''Chanda Aur Bijli'' (English: Moon and Lightning) is a 1969 Bollywood film directed by Atma Ram. It stars

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, Padmini in lead roles. The film was dedicated to actor-filmmaker

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. The story depicts the struggle of two lives, A beautiful street dancer Bijli (played by Padmini) is in a gang of thieves and Chanda (played by Sachin) is the heir to a posh household but due to the death of his parents lands up in an orphanage.

Plot

A beautiful street dancer Bijli is in a gang of petty thieves. Sachin is the heir to a heritage household but due to the death of his parents lands up in an orphanage. In the orphanage when the children are ill -treated by the manager, his royal blood automatically singles him out to take cudgels for the rest of the children. He dares to challenge the Orphanage manager and is severely beaten and reprimanded. Meanwhile, the servant woman (midwife) who had helped to deliver him, and who stole his mother's bangles and other proof of his royal lineage is on her death bed. She summons the orphanage manager and gives him the proof of Chanda's birth to atone for her sins before dying. But the orphanage manager plays mischief and along with the adopted son of the royal grandparents plans to eliminate Chanda. Chanda runs away and joins a petty thieves' gang by chance, but is unable to adapt himself to their ways. Soon during a robbery escapade in his own home he ends up in his original house. There, through many twists and turns of destiny he is able to contact his real grandparents, and also reform the gang of small time thieves.

Cast

as Sheroo * Padmini as Bijli * Jeevan as Bhagatram * Bipin Gupta as Rajeshwarnath * Pratima Devi as Mrs. Rajeshwarnath *

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as Gauri * Randhir as Dharamdas * Ulhas as Ghanshyam *

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as Dindayal *

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as Kalidas * Mehmood Jr. as Tingu *

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as Raju * Sachin as Chanda

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Shankar–Jaikishan.

Awards and nominations

Neeraj was nominated for

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in 1969 for "Ram Krishna Hari"

References

External links

* 1969 films Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan 1960s Hindi-language films 1960s Indian films {{1960s-Hindi-film-stub