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References
- 1 2 'I miss my father terribly' Arun Dutt, Rediff.com , 15 October 2004."Guru Dutt Films Private Limited".
- 1 2 Arun Dutt of Guru Dutt Films Pvt. Ltd. Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema, by Tejaswini Ganti. Routledge, 2004. ISBN 0-415-28853-3. page ix.
- ↑ Arunt Dutt at Internet Movie Database .
- ↑ "Guru Dutt Films Private Limited - Company Information, Trademarks & Directors". quickcompany.in. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
