Chal Chal Re Naujawan 1944

Chal Chal Re Naujawan is a 1944 Indian Bollywood social film released on Jan 01, 1944. The film is directed by Gyan Mukherjee.
Filimistans much-awaited debut film from the makers of the hit film Kismet (1943). The title of this story of friendship and betrayal over two generations evokes Ashok Kumars hit song from Bandhan (1940) The friends Thakur Jaipal Singh (Sethi) and Jamuna Prasad (Ghaznavi) fall out when Jaipal Singhs wife Savitri (Motibai) finds she shares a common musical interest with Jamuna Prasad. Her husband accuses her of infidelity and throws her out. The framing story has Jaipal Singh horse-ridig daughter Sumitra (Banu) meet Jamuna Prasads son Arjun (A. Kumar). They briefly work together combating an epidemic and Sumitra meets her mother without recognising her. At the end, when the thakur himself arrives, his wife recognises him. Jamuna Prasad sings a song (Aya Toofan) amid storm and thunder, and when it settles down Savitri is found dead beneath an uprooted tree. The earlier history, starting the flashback, is told with a strident voice-over narrator following the example of Citizen Kane (1941), according to Filmindia. The film makes some political allusions equating the thakurs authoritarianism with Nazi rule and includes several nationalist numbers, e.g. Fai bharat desh and the communal harmony Bolo har har mahadev allh-o-akbar (both Ashok Kumar). Although a minor hit, the film is considered a disappointment compared with Kismet. [Source: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema] Check out this page for more updates on Chal Chal Re Naujawan.