Jeevan Naiya

Jeevan Naiya
Directed byFranz Osten
Written byJ. S. Kashyap
Niranjan Pal
Produced byHimanshu Rai
StarringDevika Rani
Ashok Kumar
CinematographyJosef Wirsching
Music bySaraswati Devi
J.S. Kashyap (lyrics)
Production
company
Release date
  • 1936 (1936)
Running time
140 min
CountryBritish Raj
LanguageHindi
Jeevan Naiya (1936) by Franz Osten

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 of 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.[1]

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).[1]

  1. ^ a b "'This Kishore lad is no singer, I tell you'". Business Standard. 16 October 2010.