Nai Roshni

Nai Roshni

Drama, Family | Jan. 1, 1967

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.

Nai Roshni

Drama, Family | Jan. 1, 1967

Nai Roshni
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.
Producers
Original title Nai Roshni
Directors C. V. Sridhar
Writers Nihar Ranjan Gupta

Cast

Ashok Kumar

as Professor Kumar (as Padmashree Ashok Kumar)

Mala Sinha

as Rekha

Biswajit Chatterjee

as Prakash

Raaj Kumar

as Jyoti Kumar

Bhanumathi

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

Shachin Sailesh Kumar

as Ramesh Nath

Chaman Puri

as Principal