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Our Review
Chandramohan Thunders Through 'Geeta'
Durga Khote's Sparkling Performance !
Bad Editing Drags The Picture !
The unfortunate thing about this Circo picture is its name "Geeta". It seems that the name was conceived first and the story was stretched subsequently to come up to the name. "Geeta" is a misleading name to this social melodrama which has a convincing pretence of a theme underlying its picturization.
In their advertisements, the producers have made a lot of the name of the picture and in doing so have misguided people into believing it to be a religious theme; thereby keeping a large section of people away from the theatre.
In addition, the vagaries indulged in giving cheap publicity to the picture has alienated the public sympathy for the picture. Moreover the advertisements themselves i
have made poor and puerile copies which failed to appeal. And it is a pity to observe all this, when the subject could have been correctly advertised and made a success financially.
And yet purely from the production point of view; this picture
Chandramohan, irresistible, inimitable, and incomparable as usual, thunders through "Geeta" making it a picture to be seen.
P. Y. Altekar— the Director of "GEETA".
GEETA.
Producers: Circo Productions Story: Minoo Katr ak
Dialogues & Songs: S. K.Kallah Photography: Gordhanbhai Patel Audiography: Minoo Katrak Music: Koregaonkar Editor: Thete Cast: Chandramohan, Durga Khote, Anant Marathe, Vatsala Kumptekajr etc. Released At: Majestic Cinema Date of Release: 5th. Oct. '40
SCENARIO & DIRECTION: P. Y. ALTEKAR.
of Circo is their best production since they began producing pictures in Bombay. And that is saying a lot after the disgraceful failures of "Sohag" and "Anuradha."
A PHILOSOPHIC STORY
The story has a deeply philosophical idea underlying it. Shankar and Durga are poor and have Mohan, their child to share. Durga believes in virtuous living as enjoined by the tenets of the Bhagwat Geeta. She leads a devotional life. But Shanker^ a practical man, vin
dictive because of the ungrateful apathy of the world, finds only frustration in his wife's devotional pursuits. Burning his boats behind he becomes an outcast and leaves the home with his little son Mohan.
Shanker is now on the highways of life, seeking a living and shelter by his wits. He becomes an expert crook and makes his son also an efficient understudy. The arrogance of success in his sharp practices, he considers as his strength to be pitted against the world.
Durga on the other hand pursues her course of virtuous life in the midst of usual difficulties and gets another son Kumar, whom she trains up according to her ideals.
In the city, Shanker and Mohan are feared as dangerous characters and they seem to be doing well for a time, in the midst of loot and killings. Then one day, Shanker is caught for murder and hanged. Mohan decides to wreak a dire vengeance on the people who plotted against his father. He follows faithfully in his father's footsteps
Durga Khote's sparkling performance in "Geeta" is a distinct highlight of the picture.
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