In one of this director's films, the cinematographer V. K. Murthy used two large mirrors to shine an intense beam of light from the ceiling of a movie studio. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this director who cast himself opposite Waheeda Rehman in Kaagaz Ke Phool and another movie about a downtrodden poet named Vijay.
ANSWER: Guru Dutt [or Gurudatta Padukone; or Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone] [the second movie is Pyaasa]
[10e] Dutt and Murthy's collaboration began on the Dev Anand movie Baazi, which was the first Bollywood movie in this genre. The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon are among the many movies in this genre adapted from hard-boiled crime fiction.
ANSWER: film noir [do not accept or prompt on “detective film”]
[10m] Guru Dutt's wife Geeta often had this role in the production of his films. Lata Mangeshkar (muhng-AYSH-ker) and Mohammed Rafi were among the most well-known people to serve this role in the Indian film industry.
ANSWER: playback singers
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