BLESSING THE FILM "AWAARA"

MEMORIES OF MY FATHER, HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI (1902-1992) A GREAT SPIRITUAL LUMINARY OF HIS TIME
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BLESSING THE FILM "AWAARA" -- "THE VAGRANT"-- TO BECOME THE GREATEST HIT FILM OF INDIA IN 1951.
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HH Shri Bhola Nathji whose enthralling words and divine personality
captured the hearts of people, that included intellectuals as well as
the common folk, men, women and children, bringing them instant peace of
mind,-- was also one of the most innocent beings of his time!


When he was in Bombay in 1951 and his children wanted a home movie
projector, he searched all over the city but could not find it anywhere.


Finally he came to a huge building that spoke of "Cinema" and
he entered within with his family to ask whether they sold home movie
projectors!!

The director of the office there was pleasantly surprised and said to HH Shri Nathji:


"Sorry, Sir! You have come to the wrong place! This is not a shop. This
is the Film Censor Board, where we preview the latest films that are
produced and we censor them!"

The Divinely Beautiful personality
of HH Shri Bhola Nathji so gripped his heart that he stood there
hypnotized, and listened to the divine words of Shri Nathji. Very soon
he had invited him to sit inside his office where HH Shri Bhola Nathji
poured forth more divine nectar into him.

At the end of this meeting he said to Shri Nathji:


"We would like to show you the small cinema hall where we preview and
censor the films. Normally we do not allow the public inside but you are
very special. Please feel free to sit in the hall and watch us screen a
shot from a new Hindi Film that has been made in Bombay. Its name is
AWAARA!"

And shortly HH Shri Bhola Nathji was sitting inside the
small theater and watching the film -- as if he were one of the censor
board members about to preview the film!!!

The scene of the film
that was being shown depicted the hero, Raj Kapoor, in hell, whereas his
beloved, Nargis, was in heaven. The hero was being burnt in a double
fire - that of the horrors of hell and the fire of separation from his
beloved.

Then he was shown being brought up into heaven by the
prayers and devotion and love of his beloved. He had barely had the
feeling of happiness and love--- when he was ultimately cast back into
the fires of hell!!

It was a tragic lesson for man to learn. He
spends his life in actions that displease God and he ends up in hell.
For a short while he may be granted reprieve from hell for some goodness
and love within him, but then he falls back into the fires of hell.

HH Shri Nathji sat through the film sequence and enjoyed it. He also blessed the film.


IT WAS NO SMALL COINCIDENCE THAT THE FILM AWAARA WAS ONE OF THE
GREATEST HINDI FILM MOVIES TO HIT THE MOVIE THEATERS OF THE WORLD. NO
HINDI FILM OF THAT TIME HAD EVER ACQUIRED SO MUCH ACCLAIM.

I
FIRMLY BELIEVE IT WAS BECAUSE HH SHRI NATHJI HAD BLESSED THE FILM AND
HAD BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST AMONGST THE PUBLIC TO HAVE SEEN IT!!

I GIVE BELOW THE FILM SEQUENCE AND SONG THAT HH SHRI NATHJI SAW AND BLESSED!