Nau Do Gyarah (1957) :
Brief Review -
Vijay Anand's baby steps in his directorial debut came with many immature flaws and yet made a super hit film. Vijay Anand made his directorial debut with Nau Di Gyarah and also wrote the script and the screenplay. The film was produced by Dev Anand, who also played the lead role. So, it's a family thing more than a nepotism debate. Nau Do Gyarah has many flaws in the direction but still made a super hit film for contemporary moviegoers. Maybe they were looking for a simple film with a lot of entertainment. NDG has songs, romance, a mysterious story, and a lot of drama that easily appealed to the cinegoers, especially when you had Dev Anand to pull them off to cinemas. But yes, it's a very average film and could have been much better if the director wanted. One of the biggest shortcomings is the climax sequence, which was almost half an hour long. It wasn't a time-plated thing, yet Vijay made it look so, and it lost all the thrill value. Shashikala's role didn't really fit well in the script, and then she had to get a song in that intense climax? I mean, come on, who keeps a song during a thrilling finish portion? What a big misfit it was. The same goes for several other characters that don't seem logical. Throughout that long, stretched climax, the cameraman kept showing closeups of the frozen faces of Lalita Pawar and Krishan Dhawan. Can anybody tell me why? That looked so stupid, I tell you. I mean, you are trying to show us time-driven conflicts, and then you have to spoil the tempo with useless frozen frames, and that too without any changes for like 5 times. It was a very immature thing to do. Vijay Anand's baby steps were too childish, I must say, but whatever the fate came, I am happy that he got a super hit debut. Thanks to Dev Anand and that new combo of romantic comedy and thriller. In one line, a strictly average affair.
RATING - 5/10*
By - #samthebestest.
