Parde Ke Peeche

Kanpur ke purane shahar me sthit Mayur Talkies pichhle tees saal se bandh pada tha. Purana chowkidar Shambhu Dayal har raat do baje projector room se carbon arc lamp ki roshni aur shutter ki khrrr-khrrr aawaz sunta hai. Film researcher Kavita Saxena jab is cinema hall par documentary banane aati hai, to dono ko parde par unnis sau sattar ki ek lapata film dikhayi deti hai jisme usi hall me lagi aag ka dardnaak sach chhupa tha.

Episodes

8 episodes

Duration

1h 4m

Narrator

Narrator · Rishi

8 audio ready

Kanpur ke Ghantaghar ke paas bana Mayur Talkies unnis sau sattar tak shahar ka sabse mashhoor single-screen cinema hall tha. Par unnis sau sattar ki Diwali ki raat ek bhayanak aag lagi jisme lead actress Zeenat Jahan aur kai log auditorium ke andar zinda jal gaye. Us raat ke baad se yeh vishaal cinema hall hamesha ke liye bandh kar diya gaya aur iske charon taraf zang lage lohe ke taale laga diye gaye. Sathattar saal ka Shambhu Dayal, jo us daur me Mayur Talkies ka chief projectionist tha, aaj bhi isi hall ke pichhle kamre me rehta hai. Shambhu ko har raat theek do baje projection booth se carbon arc lamp ki tej roshni aur thirty-five millimeter projector ke daudne ki aawaz aati hai. Jab wo projection room me jaata hai, to wahan koi nahi hota, par vishaal silver screen par ek aisi film chal rahi hoti hai jiska naam kisi bhi film directory ya censor board ke record me nahi hai. Kanpur University ki film archivist Kavita Saxena jab Mayur Talkies ke itihas par documentary banane aati hai, to wo Shambhu ke saath is hairat-angez silsile ka hissa ban jaati hai. Har raat screen par film ki ek nayi reel chalti hai, aur parde ke andar se aag ki lori aur cheekhein sunayi deti hain. Dono milkar purane film distributor Radhey Shyam ke zariye unnis sau sattar ki us kaali raat ka sach dhoondhte hain, jahan insurance money ke lalach me ek poore cinema hall ko aag ke hawaale kar diya gaya tha.