Pr 1939
From PhalkeFactory
Aadmi, made by Shantaram for Prabhat in 1939, again carried an implied criticism of traditional attitudes. A moving tale of the heroic struggle of a common prostitute to break the shackles of the evil environment within which she is condemned to live, it was again taking off from the point where Barua had left his golden hearted prostitute, Chandramukhi in Devdas. The sentimentalized characterization of Barua is left behind for a stronger, hardened and more realistic portrayal. Like Chandramukhi, Kesar is doomed to lose, but she fights to the last, valiantly. look up Dr. V Shantaram --- Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the History of Indian cinema, Dadasaheb's speech. look up 1939
