Under the cloak of the night
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Under the cloak of the night |
| Original title | Chased Raho |
| Country of production | India |
| original language | English , Hindi |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 138 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Sombhu Mitra , Amit Maitra |
| script | Sombhu Mitra , Amit Maitra , Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
| production | Raj Kapoor |
| music | Salil Chaudhary |
| camera | Radhu Karmakar |
| cut | GG Mayekar , Vasant Sule |
| occupation | |
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Under the Mantle of the Night (original title: Jagte Raho ; translated: Stay awake (sam) ) is a Hindi film by Sombhu Mitra and Amit Moitra from 1956.
action
A poor farmer named Mohan comes from a village and goes to Kolkata city to look for work. One night he is desperately looking for water to quench his thirst. But the police, who guard the streets, scare him away from every well. When he sees a small fountain in the courtyard of an apartment, he sneaks through the gate. Before he can take a sip, however, he is discovered and cursed as a thief. Mohan runs into an apartment where he catches Sati and Pradeep having a fight. He is chased away and escapes to another apartment. There he gets into a marital row. In another room he meets a drunk and his humiliated wife. Mohan is constantly on the run or mingles with his pursuers to camouflage himself.
The police, who show up on the block, search a few apartments and come across drugs, gambling dens and distilleries. The law enforcement officers are scared away by the residents. They want to hunt Mohan themselves. Mohan is discovered by the residents and escapes to the roof of the apartment. There he bravely offers resistance and climbs down the water pipe until he stands on the balcony of an apartment.
He enters the apartment and sees a little girl. She speaks to him and arouses self-confidence in Mohan, who now tries with determination to face the misfortune waiting outside. But when he ventures out of the apartment, there is no one who takes any notice of him. Still thirsty, he leaves the apartment.
Fantasy sequence: Then he hears a beautiful song and is guided by it until he stands in front of the gate to a temple garden, where the singer has just fetched water from a well. She gives him water and his thirst is finally quenched.
background
Actor and director Sombhu Mitra and composer Salil Choudhury, two leading members of the Bengali Indian People's Theater Association, took part in this Kapoor production from RK Studios in the Chembur district of Bombay . The story and the script were written by Sombhu Mitra and Amit Moitra; The dialogue author was Khwaja Ahmad Abbas . Buildings and furnishings come from MR Acharekar . The playback singers are Lata Mangeshkar , Mukesh , Asha Bhonsale , Sandhya Mukerjee , Mohd. Rafi and Balbir to hear. Of the five songs by the authors Shailendra and Prem Dhawan - Zindagi Khwab Hai , Maine Jo Li Angdaee , Jaago Mohan Pyare , Thandi Thandi and Te Ki Main Jhoot - the first three were hits.
The film only became a success after a 115-minute version won the top prize at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 1957 .
The British critic Geoff Brown saw a piece of Chaplin in Kapoor's film character: he shares his meal with a dog, crouches on the sidewalk, mimes most of the film, rushes in and out of rooms, hides in a drum, slips Down gutter and from time to time is followed by an excited crowd of house residents carrying everything from sticks to tennis rackets.
Reviews
“A persecuted innocent person experiences human error and crimes behind the facade of decency and honesty. Despite the inconsistent staging, an impressive satirical tragic comedy that intensely criticizes society. "
"... a comic yet critical survey of middle-class Bengali life."
Awards
- Main prize (“crystal globe”) at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in what was then Czechoslovakia (1957).
- Raj Kapoor was nominated for the Filmfare Award / Best Actor (1957)
"Ek Din Raatre"
The film was also shot in a Bengali version and released under the title Ek Din Raatre . The role of Motilal is embodied in this version by Chhabi Biswas . Dialogue writer Abbas and songwriter Prem Dhawan were also not involved.
Web links
- Under the cover of night in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , New Delhi 1994, p. 346
- ↑ Under the cloak of night. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 4, 2017 .