Watched #Aan (1952) :
Brief Review -
Mehboob Khan delivers India's First Ever Magnus Opus in Technicolor. Aan was the first Technicolor film of Indian cinema but people rarely talk about it's big scale execution. Aan has a relatable story of emperor's regnal vs Emerging democratic ryots. But it all comes with Romance, Action, Drama and Big scale presentation. Lots of songs in the screenplay makes it quite slow but it wasn't a problem in early 50s especially if overall runtime is regular about 155 minutes. Mehboob Khan takes a dramatic path to run this heavy vehicle and everything remains steady when he's on driving seat. Dilip Kumar and Mehboob Khan's earlier combo before Aan was Andaz in 1949 which was also Record Grosser. May be that's something which brought people into cinema halls expecting too much when Aan somehow struggles to deliver something new. However, Aan still has it's own moments and epic grandeur scenes but if you're talking about iconic stuff then pocket seems empty. Dilip Kumar looks pretty and holds this narrative as a typical macho hero. Nimmi, Premnath and Nadira were fine. Aan might have blown away audience with certain cinematic cherries but it couldn't overtake it's typical ideology of retro Bollywood when Actresses had to deliver dialogues with streched big eyes. This one can be watched to relive India's first ever achievement in Technicolor version, for Dilip Kumar and for Mehboob Khan's big vision to make Indian Cinema grand on global level but just don't expect too much.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest
Mehboob Khan delivers India's First Ever Magnus Opus in Technicolor. Aan was the first Technicolor film of Indian cinema but people rarely talk about it's big scale execution. Aan has a relatable story of emperor's regnal vs Emerging democratic ryots. But it all comes with Romance, Action, Drama and Big scale presentation. Lots of songs in the screenplay makes it quite slow but it wasn't a problem in early 50s especially if overall runtime is regular about 155 minutes. Mehboob Khan takes a dramatic path to run this heavy vehicle and everything remains steady when he's on driving seat. Dilip Kumar and Mehboob Khan's earlier combo before Aan was Andaz in 1949 which was also Record Grosser. May be that's something which brought people into cinema halls expecting too much when Aan somehow struggles to deliver something new. However, Aan still has it's own moments and epic grandeur scenes but if you're talking about iconic stuff then pocket seems empty. Dilip Kumar looks pretty and holds this narrative as a typical macho hero. Nimmi, Premnath and Nadira were fine. Aan might have blown away audience with certain cinematic cherries but it couldn't overtake it's typical ideology of retro Bollywood when Actresses had to deliver dialogues with streched big eyes. This one can be watched to relive India's first ever achievement in Technicolor version, for Dilip Kumar and for Mehboob Khan's big vision to make Indian Cinema grand on global level but just don't expect too much.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest