Wednesday, December 29, 2004

KALA BAZAR (1960)



[in English: "Black Market"; auf Deutsch: "Schwarzmarkt"]
163 minutes, b&w, Hindi

PRODUCER: Navketan
DIRECTOR: Vijay Anand
SCREENPLAY: Vijay Anand
STORY: Vijay Anand
DIALOG: Vijay Anand
CINEMATOGRAPHER:
CAST: Dev Anand (as Raghuvir), Waheeda Rehman (as Alka)
SUPPORTING CAST: Nanda, Vijay Anand, Chetan Anand, Madan Puri, Leela Chitnis, Rashid Khan, Kishore Sahu, Helen
AS THEMSELVES: Baby Naaz, Naseem Banu, Geeta Dutt, Guru Dutt, Dilip Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Kumkum, Lata Mangeshkar, Sohrab Modi, Mukri, Nadira, Nargis, Nimmi, Mohammad Rafi, Yakub
MUSIC DIRECTOR: S.D. Burman
LYRICS: Shailendra
PLAYBACK SINGERS: Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Geeta Dutt, Mohammad Rafi, Sudha Malhotra
ART DIRECTION:
AWARDS: Dev Anand was nominated for a 1960 Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his work in Kala Bazar, but Dilip Kumar won the award (for his work in Koohinor).



A full review of this film will be published soon. Check back in a few days.

Baba Digital's DVD version is of very good quality. The songs--often not translated in Bollywood DVDs--are given subtitles.

Order the DVD of Kala Bazar direct from Baba Digital, here . I am told that hindimoviesonline offers cheaper shipping for European orders. They have copies of Kala Bazar.

While I do have an old EMI CD of Baazi and Kala Bazar together, I was unable to locate a copy online. If you find one, please send me the URL. Get in touch with me here.