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OUR REVIEW
"Ek Din-ka-Sultan" Becomes Good Entertainer !
Popular Picture Draws Crowds
Using the tiny historical incident reflecting on the generous anrl loyal character of Emperor Humayun, Producer Sohrab Modi has given to the rilmgoers some fine entertainment in "Ek Din-Ka-Sultan'.
This picture has the usual historical grandeur for which Sohrab has quite a name and though there are a fewflaws here and there, one must welcome "Ek Din-Ka-Sultan" as a worthy contribution to the quality output of our film industry.
THE USUAL ROMANCE
Primarily it is the story of a soldier of fortune. Nizam, a brave, hail-fellow-well-met type of a soldier, rescues Kauser, the daughter of Sher-eKoh, a Mughal Sardar, from a fire. They fall in love with each other and soon start doing heavy breathing. Nizam has Azim, a water-carrier, as a friend and he lets his love-sighs on him, while Kauser intrudes on her favourite maid Sambul.
When Sher-e-Koh comes to know of this romance, he frowns at it and soon
EK DIN-KA-SULTAN
Producers: Minerva Movietone Language: Urdu Story & Dialogues: Agha Jani Kashmiri
Songs: Walli Saheb
Music: Rafiq Ghuznavi
& others I Photography: Y. D. Sarpotdar and another Recording: M. Eduljee
Cast: Mehtab, Wasti, Sadiq Ali, Ghulam Mohamed, A. Shah, Shanta Rin, etc. Released At: New West End, Bombay.
Date of Releare:
2nd Nov. 194s
Directed by: SOHRAB MODI
working himself into a rage on a Aim sy reason, sentences Nizam to be be headed.
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But heroes never die so easily and at the last minute, Emperor Humayun's coincidental journey through the streets saves the Nizam's life.
There is now a war in which Humayun's life is saved by Nizam who is promised a boon in exchange by the Emperor. This incident has been slightly changed to suit screen purposes Ferishta (Briggs II pp. 88) mentions a professional water-carrier who threw his 'masak' to enable the Emperor to swim across and was in turn allowed to sit on the Mughal throne for half a day. Sohrab gives the opportunity to the hero who, though a professional soldier, is at the time in the army as a water-carrier. Not much harm done, as the incident is not misused.
The romance between Kauser and Nizam now takes a tragic turn with the girl's father thinking of getting her married to some one else. Matters become desperate and Nizam goes to the Emperor to ask for the fulfilment of the boon. Humayun puts him on the throne for a day and matters soon reach a solution in which the hero gets his girl.
WELL-DIRECTED PICTURE
The picture has some beautiful production values, especially in sets and shot executions. In parts the story is very well shot, though the photogra
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