Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.

Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

rahulmuli 52 years down the line & yet Guide still is fresh & relevant. Dev Anand was never given credit for his acting (perhaps people at that time were fond of theatrical acting of Dilip Kumar). However you have to see Guide (& other B & W movies before Guide) to realize how good an actor he was! In the song Waha kaun hai tera, when coins are thrown at him the expression of self deprecation given by him is one such example. Goldie's direction & treatment to the subject which was far ahead of its time is unparalleled.Finally what can be said about Sachinda's compositions. Surely this is the only movie all the songs of which will be as fresh 100 years from now as they are today.

Biswajit Tripathy Guide the award winning story by R K Narayan is a masterpiece of all times. One of the few films I liked from my heart. This movie made Navketan Banners a household name.Raju (Dev Anand) is a railway guide. Rosie is the neglected wife of an Archaeologist (Rehman) has a passion for dancing. They meet in one of those trips of Rosie with her husband when Raju becomes their Guide to that town. Raju becomes her dance guide and finally a spiritual guide.When Rosie becomes successful Raju becomes insecure. He succumbs to drinking and gambling. Raju gets involved in forgery and goes to Jail. After getting out of the Jail, he is passing through a village where he is mistaken as a Sadhu by some local villagers. Raju takes advantage of the situation and starts living in that village. Then comes a famine in that village. Villagers are tensed. By this time Raju has become a Swamiji. During that time Raju is narrating a story to one of the villager as to how a man keeps fast to bring rain to a certain village. This villager likes the story so much that he goes and spreads that Swamiji will keep fast to bring rain. Though Raju wanted not to, but he goes on a fast seeing all villagers trust in him. And wonder of wonders; it rains.The movie was a technically genius during 1965. The music, art, cinematography sets it apart from all others and won most of the words. Followed by Tere Mere Sapne, Guide is Vijay Anand's best movie yet. The song 'Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hei' portrays life at it best.The movie was a masterpiece and inspiration to many peoples. Guide is a movie made in India and for India. This is one movie which is still watchable.

Arun S. Guide is a transcendental movie about finding (or losing) your way, and finding it again. At one level it is purely corporeal – about life's search for fame, fortune and love; but at a meta-level it asks: what are we really searching for? Just fame, fortune, love? Or is it altruism, God, or something even bigger than that? Guide looks for answers to nothing less that the deepest and toughest questions of life.Guide is about the many paradoxical situations of life. A village looks for guidance from a man, who is lost himself. A girl, who is trying to find freedom from her seedy background, finds imprisonment in a loveless marriage. A woman and a man dream of a successful future together, but are disenchanted and separated by the very same future they built together. Guide explores these situations subtly and honestly. True to reality, life itself is the protagonist and life itself is the villain; and the characters are but parts of a universe that is trying to comprehend itself through them.Unlike much of Bollywood fare, this movie has rich characters and strong character development. The main characters truly evolve through the movie. Vijay Anand's dialogs are excellent and express emotions as honestly as few movies have. A few scenes really stand out – one where Rosie and Raju, penniless, pretend to be a famous artiste and her eager fan; another where Rosie, sadly alienated from her lover says "there is a wall around my heart, and it seems like nothing can reach inside it – not happiness, not sadness".Last but not least, the songs are a delight and they only enhance the depth of the story. When Rosie tastes, for a day, the freedom she craves, we sing with her "I feel like living again". On our journey with Raju and Rosie, when they feel the cozy warmth of love and togetherness, we feel like singing "the colors of our dreams are now the same"; when they feel sad loneliness, we lament "the day ends, but alas, the night lasts forever".Guide is a great human drama, but what elevates it to an epic is the mystical undercurrent to the story. Sophisticated and progressive for a Bollywood movie made in 1965, Guide is a timeless masterpiece and very few Bollywood movies made before or since come close in scope, ambition and depth. It swept most major awards in 1965 (except, shockingly, for Best Music – which was won by Suraj), and will probably be a strong contender for these awards in any other year.

vijaymehra74 I saw this movie first time at the age of 10. Till then i saw it more than 250 times. It is simply great to comment about one of all time great & masterpiece movie called "GUIDE". The performance given by almost by all the actors was just simply matchless. Performance of "Dev Sahab" is tremendous. It was a very heroic step to make a film based on a novel by R.K. Narayanan. Guide, Dev Sahab & Goldy proved their mettle. Music given by "Sachin Da" is so Melodious, soulful & touching. Guide was released in the year of 1965. It begged so many awards. Guide not only have great music, great compositions, but it have great ethical, moral values too. The dialogue delivery of Dev Sahab was outstanding. I would like to repeat one of them. <<<<""""Har Sheeshe Se Dil Mein Ek Tasveer Hai, ek Sheesha-E-Dil Hamare Seene Mein Bhi Hai, Jo Hardam is Mohini Soorat Ko Chupaye Rakhta Hai"""">>>>>. Guide is a milestone in the Indian film industry. It is simply a must see film.