Mirza Galib (1954) :
Brief Review -
An early Musical Classic for Indian Cinema with highly ornamental features all over. If I'm not wrong then Mirza Galib was 2nd most successful Musical for Bollywood after immensely popular Baiju Bawra (1952) that time. Bollywood saw top class magnus opus like Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Pakeezah (1972) set in Urdu ghetto, both (available) in colored cinema, but it's unfortunate that Mirza Galib didn't enjoy the same fame as these two because of Black and White feature. This film in Colored version would have been a sensation for sure because the grandeur, sets, cinematography and allegorical designing everything was just Spectacular. Mirza Galib is based on the life of well-known poet Mirza Ghalib. The film shows every single thing with proper execution and adds the elevated vocabulary which makes it a High-class poetic lecture. Bharat Bhushan is perfect in lead role in every single frame and every single dialect. Suraiya rules this film like never before. She looks beautiful, she sings beautifully and she acts beautifully, in short, she makes everything look beautiful. This has to be one of her best performance ever and most impactful character ever. Supporting cast is excellent and just to name a few, Nigar Sultana, Durga Khote, Ulhas and Iftekhar leads the list. Mirza Galib becomes an Extraordinary film despite an ordinary script because of 3 things and those 3 things are, Dialogues (mostly shayaris), lyrics and Music. Probably, the best for any Bollywood film by that time, no arguments please. Soharab Modi's direction is highly impressive as he skillfully compiles so many things in single narrative with his smartness. Overall, Mirza Galib is a Classic poetic masoic which, in my opinion, the Best thing we had before Masterpiece Mughal-E-Azam.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest.
