Guru Dutt Death

Death
On October 10, 1964, Guru Dutt was found dead in his bed in his rented apartment at Pedder Road in Mumbai. He is said to have been mixing alcohol and sleeping pills. His death may have been suicide, or just an accidental overdose. It would have been his third suicide attempt [1].
Guru Dutt's son, Arun Dutt views this as an accident in an interview with India Abroad in October 2004 on the 40th anniversary of his father's death. Guru Dutt had scheduled appointments the next day with actress, Mala Sinha for his movie, Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi, and Raj Kapoor to discuss making colour films. According to him, "my father had sleeping disorders and popped sleeping pills like any other person. That day he was drunk and had taken an overdose of pills, which culminated in his death. It was a lethal combination of excessive liquor and sleeping pills."
At the time of his death, Guru Dutt was involved in two other projects, Picnic starring actress, Sadhana and Director K. Asif's epic, Love and God. Picnic remained incomplete and Love and God was released two decades later with Sanjeev Kumar replacing Dutt in the leading role.
The extra-feature on DVD of Kaagaz Ke Phool, has a 3 part Channel 4 produced documentary on life and works of Guru Dutt titled, In Search of Guru Dutt. This excellent and a must see for any Guru Dutt fan and includes interviews with many who worked and lived with Guru Dutt.
Everyone, seem to suggest that it was a suicide. He was, according to many, distressed by his then personal situation - he was not on terms with his wife, Geeta Dutt; Waheeda Rehman had distanced herself from him. There was sleeping disorder that made him take sleeping pills, and he had been drinking since 5:00 pm that evening. Whether it was suicide or a lethal dose - it was a loss to Indian cinema industry.