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OUR REVIEW
"Chandan", Fairly Good "B" Class Picture
Kanta Gives A Good Performance
This is a social story written on a too familiar pattern and it could have done better had the writer, the director and the technicians given to it a Little more care.
Here in this story we are shewn how a well educated young girl falls in love with a scoundrel and ruins her life while society sits and watches unconcernedly.
Leela, the daughter of a judge, falls in love with Beehari, her college chum, who promises to marry her and in the meanwhile, has some good time with her. The result of this good time is the delicate condition of Leela. Leela runs to Beehari and demands fulfilment of the promise of marriage but the heartless fellow refuses to oblige.
CHASED BY SOCIETY
Very soc:1( Leela is on the streets driven out of the house by her parents and chased about by society. She runs and runs, away from herself and her sin till she jumps from a train to commit suicide. Luckily she falls into a river and is rescued by Gohil, a Bhil.
In the Bhil village she is nursed and lookid after and there her first child, Uma. is born. Years pass. Uma is now a grown-up girl in love
CHANDAN
Producers: Ashok Pictures Story: H. E. Khatib
Scenario: Natvarshyam
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Music: S. Cinematography:
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Pandit Indra Tripathi A. H. Salunke D. K. Kane
Nazir, Kanta, Ashiq Huscin, Maya Devi, W. M. Khan, Jarnshedji etc. Released At: Lamington Talkies
Date of Release: 10th Jan. 1942 Director: DHIRUBHAI B. DESAI
with Chandan, the son of the Bhil Sardar. Uma and Chandan wish to marry, but Chandan's father refuses permission and kicks up a row. Uma and her mother are compelled to leave the village and trek towards
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the city. They meet Ramesh. an engineer, on the way and come to the city under his patronage. Bv this time Ramesh has also fallen in love with Uma and Uma seems to reciprocate his love but remembers the promise she had given to Chandan.
At this stage Beehari who Is a rich man also meets Uma. Uma and Ramesh decide to get married, but one of the trustees of Ramesh's property refuses consent and again, in desperation, Uma and her mother leave the protection of Ramesh and run awry. Quite by accident Uma falls in the hands of Beehari and who while trying to rape her, manages to shoot his own manager and plants the offence on Uma.
Now we are taken to a very apologetic court scene where on the evidence of Beehari, Uma is sentenced to death. After the sentence is passed, Leela, Uma's mother, makes a sudden appearance and upsets the legal routine by an impassioned appeal to the conscience of Beehari.
Beehari. who has been so far shown as an unprincipled scoundrel, is now attacked by a conscience, rather suddenly, and he confesses his crime and calls Uma his daughter and Leela his wife. The entire court
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