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	'''''Rajrani Meera''''' (Rajrani Mira) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1933\|1933]] [[Hindi]] devotional film.<ref name=Gulzar>{{cite book\|last1=Gulzar, Nihalini, Chatterjee\|first1=Govind, Saibal\|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema\|date=2003\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\|location=India\|isbn=9788179910665\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=rajrani+meera+1933&pg=PT588\|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref> It was directed by [[Debaki Bose]] for [[New Theatres]] Ltd. Calcutta.<ref name=Willemen>{{cite book\|last1=Rajadhyaksha, Willemen\|first1=Ashish, Paul\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|date=2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781135943257\|edition=2, revised}}</ref> The cinematographer was [[Nitin Bose]] with music composed by [[R. C. Boral]]. The film was a bilingual, made in Bengali as ''Meerabai'' and directed by Hiren Bose and Basanta Chatterjee.<ref name=Pauwels>{{cite book\|last1=Pauwels\|first1=Heidi R.M.\|title=Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics\|date=2003\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781134062546\|pages=101\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAI0scTDAjIC&pg=PA101\|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref> The film starred [[Durga Khote]], [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], [[K. L. Saigal]], [[Pahari Sanyal]], Molina Devi and Indubala.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web\|title=Rajrani Meera 1933\|url=http://www.citwf.com/film225231.htm\|website=citwf.com\|publisher=Alan Goble\|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref> K. L. Saigal had a small part that of a devotee in the film with Prithviraj Kapoor playing the male protagonist role.<ref name=Ranade>{{cite book\|last1=Ranade\|first1=Ashok Damodar\|title=Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries\|date=2006\|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia\|isbn=9788185002644\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZI1wqkWsIjYC&q=rajrani+meera+1933&pg=PA111\|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref><ref name=PNevile>{{cite book\|last1=Nevile\|first1=Pran\|title=K. L. Saigal A Definitive Biography\|date=2011\|publisher=Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd\|location=India\|isbn=9780143414063\|pages=13}}</ref> The film made Prithviraj Kapoor who played the role of the King of Mewar, Mirabai’s husband, a big star and is cited as one of his career's best films.<ref name=Raj>{{cite book\|last1=Raj\|first1=Ashok\|title=Hero Vol.1, Volume 1 Bollywood series\|date=2009\|publisher=Hay House, Inc\|isbn=9789381398029\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&q=rajrani+meera+1933&pg=PT55\|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref><ref name=Kapoor>{{cite book\|last1=Kapoor, Gehlot\|first1=Shashi, Deepa\|title=Shashi Kapoor Presents the Prithviwallahs\|date=2004\|publisher=Roli Books\|location=India\|isbn=9788174363480\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAhlAAAAMAAJ&q=rajrani+meera+1933}}</ref>		'''''Rajrani Meera''''' (Rajrani Mira) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1933\|1933]] [[Hindi]] devotional film.<ref name=Gulzar>{{cite book\|last1=Gulzar, Nihalini, Chatterjee\|first1=Govind, Saibal\|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema\|date=2003\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\|location=India\|isbn=9788179910665\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=rajrani+meera+1933&pg=PT588\|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref> It was directed by [[Debaki Bose]] for [[New Theatres]] Ltd. Calcutta.<ref name=Willemen>{{cite book\|last1=Rajadhyaksha, Willemen\|first1=Ashish, Paul\|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema\|date=2014\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781135943257\|edition=2, revised}}</ref> The cinematographer was [[Nitin Bose]] with music composed by [[R. C. Boral]]. The film was a bilingual, made in Bengali as ''Meerabai'' and directed by Hiren Bose and Basanta Chatterjee.<ref name=Pauwels>{{cite book\|last1=Pauwels\|first1=Heidi R.M.\|title=Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics\|date=2003\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=9781134062546\|pages=101\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAI0scTDAjIC&pg=PA101\|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref> The film starred [[Durga Khote]], [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], [[K. L. Saigal]], [[Pahari Sanyal]], Molina Devi and [[Indubala]].<ref name=citwf>{{cite web\|title=Rajrani Meera 1933\|url=http://www.citwf.com/film225231.htm\|website=citwf.com\|publisher=Alan Goble\|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref> K. L. Saigal had a small part that of a devotee in the film with Prithviraj Kapoor playing the male protagonist role.<ref name=Ranade>{{cite book\|last1=Ranade\|first1=Ashok Damodar\|title=Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries\|date=2006\|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia\|isbn=9788185002644\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZI1wqkWsIjYC&q=rajrani+meera+1933&pg=PA111\|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref><ref name=PNevile>{{cite book\|last1=Nevile\|first1=Pran\|title=K. L. Saigal A Definitive Biography\|date=2011\|publisher=Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd\|location=India\|isbn=9780143414063\|pages=13}}</ref> The film made Prithviraj Kapoor who played the role of the King of Mewar, Mirabai’s husband, a big star and is cited as one of his career's best films.<ref name=Raj>{{cite book\|last1=Raj\|first1=Ashok\|title=Hero Vol.1, Volume 1 Bollywood series\|date=2009\|publisher=Hay House, Inc\|isbn=9789381398029\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&q=rajrani+meera+1933&pg=PT55\|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref><ref name=Kapoor>{{cite book\|last1=Kapoor, Gehlot\|first1=Shashi, Deepa\|title=Shashi Kapoor Presents the Prithviwallahs\|date=2004\|publisher=Roli Books\|location=India\|isbn=9788174363480\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAhlAAAAMAAJ&q=rajrani+meera+1933}}</ref>

