Jagte Raho

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{{Infobox film
| name = Jagte Raho
| image = Jagte Raho 1956 film poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Sombhu Mitra]] Amit Maitra
| producer = [[Raj Kapoor]]
| writer = [[K. A. Abbas]] Amit Maitra [[Sombhu Mitra]]
| starring = [[Pradeep Kumar]] [[Sumitra Devi (actress)|Sumitra Devi]] [[Smriti Biswas]] [[Pahari Sanyal]] [[Sulochana Chatterjee]] [[Daisy Irani (actress)|Daisy Irani]] Nemo [[Motilal Rajvansh|Motilal]] [[Nana Palsikar]] [[Iftekhar]] [[Raj Kapoor]] [[Nargis]] (cameo)<ref name=":0" />
| music = [[Salil Choudhury]]
| cinematography = [[Radhu Karmakar]]
| editing = [[G. G. Mayekar]] Vasant Sule
| distributor = R.K. Films Ltd.
| released = 1956
| runtime = 149 min.
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]/[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| budget =
| gross = ₹4.44 crore ($9.33 million)
| image_size =
}}
'''''Jagte Raho''''' ([[translation]]: ''Stay Awake'' or ''Stay Alert'') is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1956|1956]] [[Bollywood]]/[[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]], directed by Amit Maitra and [[Sombhu Mitra]], written by [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]], and produced by and starring [[Raj Kapoor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/jagte-raho-2246|title=Jagte Raho (1956) - Cinestaan.com|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2018-02-09}}</ref><ref name=Upperstall>{{cite web|title=cast & crew|url=http://www.upperstall.com/films/1956/jagte-raho|publisher=Upperstall|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodmdb.com/movies/jagte-raho/10180|title=Jagte Raho (1956) - BollywoodMDB|website=www.bollywoodmdb.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-09}}</ref> The film centers on the trials of a poor villager (Kapoor) who comes to a city in search of a better life. However, the naive man soon becomes trapped in a web of middle-class greed and corruption.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2017/may/23/5962/jagte-raho-revisiting-raj-kapoor-s-socially-relevant-masterpiece|title=Jagte Raho: Revisiting Raj Kapoor's socially relevant masterpiece|last=Kahlon|first=Sukhpreet|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2018-02-09}}</ref> The film also features a cameo by [[Nargis]] in the final scene.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/jagte-raho-2246/cast-crew|title=Jagte Raho (1956) - Full Cast and Crew {{!}} Cinestaan.com|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2018-02-09}}</ref>

It was produced in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as '''''Ek Din Raatre''''', starring [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Chhabi Biswas]], [[Pahari Sanyal]], [[Nargis]] Dutt and [[Daisy Irani (actress)|Daisy Irani]].<ref name=Gomolo>{{cite web|title=Ek Din Raatre|url=http://www.gomolo.com/ek-din-ratre-movie/13576|publisher=Gomolo|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref> The film won the [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)|Crystal Globe]] Grand Prix at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]] in [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1957.<ref name="crystal"/>

==Plot summary==

A poor peasant (Kapoor) from the village, who comes to the city in search of work, is looking for some water to quench his thirst. He enters an apartment complex, whose residents take him for a thief and chase him. He runs from one flat to the other trying to escape his predicament. Along the way, he witnesses many shady undertakings in the flats where he hides. Ironically, these crimes are being committed by the so-called "respectable" citizens of the city, who by day, lead a life totally in contrast to their nighttime deeds behind closed doors.

He is shocked by these events and tries to escape by evading the search parties that are patrolling the apartment building in search of the elusive thief. He is unfortunately seen, and people chase him to the roof of the building. He puts up a brave resistance and then descends by the water pipes onto the porch of a flat. He goes in to find a young girl (Daisy Irani). She talks to him and kindles a self-belief in the peasant, who determinedly tries to face the adversity waiting outside. But when he ventures out of the flat, he is surprised to find that nobody takes notice of him. He eventually leaves the apartment building, his thirst still unquenched. He hears a beautiful song and searching for its source arrives at the doorstep of a woman (Nargis) drawing water from a well. His thirst is finally assuaged.

==Music==
Other than the acting, the music is the highlight of the film. Lyrics are by [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] and [[Prem Dhawan]] and music is by [[Salil Choudhary]].

