FilmIndia (1948)

)UR REVfFW ' Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani " —A Good I Entertainer ! Humour Punctuates A Domestic Theme ! "G. G. Ki Kahani-' is the best •icture produced by Janak Pictures so far. Incidentally it is a i^ood picture in comparison with hie stuff we usually get on the ndian screen. The picture, however, fails to Braw crowds because it has a story khich has come on the screen too pften either wholly or in bits. Two Pictures "Aina" and "Ma Baap" nrd almost the same character Ind complexion and people don't tail to realize this. That is where Lll the good effort on "G. G. Ki kahani" goes waste. RAJU ATTRACTS I "G. G. Ki Kahrni" is particularly made entertaining by the fcrtiste who plays Raju, the second ■son. Owing to the idiotic arrangement of the picture booklet, Ire cannot pin down his name, yet I he man, whatever his name, pives a brilliant performance, ■hough with quite a few effemiliate touches, and has good dialogue to i peak and speaks it well in addition. Had it not been for this artiste and character "G. G. Ki Kahani'' would have been another Janak failure. The story is old — rs old as our country. An old father tyrannizes the entire family in one way or other and intrudes on the lives of his children and in-laws. Xarayan the eldest son, is a spiritual slave of the father and though, egged on by his wife Laxmi, he revolts for a while, he ultimately returns to his mental serfdom a tragic and broken man. Raju. the younger brother, is a more practical man and marries Shobha against the will of his gouty father. Shobha and Raju pull on with the old chap till they he'p Shanta. the daughter of the family, to elope with a hard-ofhearing college professor like Profes< or K. S. Phadkc of Kolhapur. Xrrayan's pathetic wail for his father brings on the climax in which the old man turns a new leaf and restores harmony in the family. Yeshwant Dave and Husna in a back-to-back romance in "Dilwale", produced by Gita Pictures. GHAR GHAR KI KAHANI Producers: Janak Pictures Language : Hindustani S.ory: M. G. Rangnekar Dialogue and Lyrics: Prashant Pande Music: Ramchandra Pal Camera: M. Rajaram Sound: M. S. Patade Cast: Leela Chitnis, Nayampalli, Hemavati, Raj Shekhar, Prashant Pande, Maya Bannerjee, Vimla Vashishta, etc. Released At: New West End, Bombay Date of Release: 6th December, 1947 Directed By: BALU DAMANIA Parts of the story have been very humourously developed, especially those sequences which Raju carries on his shoulders to success. GOOD PERFORMANCES The production values are a bit erratic. Both photography and recording are inconsistent throughout— a little good work followed by a big bad patch. Both the lyrics and the music are common and do not attract at any stage. The dialogue is very well written and has plenty of colloquial idiom — particularly Raju's dialogue. From the players, the man who plays Raju gives the best performance and makes the picture a success. Leela Chitnis plays Laxmi very well, though she looks the mother of her husband in the picture. The boy who plays Xarayan also gives a good performance — particularly in the final epileptic stage. Nayampalli is his usual best — always a sincere artiste with terrific limitations. Hemavati plays "Shobha" pretty well but can't we avoid this girl's close-ups and her silly, cynical smile? Vimla Vashistha is idiotic and Maya Bannerjee has nothing to do. Strangely enough, Brlu Damania, whoever this new fellow is, has not done badly as a director in his maiden attempt. If you have time to kill, "G. G. Ki Kahpni" is not such a bad picture to see. In fact, its humorous parts are worth seeing. 4*