Guide (1965)

Directed by

Vijay Anand

Genre

drama film, musical film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

3h 03m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A tour guide in India falls in love with a married woman. Their relationship changes both of their lives in unexpected ways.

romanticmelancholicdramaticmusicalemotionally intenseslow-pacednostalgicintrospective

What happens

Guide (titled as The Guide in the English version) is a 1965 Indian bilingual romantic drama film directed by Vijay Anand and produced by Dev Anand, who co-starred in the film with Waheeda Rehman. Based on R. K. Narayan's 1958 novel The Guide, the film narrates the story of Raju (Anand), a freelance tour guide and Rosie (Rehman), the repressed wife of a wealthy archaeologist. A 120-minute U.S. version titled The Guide was written by Pearl S. Buck and directed and produced by Tad Danielewski. For the US version, Dev Anand had insisted that Waheeda Rehman be cast as a heroine, but his advice was not heeded. The film was then screened again at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, 42 years after its release. Guide was a highly successful film at the box-office upon release. At the 14th Filmfare Awards, Guide received a leading nine nominations, including Best Music Director (Burman) and Best Playback Singer (Lata Mangeshkar for "Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai"), and won a leading 7 awards, including a sweep in the 4 major categories (Best Film, Best Director (Vijay), Best Actor (Dev), and Best Actress (Rehman), thus becoming the first film in the history of Filmfare Awards to do so. It was also selected as India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 38th Academy Awards, but it was not accepted as a nominee. In 2012, Time magazine listed it at #4 on its list of "Best Bollywood Classics". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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