Kali Ghata, 1951 Director: Kishore Sahu Music Director: Shankar, Jaikishan Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Shailendra Playback: Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi Cast: Kishore Sahu, Bina Roy, Asha Mathur, Gope, Jeevan, Ulhas, Cuckoo, Samson English subtitles included, although they're often pretty crude, particularly during the songs. Cinemaazi has a full and flowery description of the plot taken from the press booklet for the film: https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/kali-ghata In summary, Kishore Sahu is the playboy son of a wealthy man. He meets a golddigger (Asha Mathur) and falls for her, but she soon throws him over for an even more wealthy man (Ulhas), the older brother. Kishore Sahu, heartbroken, wanders around India with his faithful servant (Gope) until coming across an old French archeologist and his daughter (Bina Rai). They separate the next day but soon meet again at the caves of Ellora where Kishore Sahu falls madly in love with Bina Rai and she with him. And from there the drama really begins. The film is interesting for a number of reasons. It has some real fantasy elements one doesn't see often in Indian films. A good chunk of it takes place in a tribal village in Assam, supposedly. We get to explore the fabulous Ellora caves. This is Bina Rai's (and Asha Mathur's) first film. Gope has a major role and he's excellent, I thought. There's some rather rudimentary French making its way into some of the dialog and a song, with a couple of the characters being from France (and played by Indians). Cuckoo plays herself and has a wonderful dance. I chose a 720x480 resolution for this one rather than the usual 640x480. That's because the morons whose source I used wrecked the aspect ratio by cutting a little from the top and a lot from the bottom with the result that - at 640x480 - pepople look too tall and slender and round things become ovals. For example, take a look at the ball Cuckoo kicks into the audience during her dance, made from a source identical to mine: https://youtu.be/IvaGKvwxGRI?t=102 Egg-shaped, right? Then compare it to the same video at 720x480: One consequence of this idiocy is that during close-ups, faces are often cut off at the chin and sometimes even the mouth. Also, the picture jumps up and down from time to time. I did what I could but it's still annoying in places.