Name: Guru Dutt*Dutt
Birthday: Thursday, July 09, 1925
Star Sign : Cancer
Family: Shivsankar Rao Padukone And Vasanthi Padukone
First Film : Jaal


Biography
Guru Dutt was born to Shivsankar Rao Padukone and Vasanthi Padukone on July 9, 1925, in Bangalore. His parents were Saraswat Brahmins, originally settled at Panambur, a village in South Kanara [1]. His father was initially a headmaster, and then became a bank employee. His mother Vasanthi while initially a housewife later taught in a school, gave private tuition and also wrote short stories and translated Bengali novels into Kannada. Vasanthi was only 16 when Guru Dutt was born.

Guru Dutt had a tough childhood with financial difficulties, and a strained relationship between his parents. As a child he had some bad experiences; the hostility from his mother's brother's family, a frightening encounter with an insane uncle, and the infant death of his seven-month old brother.

He was initially named Vasanth Kumar at birth at the suggestion of his mother's elder brother, but after a childhood accident, he was renamed Gurudutt, which was felt to be a more auspicious name. He was joined by two younger brothers, Atmaram and Devidas, and a younger sister, Lalitha. The famed Indian film director, Kalpana Lajmi, is his sister's daughter.


Filmography

Films	Year
kaagaz ke phool	1959