Geet Gaaya Pattharonne is a surprisingly erudite, very often elegant and interesting film from director Shantaram, also the best I've seen from him so far although not perfect. Some of the lesser films he directed aren't listed on IMDb, so take my word for it he could be very hit or miss.
I can't better the IMDb plot summaries supplied for it – the main plot is man becomes infatuated with woman, takes up sculpting in her honour, however her family has other ideas on the man she will marry. It's a simple tale not quite as straightforward as that but colourfully told, well photographed and with some lovely songs and dancing along the way. And drama! The title song refers to the metaphorical songs statues are singing to the lovers – poetically sung by Asha and Mahendra Kapoor to some deft imagery and is my favourite bit in the film. Vidya is played by Shantaram's daughter Rajshree, who was definitely photogenic and who had some extraordinary close-ups in here, usually in the middle of songs.
Although he may have been lucky with the music I was surprised how much I enjoyed this, silliness, melodrama and all - maybe it's time I reappraised Shantaram.
