Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan

Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan (transl. Where is the lamp? Where is the light?) is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language film directed and produced by Devendra Goel.[1] The film stars Meena Kumari as the protagonist Ratna and Rajendra Kumar, Honey Irani and Madan Puri in pivotal roles. The film was remade in Telugu as Maa Babu.

Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan
Poster
Directed byDevendra Goel
Produced byDevendra Goel
Written byDevendra Goel
Story byDhruva Chatterjee
StarringMeena Kumari
Rajendra Kumar
Music byRavi
Release date
August 14, 1959
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Before giving birth to her child, Ratna (Meena Kumari) loses her husband, and eventually gives birth to a dead child. Dr. Anand's (Rajendra Kumar)wife also have birth to a baby and dies on the same day. Ratna condition after delivery was critical, so to save her Dr. Anand gave his baby boy to her to save her life.

Four years later, Dr. Anand (Rajendra Kumar), to meet Raju (Honey Irani), re-enters her life and soon becomes a frequent visitor, much to the displeasure of Ratna's mother-in-law (Mumtaz Begum) and her husband's sister Bela, both of whom start maltreating her and making her life miserable. Anand stops visiting thereafter. Anand soon marries a nurse called Maya Verma (Minu Mumtaz). Maya is a squanderer, and her relationship with Anand falters. Moreover, he later finds out that she cannot conceive. When Anand's dad passes away, he leaves considerable wealth to Anand's child, including a fair monthly allowance. Maya plots with an advocate, S. Prakash (Sunder), who happens to be Bela's husband, to fabricate a story that Anand's father was mentally unbalanced while writing the testament. This plan fails.

Now along with her aunt, Nurse Sarla Verma (Nilambai), Maya claims that Ratna's son is actually Anand's biological son, leading to their lawyer filing a custodial case in court. What will happen next?

Court gives custody of Raju to Dr. Anand and Maya. Raju is quite unhappy and escapes from Dr. Anand's House at night. Maya, Ratna and Dr. Anand Follows him. Maya dies in an accident while chasing Raju and Raju returns to Ratna. Ratna's Mother in law marries Ratna with Dr. Anand and story ends on happy note.

Cast

Music
SongSinger
"Ajab Hai Maalik" Mohammed Rafi
"Chal Mere Ghode" Lata Mangeshkar
"Bada Bedard Jahan Hai" Lata Mangeshkar
"Tim Tim Karte Taare" - 1 Lata Mangeshkar
"Tim Tim Karte Taare" - 2 Lata Mangeshkar
"Ab To Aankh Lad Chuki" Suman Kalyanpur
"Aaye Ho To Dekh Lo" Suman Kalyanpur

Awards

The film received two nominations at the 1960 annual Filmfare Awards:[1]

References
  1. "Chirag Kahan, Roshni Kahan (1959)". The Hindu. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.