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Anjali
Geetanjali
Worth a dekko
S. Narayan
has once again proved that he is a safe bet for the producers. From
Chaitrada Premanjali made ten years ago to the recent Anjali Geetanjali,
he has given variety of thoughts in his 20-odd films. The last half
an hour in this is very gripping with refined thought to the love
triangle. Narayan, besides being a good director in Kannada, is
emerging as a good hero too.
 Sagar
(S. Narayan), an orphan grown up under miserable conditions, is
a wildlife photographer. He is a wanderer. And while moving around
the green hilly region, he falls for a pretty widow, Geetanjali
who is also dumb. But Anjali loves him. Thus he is forced to encounter
the mild Geetanjali and a wild Anjali. It is the elders who object
to widow remarriage. On the other hand, the cantankerous Anjali
is not willing to let go her lover. She makes frantic efforts to
woo him but in vain. Finally it is the charged drama that opens
her mind. How that happens is quite an engaging climax.
Director S.
Narayan has very cleverly handled the 13 reels with a mixture of
romance, drama, dance and fights. He crosses the limits only in
some portions by bringing in double meaning dialogues. This is the
last film of the Dhirendra Gopal and the director has paid the right
tribute to him in the film.
Prema is wasted
but looks very pretty. Anu Prabhakar is amazing and in a cantankerous
role, she has proved that she is here to stay. Narayan shines as
a director by putting in good production values. Ravichandran is
okay in emotion-filled roles.
Camera work
by Mahendran is pleasing. Prashanthraj’s scores two lovely
tunes. This is an above average film.
Being made
under the banner of Hrudayeshwari Films, the film is produced by
Govindu and has story-screenplay-dialogue and direction by S. Narayan.
Music is by Prashanthraj and cinematography by A. C. Mahendran.
It stars S. Narayan, Prema, Anu Prabhakar, Karibasavaiah, Dhirendra
Gopal, K. S. Ashwath, Padma Vasanthi, Kishori Ballal and Master
Chandan.
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