Tu kisi rail si guzarti hai
Posted on: December 7, 2023
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‘Masaan’ (2015), a colloquial for ‘shmashaan’ (crematorium) was directed by the debutant Neeraj Ghaywan. The cast included the debutant Vicky Kaushal, Richa Chadha, Shweta Tripathi (debutant), Saurabh Chaudhary, Sanjay Mishra, Pankaj Tripathi, Bhagwan Tiwari, Nikhil Sahni etc. Born to Maharashtrian parents based in Hyderabad, director, Neeraj Ghaywan has degree in Electric Engineering and has done MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. After working in the corporate offices, he switched over to films as a writer and assisted director, Anurag Kashyap in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ (2012) and ‘Ugly’ (2013).
‘Masaan’ (2015) is made up of two stories covering two different families based in Banaras which have no connection with each other. However, as the film progresses, the two stories converge by the unfortunate events happening in their families, linking the girl of the one family with the boy of other family. The two protagonists of the film travel through tragedy, suffering and recovery after the loss of their respective sweethearts. The film also brings out the dilemma of the new generation of small towns caught between traditions and modernity. The film was majorly shot in Banaras and Allahabad (now Prayagraj).
The gist of the story is as under:
Devi (Rita Chadha) and her boyfriend, Piyush (Saurabh Chaudhary), both students in a college, check into a hotel room spending some intimate times during which he gives Devi a gift. However, a police team catches them for immoral activities. Fearing loss of his face before his family, Piyush locks himself in the toilet and commits suicide by slitting his wrist. Police now blackmails Devi for abetment of suicide by Piyush and demand a large sum from Devi’s father, Vidyadhar Pathak (Sanjay Mishra) not to pursue the case.
Devi has no regret for what she has done except the loss of life of her boyfriend. Vidyadhar, though very angry with Devi, pays a part of the demanded amount and decides to earn more money to pay the rest by indulging in betting. Devi works in a computer training institute to supplement the earning. However, with the news of Piyush’s suicide known to some, Devi is constantly harassed. Devi resigns from her job and shifts to Prayagraj for higher studies. She gets a job in the railway as the ticket booking clerk. With the constant guilt feeling of what happened to her boyfriend, Piyush, Devi visits his parents’ house to clear the misgiving about her in Piyush’s suicide. However, she is mistreated by Piyush’s parent.
In the second family, Deepak (Vicky Kaushal) is from a lower caste family who traditionally work in the cremation ground on the Banaras ghat. He wants to move away from his family’s traditional vocation and is looking forward in getting a better job. Deepak falls in love with Shaalu (Shweta Tripathi) belonging to the upper caste. However, both knows that the caste and class differences will make difficult to get her parents’ approval. They plan to get married once Deepak gets the job after completing his civil engineering degree.
Shaalu goes on a pilgrimage with her entire family. On the way, the bus in which they are travelling falls in the River Ganga claiming the lives of all the passengers. It is Deepak who had to conduct and watch Shweta’s funeral on the Banaras ghat. Deepak completes his civil engineering and gets a job in the railways at Prayagraj.
After the mistreatment by Piyush’s parents, Devi goes to a Ganga ghat and throws in the Ganga, the gift Piyush had given to her. She starts crying. Deepak who is already at the ghat offers her water. Both are working in Prayagraj and that too in railway but have met for the first time. The film ends with both taking a boat to Triveni Sangam and are seen conversing with each other.
The story of the film emphasises that one should come out of the past sufferings and live for the present so that the future becomes bright. This is in line with the Hindu and Buddhist philosophy of life that nothing is permanent including suffering and happiness. Attachment is the cause of suffering. In the film, both Devi and Deepak could not detach themselves after the death of their sweethearts. It is only when they realise that the life must go on, both of them throw in Ganga at Prayagraj at different time, the Shaalu’s ring and Piyush’s gift thus symbolically detaching themselves from the past relationship. In this way, both Devi and Deepak have reincarnated in their new relationship when they travel together in a boat to reach the Triveni Sangam in a bright sunny morning. The Sangam and the rising sun symbolise their union with a fresh start of their life.
‘Massan’ (2015) is an off-beat film with a tight and meticulous screenplay by Varun Grover. (The film’s original script with dialogues can be read here. There were some changes during the shooting of the film). There are few scenes where symbolisms have been used instead of dialogues. For example, there is a scene in which Sanjay Mishra is shown in great agony after he comes to know about his daughter’s (Richa Chadha) misadventure with her boyfriend, Piyush. Both the father and the daughter are shown in the same frame, symbolising that even though Sanjay Mishra is angry with his daughter, he will be supportive of her. The later events have proved this point.
