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"Vidya", A Boring And Amateurish
Effort !
Suraiya Fails Miserably !
Premier B. G. Kher is probably the lost polite gentleman we have in the -ountry today but even Mr. Kher is sported to have walked out half-way irough this picture when invited to 3e it. He would have probably gone way even earlier but being an old lan he seemed to have waited for the iterval to light up his foot steps to void an accident. And Premier Kher ad come with his wife to see Vidya". To inflict on his wife his wn decision to walk out in this lanner in these days of equality of le sexes, "Vidya" must have proved n unbearably boring picture to our jard-worked Prime Minister.
We sympathize with Premier Kher. ut as professional critics we had
0 other alternative but to sit through hat looked like a never-ending less of celluloid.
ZAMINDAR'S DEBAUCHERY Like "Paroo" produced by Navyug hitrapat, "Vidya" is also another ttempt to propagate education with ie help of some helpless untouchbles. The only difference between ie two pictures is that in "Paroo" 13 heroine is an untouchable while
1 "Vidya" the hero wears this manle.
tecruit S. Nagaraja Rao, of Door No. 926 of 7th Cross, Malleswaram, P.O., 'angalore, can understand Hindi un I elugu and has played in amateur dramatics.
VIDYA Producers: Jeet Productions
Language: Hindustani Story & Dialogue: Khan jar & Joshi Songs: Joshi & Piliburti
Music: Kumar Varman
Photography: Keki MKtry
Audiography: N. S. Nair
Cast: Suraiya, Dev Anand Ghulam Md., Amir Karnatki etc. Released At : Excelsior, Bombay Date of Release: 8th January 1949 Directed By: GIRISH TRIVEDI
Chandu, a cobbler's son, goes through the usual difficulties and at last becomes a graduate. During this long process he, however, falls in love with Vidya his college pal and daughter of a rich Zamindar.
Their romance creates the usual social difficulties punctuated by the debauchery of Vidya's father who seems to be living all along in a prostitute's house. This Zamindar's life gives us quite a few glimpses of "'Aage Badho", a picture of Prabhat.
In the usual circuitous manner, characteristic of Indian films, the final climax is reached in the lap of debauchery when the Zamindar is faced with his own daughter, Vidya, as the prospective victim oi his lust
It all ends well, however, with the cobbler's son getting the Zamindar's daughter and every one else becoming wise enough at the end of it all.
DEV ANAND IMPROVES!
With the exception of photography which is excellent in parts, the entire picture is poor and amateurish. Even Suraiya's music is very poorly tuned.
Suraiya looks too crude as a college girl and fails miserably in her primarily sympathetic role. Dev Anand, however, shows a lot of improvement in his portrayal as tha cobbler's educated son. the boy is improving fast and deserves encouragement. The rest make a pretty poor show
In short, the picture is very boring and amateurish, though the main design behind it is purposeful.
RAV/N DAVE
M.R.BHAKHRJ HANSRAJBML
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