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{{Infobox film
| name = Guide
| image = Guide 1965 film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]]
| producer = [[Dev Anand]]
| writer = Vijay Anand
| based_on = {{based on|''[[The Guide]]''|[[R. K. Narayan]]}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dev Anand]]
* [[Waheeda Rehman]]
}}
| music = [[S. D. Burman]]
| cinematography = [[Fali Mistry]]
| editing = {{Plainlist|
* Vijay Anand
* Babu Sheikh
}}
| studio = [[Navketan Films]]
| released = {{Film date|1965|2||United States|1966|4|2|India|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-inside-story-on-how-guide-was-conceived-and-made/article25175613.ece |title=Journey of the 'Guide' |last1=Vittal |first1=Balaji |last2=Bhattacharjee |first2=Anirudha |date=10 October 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=1 February 2021 }}</ref>
| runtime = 183 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}6 million<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/b-town-rewind-the-tale-of-the-first-bollywood-crore/15162064 |title=B-Town rewind: The tale of the first Bollywood crore |last=Unny |first=Divya |date=16 March 2014 |work=[[Mid-Day]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316114251/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/b-town-rewind-the-tale-of-the-first-bollywood-crore/15162064 |archive-date=16 March 2014 |access-date=1 February 2021 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| gross =
}}
'''''Guide''''', also known as '''''The Guide''''', is a 1965 Indian [[Hindi]]-language romantic drama film directed by [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]] and produced by [[Dev Anand]], who co-starred the film with [[Waheeda Rehman]]. Based on [[R. K. Narayan]]'s 1958 novel ''[[The Guide]]'', it narrates the story of the freelance guide Raju (Anand) and his meeting with Rosie (Rehman), the wife of a wealthy archaeologist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/apr/18dinesh.htm|title=Guide; a human odyssey|access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref>

A 120-minute U.S. version titled ''The Guide'' was written by [[Pearl S. Buck]] and directed and produced by [[Tad Danielewski]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|date=1965-02-10|title=Screen: A Tale of Romance in India|page=44|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=29 March 1921|title=Tad Danielewski Filmography|url=http://www.fandango.com/taddanielewski/filmography/p119511|access-date=3 August 2011|publisher=Fandango.com}}</ref> The film was screened at the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]], 42 years after its release.<ref name="ndtv">{{cite news|author=Gitanjali Roy|date=1 May 2013|title=8 things you didn't know about Guide|publisher=NDTV Movies|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/indian-cinema-100-8-things-you-didnt-know-about-guide-611794|access-date=3 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=26 September 2020|title=Ode to Guide: Celebrating Dev Anand's 97th birth anniversary with his greatest movie|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/ode-to-guide-celebrating-dev-anands-97th-birth-anniversary-with-his-greatest-film-6616338/}}</ref>

''Guide'' was highly successful at the box-office upon release,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=123&catName=MTk2MC0xOTY5|title=BoxOfficeIndia Top Earners 1960-1969 (Figures in Indian rupees)|access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref> and later achieved a [[cult following]]; it has since been deemed one of the best Bollywood films created of all time. It received critical acclaim, particularly for the performances of Anand and Rehman, as well as the score by [[Sachin Dev Burman|S. D. Burman]]. ''Guide'' earned several accolades: at the [[14th Filmfare Awards]], it won for [[Filmfare Award for Best Movie|Best Film]], [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]], [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]]. It was entered for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[38th Academy Awards]], but it was not accepted as a nominee. In 2012, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine listed it at #4 on its list of "Best Bollywood Classics".<ref>{{Citation|last=Corliss|first=Richard|title=Guide - 1965 - Best of Bollywood|date=27 October 2010|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2022076_2022067_2022043,00.html|work=Time.com|access-date=31 July 2012}}</ref>

==Plot==
Raju is released from jail. Raju is freelance guide who earns his living by taking tourists to historic sites. One day, wealthy archaeologist Marco comes to the city with his young wife Rosie, the daughter of a courtesan. Marco wants to do some research on the caves outside the city and hires Raju as his guide.

While Marco devotes himself to the discovery of the cave, Raju takes Rosie on a tour and appreciates her dancing ability and innocence. He learns about Rosie's background as a daughter of a courtesan and how Rosie has achieved respectability as the wife of Marco but at a terrible cost. She had to give up her passion for dancing as it was unacceptable to Marco. Rosie tries to commit suicide by consuming poison. Marco, upon learning of the incident, returns to see Rosie and is furious with her. He tells her that her suicide attempt was for dramatic purposes; if it had been serious, she would have consumed more sleeping pills to ensure her death. Upon returning to the caves, Rosie learns that Marco is enjoying the company of a native tribal girl. She is enraged at Marco and they argue. Rosie leaves the caves, and she once again wants to end her life.

