By Hindustan Times
Legendry filmmaker Guru Dutt deserves a posthumous Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, for his contribution to Indian cinema, his son Arun Dutt said Friday.
"His films are some of the all-time great movies made on this planet. He's recognised internationally. A nine-day festival of his films was organised in The big apple. The federal government has also issued stamp on him, so I ACTUALLY feel government should call to mind giving him the Bharat Ratna," Arun Dutt, who's in Bhopal to advertise the Guru Dutt Film Academy, told IANS."It is as much as the federal government to choose the issue," he added.
Guru Dutt, who carved a distinct segment for himself within the black and white era, died in 1964 on the age of 39. His Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool are included a few of the greatest films of all time both by Time magazine's all time 100 best movies and by the Sight & Sound critics' and directors' poll.
Asked if he desires to colourise his father's classics, Arun Dutt said: "THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT Pyaasa lies in it's original form. The one possibility of colourising is Chaudhvin Ka Chand but we've not considered it yet."
About the changes within the industry over the years, Arun Dutt said that technology has replaced among the art work, adding: "If he (Guru Dutt) were alive today, he would was disappointed with the best way the Indian film industry is functioning."
