FilmIndia (Jan-Nov 1942)

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kpril 1942 FILMIMDIA good performances. Vimla Vashishtha was, however, a sorry disappointment. This artiste is now typed in shrewish roles and even the great Debaki Bose could not take her away from the rut. For heaven's sake, can't someone stop this lady from speaking Hindustani? She murders the language and makes it sound more awful than Tamil. If Vimla Vashishtha will insist on speaking Hindustani in future, let us change the national language of India. Another girl who should leave the screen severely alone is Vimal Sardesai. She plays a tiny role as a society girl in one party scene, but that bit of exhibition is enough to point out her present unsuitablfity for the screen. Well, ft is Debaki's own picture produced in the best Debaki Bose Protima Das Gupta comes to the screen after "Rajnartaki" in "Bachelor traditions and though it has little Father" a social picture of Acharya Productions. noral that an individual home is but 1 unit of a million homes that makes nation. And the way to that harnony lies in the understanding of he other man's point of view even t considerable personal sacrifice and hrough peaceful methods. Technically the picture is almost >erfect, though one wished the sound ad been a little more audible. HANTA AND CHANDRAMOHAN "Chandramohan is superb as "Naendra". He lends life to the role nd creates a character as vivid and ealistic as the author wanted. This a masterpiece of acting for the ncomparable Chandramohan, who, tris time, expresses more by action han by words. Long live Chandranohan! Actors like him are rare lot only in India but in the whole vorld. Shanta Apte returns to the screen ifter a very long time and yet gives more mature performance than ver before. With addition of years, he has now acquired a charming lersonality and does her work pretty veil. Though her "Mira" falls short f Debaki's conception, yet her work a this picture is certainly a great improvement on all she has done in he past. Her musical talents, howiver, were not exploited in this picure. In fact, the picture has poor music — poor in the popular sense. Without being so subdued as it is at present, good music could have been given, especially with an excellent singing artiste like Shanta Apte. OH! SAVE US PLEASE Jagdish, Jeevan, Maya Bannerjee and almost all others give suitably popular entertainment in it, it is a picture worthy of a great director and as such worth seeing by every intellectual in the country — not once but several times. Incidentally, the picture also constitutes a well aimed slant on the present political conditions, but we would rather prefer the philosophic angle in human relations seeing that Debaki Bose has made this picture. Yes, Director Kedar Sharrna is at it with his Ajanta frescos in mind. That's Mira thrown out with vengeance, in "Arman", a Ranjit picture, to size up the emotions of millions. 55