Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan

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.

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

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

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