Maya Memsaab (also known as Maya and Maya: The Enchanting Illusion in English) is a 1993 Indian mystery drama film directed by Ketan Mehta starring Deepa Sahi, Farooq Shaikh, Raj Babbar, Shah Rukh Khan, and Paresh Rawal.[2] The film is based on the famous Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary. Maya Memsaab won the National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film) in the year 1993.[3] The rights of this film are now owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.[4]
| Maya Memsaab | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Ketan Mehta |
| Written by | Sitanshu Yashaschandra (screenplay) Ketan Mehta (screenplay) Hriday Lani (dialogue) Gulan Kriplani (Maya's monologues) |
| Based on | Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert |
| Produced by | Ketan Mehta |
| Starring | Deepa Sahi Farooq Shaikh Raj Babbar Shah Rukh Khan Paresh Rawal |
| Cinematography | Anoop Jotwani |
| Edited by | Renu Saluja |
| Music by | Hridaynath Mangeshkar Gulzar (lyrics) |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | est. ₹1.85 crore (equivalent to ₹13 crore or US$1.6 million in 2023) 1.85 crore[1] |
Synopsis
editYoung, beautiful, and intelligent Maya lives with her father in a palatial mansion in rural India. When her father suffers a stroke, she calls for local Dr. Charu Das, who arrives on his bicycle and prescribes treatment for her father. He continues to come to her house often, more on the pretext of seeing her than her father. Eventually, they get married. Years pass by and Charu is engrossed in treating patients, leaving Maya alone to reflect on her own fate and life. It is not long before a young man named Rudra enters her life and an affair follows. This does not last long though, as a much younger man, Lalit, enters her life and they begin another passionate affair. But again, Maya is not satisfied as she longs for more than carnal needs. Time and time again, this bored housewife gets attracted to costly objects and spends recklessly on clothes and furniture, even if she has to borrow money. She eventually is forced to mortgage her house to a man Lalaji. Finally, reality catches up with her. Lalaji brings a court order to take possession of her house. Rudra and Lalit desert her and this leads her to drink a mystical drink that was earlier being advertised on the streets to give you one wish on the condition you had a pure heart. The drink causes her to flash brightly and disappear. This leaves two investigators to probe who or what really killed Maya.
Cast
edit- Deepa Sahi as Maya Das
- Farooq Shaikh as Dr. Charu Das
- Raj Babbar as Rudra Pratap Singh
- Shah Rukh Khan as Lalit Kumar
- Paresh Rawal as Lalaji
- Shrivallabh Vyas as Detective
- Shreeram Lagoo as Maya's father
- Raghubir Yadav as the mentally sick street-beggar
- Farah as Chhaya Das, Dr. Charu's daughter.
- Sudha Shivpuri
- Rajesh Vivek
- Om Puri as Detective
Soundtrack
edit| Song | Singer |
|---|---|
| "Chhaya Jagi" | Hridaynath Mangeshkar |
| "Khud Se Baaten" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| "Mere Sarhane" | |
| "O Dil Banjare" | |
| "Yeh Shahar" | |
| "Ek Haseen Nigah Ka" | |
| "Ek Haseen Nigah Ka" | Kumar Sanu |
References
edit- ^ "Shahrukh Khan Box Office Analysis: Hits, Flops, Blockbusters". Indicine. 4 September 2013.
- ^ "Outlook Traveller - Google Books". Outlook. March 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). dff.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Red Chillies Entertainments". www.redchillies.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
External links
edit- Maya Memsaab at IMDb