''Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan'' () is a 1959

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-language film directed and produced by

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. The film stars

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as the protagonist Dr Anand and

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and

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in pivotal roles. The film was remade in Telugu as ''

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''.

Plot

Before giving birth to her child, Ratna (

) loses her husband, and eventually gives birth to a dead child. Dr. Anand's (

)wife also gives birth to a baby and it 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 (

), 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

as Dr. Anand *

as Ratna *

as Dr. Ashok Mehta *

as Raju *

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as Nurse Maya Verma * Sunder as Advocate S. Prakash * Asit Sen as Solicitor * Mumtaz Begum as Ratna's Mother-In-Law

Music

Awards

The film received two nominations at the 1960 annual

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: *Nominated,

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- Meena Kumari *Nominated,

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Dhruva Chatterjee Dhruva Chatterjee or Dhruv Chatterjee was a noted writer and screenwriter of Hindi cinema in the 1960s and 1970s. Memorable movies written and scripted by him include ''Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan'' (1960), ''Hariyali Aur Rasta'' (1962), ''Gehra D ...

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0139116 Films scored by Ravi 1959 films 1950s Hindi-language films Indian drama films Hindi films remade in other languages Films directed by Devendra Goel Indian pregnancy films 1959 drama films Hindi-language drama films