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F I L M I N D I A
April 1938
"SOUNGADI"
Produced by: Ncttnraj Films.
Released at: Majestic Cinema, Bombay.
Date oi Release: 8th April 1938. Bombay Circuit Distributors:
Supreme Film Distributors. Cast: Durgu Khote, Mubarak,
Nayampally, Salvi, Vimla Sar
desai.
Screen Play: .(By Mama Warerkar).
The picture has a very thin plot. Manohar and Manjula are happy in their village when an uncle turns up and takes them to the city in the midst of wealth and civilization. There the loving pair drift apart and due to the machination:; of a cousin their life is made miserable. Soon Manohar learns to suspect his wife and accuses his friend as being her paramour. And then Manohar starts taking morphia injections and soon becomes a
drug addict. The closing situations in the picture are melodramatic and gripping. The early scenes are rather too much drawn out and the " picture becomes boring at some places.
Language: Marathi. (By Mama Warerkar). Beautiful, but at places unnecessarily snappy and light dialogues distinguish the picture. The songs are also well composed.
Music: (By G. N. Tembe). Quite melodious and attractive.
Photography: (By Purohit). Good at places and tolerable otherwise.
Recording: (By B. Vakil). Quite good.
Direction: (By P. Y. Altekar). Rather weak and orthodox! The direction is responsible -for a lot of unnecessary padding in the picture. A couple of scenes, however, are well directed. With drastic editing the picture would have improved in its appeal.
Performances: Durga Khote was her usual best. Mubarak has improved beyond recognition. Vimla Sardesai was quite good. Nayampally fitted the role well. Emmanuel was slapstick. Joglekar did not convince and rather spoiled the picture. Bachhu ihe little boy was rotten. Anant Warerkar was camera conscious and looked worried about his suits which probably he was wearing for the first time.
Costumes were suitable and settings were clever.
Special Effects: The evil effects of the drug habit are subtly portrayed in the picture and these scenes lend distinction to the story.
Publicity: Quite good publicity ushered the picture in Bombay.
Box-office value: This picture will appeal particularly to the intelligentsia from the society.
Devika Rani & Ashok Kumar in "Nirmala" a Bomba y Talkies' picture running at the Roxy Cinema, Bombay.
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