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Daera (1953) | Hindi
Daera ( 1953 ) |Hindi
Drama
“Daera” meaning (‘Circle’, literally) is a 1953 film written and directed by Kamal Amrohi, starring Meena Kumari, Nasir Khan and Nana Palsikar in lead roles.[1] It released at Bombay’s Naaz cinema with much fanfare and, hailed by the discerning and disarming, knowledgeable critics of the time.[2] It was ostensibly, or loosely based on Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari own love story described by many as elegiac.[2]
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.[2] 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.[2] At a time when there were no zoom lenses or trolleys, Kamal Amrohi achieved spectacular effects without them. It was lauded in The Times of India, a major daily, as a ‘poem on celluloid’.[2]
Starring- Meena Kumari
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Release Date : 7/8/1953
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