the tabla is played by renowned musician Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. Reception Author R. K. Narayan disliked the film adaptation of his novel. Reviewing the English version of the film for the magazine Life, he called it "The Misguided Guide." In a review of the American release in The New York Times, critic Bosley Crowther praised the cinematography as "... a succession of colorful views of sightseeing spots, busy cities, temples, dusty landscapes and crowds," but lamented that "... the development of the narrative continuity is so erratic and frequently slurred–so clumsy and artless, to be plain-spoken–that both story and emotion are vague." Accolades The film was selected as the India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 38th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. At the 14th Filmfare Awards, Guide received a leading 9 nominations, and won 7 awards, becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Guide was also the first film to win all 4 major awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. The ceremony also proved to be controversial, as S. D. Burman, who was nominated for Best Music Director and Lata Mangeshkar, who was nominated for Best Playback Singer for "Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai", both lost their respective awards to Shankar-Jaikishan and Mohammed Rafi (for "Baharon Phool Barsao"), both for Suraj, despite being highly favored for winning in their respective categories. See also List of submissions to the 38th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Trivia Devanand had invested every penny he had at that time in the making of this film. Yet, initially Devanand could not find any distributor for Guide, mainly because the US version had already flopped. References Bibliography External links The 30 Must See Indian Films, Selected By Utpal Datta ( Film critic ). – Lens Eye, Neither tomorrow nor today, it's now 30 Must see Indian Films selected by Critic Utpal Datta 1965 films 1960s Hindi-language films Adaptations of works by R. K. Narayan Films based on Indian novels Films directed by Vijay Anand Films scored by S. D. Burman Indian epic films Films shot in Gujarat Indian multilingual films Films shot in Rajasthan