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Women--you can't live with 'em, you can't live without 'em.
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(in credits order) | Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury | ... | Dancers (as Bhaskar) |
| Dinu | ... | Dancers |
| Anjali Devi | ... | Dancers |
 | Saeed Jaffrey | ... | Narrator (voice) |
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| Charles F. Schwep | |||
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| Charles F. Schwep | uncredited | |
Produced by | |||
| Ismail Merchant | .... | executive producer | |
| Charles F. Schwep | .... | producer | |
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| Wheaton Galentine | |||
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| Jan Wing Lum | |||
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| James McIntyre | .... | set designer | |
Music Department | |||
| Arya Bal | .... | musician: tabla | |
| Sirish Gor | .... | musician: sarod | |
| G.S. Koshe | .... | musician: sitar | |
| Frank Moore | .... | musical director | |
| Angelo Ross | .... | music editor | |
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| Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury | .... | choreographer (as Bhaskar Roy Chowdry) | |
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- Trident Films (uncredited)
- Janus Films (1960) (USA) (theatrical)
- Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Sterling World Distributors
- Rangerton Inc. sound recording
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This is a highly unusual film because it takes the story of creation from the book of Genesis and blends it with Hindu creation stories. The narrator actually reads excerpts from Genesis at the beginning and you see Hindu-inspired art and representations of God (Brahma). Then, as the story progresses, you get a blend of the Hindu and Judeo-Christian version of the creation of woman. And, finally, you get a Hindu story about how man did not adore the new creation, woman, and tried to give her back--only to realize that he simply could not live without her!
If this was a lengthy movie, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed it all that much. But, at about 14 minutes, it works quite well. The story is probably NOT one that will appeal to a wide audience, but I already love films from India and liked the insight into the culture and mind of India you get from this tale. Plus, it's amazing to see what they did with a budget of only $9000. Well worth seeing, though, oddly, it looked as if it was filmed using the very old Two-color Technicolor or Cinecolor was used (as orange and greens predominate in these older and more obsolete film stocks).