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Chhaya is a film of genre Drama directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee with Sunil Dutt
Chhaya (1961)
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Add to a movie listChhaya (English: Shadow) is a Bollywood film directed by legendary director Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It released in 1961. The star cast include Sunil Dutt and Asha Parekh. Nirupa Roy won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Music was composed by Salil Chaudhury and noted for many songs including 'Ya keh de hum insaan nahi' sung by Rafi.
Synopsis
Manorama (Nirupa Roy) comes to Lucknow along with her infant daughter after the death of her husband, searching for her maternal uncle. But when she finds that her uncle sold his house and left, she becomes clueless and has nowhere to go. Moreover, her infant daughter becomes sick due to lack of food and shelter. Desperate to save her, Manorama leaves her at the gate of a wealthy man, Seth Jagatnarayan. Jagatnarayan, having no children for himself decides to adopt her and names her as Sarita. After few days, Manorama comes again as nanny and settles with them. Jagatnarayan moves to Bombay to start a new life and to hide the fact that Sarita wasn't his biological daughter. There they join by his sister and her mentally retarded son Lali.Actors
Sunil Dutt
(Arun/Rahee)
Asha Parekh
(Sarita)
Nirupa Roy
(Manorama)
Nasir Husain
Nazir Hussain
(Seth Jagatnarayan Chaudhary)
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