Daera, 1953
Director: Kamal Amrohi
Music: Usha Khanna, Jamal Sen
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Kaif Bhopali, Anjaan
Cast: Meena Kumari, Nasir Khan, Roopmala, Nana Palsikar, Pratima Devi, Kammo
From a DVD supplied by memsaab made from a VHS tape. Subs by Raja with help on the songs from Ava.
From a review by Cineplot::
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Kamal Amrohi's Daera is a deeply experimental look at a young and frail woman's mis-marriage with a man old enough to be her father and the suicidal fascination that her young neighbor (played by Dilip Kumar's brother Nasir Khan) develops for this silently suffering woman. From the outset, when the mismatched couple arrives at the dark, windswept scene where they will face their destiny, the symbol-laden film deploys a baroque style of lighting with sparse dialogue and obsessive characters in the grip of their desires. The narrative constantly plays cruelly conflicting games with light and shade—deep shadows fall across the frames creating a harmony of hope and despair. Daera is a slight film that goes into profound areas of human relationship. Meena Kumari expressing the smothered sexuality of a lonely woman is the epitome of tragic dignity. Long before it became fashionable in cinema to borrow literary devices, Daera brought in a Shakespearean pathos to the story of a man's inexpressible passion in a forbidden relationship. As in Amrohi's Mahal (1949), the soundtrack is exceptional, from the opening Mubarak Begum bhajan introducing Sharan to Sheetal, to the hush marking Sharan's fall from the balcony as the camera cranes over the crowded chaos below into Meena Kumari on a distant terrace.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:
The Indian copyright law:
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INDIAN COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 CHAPTER I Preliminary (f)
"cinematograph film" means any work of visual recording on any medium produced through a process from which a moving image may be produced by any means and includes a sound recording accompanying such visual recording and cinematograph shall be construed as including any work produced by any process analogous to cinematography including video films.”
"CHAPTER V Term of Copyright 26.Term of copyright in cinematograph films.
In the case of a cinematograph film, copyright shall subsist until sixty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the film is published."
My words:
Indian film copyright (including video, dialog, music, lyrics, songs) lasts for sixty years and any film and its songs released more than sixty years ago is in the public domain. No extensions, no renewals, no exceptions. This film is no longer protected by copyright.