Raju calms her down by saying that committing suicide is a sin and that she should live to pursue her dream. With Rosie needing a home, Raju gives her shelter. Rosie is considered a prostitute by Raju's community, which leads to many problems, and his mother and her brother insist that Rosie be kicked out. Raju refuses and his mother leaves him, and his friend and driver also disagree with him. Raju loses his business and the town turns against him. Undeterred by these setbacks, Raju helps Rosie embark on a singing and dancing career, and as she becomes a star, Raju indulges in gambling and drinking.

Marco returns, trying to win back Rosie. His agent asks her to release some jewelry from a [[safe deposit box]]. Raju, a bit jealous, does not want Marco to have any contact with Rosie and forges her name on the release of the jewels. Rosie, now believing that a man should not live on a woman's earnings, treats Raju coldly and they drift apart. Raju tells her that it was only with his help that she became famous.

Rosie learns of the forgery release and Raju is convicted, resulting in a two-year sentence. On the day of his release, his mother and Rosie come to collect him, but they are told that he had been released six months ago because of good behaviour. Raju wanders alone in despair and poverty until he finds a wandering group of [[sadhu]]s with whom he spends a night at a derelict temple in a small town. Raju manages to talk to a woman brought by Bhola into marrying the guy Bhola is suggesting, and convinces Bhola that he is a [[swami]], and Bhola spreads the news throughout the village. Raju assumes the role of village holy man and engages in skirmishes with the local [[pandit]]s. During a [[drought]], Raju fasts for 12 days to bring rain. His mother, friend and Rosie unite with him and reconcile. The rain comes but Raju dies.

==Cast==
* [[Dev Anand]] as Raju
* [[Waheeda Rehman]] as Rosie Marco / Miss Nalini
* [[Leela Chitnis]] as Raju's Mother
* [[Kishore Sahu]] as Marco
* [[Gajanan Jagirdar]] as Bhola
* Praveen Paul as Bhola's wife
* [[Anwar Hussain (actor)|Anwar Hussain]] as Gaffoor
* [[Rashid Khan (actor)|Rashid Khan]] as Joseph
* [[Ram Avtar]] as Pandit (well-built one)
* Narbada Shankar as a pandit
* [[Nazir Kashmiri]] as a villager

==Production==
Dev Anand was approached by American director [[Tad Danielewski]] and writer [[Pearl Buck]] for an American film based on the 1958 novel ''[[The Guide]]'' by [[R. K. Narayan]]. Anand declined at first, but agreed to collaborate with Danielewski when he met him again at the [[12th Berlin International Film Festival|1962 Berlin Film Festival]]. Anand read the novel and contacted Buck, who invited him to the United States to discuss the project. He then reached Narayan to procure the rights to the book.<ref name=rwl>{{Cite book|last=Anand|first=Dev|author-link=Dev Anand|title=Romancing with Life - an autobiography|publisher=Penguin Viking|year=2007|pages=182–184|isbn=978-0-670-08124-0}}</ref>

The Indian and American production teams clashed, causing Anand to postpone the Hindi version, thereby freeing [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]] to direct the highly acclaimed ''[[Haqeeqat (1964 film)|Haqeeqat]]'' (1964). It also presented an opportunity for [[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]] to step in, and the film would prove to be a landmark achievement in his career and the Hindi film industry.<ref name=rwl/><ref name=hin08>{{cite news|title=Blast From The Past: Guide 1965|author=Suresh Kohli|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/10/04/stories/2008100450641100.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629104339/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/10/04/stories/2008100450641100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2013|date=4 October 2008|access-date=27 April 2013|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Buck tutored [[Waheeda Rehman]] on her diction for the English part.

The sequence featuring the song "Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai" was shot in the [[Chittor Fort]] in [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="ndtv" /> The film's climax was shot in the town of [[Limbdi]], 90 km from [[Ahmedabad]] on the [[Bhogavo River]].<ref name="pm">{{cite web|title=We hunted for a firang for Dev sahab in 5 hrs|work=Pune Mirror|url=http://www.punemirror.in/news/india/We-hunted-for-a-firang-for-Dev-sahab-in-5-hrs/articleshow/31960694.cms|date=6 December 2011|access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref>

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name = Guide
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Sachin Dev Burman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1965 (India)
| recorded = 1964
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length = 38:01
| label = The Gramophone Company of India (Private) Limited
| producer = [[Sachin Dev Burman]]
| prev_title = [[Ziddi (1964 film)|Ziddi]]
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = [[Teen Devian]]
| next_year = 1965
}}

