Maya Memsaab

Maya Memsaab
Directed by	Ketan Mehta
Produced by	Hriday Lani
Written by	Gustave Flaubert
Starring	Deepa Sahi Raj Babbar Farooq Shaikh Shahrukh Khan
Music by	Hridayanath Mangeshkar
Release date(s)	2 July 1993
Language	Hindi

Maya Memsaab (Hindi: माया मेमसाब, Urdu: مایا میم صاحب), also known as Maya and Maya: The Enchanting Illusion in English) is a 1993 Hindi film directed by Ketan Mehta. The film is based on Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary.

Synopsis

Beautiful young Maya (Deepa Sahi) has a mind full of dreams and a body full of desires. One day, her father falls down the stairs and breaks his leg. A young country doctor (Farooque Shaikh) comes to treat him. Love blossoms between the gentle doctor and Maya and they get married.

Initially the excitement of beginning a new life, of redecorating the house and discovering togetherness, gives her a feeling of euphoria. But gradually the monotony of marriage starts setting in. The boredom of the small-town, middle-class existence starts becoming oppressive, and she finds escape in a series of extramarital affairs. At the same time, her craving for a more glamorous life leads her to fantasies of romance and passion. She seeks refuge in the extravagant, hoping that possessing symbols of luxury will provide her some satisfaction, but it only leads her to duplicity, debt and despair.

Even her extramarital relationships, at first platonic, then passionate, end up as pathetically possessive, making her realize that adultery can become as banal as marriage. The more she gets disillusioned with reality, the further she slips into her fantasy world. And she keeps chasing her self-created mirages till her tragic, comic, heroic and magical end.

The story is narrated in flashback as a reconstruction of the life of Maya. The film ends tragically when her house is auctioned and she appears to be engulfed by her fantasy life.

Cast

• Deepa Sahi ... Maya
• Farooque Shaikh ... Maya's husband
• Shahrukh Khan ... Lalit Kumar (Maya's lover)
• Raj Babbar ... Rudra (Maya's lover)
• Shreeram Lagoo .... Maya's father
• Paresh Rawal ... Lalaji (debt collector)
• Om Puri ... Special appearance
• Raghuvir Yadav ... Street Beggar

Songs

• Chhaya Jagi - Hridayanath Mangeshkar
• Yeh Shehar Bada - Lata Mangeshkar
• Ek Haseen Nigah Ka - Kumar Sanu
• Khud Se Baatein - Lata Mangeshkar
• Mere Sarahane Jalao Sapne - Lata Mangeshkar
• O Dil Banjare - Lata Mangeshkar

References

External links

• Maya Memsaab at the Internet Movie Database