Interestingly, Kaagaz ke Phool was not even meant to be India’s first CinemaScope film, Gouri was. To him, to try out something new was a challenge and a way of keeping up with newer cinematic techniques. He was one filmmaker who gave equal importance to the technical side of filmmaking along with the story and screenplay. In hindsight, it is easy to see why Guru Dutt was the right director to make India’s first cinemascope film. The tests were found satisfactory and it was decided to go ahead with the format. The first tests were taken in his own garden as wife and well-known playback singer Geeta Dutt ‘modelled’ for him and cinematographer VK Murthy, sitting on a swing. The representative of 20 th Century Fox in India approached Guru Dutt and asked him if he’d like to make a film in the new format.
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Following the success of How to Marry a Millionaire, released on November 5 th the same year, Fox then licensed the process to other film studios. The first film released using this format was the epic The Robe starring Richard Burton, Victor Mature and Jean Simmons on 16 th September, 1953 and proved to be a smash hit at the box-office. Hailed as a masterpiece today, it is also remembered for being India’s first feature film to be shot on CinemaScope and released 50 years ago.Ĭreated by 20 th Century Fox, CinemaScope was a lens series used to photograph widescreen movies and marked the beginning of the modern anamorphic format in both principal photography and movie projection. The film was a total washout at the box-office and what’s more, received some scathing reviews in its time. Octosaw the release of Guru Dutt’s Kaagaz ke Phool.
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