Though the plot itself might seem a bit too familiar… We have a tragic love affair with Romeo-and-Juliet elements, a villain who frightens the heroine’s father about the possibility of his daughter’s “dishonor,” and, ultimately, a bad arranged marriage brought about in part through some major deceptions… This seems pretty unoriginal or cliched, even for 1949. On the other hand, however, there is one very refeshing plot element in Dillagi, which might actually be the best thing in this whole film (outside of the music). And that is, the unusually strong and prominent village girl gang. These are girls who know not only how to tease and philosophize about love…