Guide (film)

Not to be confused with The Guide (film).

Guide
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVijay Anand
Written byVijay Anand
Story byR. K. Narayan
Based onThe Guide
by R. K. Narayan
Produced byDev Anand
Starring
CinematographyFali Mistry
Edited by
  • Vijay Anand
  • Babu Sheikh
Music byS. D. Burman
Production
company
Release dates
  • February 1965 (1965-02) (United States)
  • 2 April 1966 (1966-04-02) (India)
[1]
Running time
183 minutes
CountriesIndia
United States
LanguagesHindi
English
Budget₹6 million[2]

Guide (titled as The Guide in the English version)[1] 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 Raj (Anand), a freelance tour guide and Rosie (Rehman), the repressed wife of a wealthy archaeologist.[3]

A 120-minute U.S. version titled The Guide was written by Pearl S. Buck and directed and produced by Tad Danielewski.[4][5] For the US version, Dev Anand had insisted that Waheeda Rehman be cast as a heroine, but his advice was not heeded.[6] This version flopped badly in America.[6] The film was then screened again at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, 42 years after its release.[7][8]

Guide was a highly successful film at the box-office upon release,[9] and later achieved a cult following; it has since been deemed one of the best Bollywood films produced. It received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for the performances of Anand and Rehman, as well as the score by S. D. Burman.

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".[10]

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  2. ^ Unny, Divya (16 March 2014). "B-Town rewind: The tale of the first Bollywood crore". Mid-Day. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Guide; a human odyssey". Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. ^ Crowther, Bosley (10 February 1965). "Screen: A Tale of Romance in India". The New York Times. p. 44.
  5. ^ "Tad Danielewski Filmography". Fandango.com. 29 March 1921. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Devanand talks about Waheeda Rehman and Guide film" (video). youtube.com (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  7. ^ Gitanjali Roy (1 May 2013). "8 things you didn't know about Guide". NDTV Movies. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  8. ^ "Ode to Guide: Celebrating Dev Anand's 97th birth anniversary with his greatest movie". 26 September 2020. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  9. ^ "BoxOfficeIndia Top Earners 1960-1969 (Figures in Indian rupees)". Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  10. ^ Corliss, Richard (27 October 2010), "Guide - 1965 - Best of Bollywood", Time, archived from the original on 30 October 2010, retrieved 31 July 2012