Nai Roshni

Nai Roshni

1967 · ★ 9.0 · Drama, Family

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.

Directed by C. V. Sridhar · Written by Nihar Ranjan Gupta

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Ashok Kumar Professor Kumar (as Padmashree Ashok Kumar)
Mala Sinha Rekha
Biswajeet Chatterjee Prakash
Raaj Kumar Jyoti Kumar
Bhanumathi Padma, Professor Kumar's wife
Tanuja Samarth Chitra Kumar, Professor Kumar's daughter
Sulochana Latkar Prakash's mother and Professor Kumar's first wife
Asit Sen Moti, Jyoti's friend at mill
Anwar Hussain Ramzan, Jyoti's rickshaw-puller friend
Shachin Sailesh Kumar Ramesh Nath
Chaman Puri Principal
Pahadi Sanyal

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