Mojili Mumbai

aka The Slaves of Luxury 1925 st 8220 ft B&W

dis Manilal]oshi pc Kohinoor Film cD.D. Dabke lp Yakbal, Raja Sandow, Jamna, Ganibabu, Moti, Noor Mohammed, Baby Saraswati

Joshi's best-known film and, withBismi Sadi (1924), the most successful attempt to locate the narrative in the present day. Presented as a comment on the lifestyle of Bombay's rich, the film tells of the wealthy Mr Nanavati (Sandow) who is attracted to a dancer, Roshanara (Yakbal) who in turn is represented by a Dalal (agent or, more precisely, pimp) named Chhotalal (Noor Mohammed). Chhotalal plans to rob Nanavati and seizes his chance when the rich man buys a gold necklace as a present for his daughter's birthday. Chhotalal tempts Nanavati to visit Roshanara, who then seduces him and obtains the necklace. When Nanavati realises that he has been duped, he accuses Chhotalal, who has by then switched the necklace for a fake. The film led to a debate in the pages of the journal Be-Ghadt Mouj about questions of morality and realism in film between Shaida, the editor and himself a scenarist, and Joshi. Joshi claimed that he

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