Movie Name : Sone Ki Chidiya

Producer : Filmindia Corporation

Director : Shaheed Latif

Music Director : O. P. Nayyar

Lyrics : Sahir Ludhianvi, Majrooh Sultanpuri

Songs :

Bekas Ki Tabahi Ke Saaman Hazaron Hai - Asha Bhosle (Lyrics : Sahir Ludhianvi)

Chuk Chuk Chuk Chuk Rail Chale - Asha Bhosle (Lyrics : Sahir Ludhianvi)

Saiyan Jab Se Lari Hain To Se Ankhiyan - Asha Bhosle (Lyrics : Sahir Ludhianvi)

Deepak To Akela Hai - Asha Bhosle (Lyrics : Majrooh Sultanpuri)

Pyar Par Bas To Nahin Hai Mera - Asha Bhosle (Lyrics : Sahir Ludhianvi)

Pyar Par Bas To Nahin Hai Mera - Asha Bhosle & Talat Mehmood (Lyrics : Sahir Ludhianvi)

Sach Bata Too Mujh Pe Fida - Asha Bhosle & Talat Mehmood (Lyrics : Sahir Ludhianvi)

Raat Bhar Ka Hai Mehmaan Andhera - Asha Bhosle & Mohd. Rafi (Lyrics : Sahir Ludhianvi)

Film Synopsis :

The orphaned Lakshmi (Nutan), unwanted by either of her two aunts, suddenly becomes a film star. Her relatives now vie with each other to exploit her new-found earning capacity. Lakshmi falls in love with Amar (Talat Mahmood), a gossip journalist, who ditches her when he realises that Lakshmi's wealth is controlled by her greedy family. On the point of committing suicide, Lakshmi hears the song Raat bhar ka hai mehmaan andhera (Darkness is only a guest for the night) and meets the radical poet Shrikant (Balraj Sahni) whom she has idolised for years. After a long digression stigmatising the way the film industry exploits its workforce, Shrikant falls in loved with Lakshmi, but when Lakshmi's brothers offer him money to abandon her, he accepts the money and donates it to the Junior Artist's fund. Lakshmi, believing herself betrayed yet again, realises the truth only at the end of the film when she rejoins Shrikant to the refrain of the 'new dawn' song. Writer and Producer Chugtai contrasts the popular cinema's romanticised narratives (Note the soft-focus film-within-the-film song between Amar and Lakshmi) with the hard-edged reality of industrial exploitation underpinning them: the Saiyan jab se lari hai tose ankhiyan song is rapidly followed by the documentary-type Junior Artists' episode. Sahni's imposing presence enhances the film's realist aspirations, e.g. when he reads his poem to a bored producer or when he discovers the reality beneath the industry's glamour.

- Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema - Ashish Rajadhyaksha& Paul Willemen - New Revised Edition 1999-