Still no trace of the film…but I managed to find the synopsis and international reviews of the film. One would have thought finding a Cannes nominated (1954) film, that too India’s first (Geva) color (processed entirely within the country) would be easy, special in the year when the people are celebrating 100 years of Indian Cinema. Yet, no trace.
Said ‘L’ Humanite:
“A real discovey and revelation! ‘Pamposh’ is one of the most poetic works, completely impregnated with the most delicate sensitivity! The image are of rare beauty! This film reaches in its simplicity a rare nobility and grandeur…It is a typical national work, which is not only a picturesque evocation of manners and traditions which are not common to us of a distant and mysterious folk, but also prescribes us the human content of a rare healthiness, a rare grandeur and emotion…”
Pages from ‘The world of Ezra Mir’ (2005) by N. J. Kamath.
Not so uncanny that the film Indian film in color should have been shot in Kashmir. And the film’s Kashmir connection would be the music by Mohanlal Aima.
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