The film was critically acclaimed and got Neeraj Ghaywan the Best Promising Debut Director at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2015, at the National Film Award and the Filmfare Award. The film did not perform well on the box office front. Generally, off-beat films are slow and at times, give a feeling of boredom though technically they may be superb. But ‘Masaan’ (2015) has made the slowdown in narrative visually interesting, thanks to the film’s cinematographer.
The film has 3 songs written by Varun Grover (2) and Sanjeev Sharma (1). The songs have been set to music by Indian Ocean, a Delhi based rock music band consisting of Amit Kilam, Himanshu Joshi, Nikhil Rao, Rahul Ram and Tuheen Chakravorty. I am presenting the first song from the film, ‘tu kisi rail si guzarti hai’ to appear on the Blog. The song is written by Varun Grover and is rendered by Swanand Kirkire.
The background to the song is that during Durga Pooja festival, Deepak (Vicky Kaushal) has invited Shaalu (Shweta Tripathi) but he misses her glances due to a large crowd. The lyrics of the song depict as to what is going in the mind of Deepak.
The first two lines of the mukhda of the song is taken from the third couplet of Dushyant Kumar’s ghazal ‘main jise odhta bichhaata hoon’. This has been duly acknowledged in the film’s title roll.
The song has a few metaphors which I find unusual in describing the sweetheart:
kisi lambe safar ki raaton mein
tujhe alaav (bonfire) saa jalaata hoon
ek jungle hai teri aankhon mein
main jahaan raah bhool jaata hoon
kaath (wood) ke taalen (locks) hain aankh pe daalen hain
unmein ishaaron ki chaabhiyaan laga
main hoon paani ke bulbule jaisa
tujhe sochoon to phoot jaata hoon
Varun Grover is one of my favourites among the new generation of lyricists. I have noted that he is fond of using unconventional imageries and metaphors in some of his song lyrics. Probably, he may be a fan of Gulzar. Varun Grover has a degree in Civil Engineer from IIT-BHU. His 4 years stay in Banaras during his college days must have become helpful in authentically depicting Banaras in the film’s screenplay. He worked in a multi-national software company in Pune before changing his career path to writer, actor and stand-up comedian.
Video Clip:
Audio Clip:
Song-Tu kisi rail si guzarti hai (Masaan)(2015) Singer-Swanand Kirkire, Lyrics-Varun Grover, MD-Indian Ocean
Male voice
Lyrics (based on audio clip)
tu kisi rail si guzarti hai ae ae
tu kisi rail si guzarti hai ae ae
main kisi pul saa aa
thartharaata hoon
tu bhale ratti bhar naa sunti hai ae
main tera naam
budbudaata hoon oon
kisi lambe safar ki raaton mein….
tujhe alaav saa aa..
jalaata hoon…
tu kisi rail si guzarti hai
main kisi pul saa aa
thartharaata hoon
kaathh ke taale hain
aankh pe daale hain
unmein ishaaron ki chaabhiyaan lagaa…..
kaathh ke taale hain
aankh pe daale hain
unmein ishaaron ki chaabhiyaan lagaa
raat jo baaki hai
shaam se taaki hai
neeyat mein thhodi ee ee ee
ee ee ee
neeyat mein thhodi kharaabiyaan lagaa
kharaabiyaan lagaa….
main hoon paani ke bulbule jaisaa……
tujhe sochoon to o
phoot jaata hoon
tu kisi rail si guzarti hai ae
main kisi pul saa aa
thartharaata hoon…..
tu kisi rail si guzarti hai….
main kisi pul saa….
thartharaata hoon
(nau de nau)
thartharaata hoon
(ra na na naa da da daa)
thartharata hoon
(nau de nau de)
thartharaata hoon
(nau de nau de ooooo..)
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December 7, 2023 at 5:37 pm
I have watched this movie in Star gold select channel, I guess they have edited some scenes especially Richa Chadda scenes, but I liked the film,this song I remember, but Varun Grover is a new name for me, thanks Sir for the informative post on Masaan,
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December 7, 2023 at 6:19 pm
I think, some scenes of Richa Chadha were deleted when Hotstar released the film on its OTT platform. This was criticised by Anurag Kashyap in a sarcastic way on his Twitter handle.
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