tommydan55's video: Naya Andaz

Naya Andaz, 1956 Director: K. Amarnath Music Director: O.P. Nayyar Lyrics: Jan Nisar Akhtar Playback: Shamshad Begum, Kishore Kumar, Mohammad Rafi Choreography: S.S. Chowdhary Cast: Meena Kumari, Kishore Kumar, Gope, Kumkum, Jayant, Pran, Johnny Walker, Murad Naya Andaz, 1956 Director: K. Amarnath Music Director: O.P. Nayyar Lyrics: Jan Nisar Akhtar Playback: Shamshad Begum, Kishore Kumar, Mohammad Rafi Choreography: S.S. Chowdhary Cast: Meena Kumari, Kishore Kumar, Gope, Kumkum, Jayant, Pran, Johnny Walker, Murad English translation provided.The subtitles have been created from scratch by Anu, as I don't believe the film has ever been translated before. She's done a great favor for those of us that enjoy the films but don't speak the language. Much thanks goes to her. Unfortunately, I think there are only two VCD sources for the film, both absolutely atrocious. This isn't a great film, but it features both Meena Kumari and Kishore Kumar. They are ably assisted by Johnny Walker and Kumkum, along with Gope and Pran and one would think the film deserved better than these two home media disasters from the two worst home media companies in India. I deeply apologize for the sometimes poor quality of the video from time to time. I would like better, too. About 13.5 minutes in - after the first Meena Kumari song and dance - I gave up trying to fix the constantly appearing moving horizontal bands of white, and concentrated on fixing things that could be fixed without messing up the video quality as much. After about 20 minutes in it gets better, with patches of poor video throughout. In my poor attempts to try and do something about it, you'll see "morphing" where one frame slowly turns to another, frames held static for some seconds, and some "widescreen" to try and counteract the rolling the film sometimes does. Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh has written this review of the film: NAYA ANDAZ-1956 was a film when the stars of actors like Kishore Kumar and Johnny walker were on the rise. The situation was such that whatever these two touched was becoming Gold (or atleast Silver).Stories and songs were written for them and they were booked to their neck with assignments. Stories really did not matter much. Audience was also not expecting top class Histrionics, but they wanted foot tapping lilting music and a laugh riot. Naya Andaz was made to fulfill these aspirations of the masses and to a great extent succeeded too. It was a pleasant surprise for many to see Meena kumari smiling and laughing and joking for a change. Of course a bit of serious situation was also provided so as not make Meena Kumari feel totally lost. Sukhan Miyan (Murad) and his son Chand (Kishore Kumar) are poets/singers. They are always competing with each other to prove their superiority over the other. Fed up of this, Chand, along with his friend Karim(Johny Walker) leaves home to make it big in the big new world. They are joined,on their way, by Lali(Kumkum) a Gypsy banjarin who falls for Karim. This trio arrives in Bombay and Chand makes it really very big here. He meets a stage dancer Mala (Meena Kumari) who promptly starts loving Chand. This is not digested by the Theatre Manager Ashok Babu (Pran), who along with Mala’s brother Brij (Jayant) hatches a plan by which Chand is sent away far off and Mala is isolated. The rest of the story depicts in a slightly hilarious way,how Karim and Lali help the lovers to reunite and defeat Ashok babu.