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OUR REVIEW
"Bachchon-ka-Khel", H Disgustingly Demoralizing Picture!
Unfit For Children And Revolting To Adults !
BACHCHON-KA-KHEL Producers: Ramnik Productions.
Language: Hindustani Story: g. K. Pa war
Dialogue: pt. M. Sharma Lyrics: 'Magan' & pt. Sharma Music: c. Ramchandra
Photography: S. N. Bhagwat. Audiography: S. Damle.
Art Direction: Shripatrao Mane.
Cast: Baby Shakuntala, N. Kabir, Meena Kumari, Agha Jan, Nimbalkar Shanta Patel etc. Released At: Novelty, Bombay Date of Release: 2nd May 1946.
Directed By: RAJA NENE
In the January 1H43 issue of 'filmindia' reviewing "Ten O'clock'' a Prabhat picture directed by Raja None, we had written: "In the picture is introduced a child role in the little sister of Dilip. This role is very well played by a newcomer, Baby Shakuntala and incidentally this little girl is a good addition to our screen talent. The only objectionable feature of this little girl's portrayal is the vulgar precocity in which the child is allowed to indulge at the time of singing a song. A girl of eight, she anticipates procreation as an inevitable result of love and though the words of her song create a little cheap laughter, yet the idea of seeing a little girl of that age so vulgarly precocious is revolting to the mind".
This was a little over 3 years ago. That girl, Shakuntala, has now become 11 years old and three more years have been added into
the thick skull of Raja Nene, the director.
But Raja Nene has not improved with years. He seems to have become doubly vulgar, because in "Bachchon-Ka-Khel", he makes two youngsters, Baby Shakuntala (11) and N. Kabir (12) sing a couple of passionate songs of love, and the kids are made to behave as if they have been long-lost grown-up lovers.
Here is what the children sing: Song No. 3.
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The first two lines describe the pangs of separation between two lovers while the second two lines
express a hope of blossoming days of love and the last two lines literally mean: "This heart is mad with love, childhood is but a pretence; when you and I are in love, the world is just a beautiful place to live".
Raja Nene enacts another passionate sequence between these two children — one a girl of 11 and the other a boy of 12. This sequence is expressed in Song No. 7 with suitable gestures of two grown-up lovers.
The song is a duet sung by both. Here it is:
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Now let us translate literally and faithfully what this passionate song sung by two minors means. To take it line by line:
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Here is a spark of revolt in a snapshot from "Dharati-ke-Lal" a picture of People's Theatres directed by K. A. Abbas.