The film's music was composed by [[Sachin Dev Burman]], written by [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] and sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Manna Dey]] and [[Sachin Dev Burman]]. The soundtrack was listed by ''Planet Bollywood'' as #11 on their list of 100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=s022608074151|title=100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks Ever-Part 4|publisher=Planet Bollywood|access-date=7 March 2011}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Picturized on
|-
| "Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| [[Dev Anand]] & [[Waheeda Rehman]]
|-
| "Din Dhal Jaaye"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
| Dev Anand & Waheeda Rehman
|-
| "Gaata Rahe Mera Dil"
| [[Kishore Kumar]] & Lata Mangeshkar
| Dev Anand & Waheeda Rehman
|-
| "Kya Se Kya Ho Gaya"
| Mohammed Rafi
| Dev Anand & Waheeda Rehman
|-
| "Piya Tose Naina Laage Re"
| Lata Mangeshkar
| Waheeda Rehman
|-
| "Saiyaan Beimaan"
| Lata Mangeshkar
| Dev Anand & Waheeda Rehman
|-
| "Tere Mere Sapne"
| Mohammed Rafi
| Dev Anand & Waheeda Rehman
|-
| "Wahan Kaun Hai Tera"
| [[Sachin Dev Burman]]
| Dev Anand
|-
| "He Ram Hamare Ramchandra"
| [[Manna Dey]] & Chorus
| Dev Anand
|-
| "Allah Megh De Paani De"
| [[Sachin Dev Burman]]
| [[Dev Anand]]
|}

Rafi had originally recorded a song called "Hum Hi Mein Thi Na Koi Baat, Yaad Na Tumko Aa Sake, Tumne Hume Bhula Diya, Hum Na Tumko Bhula Sake", but later this song was replaced by "Din Dhal Jaaye".

==Awards==
The film was selected as the Indian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[38th Academy Awards]], but was not accepted as a nominee.<ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</ref>

''Guide'' received a leading 9 nominations at the [[14th Filmfare Awards]] and won 7 awards, becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. ''Guide'' was also the first film to win all 4 major awards: [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]], [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

The ceremony also proved to be controversial, as [[S. D. Burman]], who was nominated for [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music]] and [[Lata Mangeshkar]], who was nominated for Best Playback Singer for "Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai", both lost their respective awards to [[Shankar–Jaikishan|Shankar-Jaikishan]] and [[Mohammed Rafi]] (for "Baharon Phool Barsao"), both for ''[[Suraj (1966 film)|Suraj]]'', despite being highly favored for winning in their respective categories.

{| class="wikitable"
! Ceremony
! Award
! Category
! Nominee
! Outcome
! Note
|-
|[[38th Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award]]
|[[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|India's official submission]] for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Dev Anand]]
|{{nom|Not Nominated}}
|Eighth film submitted by [[India]]
|-
|[[National Film Awards]]
|[[13th National Film Awards]]
|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
|rowspan="5" {{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="9" |[[Filmfare Awards]]
| rowspan="9" |[[14th Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Movie|Best Film]]
|Received on behalf of [[Navketan Films]]
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|[[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]]
|
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|[[Dev Anand]]
|
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|[[Waheeda Rehman]]
|
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
|[[S. D. Burman]]
|rowspan="2" {{nom}}
|Lost to [[Shankar–Jaikishan|Shankar-Jaikishan]] for ''[[Suraj (1966 film)|Suraj]]''
|-
|Best Playback Singer
|[[Lata Mangeshkar]] for "Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai"
|Lost to [[Mohammad Rafi]] for "Baharon Phool Barsao" from ''[[Suraj (1966 film)|Suraj]]'' (the Best Playback Singer award was split into Male and Female categories the following year)
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]]
|[[R. K. Narayan]]
| rowspan="3"{{won}}
|
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]
|[[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]]
|
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]] (Color Category)
|[[Fali Mistry]]
|
|}

==Reception==
Author R. K. Narayan disliked the film adaptation of his novel. Reviewing the English version of the film for the magazine ''Life'', he called it "The Misguided ''Guide.''"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/07/26/stories/13261282.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503085637/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/07/26/stories/13261282.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 May 2017 |title=A flood of fond memories |last=Guy |first=Randor |author-link=Randor Guy |date=26 July 2001 |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=28 April 2017}}</ref>

In a review of the American release in ''[[The New York Times]]'', critic [[Bosley Crowther]] praised the cinematography as "... a succession of colorful views of sightseeing spots, busy cities, temples, dusty landscapes and crowds," but lamented that "... the development of the narrative continuity is so erratic and frequently slurred–so clumsy and artless, to be plain-spoken–that both story and emotion are vague."<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[List of submissions to the 38th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|title=The Guide (Modern Classics)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lS7D4E6f2yQC|year= 2010|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-341498-8}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0059246|Guide}}
* [http://www.lenseye.co/the-30-must-see-indian-films-selected-by-utpal-datta-film-critic/ The 30 Must See Indian Films, Selected By Utpal Datta ( Film critic ). – Lens Eye, Neither tomorrow nor today, it's now] 30 Must see Indian Films selected by Critic Utpal Datta
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{{R. K. Narayan}}
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[[Category:1965 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Adaptations of works by R. K. Narayan]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vijay Anand]]
[[Category:Films scored by S. D. Burman]]
[[Category:Indian epic films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Rajasthan]]

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