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Title: Pyaasa (1957)
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Unemployed Vijay is the youngest in his family consisting of his widowed mom, and two brothers. His passion is poetry - frowned upon by his brothers - who want him to find gainful employment instead. Vijay's poems are quite radical in which he laments about the poor, the destitute, and the arrogance of the rich after the departure of the British from India. His efforts to get them published are in vain. He takes to drinking, gets in trouble with the law, is disowned by his brothers, ends up at a brothel and befriends a prostitute named Gulabo. Gulabo is sympathetic, listens to him as he pours his heart out, and decides to assist Vijay. Watch what happens when Gulabo approaches some of her affluent clientèle to assist Vijay and try and get his work published, without revealing that they are written by an alcoholic, disheveled, homeless man. Written by rAjOo ([email protected])
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19 February 1957 (India) See more »Also Known As:
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Central Famous Kardar Studios, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaCompany Credits
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Sung by Mohammad Rafi
Music composed by Sachin Dev Burman
Lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi
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Vijay: Jab hum chalein toh saaya bhi apna na saath de; jab tum chalo toh zameen chale, aasmaan chale! Jab hum rukein, saath ruke shaam-e-beqasi; jab tum ruko, bahaar ruke, chandni ruke!See more »
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Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaaye Toh Kya HaiSung by Mohammad Rafi
Music composed by Sachin Dev Burman
Lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi
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The mannerisms, the tastes, the cultures depicted are from a time so long ago that they have almost stopped having any relevance as of today. Could there be cops once who addressed people as Babuji? Was there really once a time when notch girls carrying on their trade were more subtle than a despicable society which condemned them? Was there really a time when the contrast between moral and immoral, right and wrong so starkly defined? Perhaps yes. For merely a decade old country still nursing the wounds of partition and not knowing what to do with it's independence once having achieved it, perhaps such was the general state of affairs when the society had not yet finished designing the veil that would cover it's abscesses and sores and everything was still raw and on the face of it. Or maybe the film was just a peek into Vijay's world view.
However, there are no ambiguities regarding the central theme or the message it wants to convey. A message which transcends time and has been applicable always, in varying degrees, to all of India.
A line in the movie is translated as "I complain against a world that worships no humans but idols and tramples living beings under feet."
Still so familiar and haunting.
A literal poetry in motion that reflects the zeitgeist of India in it's time.