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'''''Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema''''' is a 1996 biography written by the British author and television documentary producer [[Nasreen Munni Kabir]], detailing the life and career of the Indian actor-cum-filmmaker [[Guru Dutt]]. The book chronicles Dutt's birth in [[Panambur]] in 1925, his 18-year-long film career, his marriage to the playback singer [[Geeta Dutt]], with whom he had three children, and his death in 1964.<br />
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== Summary and release ==<br />
The book chronicles the Indian actor and filmmaker [[Guru Dutt]]'s birth in [[Panambur]] on 9 July 1925. He made his acting debut with ''[[Baazi (1951 film)|Baazi]]'' in 1951, and details his commercially successful films, including the comedies ''[[Aar Paar]]'' (1954) and ''[[Mr. & Mrs. '55]]'' (1955), the thriller ''[[C.I.D. (1956 film)|C.I.D]]'' (1956), and the social film ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' (1960). It also discusses his marriage in 1953 to the playback singer [[Geeta Dutt]], with whom he had three children, and his suicidal death on 10 October 1964.<br />
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The book was the British author and television documentary producer [[Nasreen Munni Kabir]]'s second work about Dutt, after a documentary titled ''[[In Search of Guru Dutt]]'' (1989). Since the late 1970s, Kabir has become of his fan after programming his films for film festivals and television channels in Europe. For her research, she met Dutt's family members, including the son Tarun, whom she met in 1982 and once again during the production of her documentary ''Movie Mahal'' in 1987.<ref name="book">{{cite book |title=Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema |date=1996 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |last=Kabir |first=Nasreen Munni |author-link=Nasreen Munni Kabir |isbn=978-01-95638-49-3 }}</ref><sup>:5</sup> She also collected Dutt's magazine interviews (such as those from ''[[Filmfare]]'') which are available in print edition at the [[National Film Archive of India]] in [[Pune]].<ref name="book" /><sup>:9</sup><br />
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The book was published by [[Oxford University Press]] in 1996. Amit Agarwal of ''[[India Today]]'' wrote, "The trouble with this book is that it doesn't go much farther than a three-part documentary on Dutt ... For those who have seen the documentary on Indian television, the book doesn't have much that's new to offer. [Kabir] also fails to provide definitive answers to many of the questions attached to Dutt's life: What exactly tormented him? What led to his several suicide attempts? Why did he end up living a life of isolation?"<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19960331-book-review-of-nasreen-munni-kabirs-guru-dutt-a-life-in-cinema-833110-1996-03-31 |title=Dim portrait |date=31 March 1996 |work=[[India Today]] |last=Agarwal |first=Amit |access-date=26 July 2021 |archive-date=9 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909112645/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19960331-book-review-of-nasreen-munni-kabirs-guru-dutt-a-life-in-cinema-833110-1996-03-31 |url-status=live }}</ref> Another edition was published on 11 December 1997.<ref>{{cite book |title=Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema |date=11 December 1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |last=Kabir |first=Nasreen Munni |isbn=978-01-95642-74-2 }}</ref><br />
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