Shola jo bhadke- Albela - Hindi movie from 1951

1951 musical comedy extravaganza produced by Bhagwan da. He was born in a poor Marathi family. His is story from rags to riches to rags again. Bhagwan Dada was born in 1913 as Bhagwan Abhaji Palav. He was the son of a textile mill worker but was obsessed with films. He worked as a labourer but dreamt of films. He got his break with bit roles in silent films and got totally involved with the studios. He learnt film making and From 1938 to 1949 he directed a string of low budget stunt and action films that were popular with the working classes. He used to play a naive simpleton. On advice of Raj Kapoor he turned to making a social film called Albela starring Bhagwan and Geeta Bali (Raj Kapoor's sister-in-law), and featuring music by his friend Chitalkar, or C. Ramchandra. Albela was a huge hit. After that Bhagwan did not have any more hits and eventually had to give up producing and directing films, sell his bungalow and cars and move to a chawl. He took whatever roles he could get, but apart from Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje and Chori Chori, none were roles of note, and he eventually took on bit parts in which he did his famous dance. Most of Bhagwan's associates left him in his time of need, apart from C. Ramchandra, Om Prakash and lyricist Rajinder Krishan, who continued to meet him even in his chawl. Bhagwan died in 2002 at age 89. All his friends died long before him. (source Wikipedia)

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[zanahumi10]

Such grace and demure dancing and glancing.....whats happend to the new generation of today?.......I am young and hate almost all the new songs and acting of today.........Long live these evergreen songs...Thank you to my parents who exposed me all the greatest classics.....xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxx....

[P Vijay]

Geeta Bali, by any standard was not very beautiful actress, but the sweetness and the grace that she had was unprecedented in Hindi film ... Her all actions were non vulgar and very pleasing to see ... Her face also exuded a certain charm which also was unprecedented and till today [2012] no actress has ... Very, very lovely to watch her ! ... In all her movies, her dances are so graceful, like this one ... And what to say about C. Ramchandra ! ... One of the greatest of the music directors !

[seduced10]

C.Ramchandra :)

[TheAishwaryaB]

geeta bali <3 <3 and I was only born in 1992... when Bollywood was counting its last breaths, dead now.

[bhausaheb kabadi]

bhagwan produced & directed 50 full length movies it is till today world record

[Chandrika Dubey]

echoing music far and near ......

[bipin desai]

To, SJisBack, Yes We had maid servant in the 1940's-50's decades. And even now in 2000's also we have maid servant...

[dev4911]

Bhagwan Dada's movements are graceful, slow and yet funny. I sometimes fall into a brief trance when I watch him dance. His dance and movement always calms me and also makes me smile and laugh :)

[bipin desai]

I liked this film very much. I bought a CD recently. Our maid servent at Baroda saw this film 14 times.

[bobbyjordan37]

wonderful

[rumahale]

Very apt comment matching the excellent presentation. I am overwhelmed to read it. Regards.

[jumbybird]

I agree with what you say after the first line... what standards do you hold to say she wasn't beautiful?