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Vfarch, 1948
Now begins the love lore of Jayadeo in trembling and hackneyed words of Pandit Indra showered on perhaps the most repulsive symbol of womanly beauty.
Jayadeo goes through the usual vicissitudes which fell to the lot if Tulsidas, Surdas, Tukaram, Bhaktaraj. Namdev and other 'Devs" and "Dases" of India and after the usual conflict between the believers and the non-believers arrives at the usual spot of personal triumph through the very familiar avenue of idiotic miracles, in which the Hindu stone god plays the chief role without the least personal provocation.
And thus a poet whom we had always admired for his beauty of lyrical licence is now added to our long string of saints by a motion picture producer. At this rate we must produce saintly stories on our present-day film "poets" like Pandit Indra. Balam, Pradeep. Walli Saheb etc. Walli Saheb will, of course, become a "Pir" and sleep alongside Makhdum Miyan of Mahim.
If Jayadeo was a miracle monger who brought down the Ganges, even as Jagannatfa Pandit
FILM INDIA
Spectacular sets make 'Samrat Ashok", a spectacular picture and emphasise the glory of ancient India.
forced the river up, where was the need of boring us with long lyrical headaches of Pandit Indra?
Most of Panditji'e poetry in this picture consists of calling Krishna by different names. We don't object to all this, but we do protest against making us the victims of fill this boring mess.
Love comes riding on a cycle when Afzal meets Vijayalaxmi in "Shanti", a social picture of Firdaus Art Pictures.
After paying Rs. 2-8 for a seat one expects the producer to be at least polite with his entertainment and not rude, abusive and boring. CLASSICAL MUSIC The technical side of the picture is pretty attractive — photography being pleasant and the sound carefully recorded. The best part of the picture is, however, the music of Cyan Dutt. It is at once versatile, classic and appropriate. It won't, however, become popular but a subject like "Geet Govind" could not possibly have any other music but one with the classical tone and note.
Kami Desai's art work is another attraction. He liasn't overdone it this time ;><» in "Ram Rajya" but all that has been presented is beautiful in conception ami presentation. Kami's conception of the different Hindu trods is more artistic and beautiful than the Almighty's own besj creation —Man. If Kami can immortalize the beauty of these Hindu gods in paintings as Ravivarma did once, we shall at least have a pantheon of attractive gods to compete with the Christian idolatory as revealed in little coloured cards and wax idols. Beautiful gods must needs inspire beautiful thoughts in preference to the terror and fear inspired by the different faces of Shiva, Kali and Chandika.
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