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| director      = [[Ketan Mehta]]
| director      = [[Ketan Mehta]]
| producer      = Ketan Mehta
| producer      = Ketan Mehta
| writer        = [[Sitanshu Yashaschandra]] <small>(screenplay)</small><br />Ketan Mehta <small>(screenplay)</small><br /> Hriday Lani <small>(dialogue)</small><br />Gulan Kriplani <small>(Maya's monologues)</small>
| writer        = Hriday Lani <small>(dialogue)</small><br />Gulan Kriplani <small>(Maya's monologues)</small>
| screenplay    = [[Sitanshu Yashaschandra]]<br />Ketan Mehta
| based_on      = ''[[Madame Bovary]]'' by [[Gustave Flaubert]]
| based_on      = ''[[Madame Bovary]]'' by [[Gustave Flaubert]]
| starring      = [[Deepa Sahi]]<br /> [[Farooq Shaikh]]<br />[[Raj Babbar]]<br />[[Shah Rukh Khan]]<br />[[Paresh Rawal]]
| starring      = [[Deepa Sahi]]<br />[[Farooq Shaikh]]<br /> [[Shah Rukh Khan]]<br />[[Raj Babbar]]<br />[[Paresh Rawal]]
| music          = [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]]<br />[[Gulzar]] <small>(lyrics)</small>
| music          = [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]]<br />[[Gulzar]] <small>(lyrics)</small>
| cinematography = Anoop Jotwani
| cinematography = Anoop Jotwani
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| language      = Hindi
| language      = Hindi
| budget        =  
| budget        =  
| gross          = {{Estimation}} {{INR}} 1.85 [[crore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/shahrukh-khan-box-office-analysis-hits-flops-blockbusters/|title=Shahrukh Khan Box Office Analysis: Hits, Flops, Blockbusters|publisher=Indicine}}</ref>
| gross          = {{Estimation}} {{INRConvert|1.85|c|year=1993}} 1.85 [[crore]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/shahrukh-khan-box-office-analysis-hits-flops-blockbusters/|title=Shahrukh Khan Box Office Analysis: Hits, Flops, Blockbusters|date=4 September 2013 |publisher=Indicine}}</ref>
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'''''Maya Memsaab''''' (also known as '''''Maya''''' and '''''Maya: The Enchanting Illusion''''' in English) is a 1993 Indian [[mystery film|mystery]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Ketan Mehta]]. The film is based on the famous [[Gustave Flaubert]]'s 1857 novel ''[[Madame Bovary]]''. Maya Memsaab won the [[National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film)]] in the year 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=dff.nic.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019211416/http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf |archive-date=19 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The rights of this film are now owned by [[Shah Rukh Khan]]'s [[Red Chillies Entertainment]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.redchillies.com/movies/movie-rights.aspx|title=Red Chillies Entertainments|website=www.redchillies.com|access-date=2016-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006020052/http://redchillies.com/movies/movie-rights.aspx|archive-date=6 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''''Maya Memsaab''''' (also known as '''''Maya''''' and '''''Maya: The Enchanting Illusion''''' in English) is a 1993 Indian [[mystery film|mystery]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Ketan Mehta]] starring [[Farooq Shaikh]], [[Deepa Sahi]], [[Paresh Rawal]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Raj Babbar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Maya+Memsaab&pg=PT83 |title=Outlook Traveller - Google Books |date= March 2008|publisher=Outlook |accessdate=2022-09-14}}</ref> The film is based on the famous [[Gustave Flaubert]]'s 1857 novel ''[[Madame Bovary]]''. Maya Memsaab won the [[National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film)]] in the year 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=dff.nic.in |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019211416/http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf |archive-date=19 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The rights of this film are now owned by Shah Rukh Khan's [[Red Chillies Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redchillies.com/movies/movie-rights.aspx|title=Red Chillies Entertainments|website=www.redchillies.com|access-date=2016-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006020052/http://redchillies.com/movies/movie-rights.aspx|archive-date=6 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==


