Jeevan Naiya (1936)

Basic  Information,

Directer                    -     Franz Osten
Producer                  -    Himanshu Rai
Writer                       -    J.S. Kashyap,  Niranjan Pal
cast                            -    Devika Rani,  Ashok Kumar 
Music                       -     Saraswati Devi,  J.S. Kashyap (lyrics)
Cinematography     -        Josef  Wirsching
Release                    -        1936 
Running Time           -     140 min 

Basic information
Jeevan Naiya  famous for being the screen debut early superstar Ashok Kumar. The film is about theostracism 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.

It also featured the famous song Koi Humdum Na Raha sung by Ashok Kumar with music by Saraswati Deviand by Jamuna Swarup Kashyap ( J.S. Kashyap), later sung by Kishore Kumar in the film Jhumroo  (1961).

Story

Lata (Devika Rani), daughter of a dancing girl, is brought up by social worker Mathuradas (Prasad) and is engaged to marry the rich Ranjit (Ashok Kumar) when the villain Chand (S.N. Tripathi) arrives to blackmail her with her undisclosed ancestry. Lata is forced to disclose the truth to Ranjit and the assembled wedding guests. Ranjit disowns her but they are reunited when Ranjit, blinded by an explosion, is nursed back to health by a devoted woman who turns out to be his wife.