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{{short description|1985 book by Arun Khopkar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Guru Dutt: A Tragedy in Three Acts
| image = Guru Dutt- A Tragedy in Three Acts cover.jpg
| caption = Cover of the English edition
| author = Arun Khopkar
| title_orig = Guru Dutt: Teen Anki Shokantika
| translator = [[Shanta Gokhale]]
| country = India
| language = Marathi
| series =
| subject = [[Guru Dutt]]
| genre = Film analysis
| set_in =
| publisher = [[Granthali]]
| published = 1985
| english_pub_date = 15 October 2012
| media_type = Print
| pages = 134
| isbn =
| isbn_note =
| oclc = 569911159
| dewey =
| congress =
| preceded_by =
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| notes =
| exclude_cover =
}}
'''''Guru Dutt: A Tragedy in Three Acts''''' is a book by Arun Khopkar, analysing the Indian actor and filmmaker [[Guru Dutt]]'s work. It was originally released by [[Granthali]] in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] as ''Guru Dutt: Teen Anki Shokantika'' in 1985, and its [[English language|English]] version, translated by [[Shanta Gokhale]], was did so [[Penguin Books]] on 15 October 2012. The book won the [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema]].

== Summary and release ==
''Guru Dutt: Teen Anki Shokantika'' is written by the filmmaker and scholar Arun Khopkar in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], analysing the works from the Indian actor and filmmaker [[Guru Dutt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jnaf.org/artist/arun-khopkar/ |title=Arun Khopkar |publisher=[[Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation]] |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224230902/https://jnaf.org/artist/arun-khopkar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Khopkar, he never planned the project as a book initially and was his personal jottings where he would write his "intense experience" of Dutt's films, mostly those of the dramas ''[[Pyaasa]]'' (1957), ''[[Kaagaz Ke Phool]]'' (1959), and ''[[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]]'' (1962).<ref name="English">{{cite book |title=Guru Dutt: A Tragedy in Three Acts |date=15 October 2012 |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |last=Khopkar |first=Arun |isbn=978-01-43415-05-3 }}</ref><sup>:7</sup><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/595192/book-guru-dutt-dwells-his.html |title=Book on Guru Dutt dwells on his classics |date=7 February 2017 |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |location=Bengaluru, India |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913091832/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/595192/book-guru-dutt-dwells-his.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The book was published by [[Granthali]] in 1985, winning the [[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema|Best Book on Cinema]] trophy at the [[33rd National Film Awards]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/artsandideas/text.html?objectid=HN681.S597_19_023.gif |title=The Case of Sergei Eisenstein |date=May 1990 |page=21 |last=Khopkar |first=Arun |issue=19 |journal=Journal of Arts & Ideas |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808013349/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/artsandideas/text.html?objectid=HN681.S597_19_023.gif |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=00hQAAAAYAAJ |title=National Film Awards, 1986 |date=June 1986 |work=Kisan World |page=54 |volume=13 |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727122525/https://www.google.co.id/books/edition/Kisan_World/00hQAAAAYAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> The awards citations said, "For a book as it is a major critical work on Guru Dutt, which is researched, attractively published at a reasonable price with a wealth of visual which enriches any book on cinema."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/84_33rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=33rd National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=27 July 2021|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725171812/http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/84_33rdNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

The book was re-published by [[Penguin Books]] in [[English language|English]] under the title of ''Guru Dutt: A Tragedy in Three Acts'' on 15 October 2012, translated by his wife [[Shanta Gokhale]].<ref name="English" /> The scholar [[Shoma Chatterji]], in her book ''The Cinema of Bimal Roy'' (2017), said: "This is auteur criticism done honestly and over time where the author ... explores the historical context that influence Dutt's deeply melancholic style while also analysing the intricacies of the medium such as acting, lighting, music, editing and rhythm that were carefully deployed to create a masterpiece."<ref>{{cite book |last=Chatterji |first=Shoma |author-link=Shoma Chatterji |title=The Cinema of Bimal Roy: An 'Outsider' Within |date=4 July 2017 |location=Noida, India |publisher=[[SAGE Publications]] |isbn=978-93-86062-86-4 }}</ref><sup>:25</sup> A [[Kannada]]-translated version was published by [[Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy]] on 6 February 2017, with the translated was being handled by Uma Kulakarni and Virupaksha Kulakarni. The filmmaker [[Girish Kasaravalli]] admitted that the book has made him "to better understand Dutt's melancholy".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Guru-Dutt-Portrait-of-a-‘split-personality’/article17204461.ece |title=Guru Dutt: Portrait of a 'split personality' |date=6 February 2017 |work=[[The Hindu]] |last=Khajane |first=Muralidhara |location=Bengaluru, India |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727122522/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Guru-Dutt-Portrait-of-a-%E2%80%98split-personality%E2%80%99/article17204461.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/feb/06/translated-kannada-book-on-guru-dutt-released-1567708--1.html |title=Translated Kannada book on Guru Dutt released |date=6 February 2017 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727122531/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/feb/06/translated-kannada-book-on-guru-dutt-released-1567708--1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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