Jeevan Naiya
About Jeevan Naiya
Lata, the daughter of a dancing girl, has been raised by the social worker Mathuradas and is about to marry the rich Ranjit. Chand blackmails her with the parentage she has kept quiet. She tells Ranjit and the wedding guests. He disowns her. An explosion blinds him, and the woman who nurses him back to sight is Lata.
Cast & crew
More about Jeevan Naiya
Franz Osten directed and Himanshu Rai produced. Niranjan Pal and J. S. Kashyap wrote it. Josef Wirsching photographed. Saraswati Devi composed, with lyrics by Kashyap. Devika Rani plays Lata, Ashok Kumar the man she is to marry, Kamta Prasad plays Mathuradas, and S. N. Tripathi plays Chand.
Themes
Making
Devika Rani's co-star was meant to be Najm-ul-Hassan. The two eloped during the shoot and stopped production. Sashadhar Mukherjee, an assistant sound engineer, brought her back to Himanshu Rai. Rai then replaced Najm-ul-Hassan with Mukherjee's brother-in-law, Ashok Kumar, and reshot large sections. Najm-ul-Hassan was dropped from the studio's monthly payroll.
Music
Saraswati Devi composed and J. S. Kashyap wrote the lyrics. Ashok Kumar sings "Koi Humdum Na Raha" himself. Kishore Kumar recorded the same song for Jhumroo (1961).
Preservation
Wikimedia Commons holds a restored copy running 1 hour, 51 minutes, and 6 seconds. The Wikipedia infobox lists 140 minutes.
Notes
- Ashok Kumar's first screen role. He had been working at the studio, not acting, when he was put in.
- The English Wikipedia cast list calls his character Karan. The plot summaries, and the Hindi Wikipedia, call him Ranjit.
- Wikipedia lists a running time of 140 minutes. The restored Wikimedia copy runs 1 hour 51 minutes.
Scenes
- Chand threatens Lata with her mother's profession in front of the wedding.
- She tells the guests anyway, and Ranjit disowns her.
- Blinded by an explosion, he is nursed by a woman who is Lata.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Jeevan Naiya (1936) by Franz Osten.webm)
Quotes
Koi humdum na raha
