Bollywood family drama, Lajwanti, directed by Narendra Suri and written by Sachin Bhowmick was released in the year 1958. The movie starred Balraj Sahni and Nargis in lead roles while Kumari Naaz, Amit Kumar, Kamal Dukhia, Radha Krishan, Mumtaz Begum, Prabhu Dayal, Leela Mishra and Krishna Duggal also played important roles in the film. The melodious music of the movie was directed by the well known music director Sachin Dev Burman while the songs were crooned by Manna Dey, Geeta Dutt and Asha Bhonsle.

The movie starts with a guy named Nirmal Kumar ( Balraj Sahni ), who is living a happy married life alongwith his beautiful wife, Kavita ( Nargis ).But problem arises when Nirmal’s sister, ( Leela Mishra ) arrives at their house to live. Nirmal’s sister tries to convince him that Kavita is having an affair with some other guy. Nirmal first disbelieves her but later he get convinced by her. Nirmal then throws his wife out of the house and also force her to abandon her child, Renu ( Kumari Naaz ).

After few years, Kavita comes in contact with Renu but reveals that she hates her mother. Kavita reveals that Nirmal has told Renu that her mother was of a bad character and had an affair with someone. Now Kavita wants to regain her daughter’s love and respect for her. But Nirmal and his sister are becoming problem for her in this.

The songs of the movie are:

1. Koi aaya dhadhkan kehti
2. Aaja chhaye kale
3. Ek hans ka joda
4. Ga mere mann ga
5. Chanda mama mere