Director: V. Shantaram; Writer: Narayan Hari Apte's novel Gad Aala Pan Sinha Gela, Govindrao Tembe; Cinematographer: Keshavrao Dhaiber, V. Avadhoot; Editor: V. Shantaram; Cast: Keshavrao Dhaiber, Shinde, Shankarrao Bhosle, Bazarbattoo, Baburao Pendharkar, Buasaheb, Master Vinayak, Leela Chandragiri, Prabhavati, Nimbalakar
Summary: Based on a Marathi literary classic, but more
immediately on Baburao Painter's 1923 silent
version, the film focuses on the 17th-C. Maratha
emperor Shivaji's lieutenant (and folk hero)
Tanaji hlalusare (Bhosle). Here Kamalkumari,
about to commit sati (self-immolation), is
captured by Udaybhanu (Pendharkar) and
taken to his fort at Kondana. Tanaji dies during
his successful attack on the fort with only 50
soldiers. This scene, although not a great piece
of action choreography, is imaginatively lit with
torches in the background, followed by
remarkable shots of Shivaji's (Shinde) ascent up
the hill on horseback. The music was
memorable for the songs in the militant
Powada form: Mard maratha mawalcha and
Tanaji's strident defence of his king as
representing 'Hindu' ideals, Jyachi kirti saarya
jagaat. Dhaiber had acted in B. Painter's
version (1923) as well.
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