Jagte Raho
Jagte Raho | |
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Salil Choudhury | |
Distributed by | R.K. Films Ltd. |
Release date | 3 August 1956 |
Running time | 149 min. |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi/Bengali |
Box office | est. $9.33 million (₹44.4 million) |
Jagte Raho (transl. Stay Awake or Stay Alert) is a
It was produced in Bengali as Ek Din Raatre, starring Raj Kapoor, Chhabi Biswas, Pahari Sanyal, Nargis Dutt and Daisy Irani.[6] The film won the Crystal Globe Grand Prix at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czechoslovakia in 1957.[7]
Plot summary
A poor peasant (Kapoor) from the village, who comes to the city in search of work, is looking for some water to quench his thirst. He enters an apartment complex, whose residents take him for a thief and chase him. He runs from one flat to another trying to escape his predicament. Along the way, he witnesses many shady undertakings in the flats where he hides. Ironically, these crimes are being committed by the so-called "respectable" citizens of the city, who by day lead a life totally in contrast to their nighttime deeds behind closed doors.
He is shocked by these events and tries to escape by evading the search parties patrolling the apartment building in search of the elusive thief. He is unfortunately seen, and people chase him to the roof of the building. He puts up a brave resistance and then descends by the water pipes onto the porch of a flat. He goes in to find a young girl (Daisy Irani). She talks to him and kindles a self-belief in the peasant, who determinedly tries to face the adversity waiting outside. But when he ventures out of the flat, he is surprised to find that nobody takes notice of him. He eventually leaves the apartment building, his thirst still unquenched. He hears a beautiful song and searching for its source arrives at the doorstep of a woman (Nargis) drawing water from a well. His thirst is finally assuaged.
Music
Other than the acting, the music is the highlight of the film. Lyrics are by
The songs are
1. "Zindagi Khawab Hai, Khvaab Me Jhuth Kya Aur Bhala Sach Hai Kya" - Mukesh
2. "Main Koi Jhoot Boleya" - Mohammed Rafi and S. Balbir
3. "Jaago Mohan Pyaare" - Lata Mangeshkar
4. "Thandee Thandee Savan Kee Phuhar" - Asha Bhosle
5. "Maine Jo Li Angdayi" - Haridhan, Sandhya Mukherjee
Bengali version
The song "Zindagi Khwab Hai", picturized on
Cast
- Raj Kapoor as Peasant
- Nargis (cameo)
- Pradeep Kumar as Pradeep
- Sumitra Devi
- Smriti Biswas
- Pahari Sanyal
- Sulochana Chatterjee
- Daisy Irani
- Motilalas Singing Drunk (Only in Hindi version)
- Chhabi Biswas as Singing Drunk (Only in Bengali version)
- Nana Palsikaras Doctor
- Iftekhar as Chandu (Leader)
- Nemo
- Manohar Deepak in song "Main Koi Jhoot Boleya"
- Mauji Singh in song "Main Koi Jhoot Boleya"
- Kartar Singh in song "Main Koi Jhoot Boleya"
Reception
Box office
Jagte Raho was an
Awards
A shortened version of the film won the Crystal Globe Grand Prix at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Czechoslovakia in 1957.[7] At the fourth annual National Film Awards, the film won the Certificate of Merit.[13]
Notes
References
- ^ a b "Jagte Raho (1956) - Full Cast and Crew | Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Jagte Raho (1956) - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "cast & crew". Upperstall. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Jagte Raho (1956) - BollywoodMDB". www.bollywoodmdb.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ Kahlon, Sukhpreet. "Jagte Raho: Revisiting Raj Kapoor's socially relevant masterpiece". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- ^ "Ek Din Raatre". Gomolo. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ a b "10th Karlovy Vary IFF". Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)".
- ^ Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War, page 48, Cornell University Press, 2011
- ^ "Archive of Bank of Russia". cbr.ru. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "USD pages" (PDF). fx.sauder.ubc. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "67.175856 INR per USD in 2016". www.ofx.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "4th National film Awards" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
External links
- Jagte Raho at IMDb
- Jagte Raho (1956) on YouTube