Abrar Alvi : The writer behind Guru Dutt’s classics
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Aar Par onwards Johnny Walker and Abrar Alvi became essential parts of the films of Guru Dutt.
Abrar Alvi , like a true wordsmith provided the solid ground to the dreamy visions of Guru Dutt and their complementary combination created a wonderful cinematic world through the films Aar Paar, Mr and Mrs 55, Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Chaudvin ka Chand and Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam.
He directed SBG while few of the songs were directed by Guru Dutt himself.
Abrar Alvi was the last person who sat and talked with Guru Dutt few hours before he died.
Alvi Saab died yesterday.
May his soul rest in peace!
Tags: Aar Paar, Abrar Alvi, Chaudvin ka Chand, Guru Dutt, Johnny Walker, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Mr and Mrs 55, Pyaasa, Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Rahul Dholakia
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Varma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Sachin Kundalkar
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
‘Milna hai agar mujhsey to taisha badast aa
Main paththaron ke sheher mein heere ki khaan hoon…’
RIP Alvi sahab.
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May his soul rest in peace. Fortunately I read his book on legend Guru dutt just last month and came to know abt Guru dutt frm his eyes. I can say that he was undoubtedly man behind some great films made by Guru dutt as friend , counselor and creative advisor.
I think rite now he and Guru dutt must be discussing their films somewhere in jannat.
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RIP Abrar Alvi…
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Just 3 replies to pay homage to Abrar Alvi and nearly 200 responses for apprehensions towards Paa. Sad!
May Abrar Alvi’s soul RIP…
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RIP, and thanks Abrar Saab for scripting those evergreen masterpieces.
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Just yesterday I was telling a girlfriend to watch AarPaar and Mr & Mrs 55 for Guru dutt…
Little did I know those were penned by Alvi sahab too….
May the world enjoy more of your treasures…
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RIP Alvi sahab..
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RIP Abrar Alvi…you will always live in our mind like your movies…
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May his soul rest in peace.
Though i have seen only one film (Pyaasa) by Guru Dutt-Abrar Alvi, that one experience was enriching enough to understand the artistry and craftsmanship of both the legends.
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My condolences to his family.
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It’s sad that the man died before I could even ask him whether Pyaasa dealt with existentialism or not (with reference to an old comment on PFC
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Just finished reading his biography…very interesting. By the way RK, can anyone please tell me about a film called Namumkin made in 1988 by Rishikesh Mukherjee…have scanned the internet and there’s nothign about it… except minor details….
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