	The story revolves around the sixteenth-century saint-poet [[Mirabai]], who suffers through hardships from her husband's family in her love for [[Lord Krishna]], finally renouncing her family and palace to wander as a mendicant, writing [[bhakti]] poetry.		The story revolves around the sixteenth-century saint-poet [[Mirabai]], who suffers through hardships from her husband's family in her love for [[Lord Krishna]], finally renouncing her family and palace to wander as a mendicant, writing [[bhakti]] poetry.
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	*Indubala as Charani		*[[Indubala]] as Charani
	*Kamala Devi		*Kamala Devi
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{{Infobox film
| name = Rajrani Meera
| image =
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| director = [[Debaki Bose]]
| producer = [[New Theatres]]
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Durga Khote]]|[[Prithviraj Kapoor]]|[[Pahari Sanyal]]|[[K. L. Saigal]]}}
| music = [[R. C. Boral]]
| cinematography = [[Nitin Bose]]
| editing =
| distributor =
| studio = New Theatres
| released = 1933
| runtime = 151 min
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
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'''''Rajrani Meera''''' (Rajrani Mira) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1933|1933]] [[Hindi]] devotional film.<ref name=Gulzar>{{cite book|last1=Gulzar, Nihalini, Chatterjee|first1=Govind, Saibal|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|date=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=India|isbn=9788179910665|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=rajrani+meera+1933&pg=PT588|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref> It was directed by [[Debaki Bose]] for [[New Theatres]] Ltd. Calcutta.<ref name=Willemen>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha, Willemen|first1=Ashish, Paul|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135943257|edition=2, revised}}</ref> The cinematographer was [[Nitin Bose]] with music composed by [[R. C. Boral]]. The film was a bilingual, made in Bengali as ''Meerabai'' and directed by Hiren Bose and Basanta Chatterjee.<ref name=Pauwels>{{cite book|last1=Pauwels|first1=Heidi R.M.|title=Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics|date=2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134062546|pages=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAI0scTDAjIC&pg=PA101|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref> The film starred [[Durga Khote]], [[Prithviraj Kapoor]], [[K. L. Saigal]], [[Pahari Sanyal]], Molina Devi and Indubala.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Rajrani Meera 1933|url=http://www.citwf.com/film225231.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref> K. L. Saigal had a small part that of a devotee in the film with Prithviraj Kapoor playing the male protagonist role.<ref name=Ranade>{{cite book|last1=Ranade|first1=Ashok Damodar|title=Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries|date=2006|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia|isbn=9788185002644|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZI1wqkWsIjYC&q=rajrani+meera+1933&pg=PA111|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref><ref name=PNevile>{{cite book|last1=Nevile|first1=Pran|title=K. L. Saigal A Definitive Biography|date=2011|publisher=Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd|location=India|isbn=9780143414063|pages=13}}</ref> The film made Prithviraj Kapoor who played the role of the King of Mewar, Mirabai’s husband, a big star and is cited as one of his career's best films.<ref name=Raj>{{cite book|last1=Raj|first1=Ashok|title=Hero Vol.1, Volume 1 Bollywood series|date=2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=9789381398029|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&q=rajrani+meera+1933&pg=PT55|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref><ref name=Kapoor>{{cite book|last1=Kapoor, Gehlot|first1=Shashi, Deepa|title=Shashi Kapoor Presents the Prithviwallahs|date=2004|publisher=Roli Books|location=India|isbn=9788174363480|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAhlAAAAMAAJ&q=rajrani+meera+1933}}</ref>

The story revolves around the sixteenth-century saint-poet [[Mirabai]], who suffers through hardships from her husband's family in her love for [[Lord Krishna]], finally renouncing her family and palace to wander as a mendicant, writing [[bhakti]] poetry.

