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July, 1949
FILMINDIA
SALMA PAYS THE DEBT
Lilo becomes a very pathetic chaacter in this strange environment vith chick curtains shutting out the vorld, with a caged parrot making diotic sounds and with a heavyhoed strange man darkening her mce chaste destiny. Silent and peechless she resigns to her cruel ate shedding Hindu tears in the ragic whirl of a Muslim life.
In refreshing contrast to the cruel ate of this girl is shown the good .ortune of Salma, a Muslim maiden, .ho is rescued in Amritsar and es' orted safe to Lahore by Chaman .hen he goes in search of Lilo.
| Chaman, trembling with fear, feaches Lahore and meets his brother Eerving there as a waiter in a Muslim lostume. Together they hit upon a lan to rescue Lilo. Dressing them•;lves as vegetable hawkers the) intact Lilo but the girl, ever consous of the sanctity which Hindus :tach to the person of a woman, pfuses to go with them at first but b seeing Chaman's pitiable state i love she agrees ultimately to sk the censure of society. Salma. ke a devoted Muslim maiden, helps
Recruit M. Anjan, c o -Sri M. L. Y Acharya, Buclunghampet, Bezwada, (Kistna), is 5'-10'", a radio dramatic artiste, and has acted in amateur theatricals. He kno»»» Hindustani and is capable of playing comic roles.
Lilo to escape from her cruel fate and the story ends happily with an emphasis on the duty of our men towards our ill-fated rescued women.
THE TRAGIC NARGIS
As a motion picture, "Lahore" nua very poor production values photographv particularly being very clumsy and primitive. Nargis suffers the most at the hands of the cameraman. The direction is poor and censorscared. The music which opens with classical strains of Hamir soon peters out as the picture progresses and gets into the usual rut of film music.
\argi5 gives her usual good performance as Lilo. the Hindu maiden. When the story takes the pathetic turn and Nargis has to say it with tears she at once comes into her ow n with a face that moves every one.
The usually insipid Karan has surprisingly done well in this picture as Chaman. If his brother slaps him a dozen times a day on either cheek, there is a chance of his face improving for the screen.
Om Prakash does very well as the prodigal son of the Hindu family.
To those who wish to live indirectly for a moment in those dark and dreadful days of rape and murder on the new frontiers of India, we recommend "Lahore" though it is a poor entertainer otherwise.
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