Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Ransh Sharma While I loved Pyaasa for its cinematography, performances, songs, lyrics, dialogues... the miss- en-scene and characters I think that many people overlook the fact that at some level it's a male obsessed film that doesn't really have any fleshed out female characters at all. Some interesting, key points have been made in this review. http://thebigindianpicture.com/2014/09/back-to-the-movies/"The problem, as I now see, wasn't with me but with the abysmally shallow portrayal of women in most Hindi films. Even in the eyes of a master director like Dutt, a woman could either be a prostitute-fan or a changeable, greedy heartbreaker— both created as mere circumstances in the hero's narrative, with no stories of their own. Over time I also began to see through Dutt's fetishization of suffering, self-pity and victimhood a little. The world is what it is and it will give you ample opportunities to change your narrative. Ye Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaaye To Kyaa Hai is beautifully written, composed and shot. But it also signals clinical depression... "Well put.

Ravi Singh Pyaasa Was Directed By Guru Dutt...It Is Considered As The Finest Work By Guru Dutt...After Making Thriller Like Baazi , Adventure Drama Like Baaz, Comedy Like Mr & Mrs 55 ...The Next Was Pyaasa ...The Story Is Well Written...Script Was Written By Abrar Alvi ...A Heart Touching Script With Every Character Written With High Definition & With Great Importance...Details Were Described Very Effectively....As Per Acting ... Guru Dutt Wanted To Cast Dilip Kumar For The Role Of Vijay But Things Didn't Worked Out So He Took The Responsibility ...Guru Dutt Acted Quite Superbly As Vijay A Struggling Poet Whose Work Is Unknown, Unemployed Fellow Struggling To Make His Mark On the Society...He Is Betrayed By Everyone Apart From His Mother...Mala Sinha As Meena Was Very Promising...She Was A Fine Actor Those Days...A Lady Who Marries Some One Else For Better Tomorrow...Giving Less Value To Love...Rehman As Mr Ghosh Gives A Fine Performance ...A Typical Indian Husband...But The Star Of The Movie Is Waheeda Rehman Gulabo A Prositute With Heart Of Gold...Gulabo & Vijay Have Great Chemistry ...Gulabo Feels The Pain Of Vijay ...So She Is The Helping Hand For Vijay ...Rest Of The Movie Is A Epic Drama...Music Of Movie Was Composed By S.D Burman....Every Song In The Movie Is Gem Of Indian Cinema ...From Romantic Duet "Hum Aapki Aankhon Mein" By Rafi & Geeta Dutt..."Jaane Woh Kaise Log The" By Hemant Kumar To Heart Touching " Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jayen Toh Kya Hai" By The Legend Md.Rafi ...Every Song Is Story Telling ...Sad Part Of The Movie Is That ...The Story Is Very Depressing ...Life Is Not Easy ...The Struggling Of People To Survive Is Shown ...How Money Is More Important Than Friendship ...How Love Has Less Value Than Money...How Poor Suffers In The Society...Overall A Must Watch Movie ...Pyaasa Is Considered The Greatest Movie Ever Made In Indian Cinema ...Everything Is Perfect About Pyaasa...My Favorite Guru Dutt Movie Is Pyaasa..Because Of This Movie I Saw All The Guru Dutt Movies..So Please Watch ...If You Have Not Seen Pyaasa...Than You Have Missed The Finest Work Of Indian Cinema.

crappydoo Pyaasa is a fairly unique Hindi movie. The story is reasonably complex and the direction and acting grounded in reality. However, calling this film a classic is an over-exaggeration.One of the biggest problems with the movie is that it is difficult for the audience members to identify with the lead character. It is clear that the protagonist is chronically depressed; however the story indicates that this depression is rooted beyond his circumstances. However it does not investigate much in this direction.Secondly. the story employs some cheap tactics to get out of tricky situations. Particular cases in point are the escape from the asylum, and his self-announcement through poetry on arrival. This shows a lack of imagination on the part of the story writer.The story indicates female repression, through the characters of the mother, and the past girlfriend who accept the decisions of the male members of their family without question. This thread is also left hanging and is not investigated further.The last big problem with the movie is that of hypocrisy. The film preaches human values of non-materialism and places them at a higher pedestal than others; however the film itself is designed to make money for the makers. This is clear in hindsight with the following development: when the director's next movie did not make money, he stopped directing movies completely.Other than the direction and the story, the music and poetry in the film are very good. However poetry lovers would probably be better off reading a good book of poetry instead of looking for high quality literature in this movie. The songs, on the other hand, are considered to be all time classics in Indian cinema.Lastly, the cinematography is excellent and there is beautiful use of light and shadows. So overall, it is a reasonably good film but certainly not a classic.

m_shankar20 Pyaasa is a crowning achievement, not only for Guru Dutt, but for whole of the Hindi and World cinema.Pyaasa is the story of a poet (Vijay played by Guru Dutt) who is an idealist. The world does not seem to care for him or his poetry. It opens with what probably is the best opening sequence in Hindi cinema. Vijay sees a beetle fluttering over flowers, awakening the poet in him. A poem is born, only to be rudely terminated by the beetle being stamped over.There are two women in Vijay's life. Meena (Mala Sinha) is his lover from college. She leaves him to marry a wealthy publisher. The other is Gulabo (Waheeda Rehman), a prostitute. She loves his poetry and through that, him. Both Mala Sinha and Waheeda Rahman have played roles which must have been real courageous in the 50s. They are women with negative shades. One is selfish and other is not virtuous, unlike how Indian audience wanted to see their women in films during that time.The theme of failure and frustration of an idealist runs throughout Pyaasa. The pain and anguish of Vijay is because of the materialistic world he lives in. Vijay's story is tragic and Guru Dutt consciously refrains from making a hero of him. Vijay's sacrifice is his revenge on the society. At the end, only Gulabo who is a romantic herself, stands by his side as Vijay prepares to run away from the society.The songs are a powerful device in Pyaasa to give voice to Vijay's frustration. The musical score from S.D.Burman is brilliant and an important part of the film. Sahir Ludhanavi's lyrics are timeless. He flexes his artistry in both Urdu and Hindi/Awadhi.Guru Dutt was a master in playing with lights and shadows. He made the colorless world of monochrome more enchanting than the real. To this end, he is brilliantly assisted by his d.o.p V. K. Murthy.A rare gem from one of the masters of cinema.