Ud jaayegaa hans akela
Posted on: February 11, 2026
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‘Dozakh’ (2015) was a film about whose existence I came to know about very recently thanks to Sant Kabir’s couplets which was the only song in this film. The title of the film itself put me in a confusion as I heard this word for the first time. Online search revealed that ‘dozakh’ is a Persian word which means ‘hell’ and ‘jahannum’ in Arabic. The full title of the film is ‘Dozakh – In Search of Heaven’. The idea behind the title is that the director wanted to emphasise on a dogmatic belief that a person who strictly follows his own religious guidelines and hates other religions will go to heaven.
The film had Lalit Tiwari and the child actor, Garrick Chaudhari in the main roles, supported by Ruby Saini, Nazim Khan, Khushboo Seth, Pawan Tiwari, Irfaan Rizvi etc. The film was produced by Zaigham Imam and Pawan Tiwari and was directed by Zaigham Imam. This film can be put under the category of the parallel cinema. The film was shown in some international fiom festivals – both in India and abroad during 2013-14. It received Censor Certificate for theatrical release on August 30, 2014 but the film could get the thetrical release in India on March 20, 2015.
The film’s director, Syed Zaigham Imam (born 02/01/1982) is a writer and journalist. His first novel, ‘Dozakh’ was published in 2009 and the film’s story is based on this novel. He was born in Chandauli, a small town near Banaras. After graduating from Allahabad University, he completed his post-graduation in Journalism from Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University. He worked as journalist in ‘Amar Ujhala’, and TV news channels, ‘News 24’ and ‘Aaj Tak (TV Today) Network. ‘Dozakh’ (2015) was his first film as a producer-director. The film which is of about 90 minutes’ duration, has brought to the fore the struggle between religions and humanity in the mind of an innocent young child whose thinking and understanding are not entirely dependent on any religion but of his own. Later, Zaigham Imam has produced and directed two more films, ‘Alif’ (2017) and ‘Nakkash’ (2019) thus completing his triology of films emphasising on human relationship based more on humanity than on extreme relegious beliefs. The story of all his three films are based in around Banaras.
The film had some minor problems with some members of the Censor Board who felt that the film should be shown to the members of Muslim clerics. Zaigham Imam showed the film to a group of Muslim Clerics who gave their approval in writing. However, some member of the Censor Board insisted that the film should be once again screened for the members of Censor Board along with Muslim clerics. It was the Censor Board Chairman at that time, Leela Samson who intervened and after watching the film, she approved granting of ‘U’ Censor Certificate on August 30, 2014. (Source: ‘Mid-Day’, September 6, 2014).
The story of the film is as under:
The film starts with a background song, ‘ud jaayega hans akela’ based on Sant Kabirdas couplets, as the credit titles roll and the audience become aware that the protagonist of the film is based in a small town across River Ganga near Banaras. A Maulvi, fondly called as Chacha (Lalit Mohan Tiwari) of the town is a devoted Muslim who conducts Namaaz five times in a mosque. He also owns a small shop. He stays with his wife (Ruby Saini) and 12-year-old son, Jaan Mohammed who is fondly called Jaanu (Garrick Chaudhary). Jaanu is attached to his mother while his father loves him a lot though he occasionally beats him for violating the religious dictum.
The film’s story moves in a flashback mode after the disappearance of Jaanu who has already lost his mother in a car accident. His father is extremely worried about his whereabouts and starts searching for him from pillars to posts. It transpires from his talks with a neighbour that in the last night, he has admonished Jaanu. Chacha recalls Jaanu’s fascination for the Hindu mythological stories and the enactments of stories by his friends from Hindu neighbourhood in Ram Leela. He also starts taking part in Ram Leela in the role of Hanuman which is his favourite character. He has also developed a friendship with a Hindu priest who is fond of Jaanu. He tells him various mythological stories from Ramayan, Mahabharat and also about various Hindu customs and rituals when he asks many queries.
When Chacha comes to know about Jaanu’s fascinations towards Hindu mythological stories, customs and traditions, he forbids him from watching Ram Leela and accepting the role of Hanuman in it. He wants him to respect his religion first. Towards this end, he starts teaching him about his religion and asks him to read Quran every day. Jaanu obeys his father and visits Hafiz to learn reciting Quran. But Jaanu is still a child and too innocent to understand the religious differences. So, he continues his fascination for Hindu customs and rituals. For this, Chacha admonishes him and sometime beats him. Jaanu’s mother often intervenes and bring about a rapprochement between the father and the son.
