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"Vijay is a poet who writes unpublishable poems. They are social commentary not songs of love. Because he doesn't find work to support his brothers and mother they disown him. He takes to drinking and ends up in a brothel where one of the women takes an interest in him. She uses her influence with her clients to get his work seen."
"Melodrama featuring out-of-place artiste in a world of philistinism; songs of social criticism and characters as archetypes as unsuccessful poet rails against hypocrisy and wrongly-placed social values."
"The story of the life and loves of an unsuccessful poet."
"Vijay, an unsuccessful poet, elects to live on the streets where a young prostitute, Gulab falls in love with him and his poetry. When a dead beggar to whom Vijay gave his coat is mistaken for Vijay, Gulab has his poetry published in a book which becomes a best seller. Everyone who previously rejected Vijay now gathers to pay tribute to the dead poet, but Vijay disrupts the celebration with a passionate song denouncing hypocrisy and wrongly-placed social values."
"Vijay, an unsuccessful poet, elects to live on the streets where a young prostitute, Gulab falls in love with him and his poetry. When a dead beggar to whom Vijay gave his coat is mistaken for Vijay, Gulab has his poetry published in a book which becomes a best seller. Everyone who previously rejected Vijay now gathers to pay tribute to the dead poet, but Visjay disrupts the celebration with a passionate song denouncing hypocrisy and wrongly-placed social values."
"Struggling young poet Vijay searches for love and recognition. He falls in love with Gulab, a prostitute and devotee of his poetry. Galub, through a bizarre twist of fate, thinks Vijay has died and has his poems published posthumously. When he tries to claim his work, no one recognizes him"
"A poet, exploited by society and abandoned in love, achieves recognition when his work is published as a result of the generous support of a prostitute. But he chooses to renounce fame. His alcoholism seems to stem from impotent anger not from self pity. The story is populated by stereotypes and there is a comic sub-plot involving a singing masseur. The film's special strength derives from Dutt's playing of the central characters and the lyricism his direction brings to the narrative which also includes characters and incidents drawn from his own life. Dutt's achievement was to inject the tragic vision of a romantic idealist into the conventions of the Bombay movie."
"A destitute, alcoholic poet is befriended by a prostitute who manages to have his works published after he is presumed dead."
"Tells the story of a young poet who searches for fame and love."
"Unemployed Vijay is the youngest in his family consisting of his widowed mom, and two brothers. His passion, poetry, is frowned upon by his brothers, who want him to find gainful employment instead. Vijay's poems are quite radical, so his efforts to get them published are in vain. He takes to drinking, gets in trouble with the law, is disowned by his brothers, ends up at a brothel and befriends a prostitute named Gulabo. Gulabo is sympathetic to Vijay's plight and decides to help him get his works published by soliciting help from her wealthier clients."
"Director Guru Dutt also stars as Vijay, a poet so unsuccessful that his brothers sell his poems as scrap paper."
"A struggling young poet searches for fame and love, becoming involved with a former lover married to a publisher and a prostitute."
"A struggling young poet searches for fame and love."
"Struggling young poet Vijay searches for love and recognition. He falls in love with Gulab, a prostitute and devotee of his poetry. Galub, through a bizarre twist of fate, thinks Vijay has died and has his poems published posthumously. When he tries to claim his work, no one recognizes him."
"Pyaasa is the story of the life and loves of an unsuccessful poet who could achieve neither fame nor fortune in his lifetime."