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Chhaya (1961)
Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Romance, Drama · 2h 35m
After her husband's death, Manorama is left alone with an infant daughter. The daughter falls ill due to poor nutrition, and in an act of desperation Manorama leaves the daughter in front of the house of Seth Jagatnarayan Chaudhary, a wealthy man who, having recently lost his wife, decides to adopt the girl. The following day, Manorama manages to get a job in the house as a servant but while she gets to care for Sarita like a mother, she longs for a day when her daughter might call her mom. Meanwhile Sarita grows up to be a beautiful girl who soon finds herself in some romantic entanglements.
Cast
Sunil Dutt
Asha Parekh
Nirupa Roy
Achala Sachdev
Lalita Pawar
Nazir Hussain
Asit Sen
Mohan Choti
Krishan Dhawan
Farida Dadi
Crew
- Director
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- Screenplay
- Sachin Bhowmick
- Director of Photography
- Jaywant Pathare
- Editor
- R. G. Gopu
- Producer
- A. V. Meiyappan
Details
- Original title
- छाया
- Release date
- 1961-01-01
- Runtime
- 2h 35m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Original language
- HI
- Spoken languages
- Hindi
- Countries
- India
- Production
- AVM Productions