"Baazi" was an immediate success. Dutt followed it with "Jaal" and "Baaz". Neither film did well at the box office, but they brought together the Guru Dutt team that performed so brilliantly in subsequent films. He discovered, and mentored, Johnny Walker (comedian), V.K. Murthy (cinematographer), and Abrar Alvi (writer-director), among others. He is also credited for introducing Waheeda Rehman to the Hindi cinema. "Baaz" was notable in that Dutt both directed and starred, not having found a suitable actor for the principal character.