''Tamanna'' is a Bollywood

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. It was released in 1942. The film was directed by Phani Majumdar, who also wrote the screenplay, for the Laxmi Productions Ltd. banner. This was the first film from the Laxmi banner, which had been started by Chimanlal Trivedi who earlier headed Circo Productions. ''Tamanna'' was also the renowned dancer, Leela Desai's, first film in Bombay. The main cast included Leela Desai, P. Jairaj,

Karan Dewan Karan Dewan (born Dewan Karan Chopra; 6 November 1917 - 2 August 1979) was an Indian cinema actor in Hindi films. He worked in over seventy films from 1941 to 1979. He started as a journalist while still in college, editing a film-based magazin ...

, Jagdish Sethi and K. C. Dey, who besides acting, composed the music. S. K. Kalla wrote the dialogue and lyrics. Leela Desai, had previously worked in films made in Calcutta, like '' Vidyapati'' (1937), '' President'' (1937), ''Kapal Kundala'' (1939), '' Nartaki'' (1940) and ''Jiban Maran'' (1940). Nargis appeared as a child actress in the film and "charmed the audiences". The story revolves around two people, Ramesh and Uma, who are in love with each other. Uma forgoes her love for Ramesh in order to help him fulfill his mission by marrying someone else.

Plot

Ramesh ( P. Jairaj) is a straightforward young man with a desire to help mankind. He works as an engineer in a mill, and is interested in inventive research. Half his income is spent on that, and the rest on the betterment of the villagers. Uma ( Leela Desai), is a wealthy young girl and lives with her brother, who is a Professor. She can not avail of money entitled to her till she gets married. Uma and Ramesh meet when they share a taxi. They soon fall in love but Ramesh's ideals come in the way. Uma marries someone else in order to procure the money for Ramesh to fulfill his mission.

Cast

;Main Cast * Leela Desai as Uma * Jairaj as Ramesh * Jagdish Shethi as Arabind * K. C. Dey as Ramdas * Shanta Kumari as Shanti *

as Anupam * Shankerlal as Mr. Mehta * Majid as Chimanbhoy ;Supported by Suraiya, Babyrani, and Kashinath.

Review

In his review of ''Tamanna'', Baburao Patel, editor of the cine-magazine '' Filmindia'' of August 1948, commented, "The fundamental defect in the picture is the poor story, poorly presented". He put the blame of this on director Phani Majumdar. He praised Leela Desai, Jairaj, and Jagdish, with a special mention for K. C. Dey's acting "K. C. Dey attracts attention with his emotional work in certain tense moments".

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Manna Dey and the background score composed by K. C. Dey with lyrics by S. K. Kalla.

Song List

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id = 0236787, title =Tamanna (1942 film) 1942 films 1940s Hindi-language films Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films 1942 drama films Hindi-language drama films