lures Bijoy to her Kotha (whorehouse) singing a song with a tune of his lyrics (Shayari Ka dhun) and he stalks after her through the surrealistic alleys of the city is nothing but a subtle experience of cinematic visuals. One needs a gifted artistic sensibilities of or longstanding adoration and cultivation over narratives & visuals to touch such marvelous milestones.

Guru Dutt is one of the raw and rare auteurs following the tradition of Charlie Chaplin, Tarkovsky, Bimal Roy, Alamgir Kabir & so on and on.

Pyaasa [1957]
Guru Dutt

Hindi, India