Guide, starring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman, was directed by Vijay Anand, who also contributed with the screenplay. The film is based on the critically acclaimed novel, The Guide, by R. K. Narayan, and is widely considered to be one of the masterpieces of the Indian film industry.

• This movie was made in two versions - an English version in collaboration with Pearl S. Buck and directed by Ted Danielewski to introduce Dev Anand to western audiences and of course the Hindi version directed by Dev Anand's younger brother Vijay Anand.

• The film is based on the book "The Guide" by R. K. Narayan, India's best known author in the English language.

• Vijay Anand was horrified when he read the script and thought it would ruin the image of the country abroad. He refused twice to direct the film. It was only on the third attempt by Dev Anand that he agreed.

• When Waheeda Rehman took on the role of Rosie in Vijay Anand's Guide, she was certain that she would never work in the Mumbai industry again. The character of a woman, who commits adultery, puts her career over her marriage, dumps her boyfriend when he starts to stifle her, was just too strong for traditional Indian audiences. Rosie is not a heroine, she is a vamp, the actress was warned. But she did it, and gave Hindi cinema one of its best female characters.