Post Guru Dutt's Death
The magic of the team dissipated after the death of Guru Dutt when he was 39 years old.
Post his death, only a few of the members were able to achieve the critical acclaim they did as a team. Partly the reason was Guru Dutt's eye for detail. Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool are an inspiration for directors even today. The exceptions were S.D. Burman, Sahir Ludhianvi, Hemant Kumar and Mohammad Rafi who were already established when Guru Dutt entered film making. Waheeda Rehman may be debatable, however none of her future roles would give her same critical acclaim as under the team. V.K.Murthy continued work with Promod Chakravarthy but his notable work was in Tamas (1987), directed by his erstwhile assistant Govind Nihalani.
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