Kagaz Ke Phool [1959] : Guru Dutt
Watching Kagaz Ke Phool [1959] immediately after Pyaasa [1957] is a roller-coaster experience. While Pyaasa’s Bijoy dedicates himself to his artistic journey leaving every precious thing in his life, Kagaz Ke Phool’s Suresh surrenders himself to every destructive thing in his life leaving his artistic expedition. It seems they originated from the same source of creative passion then branches out to the different channels. Thus, Pyassa ends with the beginning of the future path with the hope of a new life and Kagaz ke Phool ends with the ending of the present path with the despair of death. I have found some semblance of Suresh’s contour of his passionate life for arts and compact intricacy of his private and professional life in Guru’s Kagaz Ke Phool [1959] with Alamgir Kabir’s Lenin in Rupali Saikate [1979]. The same vibes I have noticed between Bijoy from Guru’s Pyassa [1957] & Lenin from Kabir’s Surjya Kannya [1975]. Even the years of the theatrical releases unin...