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March 1938
FILMINDIA
The continuity of the picture is [ightly faulty in the early stages nd could have been improved pi a little more care.
anguage: (Hindi) (By Vijahat Mirza & Prof. Waquif).
Quite good dialogues are preanied in the picture punctuated ccasionally by some witty pasages at arms. The songs are lso suitably composed.
{usic: (By Anil Biswas).
Some of the light songs are rell tuned. Bibbo's songs are inlined to be slightly classic and eeded more rehearsals before le final shooting. Sabita's songs re not happy and we cannot unerstand why she should have een given songs at all, to mar er otherwise brilliant performnce.
Photography: (Faredoon A. Irani). Good throughout and eautiful at places.
Recording: The recording of the icture is not careful throughout, rith the result that some of the lots have suffered in quality.
Editing: A slightly drastic editlg especially in the early stages f the picture and at places iroughout will improve the grip nd appeal considerably. A picire of this type requires a fast ■mpo.
Direction: (By Sarvottam Badati). This is, in our opinion, the est directed picture of Mr. Badaii. Some of the situations espeally between Motilal and Sabita ave been beautifully directed.
Performances: Sabita Devi gives a wonderfully sympathetic performance throughout the picture. In fact she has revealed herself as an artiste of great calibre, and has this time given us clever and so light hearted a portrayal of her difficult role that she easily takes away all the laurels for acting. Her two songs, how
Chandramohan in "Jwala" a Huns picture.
ever, should not have been put in to invite unnecessary criticism. Verily, it was a pleasure to discover a new Sabita in this modern romance and we hope that she gets many such roles in future to endear herself to her million fans who always want something new, something more clever and something more affectionate.
Motilal has done good acting throughout and supports Sabita very well. His dialogues are a treat to hear. They are well spoken and well stressed at correct places. It is however, painful to observe that this good artiste should not look after his face which is showing plenty of patches and blots.
Bibbo and Yakub have not much to do, but they have done well. Gulzar has given a good performance.
Costumes and Settings: The costumes were suitable and attractive. The settings were modern and beautiful.
Special Effects: The story itself provides a novelty to cine-goers and is worth seeing.
General Remarks: This is easily the best picture that has come out from the Sagar studios since they began production. It is clever and novel and miles away from the usual rut. We hope that they show similar enterprise in future by trying to give us more pictures like this.
. . Publicity: The picture called for better publicity than was given to it prior to release. A picture with this pep was ushered with very tame publicity and to that extent it will suffer.
Box-office Value: As there is plenty of entertainment packed in the picture it will run well almost at all places and can safely be booked by exhibitors all over.
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