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Mera Saaya is a film of genre Drama directed by Raj Khosla with Sadhana Shivdasani
Mera Saaya (1966)
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Add to a movie listMera Saaya (Hindi: मेरा साया; Urdu: میرا سایا; translation: My Shadow) is a 1966 Indian Hindi film directed by Raj Khosla. The film was a remake of Marathi film called Pathlaag (Chase). The film's music is by Madan Mohan and lyrics by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. The film stars Sunil Dutt and Sadhana. This is director Raj Khosla's third film with Sadhana after Ek Musafir Ek Hasina(1963) and Woh Kaun Thi? (1964). The film became a "superhit" at the box office, taking the third spot on the highest grossing film of 1966 in India.
It won the Filmfare Best Sound Award for Manohar Amberkar. The songs "Jhumka Gira Re", "Naino Mein Badara Chhaye", "Tu Jahan Jahan Chalega" became superhit.
Synopsis
Thakur Rakesh Singh (Sunil Dutt) was a lawyer and happily married to Geeta (Sadhana) for three years. He goes to London for higher studies and after one year receives the news of his wife's illness. He immediately comes back only to witness his wife's death in his hands. He buries her in his house and builds a small memorial there. He deeply mourns her by always sitting at that memorial and listening to recorded songs sung by Geeta.Actors
Sadhana Shivdasani
(Geeta/Raina (aka Nisha))
Sunil Dutt
(Thakur Rakesh Singh)
K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh)
(Prosecuting Lawyer)
Sadhana
(Geeta/Raina(aka Nisha))
Prem Chopra
(Daku Suryavar Singh/Ranjit Singh)
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