Young, beautiful and intelligent Maya ([[Deepa Sahi]]) lives with her father in a palatial mansion in rural India. When her father suffers a stroke, she calls for local Dr. Charu Das, who arrives on his bicycle and prescribes treatment for her father. He comes often, more on the pretext of seeing her than her father. Eventually, they get married. Years pass by and Charu is engrossed in treating patients, leaving Maya alone to reflect on her own fate and life. And it is not long before a young man named Rudra enters her life and an affair follows. This does not last long, as a much younger man Lalit ([[Shah Rukh Khan]]) now enters her life and they begin a passionate affair. But again, Maya is not satisfied as she longs for more than carnal needs. All the time, this bored housewife gets attracted to costly objects and spends recklessly on clothes and furniture, even if she has to borrow money. She mortgages her house to Lalaji. Finally, reality catches up with her. Lalaji brings a court order to take possession of her house. Rudra and Lalit desert her and this leads her to drink a mystical drink that was earlier being advertised on the streets to give you one wish on the condition you had a pure heart. The drink causes her to flash brightly and disappear. This leaves two investigators to probe who or what really killed Maya.
Young, beautiful, and intelligent Maya lives with her father in a palatial mansion in [[Shimla]], [[India]]. When her father suffers a stroke, she calls for local Dr. Charu Das, who arrives on his bicycle and prescribes treatment for her father. He continues to come to her house often, more on the pretext of seeing her than her father. Eventually, they get married. Years pass by and Charu is engrossed in treating patients, leaving Maya alone to reflect on her own fate and life. It is not long before a young man named Rudra enters her life and an affair follows. This does not last long though, as a much younger man, Lalit, enters her life and they begin ''another'' passionate affair. But again, Maya is not satisfied as she longs for more than carnal needs. Time and time again, this bored housewife gets attracted to costly objects and spends recklessly on clothes and furniture, even if she has to borrow money. She eventually is forced to mortgage her house to a man Lalaji. Finally, reality catches up with her. Lalaji brings a court order to take possession of her house. Rudra and Lalit desert her and this leads her to drink a mystical drink that was earlier being advertised on the streets to give you one wish on the condition you had a pure heart. The drink causes her to flash brightly and disappear. This leaves two investigators to probe who or what really killed Maya.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Deepa Sahi]] as Maya
*[[Deepa Sahi]] as Maya Das
*[[Farooq Shaikh]] as Dr. Charu Das
*[[Farooq Sheikh]] as Dr Charu Das  
*[[Raj Babbar]] as Rudra Pratap Singh
*[[Raj Babbar]] as Rudra Pratap Singh
*[[Shahrukh Khan]] as Lalit
*[[Shahrukh Khan]] as Lalit
*[[Paresh Rawal]] as Lalaji
*[[Paresh Rawal]] as Lalaji
*[[Shrivallabh Vyas]] and [[Deven Bhojani]] as Detectives
*[[Raghubir Yadav]] as the mentally sick street-beggar
*[[Shrivallabh Vyas]] as Detective
*[[Shreeram Lagoo]] as Maya's father
*[[Shreeram Lagoo]] as Maya's father
*[[Raghubir Yadav]] as The mentally sick street-beggar
*[[Farah (actress)|Farah]] as Chhaya Das, Dr. Charu's daughter.
*[[Sudha Shivpuri]]
*[[Sudha Shivpuri]]
*[[Rajesh Vivek]]
*[[Rajesh Vivek]]
*[[Farah (actress)|Farah]] as Chhaya
*[[Om Puri]] as Detective
*[[Om Puri]]


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
{{Track listing
This album is composed by [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar|Hridayanath Mangeshkar]], & Lyrics by [[Gulzar]]. most of the song sang by Lata Mangeshkar. Most popular song in album "Ek Haseen Nigah Ka" sang by [[Kumar Sanu]]
| headline        = Songs
{| class="wikitable sortable"
| extra_column    = Playback
!#
| all_writing    =
! Song !! Singer
| all_lyrics      = [[Gulzar]]
|-
| all_music      = [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]]
|1.
| lyrics_credits  =
| "Ek Haseen Nigah Ka (Male)"
 
|[[Kumar Sanu]]
| title1          = Chhaya Jagi
|-
| lyrics1        =
|2.
| extra1          = Hridaynath Mangeshkar
| "Ek Haseen Nigah Ka (Female)"
 
| rowspan="5" |[[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| title2          = Ek Haseen Nigah Ka
|-
| lyrics2        =
|3.
| extra2          = [[Kumar Sanu]]
| "Khud Se Batein"
 
|-
| title3          = Khud Se Baatein
|4.
| lyrics3        =
| "Ye Shahar Bada"
| extra3          = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
 
|5.
| title4          = Mere Sarahane Jalao Sapne
| "O Dil Banjare"
| lyrics4        =
|-
| extra4          = Lata Mangeshkar
|6.
 
