Waheeda Rehman And Guru Dutt Made Magic On Screen. It Began With A Buffalo

On Tuesday, Rehman was named recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award

It all started with a buffalo. The famed Guru Dutt-Waheeda Rehman collaboration began one day in Hyderabad in 1955 when the filmmaker extended his stay in the city after a bovine crashed into his car and then spotted a young woman from across the street. He asked who she was. And the rest, as they sometimes say, is cinematic history.

On Tuesday, Rehman was named recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke award, occasion for cinephiles to dig into her remarkable filmography.

The Dutt-Rehman story -- which starred gems such as Pyaasa (1957), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) and Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam (1962) -- was recalled by film writer Abrar Alvi in Ten Years With Guru Dutt by Sathya Saran.