Jaldeep: Film for children screened

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Jaldeep: Film for children screened

Friday, 19 October 2018 | Staff Reporter | Bhopal

Under Ullas children’s film screening a Hindi film ‘Jaldeep’ was screened at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum here on Thursday. Released in year 1956, the film was directed by the renowned film director of that era Kedar Sharma.

The film revolves around the life of a little boy Ashok and the adventure he faced while on a trip to the lighthouse.

The film features stars like C.S. Dubey, Zeb Rehman, Achala Sachdev and Mala Sinha.

Ashok, whose father is the keeper at the lighthouse, decides to take his cousin Priti there by a yacht. Chandan, the driver of the yacht, is a reckless youth. He tries to show off by taking needless risks that puts the life of the three kids in danger. To make matters worse, a sudden thunder storm traps the yacht.

All hope seems lost till Ashoka’s father with great risk, manages to save them. But is this experience enough to teach a reckless Chandan the necessary lesson of caution? The entire story was an adventure in itself and was much enjoyed by the school students.

The film was adjudged as Best Children’s Film at International Film Festival in Venice, 1957 and won All India Certificate for Merit as the Best Children’s Film State Awards for Film in1960.

It is noteworthy that director, producer, writer and lyricist Kedar Sharma was an early doyen of Hindi cinema.

He slogged in Calcutta as a still cinema photographer, set painter and bit-part actor before writing the dialogues and lyrics for the Hindi adaptation of ‘Devdas’. He then directed the smash hits ‘Chitralekha’, ‘Neel Kamal’, ‘Bawre Nain’ and ‘Jogan’ and is credited for starting the careers of some of Hindi cinema’s great actors like Geeta Bali, Madhubala and Raj Kapoor. At the request of Jawaharlal Nehru, he joined CFSI and made many feature, short and documentary films.

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