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Vijay, a destitute poet, searches for true love while attempting to get his work published. With the assistance of two women in his life, his dream comes true - but at a cost that causes Vijay to rethink his worldview.
Keywords
depression
prostitute
greed
poet
struggling artist
publishing
Casts

Guru Dutt
Vijay

Waheeda Rehman
Gulabo

Mala Sinha
Meena

Johnny Walker
Abdul Sattar

Rehman
Mr. Ghosh

Kumkum
Juhi

Leela Mishra
Vijay's Mother
Shyam Kapoor
Shyam

Mehmood
Vijay's brother
Radheshyam

Tun Tun
Pushplata
Maya Dass
Moni Chatterjee
Chatterjee
Ashita
Neel Kamal
Mohan Sandow
Rajendra
(as Rajendar)
Crews

Guru Dutt
Director

Guru Dutt
Producer
V.K. Murthy
Director of Photography
Bhanu Athaiya
Costume Design
Sachin Dev Burman
Original Music Composer
Sahir Ludhianvi
Songs
Shyam Kapoor
Assistant Director
Surya Kumar
Choreographer
G.L. Kashmiri
Production Manager
G.R. Narvekar
Other
E.G. Shinde
Assistant Editor
Babu Rao
Makeup Department Head
Niranjan
Assistant Director

Mohammed Rafi
Playback Singer
Ramlal Maheswari
Assistant Costume Designer
K.G. Prabhakar
Additional Camera

Geeta Dutt
Playback Singer
Suhrid Kar
Assistant Music Supervisor

Jayant
Makeup Artist
S. Guruswami
Production Supervisor
Mukul Bose
Sound Recordist
Biren Nag
Art Direction
M. D. Moses
Additional Camera
Abrar Alvi
Screenplay
Abrar Alvi
Dialogue
Sahir Ludhianvi
Lyricist
Y.G. Chawhan
Editor
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