Himalay Ki Godmein (1965) :
Brief Review -
One of 60s Major Socially Important film on Tribal people's Superstition and Gaucherie about Medical Science. If i have to look at major social classics of 60s (I haven't seen all) then i guess Himalay Ki Godmein should top the list for bringing the social awareness in Heroic (way) and Mainstream Bollywood Cinema. The story of a Doctor who quits his city life to serve tribal people will definitely hit your chords. The Heroic image with social sense, love story, villainous, imposter's expose and clean, straight storytelling of mainstream cinema these all factors have been pulverized perfectly in Himalay Ki Godmein. Manoj Kumar plays a doctor with high social sense and iconic thinking that might have brought some change in all Medical servants thinking. Those Einstein, Fleming and Gandhi's references were used intelligently. Mala Sinha is variable and impressive in each and every mood. Shashikala looks sexy and portrays the city girl accurately. David and Jayant are highly supportive. Music by Kalyanji Anandji is below par. 60s was the Best era of Music and this was not at all on that level. I couldn't connect or hold a single song. Vijay Bhatt's direction is fairly good but mistakes cannot be overlooked. The content of the film recovers those mistakes but just imagine, what level this content would have achieved if those mistakes weren't done. The film doesn't drag much but it looked like a dragged one because of misuse of songs and conflicts according to situations. Dialogues also doesn't offer anything except for couple of brilliant ones at the start by Manoj Kumar. A commercial success of this film was needed for Bollywood and i am happy that such a socially important film and awareness strategy had been watched by major group of audience. Overall, this one is not a Classic but highly important film for it's time because it broke the superstitions and Gaucherie of trible areas.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest
One of 60s Major Socially Important film on Tribal people's Superstition and Gaucherie about Medical Science. If i have to look at major social classics of 60s (I haven't seen all) then i guess Himalay Ki Godmein should top the list for bringing the social awareness in Heroic (way) and Mainstream Bollywood Cinema. The story of a Doctor who quits his city life to serve tribal people will definitely hit your chords. The Heroic image with social sense, love story, villainous, imposter's expose and clean, straight storytelling of mainstream cinema these all factors have been pulverized perfectly in Himalay Ki Godmein. Manoj Kumar plays a doctor with high social sense and iconic thinking that might have brought some change in all Medical servants thinking. Those Einstein, Fleming and Gandhi's references were used intelligently. Mala Sinha is variable and impressive in each and every mood. Shashikala looks sexy and portrays the city girl accurately. David and Jayant are highly supportive. Music by Kalyanji Anandji is below par. 60s was the Best era of Music and this was not at all on that level. I couldn't connect or hold a single song. Vijay Bhatt's direction is fairly good but mistakes cannot be overlooked. The content of the film recovers those mistakes but just imagine, what level this content would have achieved if those mistakes weren't done. The film doesn't drag much but it looked like a dragged one because of misuse of songs and conflicts according to situations. Dialogues also doesn't offer anything except for couple of brilliant ones at the start by Manoj Kumar. A commercial success of this film was needed for Bollywood and i am happy that such a socially important film and awareness strategy had been watched by major group of audience. Overall, this one is not a Classic but highly important film for it's time because it broke the superstitions and Gaucherie of trible areas.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest