Tansen (1943)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Tansen |
| Country of production | India |
| original language | Hindi , Urdu |
| Publishing year | 1943 |
| length | 112 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jayant Desai |
| script | Jayant Desai |
| production | Chhotubhai |
| music | Khemchand Prakash |
| camera | Gordhanbhai Patel |
| cut | NV Morajkar |
| occupation | |
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Tansen ( Hindi : तानसेन Tānsen ) is an Indian period film by Jayant Desai from 1943. The biography deals with the musician Tansen (around 1506–1589).
action
After many years of musical training, Tansen returns to his home village, where the young goatherd Tani is considered a talented singer. He criticizes her understanding of the melody, but she shows him that the rhythm with which she drives the cows from the pasture is more decisive for her purpose of singing. A romance develops between the two over time. When he saves Tani from an angry elephant, which he tames with song, the local Raja Ramchandra becomes aware of him. Tansen agrees to occasionally sing for him out of friendship.
At his court in Agra , the Mughal emperor Akbar I regrets that the seat of a master of music among his “nine jewels” is vacant. He's looking for a worthy expert across the country. A dispatcher from the Mogul surprised Tansen as he greened the defoliated trees and made them bloom with his song for Tani. Tansen declines his invitation to the Mughal court because he only wants to sing for Tani and his Raja. But the ambassador tries to negotiate Tansen with the Raja against the release of his son. Tansen agrees to go to Akbar's court and says goodbye to Tani.
The unaccompanied singing of Tansen in front of Akbar makes the instruments of the imperial musicians sound on their own. Akbar is thrilled to have finally found his “ninth jewel” in Tansen, but the court musicians see their position threatened. In isolation, Tansen composes his greatest melodies “Darbari”, “Miyanki Malhar” and “Miyanki Todi”. Tani feels forgotten in the village of Tansen.
It is Akbar's birthday that Tani comes to Agra to meet Tansen. This is now tired of his job at court. He agrees to a romantic get-together with Tani in his room instead of appearing at the Mughal's birthday party. Although the court musicians Tansen are in a bad mood, Akbar shows understanding for him and wants to use Tansen's love to his advantage. With conviction and slight compulsion, he orders Tani to leave Tansen for the sake of music, because a broken heart can create incomparable music. With tears she promises obedience.
Akbar asks the injured Tansen to sing, but he refuses and would rather accept the death penalty than sing. But his pain makes him sing alone in the garden, to the delight of Akbar, who is secretly listening. Only after some hesitation does Tansen comply with Akbar's request to sing the raga "Deepak" to the seriously ill Princess Shehzadi . The scheming court musician Zehen Khan had talked her into the magic of the all-inflaming raga. Tansen manages to light candles. The heat caused by the "Deepak" note threatens to burn him as a singer from the inside, as Khan intended. When Akbar learns of Zehen Khan's plan from court doctor Azam Khan, he has him and the other court musicians arrested. Since all water is not enough to cool Tansen, Akbar, on the advice of his court philosopher Birbal, searches for a singer of the counter-raga "Megh Malhar", but in vain.
The dying Tansen wishes to visit his friend Raja Ramchandra again. On the way there, he stops at a fountain and meets Tani. She sings "Megh Malhar" and heals Tansen.
background
For the production, the actor KL Saigal was loaned by the film company New Theaters , where he was under contract. The film was made by the company "Jayant Desai Production" and was distributed by Ranjit Movitone . Dialog authors were DN Madhok and Munshi Dil . After the opening credits , director Jayant Desai appears surrounded by cameras, instruments and microphone and explains that the film, beyond the well-known myths about the musician Tansen, is a love story between him and the shepherdess Tani.
Tansen became the second most financially successful Indian film of 1943.
Film music
The lyrics to the music of Khemchand Prakash were written by DN Madhok and Pandit Indra . One of the 13 film songs, Madhok's Ho dukhiya jiyara red naina , was composed by Bulo C. Rani . The duet More Balpan Ke Sathi Chhaila Bhul Jaio Na can be heard twice in the film. The main actors Kundan Lal Saigal and Khurshid are also singers of the film songs.
| song | Singer |
|---|---|
| Ghata Ghanaghor Ghor | Khurshid |
| Aao Gori Aao Shyama | Khurshid |
| Kahe Guman Kare Re Gori | Kundan Lal Saigal |
| Rumajhum Rumajhum Chaal Tihaari | Kundan Lal Saigal |
| Baag Laga Dun Sajani | Kundan Lal Saigal |
| More Balpan Ke Sathi Chhaila Bhul Jaio Na | Khurshid, Kundan Lal Saigal |
| Sapt Suran Tin Graam Gaavo Sab Gunijan | Kundan Lal Saigal |
| Ho Dukhiya Jiyara Red Naina | Khurshid |
| From Raja Baye More Balam | Khurshid |
| Binaa Pankh Panchhi Hun Main | Kundan Lal Saigal |
| Din Soona Sooraj Bina | Kundan Lal Saigal |
| Baraso Re | Khurshid |
literature
- Tansen. In: Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 300
Web links
- Tansen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=148&catName=MTk0Mw== ( Memento from June 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive )