Name: Amazon.com: Kaagaz Ke Phool : Guru Dutt, Nil, Baby Naaz,Guru Dutt,Johnny Walker,Minu Mumtaz,Tun Tun,Waheeda Rehman, Guru Dutt: Movies & TV
Rating: 3.8 (36 reviews)

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Suresh Sinha is a discarded decrepit ex-director, he enters an empty stage of Ajanta Studios and remember his past and send the picture into a flashback. The flashback shows Sinha to be a properous director. His relationship with his wife is not well, his wife lives away in Delhi with her parents who have misconceptions about Sinha as he is in the film business. Pammi, Sinha's little daughter, is in a school in Dehra Dun. He visits Dehra Dun but the school authorities does not allow him to meet his daughter as they have instructions from Pammi's mother. Sinha then proceeds to Delhi to settle his domestic affairs. Sinha's wife refuses even to see him. Sinha meets Shanti, a young and pretty inmate of an orphange. Sinha, offers her the heroine's role. The picture succeeds and so does Shanti. Their friendship is conveyed by press gossip even to Pammi who feels highly embrrassed at the news and runs away from school to reach Bombay. The unlikely scene leades to Shanti promising Pammi to go away from her father's life. Shanti keeps her word despite Sinha's melancholy face and despite her contact with the producer. Pammi's efforts however fail to bring about any reconciliation between her partners who then actually go to court for the custody of Pammi. The court awards the custody to Sinha's wife. Sinha now begins drinking, neglects his work, produces a flop and finds himself out of job and then out of his big house which is auctioned off to pay his debts. Hearing the news of his misery, Shanti, who had meanwhile become a teacher in a village, returns to Bombay and agrees to act in a picture just to provide Sinha another chance to direct . But Sinha refuses to be helped and prefers to sink deeper and deeper into misery. Shanti stays on to become a famous star. The flashback ends with Sinha breathing his last inside the studio.

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Guru Dutt
Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour
Release date ‏ : ‎ April 6, 2010
Actors ‏ : ‎ Baby Naaz,Guru Dutt,Johnny Walker,Minu Mumtaz,Tun Tun,Waheeda Rehman
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Producers ‏ : ‎ Guru Dutt
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000LXGW62
Writers ‏ : ‎ Nil
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Robotclam

Stunning

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018

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Folks, this is huge. A proper 'Scope print, clean as a whistle, with intelligible English subtitles, of one of the greatest films of Guru Dutt, who was, in his own unique way, the Orson Welles of India. I never thought I'd see this; it existed only in incomplete, pan and scan, lousy quality, low-res DVD prints. This print is gorgeous. Dutt was a masterful director and actor, and this story, set inside the Bollywood film industry of the thirties or forties (I think--the movie was released in '59), was the last film he officially directed. A box-office disappointment, it led him to ghost-direct his subsequent films, fearing his name was box-office anathema. He died way too soon, probably of an accidental overdose--he was about 39, as I recall. Anyhow, he was a marvelous actor as well as a director, and his films have been included in both Time and Sight & Sound's best director and best films lists. Yet he's little known in the Western world, which is a shame. Although his films are lush entertainments, they are as iconic and representative of the illustrious achievements of the twentieth-century Indian film industry as anything by the great Satyajit Ray. After you watch this, watch Pyaasa, also available on Amazon, to get a complete sense of Dutt's unique, elegant style. He tends to write and play melancholy, self-involved characters who feel sorry for themselves, but he gives them such gravitas and deep emotional life that you embrace them despite their grandiosity and flaws. His technique is just gorgeous, as are the choice of songs. Guru Dutt was a true innovator and original, and Kaagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers) is a landmark film in the history of Indian cinema. Thank you to Ultra for restoring it; thank you to Amazon for featuring it.

