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Jeevan Naiya is a film of genre Drama with Devika Rani

Jeevan Naiya (1936)

Jeevan Naiya
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Length 2h20
Genres Drama

Jeevan Naiya is a 1936 Hindi film directed by Franz Osten, and produced by Himanshu Rai for his studio Bombay Talkies. It famous for being the screen debut 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.

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).

Actors

Devika Rani

(Lata)Ashok Kumar

(Ranjit)
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