Naya Daur (1957)

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Movie
Original title Naya Daur
Country of production India
original language Hindi , English
Publishing year 1957
length 173 minutes
Rod
Director BR Chopra
script Akhtar Mirza , Kamil Rashid
production BR Chopra
music OP Nayyar
camera MN Malhotra
cut Pran Mehra
occupation

Naya Daur (translated: The New Age ) is the second most successful Bollywood film of the 1950s after Mughal-e-Azam .

action

Shankar, a carriage driver, and Krishna, a lumberjack, are good friends and live modestly but happily in a small village in the Bhopal region . But soon everything changes when Kundan, the son of the company owner Seth Maganlal, takes over the sawmill and modernizes and mechanizes it. Now some workers are unemployed.

Meanwhile, Shankar and Krishna, without knowing it, fall in love with the same woman, Rajni. It is only when Shankar Krishna marries his sister Manju, who is in love with him, that the two friends realize that they are both in love with Rajni. A misunderstanding leads to an argument and best friends become enemies.

So Krishna persuades Kundan to buy a bus so that Shankar and all the other carriage drivers lose their jobs. But Shankar doesn't think about giving up and challenges Kundan to a race: bus against carriage. To give Shankar a chance, Rajni and the villagers build a shortcut path and so Shankar wins the man versus machine race.

Ultimately everything ends well and the two friends clear up their misunderstandings: So Shankar and Rajni are together, while Krishna gets Manju.

Awards

Filmfare Award 1958

Nominations :

music

Song title Singer
Maang Ke Saath Tumhara Asha Bhosle , Mohammad Rafi
Ude Jab Jab Zulfen Teri Asha Bhosle , Mohammad Rafi
Main Bambai Ka Babu Mohammad Rafi
Yeh Desh Hai Veer Jawaanon Ka Mohammad Rafi , Balbir
Saathi Haath Badhana Saathi Re Asha Bhosle , Mohammad Rafi
Reshmi Salwar Kurta Jaali Ka Asha Bhosle , Shamshad Begum
Aana Hai Toh Aa Raah Mein Mohammad Rafi

Sahir Ludhianvi wrote the lyrics of the film songs . In Reshmi Salwar Kurta Jaali Ka have Kumkum and Minoo Mumtaz her guest appearance.

Trivia

The original was shot in black and white, but there is a colored version of the film that was released in 2007.

Madhubala was supposed to play the role of Rajni, but her father Ataullah Khan did not let her go to Bhopal for the 45-day filming , currently due to her health. Because actually her father wanted to keep her away from Dilip Kumar because they were in a relationship at the time. There was even a public trial in which Dilip and Madhubala faced each other. She and her father lose the negotiation and their image has been badly damaged. After that, they parted ways. So Dilip Kumar and BR Chopra decided on Vyjayanthimala .

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