Pyaasa Films Sans Frontieres

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Infobase, film distributor.

Films sans frontières (Firm)

Language:

Hindi

Genre:

Internet videos

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 20 min., 7 sec)) sound

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2016

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Films Sans Frontieres, [1957]

System Details:

Streaming video file

System requirements: FOD playback platform

video file

Summary:

Directed by Guru Dutt. Unemployed Vijay is the youngest in his family consisting of his widowed mom, and two brothers. His passion is poetry - frowned upon by his brothers - who want him to find gainful employment instead. Vijay's poems are quite radical in which he laments about the poor, the destitute, and the arrogance of the rich after the departure of the British from India. His efforts to get them published are in vain. He takes to drinking, gets in trouble with the law, is disowned by his brothers, ends up at a brothel and befriends a prostitute named Gulabo. Gulabo is sympathetic, listens to him as he pours his heart out, and decides to assist Vijay. Watch what happens when Gulabo approaches some of her affluent clientèle to assist Vijay and try and get his work published, without revealing that they are written by an alcoholic, disheveled, homeless man. Country of production: India. (With English subtitles.) Some World Cinema titles may contain mature themes or content. Viewer discretion is advised

Contents:

Pyaasa (26:00);

Notes:

Originally released by Films Sans Frontieres, 1957

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 15, 2016

Title from distributor's description

OCLC:

1143520200

Publisher Number:

60256 Infobase

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license