Guru Dutt

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankarpe

Guru Dutt was born onJuly 1925, in Bangalore to Shivashanker Rao Padukone and Vasanthi Padukone in a Konkani Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family. His parents were originally settled at Panambur, Mangalore in South Kanara district present day Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka. His father was initially a headmaster, and then a bank employee. His mother Vasanthi, while initially a housewife, later taught in a school, taught private classes and also wrote short stories and translated Bengali novels into Kannada. Vasanthi waswhen Guru Dutt was born. His mother outlived him and died in 1994,years after his death.citation needed Guru Dutt spent his early childhood in Bhowanipore area of Calcutta now Kolkata and he grew close to Bengali culture and intellect. He even adopted the name Guru Dutt, Dutt more commonly Datta or Dutta being a common Bengali surname. He spoke fluent Bengali. He was joined by three younger brothers, Atmaram, Devidas and Vijay and a younger sister, Lalitha. The Indian film director, Kalpana Lajmi, is Lalithas daughter.citation needed ........

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