PYAASA, A CLASSIC HINDI MOVIE- CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL
First copy and past this link below on Google and watch the Hindi movie on Youtube with English subtitles.
You will NOT be disappointed.
www.youtube.com/movie/pyaasa
I was reminded of this movie today . After my haircut, the barber offered me a head massage. And then he started singing the immortal song of Johnny Walker . This song is recently lifted by BUPA for a commercial advertisement.
Here is the story line in advance.
Vijay is considered a loser by society. He is a fine poet who thirsts for recognition and fame. His poems are rejected by all publishers, as they are too stark and full of melancholy.
His brothers torment him as he cannot bring bread on the table. They sell his collection of poems for the worth of the scrap paper it is written on.
His college girlfriend, Meena , though in love with him, is materialistic and marries a rich publisher for financial security, breaking Vijay’s heart.
Vijay realizes that this materialistic world is only for selfish and opportunistic people.
Once at an old alumni meet at his college he runs into his old love Meena. Her rich husband Ghosh gets the gut feeling that his wife is in love with her classmate poet Vijay.
Ghosh hires Vijay to dig out the sordid past of his wife Meena.
Ghosh hires Vijay to dig out the sordid past of his wife Meena.
In this world of selfish people, a whore, Gullabo is Vijay’s only well-wisher . She chances upon the papers of Vijay’s poems which his brothers disposed off a scrap. She appreciates his stirring poetry and falls in love with him.
When Vijay learns of his mother’s death he reaches his threshold limit of his tolerance. In a bout of alcohol powered depression he decides to commit suicide on the train tracks.
On the way he sees a beggar shivering in the cold . He gives him his coat and proceeds. The beggar follows him but his foot gets caught in the tracks, with a train rushing in. Vijay attempts to save him, but is unable.
The beggar is killed, but his face and body is badly disfigured. His coat and note in the pocket causes people to believe that it was Vijay who committed suicide.
Gulabo goes to Ghosh and gets Vijay’s poems published, by giving up her wealth. Ghosh does so feeling he can exploit the poems of a dead poet and make a financial killing out of people’s sentiments.
The poems are a roaring success and rake in moolah. The greedy publisher soon learns that Vijay is still alive in the hospital. They declare him mad, by bribing all and sundry . They lock him up in a mental asylum, for claiming he the author of his own book..
All conveniently maintain that Vijay is dead and this includes his own bribed up brothers who are still claiming royalty. Vijay with the help of his friend Abdul Sattar escapes from the mental asylum and reaches the hall where a huge congregation is gathered to pay tribute to his works.
He denounces this corrupt and materialistic world in a final recitation. He declares that that he is not Vijay and walks away with Gullabo, in a dramatic finish.
Here is the old alumni meet song lyrics-- poignant indeed!
Jaane Woh Kaise Log The Jinke Pyar Ko Pyar Mila
Humne To Jab Kaliyaan Maangi Kaaton Ka Haar Mila
( I wonder how many people exist who have received love in return for their love.
Whenever I asked for flowers, I always received a garland of thorns )
Khushiyon Ki manzil Dhoondhi tho Gham Ki Gard Mili
Chaahat Ke nagme Chaahe tho Aahe Sard Mili
Dil Ke Bhoj Ko Dugna Kar Gaya Jo Gham haar mila
Humne To Jab Kaliyaan Maangi Kaanton Ka Haar Mila ..
( I have searched for happiness and found sorrow
I wanted moments of passion and received only pain
The weight in my heart has been doubled, I have faced such a plaintive defeat
When I asked for flowers, I received a garland of thorns .. )
Bichhad Gayaa Har Saathi Dekar Pal Do Pal Ka Saath
Kisko Phursat Hai Jo Thaame Deewanon Ka Haath
Humko Apna Saaya Tak Aqsar Bezaar Mila
Humne To Jab Kaliyaan Maangi, Kaanton Ka Haar Mila ..
(Every friend has deserted me after giving me company for a few moments
Who has the time to comfort a jilted lover ?
Even my shadow seems apathetic to my sorry state
When I asked for flowers, I received a garland of thorns .. )
Isko Hi Jeena Kehte Hain To Yunhi Ji Lenge
Uf Na Karenge Lab See Lenge Aansoo Pee Lenge
Gham Se Ab Ghabraana Kaisa Gham Sau Baar Mila
Humne To Jab...
( If this is what they call living, then I will live like this
I won't sigh, my lips are sealed, I will swallow my tears
I don’t care for sorrow, I experienced it hundreds of times
When I asked for flowers, I only received a garland of thorns .. )
This is why you should NOT take your spouses for any old alumni meet.
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Punch into Google search OLD ALUMNI MEET.
If you don’t see my mushy post on page ONE among 30 million posts , then punch in—
OLD ALUMNI MEET VADAKAYIL.
Find out what nostalgia is all about.
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