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Toofani Tarzan
Tuphaani Taarsan

India 1934
produced by
J.B.H. Wadia for Wadia Movietone
directed by Homi Wadia
starring John Cawas, Gulshan, Boman Shroff, Nazira, Chandra Shekhar, Dalpat, Bandal, Ahmed Dilavar
screenplay by J.B.H. Wadia, dialogue by Pandil Gnyan, based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, music by Walter Kaufmann, Master Mohmed

Tarzan

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Doctor Ramu has spent years in the jungle trying to develop a serum that will grant eternal youth, but now that he has finished, lions attack and kill him, while his boy escapes in a hot air balloon together with his servant Dada, and his wife Uma goes insane.

15 years later, the professor, doctor Ramu's father, launches an expedition to the jungle to fin d traces of what happened to his son, an expedition that is also joined by Biharilal, a shady adventurer who actually wants the doctor's serum (the formula of which the doctor hid in a locket around his son's neck), and Leela, the adopted daughter of the professor. In the jungle, it doesn't take our heroes long to run into cannibals ... but they are chased away by a jungle man soon enough, Tarzan. It doesn't take the professor and company long to figure Tarzan is actually the professor's grandson, and they try to communicate with him, but he's just not interested. He likes Leela though, so he kidnaps her, and she soon learns to like him back and enjoy jungle life.

The cannibals in the meantime have not been idle, so they eventually attack the professor's party again, and with no Tarzan to save them, they are powerless and are quickly captured and dragged to cannibal village where they are to be torn to pieces by the cannibals' gorilla-like monster. The cannibal also capture Tarzan's dog and use him as a bait for Leela. However, the dog is plenty smart, and he soon manages to loosen his ropes, escape, and get Tarzan.

Tarzan arrives just in time to save Leela from the monster, and he, Dada and his dog manage to hold off the cannibals and free the professor and company. Then they manage to escape across a canyon and make it impossible for the cannibals to follow.

Uma shows up, wearing two life-size skulls on her arms (really) and talking like a madwoman - but the professor, who has never seen her before, does still recognize her to be his daughter-in-law. Even Tarzan begins to realize she might be his mother. Then though, Biharilal decides to show his true colours, and he tries to shoot Tarzan for the serum around his neck - but Uma catches the bullet meant for her son. Biharilal is quickly overcome, while in her death, Uma finds back to sanity.

The professor and company depart, but Leela stays behind with Tarzan.

 

Basically, this is a cheaply made (and unauthorized) Tarzan movie  made in India but borrowing heavily from its US-American counterparts. Basically, it's easy to see here what is wrong with the film due to business restrictions, primitive filming conditions, rushed schedules and the like - but at the same time, it's a loveable and enjoyably pulpy piece of escapism that might not speak to your inner critic ... but to your inner child!

That said of course, there are better Tarzan-movies out there that speak to your inner child even louder.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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