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Jeevan Naiya (1936)

2h 20m

Running Time

May 2, 1936
Release Date

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Jeevan Naiya (1936)

Name: Jeevan Naiya
Genre: Drama
Released: 1936-05-02

2h 20m

Running Time

May 2, 1936
Release Date

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Plot.

Lata, daughter of a dancing girl, is brought up by social worker Mathuradas and is engaged to marry the rich Ranjit when the villain Chand arrives to blackmail her with her undisclosed ancestry. Lata is forced to disclose the truth to Ranjit and the assembled wedding guests. Ranjit disowns her but they are reunited when Ranjit, blinded by an explosion, is nursed back to health by a devoted woman who turns out to be his wife.

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Cast & Crew.

Devika Rani

Lata / Producer

Ashok Kumar

Ranjit

Kamta Prasad

Mathuradas

S.N. Tripathi

Chand

Anwari

Actress

Josef Wirsching

Cinematography

Franz Osten

Director

Kusum Kumari

Actress

Niranjan Pal

Writer

J.S. Casshyap

Writer

Najmul Hussain

Ranjit

Himansu Rai

Producer

Saraswati Devi

Music

Media.

Details.

Release Date
May 2, 1936

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 20m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2024-09-26

This Movie Is About.

family drama

social worker

marriage crisis

jeevan naiya

Wiki.

Jeevan Naiya is a 1936 Hindi film directed by Franz Osten, and produced by Himanshu Rai for his studio Bombay Talkies. It is famous for being the screen debut early superstar Ashok Kumar. The film is about the ostracism of dancing girls. The film was one of several successful Bombay Talkies collaborations between Franz Osten, Himashu Rai, screenwriters J. S. Kashyap and Niranjan Pal, and their leading lady of the time, Devika Rani.It also featured the famous song Koi Humdum Na Raha, sung by Ashok Kumar, with music by Saraswati Devi and by Jamuna Swarup Kashyap (J. S. Kashyap), later sung by Kishore Kumar in the film Jhumroo (1961).