Sahaja Movie Reviews

‘Jagte Raho’is an old Black & White Hindi Classic (with english subtitles) starring the golden couple of Indian Cinema in the 1950’s, Raj Kapoor and Nargis.

This film won the Grand Prix at the International Film festival Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia in 1957 and is a classic because it epitomises the pinnacle of Indian cinematic art based on the Indian artistic ideal that all great art should contain ‘nav rasa’ (the nine sentiments: love, heroism, disgust, anger, mirth, terror, pity, wonder, peace).

The film is an allegorical film about a villager, newly arrived in the big city, trying to quench his thirst with some water and the unexpected difficulty that ensues, all in the course of one night.

Sahaja yogis will immediately recognise this as a seekers journey to realisation and indeed it does have all the sahaj elements there including Shri Ganesha, The Goddess and the Kumbha that pours forth the waters of life ie the Kundalini. See whether you can spot these.

There is a lingering note from the film which is highly relevant to Sahaj Yogis even in this very moment, after we’ve got our realisation, and it is contained in the title ‘Jagte Raho’ – which means ’stay awake’ . Something to meditate on.

The film is about 2hrs long. It’s a great film for children because it’s so funny; and aren’t we all after all children .