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FILMINDIA
Recruit V. Sagar of 206 Forces Broadcasting Unit, Iraq, is 5' 8" and calls himself a scholar of Urdu and Persian at 19 years. His ambition is to become an actor.
as was expected, Ghitra runs to the waiting Ajit hut meets with the usual motor accident. As usual Ajit misunderstands the situation and quits the town like a disillusioned lover. Chitra becomes an invalid and is seen as a wheeler teaching music to a crowd of hrats in uniform.
After a few more tugs at the story, we are hack again in the circus tent with the hero on the tight-rope. He spots the invalid heroine in the wheel-chair and the crowd starts swimming before his eyes. Seeing the imminent danger of the hero, the heroine gets her feet back and she rushes to save him. Others, however, have already brought the net to catch the precious bundle and the hero is saved. The final reparations are made in the hospital.
DIRECTION, A FIASCO
The entire production seems to have been planned on cheap and slapstick lines and consequently there is hardly anything in the picture worth seeing or remembering. Even the elementary technical work such as exposing the main titles is clumsily done, the general photography being too poor and the sound recording too erratic. A couple of tunes
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could have become popular, had the story been good. Lyrics present just Words and usual words at that.
The work of B. Mitra is a huge fiasco. His direction is crude and utterly amateurish. The man doesn't seem to have any camerasense. Mitra's direction of the picture is a complete misdirection of all human efforts.
From the players, Rajendra does pretty well in the slapstick
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role of Kishorc. His face helps the portrayal. Puri is unnecessarily jerky and stagy throughout while V. H. Desai is completely wasted in a role of no consequence. Satyanarayan, a dancer who gives a glimpse of V. Shantaram, does a couple of graceful stage turns with the usual effeminate gestures.
In short, "Safar" is a disgustingly boring experience even as a slapstick entertainer.
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COLUMBIA
RATAN * NEK PARVIN * SHAMA
* ANMOL GHADI * NARGIS *GHUNGHAT* HUM-EK-HAIN * MAHARANA PRATAP*RANAK DEVI * KRISHNA LEELA