After the death of his mother in an accident, Jaanu feels a big void in his life. He is depressed to the extent that he wants his mother back. He and his father often faces each other, creating the tension on the issues of the different ideals of two religions. The first one they faced was when his mother had passed away and he does not want his father to bury her. He even tries to dig her out of the grave. He has already told his father in an innocent way that after his death he does not want to get buried in the dark grave. Instead, he would like to be cremated and his ashes immersed in River Ganga. He has heard his class teacher narrating the story of River Ganga and the Hindu priest’s story that River Ganga is the mother of everyone. He even thinks that if he dives in River Ganga, he will be able to meet his mother.
In the temple, the priest is also worried that Jaanu has not visited him for the last three days. He comes to know about his disappearance from Chacha when he meets the priest to enquire about Jaanu. People suggests Chacha to lodge a police complaint of the missing child. Later, Police find a dead body of a child who was drowned in River Ganga in Banaras. Chacha identifies the dead body as that of his son, Jaanu. Apparently, Jaanu has gone to Banaras without his father’s knowledge to dive into River Ganga to meet his mother.
Chacha takes the dead body of his son in an autorickshaw to reach his house. While travelling, he recalls Jaanu’s conversations in which he had said that after his death he does not want to be buried. Chacha stops the autorickshaw at a Banaras Ghat and gets Jaanu cremated. He collects the ashes and immerses a part of the ashes in River Ganga. After this, he visits the burial ground and mixes the remaining ashes of Jaanu in the grave of his mother. The film ends with Chacha returning to his home and picking up a mask of Hanuman which Jaanu used to wear while playing the role of Hanuman in Ram Leela. For Chacha, Hanuman mask becomes a memento to lessen his grief and his intense love for Jaanu wins over his religious guidelines.
The story of the film has been narrated in a series of flash-back when Chacha visits many places in search of Jaanu, like visit to Hafiz for Quran recitation, visit to Banaras Ghat, meeting a priest of the temple to whom Jaanu used to meet almost every day, playing Hanuman in Ram Leela, playing cricket with his friends. Each of these places reminds Chacha of the activities of Jaanu which make him cry.
The director of the film has been successful in making his film heart-touching in a subtle way without over-dramatising the situations. Lalit Mohan Tiwari as a Maulvi Chacha and the child actor, Garrick Chaudhary as his son, Jaanu have given excellent performances. The film could have become more gripping if the story in the first half of the film was presented a bit faster by sleek editing. The film had a limited theatrical release and failed miserably at the box office. The film moved me a lot when I was watching. I wish the film audience had given it a good reception it deserved.
As mentioned earlier, the film had only one background song, ‘ud jaayega hans akela’ written by Sant Kabirdas, which is composed and rendered by debutant, Aman Pant who has come into Hindi films with the background of composing music for a large numbers of advertising films. Since his debut, Aman Pant has been the music directors for about a dozen Hindi films.
The song gets played during the beginning as well as the end-credit titles of the film to emphasise on the philosophy of life.
Video Clip (with video montages from the film):
Audio Clip:
Song-Ud jaayega hans akela (Dozakh)(2015) Singer-Aman Pant, Lyricist-Sant Kabir, MD-Aman Pant
Chorus
Lyrics (Based on Video Clip):
jaise paat gire taruwar ke ae ae
jaise paat gire taruwar ke ae
milnaa bahut hee duhelaa
na jaane kidhar giregaa
lagyaa hai pawan ka relaa
jab howe umar pooree ee ee
jab howe umar pooree
jab chhoote hukum hazooree
jam ke doot bade majboot
jam se padaa jhamelaa
daas kabeer har ke gun gaawe
waa har to paaran paawe
guru kee karnee guru jaayegaa aa aa
o guru kee karnee guru jaayegaa
chele kee karnee chelaa
ud jaayegaa
ud jaayegaa
ud jaayegaa hans akelaa
hans akelaa
(haaaaaaaa)
akelaa
(haaaaaaa)
hans akelaa
(haaaaaaaaaa)
ud jaayegaa
ud jaayegaa
ud jaayegaa hans akelaa
hans akelaa
(haaaaaaaaa)
hans akelaa
(haaaaaaaaa)
hans akelaa
(haaaaaaaaa)
hans akelaa
aa aa aa aa aa
na mohe paaki jaaki jaa…….
na deejo dafnaaye
maanus de maatee do mutthhhee
jal maatee ho jaaye
jal maatee ho jaaye
jal maatee ho jaaye
heeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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