Chhaya (1961)
छाया
Overview
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.
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What is Chhaya about?
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. Chhaya is a Romance, Drama movie, released on 1961-01-01, runtime 155 minutes.
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Directed by
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Cast
- Sunil Dutt as Arun/Rahee
- Asha Parekh as Sarita
- Nirupa Roy as Manorama
- Achala Sachdev as Arun's Older Sister
- Lalita Pawar as Rukmani (Seth Jagatnarayan's sister)
- Nazir Hussain as Seth Jagatnarayan Chaudhary
- Asit Sen
- Mohan Choti
- Ashim Kumar
- Krishan Dhawan
- Farida Dadi
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