Chirag

Chirag
Studio album by Madan Mohan
Released	1969 (India)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Sa Re Ga Ma
Producer	Madan Mohan
Madan Mohan chronology

Chirag
	DVD cover
Directed by	Raj Khosla
Produced by	Premji
Written by	Akhtar ul Iman
Starring	Sunil Dutt; Asha Parekh
Music by	Madan Mohan; Majrooh Sultanpuri (lyrics)
Release date	1969;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Chirag (Hindi: चिराग; English: Light) is a 1969 Indian Bollywood film directed by Raj Khosla. The film stars Sunil Dutt and Asha Parekh in lead roles. Apart from other plus points, it has the famous song "Teri Aankhon Ke Siwa" sung separately by Mohd. Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. It also has "Mere Bichhade Sathi Sunta Ja" and "Chhayi Barakha Bahar.." both sung by Lata Mangeshkar.

Plot

Ajay Singh (Sunil Dutt) meets Asha Chibber (Asha Parekh), and is led to believe that she belongs to a wealthy family. After a few misunderstandings, he does find out that she is a simple girl living a poor lifestyle. Both do fall in love, and Ajay goes to meet with Asha's brother, Dr. O.P. Chibber (Om Prakash), and his wife, Shanti (Sulochana Latkar). They are pleased to meet him, and Ajay's mother, Gayetridevi (Lalita Pawar) visits them and approves of Asha. Ajay and Asha get married and settle down. After marriage Asha is expected to conceive, but she is unable to do so. After a certain incident she also loses her eyesight and becomes dependent on Ajay. Frustrated Gayetridevi decides to ask Asha to leave the house, and arranges a second marriage for Ajay, an act which will change the lives of everyone in the house.

Cast

Sunil Dutt as Ajay Singh
Asha Parekh as Asha Chibber
Om Prakash as Dr. O.P. Chibber
Kanhaiyalal as Singh's employee
Mukri as Tingu
Sulochana Latkar as Shanti Chibber (as Sulochana)
Dulari as Malinya
Lalita Pawar as Gayetridevi Singh

Awards

Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award - Asha Parekh[1]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film contains 7 songs. The music for all the songs were composed by Madan Mohan and the lyrics were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri. Raj Khosla wanted Majrooh to use the line from faiz's poetry for the song "Teri Aankhon Ke Siwa Duniya", for which permission was obtained.

#	Title	Singer(s)	Duration
1	"Teri Aankhon Ke Siwa Duniya (Male)"	Mohammed Rafi	04:13
2	"Chhai Barkha Bahar"	Lata Mangeshkar	06:15
3	"Bhor Hote Kaga"	Lata Mangeshkar	03:53
4	"Teri Aankhon Ke Siwa Duniya (Female)"	Lata Mangeshkar	04:29
5	"Jab Dekh Liya"	Mohammed Rafi	04:45
6	"More Bichhade Saathi"	Lata Mangeshkar	05:19
7	"Chirag Dil Ka Jalao"	Mohammed Rafi	04:22

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References

"Awards for Chirag". IMDb. Retrieved 10 May 2011.

External links

Chirag on IMDb

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[1] "Awards for Chirag". IMDb. Retrieved 10 May 2011.