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October 1942
FILMINDIA
'10 O'clock" a social picture of Prabhat presents some unique drama on the
screen.
that whenever his face is seen on the screen, all philosophy die; a premature death. This character therefore fails miserably to maintain its role of philosophic punctuation to the story.
GREED AND LOVE
A beggar in the street, by a confidence trick, suddenly becomes Seth Laxmidas tne gold-king of the city. For the sake of allowing some melodrama we make our peace with the idea. We are now shown scenes portraying the greed of Laxmidas for money. He piles up money by ruining many and by murdering his partner.
Somehow the motive for murdering his partner by locking him up in the strong vault is not strong enough. The partner seemed to be a nice, obliging man and did not seem to come in the way of Laxmidas. On the other hand he seemed to favour the union between his own daughter Darling and Laxmidas. The murder incident therefore does not fit comfortably in the general design of the picture.
However Laxmidas proceeds with his greed unabashed and yet finds
a heart to love Darling. We are told in the booklet, that this feeling of love for Darling is the genuine goods with all its spiritual glamour not admitting any coercion. This is rather inconsistent with the greedy portrayal of Laxmidas. In his previous life as a beggar on the pave
ment we are only shown Laxmidas's desire to become rich. After he actually becomes rich, in no way whatever are we given an evidence of his sex-complex or of his amorous self.
If Laxmidas had wanted to marry Darling because she happened to be a rich heiress one can understand the desire as contributory to his greed for money. The drama would then have looked natural. But to imagine a type like Laxmidas, goldgreedy, heartless, disloyal and a criminal to possess a spiritual glow of genuine love makes it rather a tall story to believe. It is a psychological contradiction we don't easily find in life.
Darling knows about the murder of her father and plays the game of
Laxmidas with the solitary idea of wreaking vengeance on him. The role of Darling is played by Akhtaribai Fyzabadi, a well-known crooner. One only wishes she had not played it. The role is supposed to belong to a beautiful sophisticated daughter of the rich. Akhtari turns it into a sort of a gift for the crude and ugly.
Now we go through several scenes showing the money-making abili
Ashalata comes to the screen after a long time in "Sukhi Jeevan", a
Paramount picture .
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