Savkari Pash (1925)
- Original title
- सावकारी पाश
- Directed by
- Baburao Painter
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- British Raj
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A greedy moneylender tricks peasants out of their money. The peasants are forced to leave farming and find work in a mill.
socially consciousdramaticearnestseriousold-worldmelodramaticslow-pacedgritty
What happens
Savkari Pash (The Indian Shylock) is Indian cinema's 1925 social melodrama silent film directed by Baburao Painter. V. Shantaram made his acting debut as the young village peasant in the film. Painter later remade Savkari Pash in 1936 as a talkie version. The story of the film was written by Narayan Hari Apte as suggested by Baburao Painter, and is referred to as a "milestone film" in Indian cinema. Along with Shantaram, the rest of the cast included Kamladevi, Zunzharrao Pawar, Kishabapu Bakre, K. Dhaiber and Shankarrao Bute. The film has been cited as one of the "earliest examples" of parallel cinema in its depiction of real social issues. The story deals with a greedy moneylender who cheats the peasants of their money, forcing them to give up farming and take on jobs as mill-workers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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