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AG

Great film. Avoid "Ulra DVD" U-810

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2015

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This production of this DVD shows indifference, even disrespect to a work of art. Forget about how a landmark film needs care in transfer, sometimes even using multiple prints to get the best transfer, it seems to be done by an unattended machine and then someone inserting a menu page.
Many scenes are cut off just randomly. The audio transfer is terrible - huge parts towards the end are practically inaudible - I checked it on both the Stereo and the Dolby 5.1 versions. There is an annoying boosting of bass throughout. The video format is the worst one can do - it is 16:9 inside a 4:3 window, as if we were still in the day and age of VCR's. To see that properly, you need to change your DVD output to 4:3 'Pan & Scan' and zoom in from your TV. Ridiculous waste of resolution!
One positive is that unlike many other Indian DVD's, this one does not torture you with forced previews which you cannot skip. Otherwise steer clear of "Ulra DVD" and find a copy from some other manufacturer.

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Nora M Qudus

Classic Grur Dutt

Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2014

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Paper Flowers ( Kaagaz Ke Phool) is one of the best of Guru Dutt. It shows the inner working of the movie industry much like "A star is Born: from this side. However in true classic Indian fashion the story is richer and more complex than the current Indian movies. Guru Dutt was the pioneer, like Orson Wells, in camera technique. This is one of the great movies.

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2018

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SO ROMANTIC
SO TRAGIC
SO BEAUTIFUL
SO GOOD

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2013

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Music is excellent. reminds me our old good days.. Geeta Dutt is a remarkable singer. Please let me know if you a DVD "REvival"
Vol. 2,3 and 4.
Thank you
Mian

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JOHNNY WALKER

MY REVIEW ON KAGAZ KE PHOOL

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2014

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ANOTHER OF GURU DUTT'S PRODUCTION PLAYED BY VERY MANY OF VETERANS SUCH AS WAHEEDA REHMAN, BABY NAAZ, JOHNY WALKER, TUN TUN AND MOHAN CHOTI. FAMILY DRAMA WITH SOME HIT SONGS. REASONABLY PRICED

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Monita

TOO DEPRESSING

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2016

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DEPRESSING! Such a horrible movie to watch. Unless you enjoy being severely depressed skip this mess!

Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2022

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Excellent movie to watch.

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Manuela

A beautiful masterpiece that tears your heart out

Reviewed in Germany on May 5, 2017

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...not just because the story is digging deep, but also because of the fact that this amazing film which is masterly crafted and a loving hommage to filmmaking and all the people involved (from director and leading lady to hairdresser and spotboy) failed so miserably at the box office when it was first released in 1959. And it has so much to offer! VK Murthy's cinematography is breathtakingly beautiful, innovative and always serves the story. Great dialogues by Abrar Alvi and great lyrics by Kaifi Azmi, poignant songs (marvellously sung by Geeta Dutt and Mohammed Rafi) and a beautiful, nostalgic score by SD Burman. Kaagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers) was conceived and directed by the immensly talented Guru Dutt who also portrays the lead role of film director Suresh Sinha, an uncompromising artist fighting for artistic veracity and some personal happiness and getting totally lost on the way, supported by some unforgettable supporting characters, but especially by his legendary leading lady Waheeda Rehman in what I consider her finest role as the sensitive Shanti who makes a journey from shop assistant to film star to village teacher and back to film star. This film is an absolute must-see for everyone who loves cinema!

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One of the greatest film ever made!!!

Reviewed in India on August 5, 2015

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Kagaaz ke phool is rightly considered as a classic of all time. It's one of those films that one must watch. Watch it on a rainy, windswept , nostalgic night- preferably alone- and travel back to youth and lost love. Dutt's epic masterpiece and the most autobiographical of his all, it's a must watch.

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masayoshi Tamura

Impressed

Reviewed in India on April 20, 2016

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I'm a Japanese learning India.

Impressed.

If a man slips, he falls down...
Too sad.
No rescure or second chance?

I continue learning India.

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raj

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2015