| "Mere Sarhane Jalao Sapne"
| title5          = Ek Haseen Nigah Ka female
|-
| lyrics5        =
|7.
| extra5          = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| "Chhaya Jagi"
 
| [[Hridaynath Mangeshkar]]
| title6          = O Dil Banjare
|-
| lyrics6        =
|}
| extra6          = Lata Mangeshkar
 
| title7          = Yeh Shehar Bada
| lyrics7        =
| extra7          = Lata Mangeshkar
}}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1993 films]]
[[Category:1993 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1993 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on Madame Bovary]]
[[Category:Films based on Madame Bovary]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ketan Mehta]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ketan Mehta]]
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[[Category:1990s erotic drama films]]
[[Category:1990s erotic drama films]]
[[Category:1993 drama films]]
[[Category:1993 drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Hridaynath Mangeshkar]]
[[Category:Films set in Shimla]]
[[Category:Films set in Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Films shot in Himachal Pradesh]]

Latest revision as of 05:08, 4 March 2026

Maya Memsaab
Poster
Directed byKetan Mehta
Produced byKetan Mehta
Written byHriday Lani (dialogue)
Gulan Kriplani (Maya's monologues)
Screenplay bySitanshu Yashaschandra
Ketan Mehta
Based onMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
StarringDeepa Sahi
Farooq Shaikh
Shah Rukh Khan
Raj Babbar
Paresh Rawal
Music byHridaynath Mangeshkar
Gulzar (lyrics)
CinematographyAnoop Jotwani
Edited byRenu Saluja
Release date
  • 2 July 1993 (1993-07-02)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. 1.85 crore (equivalent to 11 crore or US$1.5 million in 2019) 1.85 crore[1]

Maya Memsaab (also known as Maya and Maya: The Enchanting Illusion in English) is a 1993 Indian mystery drama film directed by Ketan Mehta starring Farooq Shaikh, Deepa Sahi, Paresh Rawal, Shah Rukh Khan and Raj Babbar.[2] The film is based on the famous Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel Madame Bovary. Maya Memsaab won the National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film) in the year 1993.[3] The rights of this film are now owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.[4]

Synopsis[edit | edit source]

Young, beautiful, and intelligent Maya lives with her father in a palatial mansion in Shimla, India. When her father suffers a stroke, she calls for local Dr. Charu Das, who arrives on his bicycle and prescribes treatment for her father. He continues to come to her house often, more on the pretext of seeing her than her father. Eventually, they get married. Years pass by and Charu is engrossed in treating patients, leaving Maya alone to reflect on her own fate and life. It is not long before a young man named Rudra enters her life and an affair follows. This does not last long though, as a much younger man, Lalit, enters her life and they begin another passionate affair. But again, Maya is not satisfied as she longs for more than carnal needs. Time and time again, this bored housewife gets attracted to costly objects and spends recklessly on clothes and furniture, even if she has to borrow money. She eventually is forced to mortgage her house to a man Lalaji. Finally, reality catches up with her. Lalaji brings a court order to take possession of her house. Rudra and Lalit desert her and this leads her to drink a mystical drink that was earlier being advertised on the streets to give you one wish on the condition you had a pure heart. The drink causes her to flash brightly and disappear. This leaves two investigators to probe who or what really killed Maya.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

This album is composed by Hridayanath Mangeshkar, & Lyrics by Gulzar. most of the song sang by Lata Mangeshkar. Most popular song in album "Ek Haseen Nigah Ka" sang by Kumar Sanu

# Song Singer
1. "Ek Haseen Nigah Ka (Male)" Kumar Sanu
2. "Ek Haseen Nigah Ka (Female)" Lata Mangeshkar
3. "Khud Se Batein"
4. "Ye Shahar Bada"
5. "O Dil Banjare"
6. "Mere Sarhane Jalao Sapne"
7. "Chhaya Jagi" Hridaynath Mangeshkar

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Shahrukh Khan Box Office Analysis: Hits, Flops, Blockbusters". Indicine. 4 September 2013.
  2. "Outlook Traveller - Google Books". Outlook. March 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). dff.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Red Chillies Entertainments". www.redchillies.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.

External links[edit | edit source]

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