Consider the following statements. I can only thank a genius director like Guru Dutt for giving me an opportunity to work in his films and translate his conceptions on screen. I was able to involve (myself) in many innovative experiments he had tried. The best example is the making of ‘Kagaz Ke Phool’ (1959) , which is the first cinemascope venture in the Indian film industry. On receipt of a Prestigious Award of India the above statement was made recently by