The songs are

1. "Zindagi Khawab Hai, Khvaab Me Jhuth Kya Aur Bhala Sach Hai Kya" - [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]

2. "Main Koi Jhoot Boleya" - Mohammed Rafi and S. Balbir

3. "Jaago Mohan Pyaare" - [[Lata Mangeshkar]]

4. "Thandee Thandee Savan Kee Phuhar" - [[Asha Bhosle]]

5. "Maine Jo Li Angdayi" - Haridhan, Sandhya Mukherjee

===Bengali version===
The song "[[Zindagi Khwab Hai]]", picturized on [[Motilal Rajvansh|Motilal]] in Hindi was recorded as "[[Ei Duniaye Shobi Hoi]]" in the Bengali version and was picturized on Chhabi Biswas. Most of the story line is identical between the two versions, as were the songs; "[[Teki Main Jhuth Boliya]]", sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]] and picturized on Sikh drivers is consistent in both versions. "[[Jago Mohan Pritam]]", sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]] is common to both versions - only the lyrics were changed to Hindi and Bengali, as applicable.

==Cast==
* [[Pradeep Kumar]] as Pradeep
* [[Sumitra Devi (actress)|Sumitra Devi]] as Singing Drunk's wife
* [[Smriti Biswas]] as Sati
* [[Pahari Sanyal]] as Shashan, Meenu's husband
* [[Sulochana Chatterjee]] as Meenu
* [[Daisy Irani (actress)|Daisy Irani]] as Daughter of tenant
* Nemo as Ramnarayan 'Rambabu' Malik
* ''Manohar Deepak'' as Himself in the song "Main Koi Jhoot Boleya"
* ''Mauji Singh''
* ''Kartar Singh''
* [[Motilal Rajvansh|Motilal]] as Singing Drunk
* [[Nana Palsikar]] as Doctor
* [[Iftekhar]] as Chandu (Leader)
* [[Raj Kapoor]] as Peasant
* [[Nargis]] (cameo)

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Jagte Raho'' was an [[List of highest-grossing Indian films in overseas markets|overseas blockbuster]] at the [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet box office]], drawing 33.6 million Soviet viewers in 1965,<ref name="soviet">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)}}</ref> due to Raj Kapoor's popularity in the [[Soviet Union]]. In the Soviet Union, the film earned an estimated 8.4 million [[Soviet ruble|SUR]] ([[US$]]9.33 million or [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]4.44 [[crore]]) in 1965, equivalent to US${{Inflation|US|9.33|1965}} million ({{INR}}477 crore) in 2016.{{#tag:ref|''Jagte Raho'' [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|in Soviet Union]]: 8.4 million [[Soviet ruble|SUR]]{{#tag:ref|33.6 million Soviet tickets sold,<ref name="soviet"/> average ticket price of 25 [[Soviet ruble|kopecks]]<ref name="moscow7">[https://is.muni.cz/el/1421/podzim2015/FAV291/um/Roth-Ey-Moscow_Prime_Time.pdf#page=7 ''Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War'', page 48], [[Cornell University Press]], 2011</ref>|group=n}} ([[US$]]9.33 million,{{#tag:ref|0.9 [[Soviet ruble]]s per US dollar from 1961 to 1971<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbr.ru/currency_base/OldDataFiles/USD.xls|title=Archive of Bank of Russia|website=cbr.ru|access-date=2018-06-03}}</ref>|group=n|name=RubleUSD6171}} [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]4.44 [[crore]]){{#tag:ref|4.7619 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1950 to 1965<ref name="sauder">{{Cite web|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|title=USD pages|website=fx.sauder.ubc|access-date=2018-06-03}}</ref>|group=n|name=RupeeUSD}} in 1965<ref name="soviet">{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)}}</ref> (US${{Inflation|US|9.33|1965}} million or {{INR}}477 crore<ref name="exchange16">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/|title=67.175856 INR per USD in 2016|website=www.ofx.com|access-date=2018-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713183556/https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/|archive-date=13 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 2016)|group=n}}

==Awards==
A shortened version of the film won the [[Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)|Crystal Globe]] Grand Prix at the [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]] in [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1957.<ref name="crystal">{{cite web|title=10th Karlovy Vary IFF|url=http://www.kviff.com/en/about-festival/history-past-years/1957/|publisher=Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary|access-date=22 May 2014}}</ref> At the fourth annual [[National Film Awards]], the film won the Certificate of Merit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm4thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=4NFA.pdf |title=4th National film Awards |access-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122202225/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm4thNFAAward.aspx?PdfName=4NFA.pdf |archive-date=22 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0049378|Jagte Raho}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72qLogUlJRQ Jagte Raho (1956)] on YouTube

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[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1956 films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Crystal Globe winners]]
[[Category:Films scored by Salil Chowdhury]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1950s Bengali-language films]]

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