Ujala (film)

Ujala
DVD cover
Directed byNaresh Saigal
Written byQamar Jalalabadi (screenplay)
Naresh Saigal (story)
Manohar Singh Sehrai (dialogues)
Produced byF.C. Mehra
StarringShammi Kapoor
Mala Sinha
Raaj Kumar
Leela Chitnis
CinematographyShivram Malaya
Edited byPran Mehra
Music byShankar Jaikishan
Release date
  • 1959 (1959)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Ujala (Light/Luminosity) is a Bollywood romantic crime film released in 1959, starring Shammi Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Raaj Kumar, Leela Chitnis and Tun Tun. Naresh Saigal was the story writer as well as the director. Ujala features one of the popular Bollywood songs "Jhoomta Masoom, Mast Mahina" played by Shammi Kapoor and Mala Sinha, sung by Manna Dey and Lata Mangeshkar. The film came with a message; "Honesty always triumphs". The film's music was by Shankar–Jaikishan, with lyrics by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri.