Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan

Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan
Poster
Directed by	Devendra Goel
Written by	Devendra Goel
Story by	Dhruva Chatterjee
Produced by	Devendra Goel
Starring	Rajendra Kumar Meena Kumari
Music by	Ravi
Release date	14 August 1959 (1959-08-14)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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 Rajendra Kumar as the protagonist Dr Anand and Meena Kumari, Honey Irani and Madan Puri in pivotal roles. The film was remade in Telugu as Maa Babu.

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 gives birth to a baby and she dies on the same day. Ratnas' condition after delivery is critical, so to save her, Dr. Anand gives his baby boy to her.

Four years later, Dr. Anand, 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.

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 follow him. Maya dies in an accident while chasing Raju and Raju returns to Ratna. Ratna's mother in law marries her to Dr. Anand and the story ends on happy note.

Cast

• Rajendra Kumar as Dr. Anand
• Meena Kumari as Ratna
• Madan Puri as Dr. Ashok Mehta
• Honey Irani as Raju
• Minoo Mumtaz as Nurse Maya Verma
• Sunder as Advocate S. Prakash
• Asit Sen as Dr Anand's dad's Solicitor
• Mumtaz Begum as Ratna's Mother-In-Law

Music

Song	Singer
"Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan"	Mohammed Rafi
"Chal Mere Ghode Tik Tik Tik"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Tim Tim Karte Tare" (Happy)	Lata Mangeshkar
"Tim Tim Karte Tare" (Sad)	Lata Mangeshkar
"Bada Bedard Jahan Hai"	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]

• Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award - Meena Kumari
• Nominated, Filmfare Best Story Award - Dhruva Chatterjee

References

1. "Chirag Kahan, Roshni Kahan (1959)". The Hindu. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

External links

• Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan at IMDb