Nai Roshni (1967 film)
Nai Roshni (lit. 'New Light') is a 1967 Bollywood film[1] starring Ashok Kumar,[2] Bhanumati, Mala Sinha,[3][4] Biswajeet,[1] Raaj Kumar,[2][1] Tanuja and others.[5][1]
| Nai Roshni | |
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| Directed by | C. V. Sridhar |
| Produced by | Vasu Menon |
| Story by | Nihar Ranjan Gupta |
| Music by | Ravi |
Release date | 1967 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
The film was based on the original Bengali film Tapashi directed by C.V. Sridhar,[1] produced by Vasu Menon,[1] with music by Ravi,[1] story by Nihar Ranjan Gupta[1] and dialogues and lyrics by Rajendra Krishan.[1]
It was also made in Tamil by the same producer, under the name Poovum Pottum and in Telugu as Punyavathi.
Plot
The film is a social drama, with its plot around university professor Dr. Kumar (Ashok Kumar), who lives with his wife Padma (Bhanumati), his drunkard son Jyoti (Raaj Kumar), outgoing daughter Chitra (Tanuja) and his friend's daughter Rekha (Mala Sinha). Dr. Kumar and his wife have a different outlook towards life, with him preferring books and philosophy, while his wife Padma prefers social gatherings and society clubs. Padma never considered Jyoti her son, who works as a mill designer, a profession she considers too poor to acknowledge. Chitra is encouraged by her mother to mingle freely in high society, much to the disappointment of her worried father.
Rekha prefers tending to her father at home, apart from studying. Prakash (Biswajeet), who lives with his blind mother (Sulochana) joins university as a lecturer, and takes lessons from Dr. Kumar to work on his PhD. Rekha and Prakash like each other. Meanwhile, Jyoti, who had taken to drinking to avoid loneliness of being neglected and insulted by his mother, is thrown out of the house by her. Chitra is attracted to judge Kailash Nath's son Ramesh, a philanderer, who promised to marry her, got her pregnant and then moved on to another girl.[6]
Jyoti and Professor Kumar try to get Chitra and Ramesh married, to avoid humiliation for Chitra. But it is too late as Chitra consumes poison.
It is also revealed that Prakash's father, who had left his blind and pregnant mother, is none other than Professor Kumar. Prakash always hated his father for leaving his mother, and struggles to believe that the teacher he reveres led a deceitful life. How the problems are resolved forms the story.[5]
Cast
Here is the list of cast members:[1][5]
- Ashok Kumar as Professor Kumar
- Mala Sinha as Rekha
- Biswajeet as Prakash
- Raaj Kumar as Jyoti Kumar, Professor Kumar's son
- Bhanumati as Padma, Professor Kumar's wife
- Tanuja as Chitra Kumar, Professor Kumar's daughter
- Sulochana Latkar as Prakash's mother and Professor Kumar's first wife
- Asit Sen as Moti, Jyoti's friend at mill
- Anwar Hussain as Ramzan, Jyoti's rickshaw-puller friend
- Sailesh Kumar as Ramesh Nath
- Pahari Sanyal as Judge Kailash Nath, Ramesh's father
- Chaman Puri as principal
- Pratima Devi as Prakash's grandmother
Songs
Soundtrack was composed by Ravi.
| # | Song | Singer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kis Tarah Jeete Hai Yeh Log" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 2 | "Jitni Likhi Thi Muqaddar Mein" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 3 | "Teri Aankh Ka Jo Ishaara" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 4 | "Pasina Pasina" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 5 | "Sapne Hai Sapne" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 6 | "Main Gunahgaar Hoon" | Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor |
| 7 | "Yeh Tohfa Hamare Pyar Ka" | Asha Bhosle |
References
- Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1 January 1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 273. ISBN 9780498015656.
- Valicha, Kishore (1 January 1996). Dadamoni: the authorized biography of Ashok Kumar. Viking.
- Film World. T.M. Ramachandran. 1 January 1979. p. 51.
- Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781135943257.
- Kumar, Ashok; Sinha, Mala; Kumar, Raaj; Biswajeet (1 January 2000), Nai Roshni, retrieved 2 April 2017
- Shankar's Weekly. 1 January 1967. p. 86.
External links
- Nai Roshni on YouTube
- Nai Roshni on IMDb