==Plot==
Meera ([[Durga Khote]]), is immersed in her love and devotion to Lord Krishna since a young age. When she grows older, her family get her married to the Rana of Mewar [[Prithviraj Kapoor]]. Misunderstandings occur when her devotional poetry is thought to be love songs for someone. Several hardships are inflicted on her by her husband and her in-laws. She takes to sitting in the temple and singing [[bhajans]] (sacred songs) composed by her. Her brother-in-law tries to have her killed many times, but fails. She finally renounces her life in the palace and wanders from place to place singing devotional songs.

==Cast==
*[[Durga Khote]] as Mira Rani
*[[Prithviraj Kapoor]] as King of Mewar, Rana Kumbha
*[[K. L. Saigal]]
*[[Pahari Sanyal]] as Chand Batta
*[[Molina Devi]] as Sunanda
*Indubala as Charani
*Kamala Devi
*Ansari
*Khatoon
*Sankatha Prasad
*Siddiqui

==Mirabai remakes==
The devotional films had many male saints to focus on, but the only female saint-poet who caught the interest of the film-makers was Meera bai.<ref name=Pauwels /> Several films have been made in India on the subject of Meera bai since the time of silent era. In 1921 itself there were two, Kanjibhai Rathod's ''Meerabai'' (1921) and Ramnik Desai’s ''Meerabai'' (1921). In 1933 was the Hindi|Bengali ''Rajrani Meera''/''Meerabai''.
The other popular film was ''[[Meera (1945 film)|Meera]]'' (1945), by Ellis Duncan who made it as a bilingual in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and Hindi. Both films had the vocals of the famous [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] singer [[M. S. Subbalakshmi]].<ref name="Aravamudan2011">{{cite book|last=Aravamudan|first=Srinivas |title=Guru English: South Asian Religion in a Cosmopolitan Language|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tusUlz2jb00C&pg=PA212|accessdate=1 Sep 2014|date=27 June 2011|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-2685-8|pages=212–|chapter=5}}</ref> Many prominent film directors like [[Kidar Sharma]], [[Nanabhai Bhatt]] and [[Gulzar]] made films on the story of Meera bai.<ref name=Dube>{{cite book|last1=Bhatnagar, Dube|first1=Rashmi Dube , Reena|title=Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History|date=2012|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791483855|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK6_l2_TCfgC&pg=PA285|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref>

==Songs==
<ref name=muvyz>{{cite web|title=Rajrani Meera 1933|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/zl314915/songs/#tabs|website=muvyz.com|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=1 Sep 2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title
|-
| 1
| "Aiso Janma Nahin Baar Baar Piya"
|-
| 2
| "Aao Ae Bandhu Daya Nidhan"
|-
| 3
| "Bansi Bole Jaago Jaago Ab Mat Sona Bhai"
|-
| 4
| "Baso More Nainan Mein Nandlal"
|-
| 5
| "Chaako Raakho Jee Girdhar Lal"
|-
| 6
| "Chandra Kala Sis Wet Raat Thi"
|-
| 7
| "Chitnandan Bilmai Bhadra Ne Gheri Maiyi"
|-
| 8
| "Dukh Hi Pranon Ka Pyara Hai"
|-
| 9
| "Hari Darshan Ko Parshan Payi"
|-
| 10
| "Mere Janam Maran Ke Sathi"
|-
| 11
| "Mere To Girdhar Gopal Dusra Na Koye"
|-
| 12
| "Kholo Duar Maharaj Manmandir Ke"
|-
| 13
| "Naina Lalchavat Jiyara Udasi Shyamal Ban Mein Baaje"
|-
| 14
| "Piya Milan Ki Aas Miti Nahin"
|-
| 15
| "Piya Milan Vat Hetu Kamini"
|-
| 16
| "Prabhuji Is Bandhigar Se Nikaaro"
|-
| 17
| "Pratigya Kyun Tu Kare"
|-
| 18
| "Tumhre Kara Sab Such Chhodya"
|-
| 19
| "Suni Main Hari Awan Ki Awaaz"
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0263914 |title =Rajrani Meera }}
* [https://indiancine.ma/BFS/info Rajrani Meera (1933)] on indiancine.ma

[[Category:1933 films]]
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian historical drama films]]
[[Category:1930s historical drama films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1933 drama films]]