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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan<br />
| image =Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Devendra Goel]]<br />
| producer = Devendra Goel<br />
| writer = Devendra Goel<br />
| story = [[Dhruva Chatterjee]]<br />
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| starring =[[Meena Kumari]]<br />[[Rajendra Kumar]]<br />
| music = [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]]<br />
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| released = {{release date|df=y|1959|08|14}}<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
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'''''Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan''''' ({{trans|Where is the lamp? Where is the light?}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1959|1959]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language film directed and produced by [[Devendra Goel]].<ref name="hindu">{{Cite news | title =Chirag Kahan, Roshni Kahan (1959) | url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article855074.ece |newspaper=The Hindu | date = 28 October 2010 | accessdate = 30 June 2013 }}</ref> 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]]''.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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?<br />
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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.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Meena Kumari]] as Ratna<br />
*[[Rajendra Kumar]] as Dr. Anand<br />
*[[Madan Puri]] as Dr. Ashok Mehta<br />
*[[Honey Irani]] as Raju<br />
*[[Minoo Mumtaz]] as Nurse Maya Verma<br />
*[[Sunder (actor)|Sunder]] as Advocate S. Prakash<br />
*[[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]] as Solicitor<br />
*[[Mumtaz Begum (actress)|Mumtaz Begum]] as Ratna's Mother-In-Law<br />
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==Music==<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Song !! Singer<br />
|-<br />
| "Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan"<br />
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Chal Mere Ghode Tik Tik Tik"<br />
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Tim Tim Karte Tare" (Happy) <br />
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Tim Tim Karte Tare" (Sad) <br />
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Bada Bedard Jahan Hai"<br />
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Ab To Aankh Lad Chuki"<br />
| [[Suman Kalyanpur]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Aaye Ho To Dekh Lo"<br />
| [[Suman Kalyanpur]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
The film received two nominations at the 1960 annual [[Filmfare Awards]]:<ref name="hindu"/><br />
*Nominated, [[Filmfare Best Actress Award]] - Meena Kumari<br />
*Nominated, [[Filmfare Best Story Award]] - [[Dhruva Chatterjee]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0139116}}<br />
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[[Category:Films scored by Ravi]]<br />
[[Category:1959 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Devendra Goel]]<br />
[[Category:Indian pregnancy films]]<br />
[[Category:1959 drama films]]<br />
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