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July, 1940
FI1MINDIA
Kishore Sahu and Rose brighten many a scene in "Bahurani" now running at the Minerva.
standing of the part and its sympathetic bearing on several situations in the story. Mubarak's character make-up is admirable.
Anuradha as Aruna has more scenes to her share than the other artistes put together. As most of these scenes are dyed in sympathetic hues, Anuradha succeeds in securing the sympathy of every one without having to strain herself. Perhaps a greater artiste would have given more life to Anuradha's role. Anuradha's musical talents with their definite limitations restricted the scope of the music director who had to make up in orchestration what her voice failed to reproduce.
Rose seemed acquainted with the part she played, though her appearance (a lot of it is superfluous now) went against her. Rose is fast becoming less photogenic and unless she guards against this, we shall soon lose a useful artiste.
Pratima Devi only looked her part but couldn't live it.
GOOD TECHNICAL WORK
Barring a couple of shots in the outdoors, the photography was very
soothing to the eyes and created a very good general impression of the ability of the cameraman. The
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same cannot be said of the sound. It is carelessly recorded at places, though it is sufficiently audible.
Rafique Guznavi is learning to be a scientist in music. This is the second instalment of his experiment in musical enterprise. The first was "Sitara." While giving suitable and imaginative background music, he mixes too much of a foreign element in his score with a profuse sprinkling of the rumba notes. This makes the music anything but Indian. The tunes are rather sombre. In the present day films, what sells is music. Rafique should remember this in future.
The joint effort of Mubarak and Junnarkar in direction, as their first rttempl. calls for the highest praise. Many an old director should blush with shame seeing the measure of success achieved by these new comers. Theirs is a glorious debut and we can only wish them greater, success.
"Bahurani"' is a picture you can't afford to miss. It has entertainment plus instruction. And it brings India Artists into the minds of all.
In "Mala" a Prakash picture, Rose and Jairaj give a performance that will be long remembered.
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