Naya Sansar ("New World") is a 1941

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n Hindustani-language film on radical journalism, directed by reporter turned director, N. R. Acharya (1909–1993), and written by a journalist himself,

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (7 June 1914 – 1 June 1987) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, novelist, and journalist in Urdu, Hindi and English. He won four National Film Awards in India. Internationally, his films won the ( Golden Palm Gr ...

, who started his film career with this film. It won him the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for the best story and screenplay. It features dialogues by

Shaheed Latif Shaheed Lateef (11 June 1913 – 16 April 1967) was Hindi film director, writer, and producer. He was the maker of films like '' Ziddi'' (1948) which launched Dev Anand's career and '' Arzoo'' (1950) starring Dilip Kumar and Kamini Kaushal. Ear ...

and J. S. Kashyap; and stars Renuka Devi (1918–1989) and Ashok Kumar in the lead roles.This film later inspired Khwaja Ahmad Abbas to name his production house as "Naya Sansar" Productions

Overview

The film was written by Abbas, who was a film critic at that time. He used his journalistic background to create a story about the rising radicalism in Indian society and journalism. The story addressed the conflict between a dynamic young reporter and his cautious, yet idealistic, editor of the fictional progressive newspaper, 'Sansar'. The story line revolved around the editor, Premchand (Mubarak), who is in love with a beautiful orphan named Asha (Renuka Devi), whom his family has raised from an infant. Soon after Asha starts working for the paper, she falls in love with Sansar's star reporter and dedicated radical-journalist, Puran (Ashok Kumar). Asha, however, still feels indebted to Premchand's family. When Premchand starts to hedge on his radicalism by dealing with the evil Dhaniram, Puran quits, and starts his own newspaper, "Naya Sansar". Premchand quickly sees the error of his ways, and not only returns to the paper's previous left-wing stance, but also condones the marriage of Asha and Puran.

Cast

Credits adapted from the film's pressbook: * Renuka Devi as Asha *

Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first Super-st ...

as Karanpriya *

Mubarak Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak (; 4 May 1928 – 25 February 2020) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011 and the 41st prime minister from 1981 to 1982. He was previously ...

as Prem Chand * Shahnawaz as Shamsher Singh * V. H. Desai as Chacha * Jagannath as Dhaniram *

David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

as Mr. Sharma * Suresh as Bhola * P. F. Pithawala as Kallu * Azurie as Zarinah

Songs

* ''Mera Mann Kho Gaya''; singer: Ashok Kumar. *''Mai Harijan Ki Chori'' ; singer:

Rajkumari Dubey Rajkumari Dubey (1924 – 2000), better known by her first name, Rajkumari, was an Indian playback singer who worked in Hindi cinema of 1930s and 1940s. Best known for her songs, "Sun Bairi Baalam Sach Bol Re" in '' Bawre Nain'' (1950), "G ...

, Arun Kumar

Awards

* 1942:

BFJA Awards Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as BFJA Awards, is given by The Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The BFJA is the oldest association of film critics in India, founded in 1937 to serve the developing film journalism ...

: Best Screenplay: KA Abbas5th Annual BFJA Awards - Awards For The Year 1941
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'' Official website.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Naya Sansar (1941 Film) 1940s Hindi-language films 1940s Indian films Films about journalists Films with screenplays by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 1940s Urdu-language films Indian black-and-white films Indian drama films 1941 drama films 1941 films Hindi-language drama films Urdu-language Indian films