Chhaya is a Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 film directed by legendary director Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Hrishikesh Mukherjee ) was a famous Indian film director known for a number of films, including Satyakam, Chupke Chupke, Anupama, Anand, Abhimaan, Guddi, Gol Maal, Aashirwad, Bawarchi, and Namak Haraam.Popularly known as Hrishi-da, he directed 42 films during his career spanning over four decades,...

. It released in 1961. The star cast include Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt , born Sunil Balraj Dutt, was an Indian Hindi movie actor , producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government...

 and Asha Parekh

Asha Parekh

Asha Parekh is a Bollywood actress, director, and producer. She was one of the top stars in Hindi films from 1959 to 1973.-Early life:...

. Nirupa Roy

Nirupa Roy

-Filmography:* Lal Baadshah * Mard * Mawali * Betab * Khoon aur Pani * Aatish * Kartavya .... Vijay's mother* Khandaan .... Savitri G. Srivastav...

 won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award

Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award

The Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role...

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Plot

A young and attractive girl, Sarita, lives with her wealthy father, aunt, cousin and maid. Her father hires a tutor to teach her with essay writing, named Arun. Arun and Sarita slowly fall in love, especially when she finds out he's a famous poet by the name of 'Rahee'. Her father is adamantly against the union because Arun is poor. He wants Sarita to marry the son of a wealthy man, Moti Lal. Furthermore, Sarita's aunt wants her to marry her nephew Ramu, also known as Romeo and gets him hired as Sarita's music tutor. Moti Lal then gets a letter saying that Sarita is not her father's legitimate daughter, and her birth, religion and caste are called into question.

Cast

• Sunil Dutt
  Sunil Dutt
  Sunil Dutt , born Sunil Balraj Dutt, was an Indian Hindi movie actor , producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government...
  
  
• Asha Parekh
  Asha Parekh
  Asha Parekh is a Bollywood actress, director, and producer. She was one of the top stars in Hindi films from 1959 to 1973.-Early life:...
  
  
• Nirupa Roy
  Nirupa Roy
  -Filmography:* Lal Baadshah * Mard * Mawali * Betab * Khoon aur Pani * Aatish * Kartavya .... Vijay's mother* Khandaan .... Savitri G. Srivastav...
  
  
• Nasir Hussain
  Nasir Hussain
  Nasir Husain was an Indian film producer, director and screenwriter.-Early career:Husain first worked with A. R. Kardar when he joined Filmistan as a writer in 1948. The famous films he wrote for Filmistan include Anarkali , Munimjee , and Paying Guest...
  
  
• Lalita Pawar
  Lalita Pawar
  Lalita Pawar was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Hindi and Marathi cinema, where she gave hits like, Netaji Palkar , made by Bhalji Pendharkar, New Hana Pictures’ Sant Damaji, Navyug Chitrapat’s Amrit, written by VS Khandekar,...
  
  
• Achala Sachdev
  Achala Sachdev
  Achala Sachdev is an Indian film actress who started her career as a child. She later became known for mother and grandmother roles in Hindi films...
  
  

Music

The music for this movie was composed by Salil Chaudhury.
It has some beautiful numbers such as

• Itanaa Naa Muzse Too Pyaar Badhaa Ke Main Ik Baadal Aawaaraa, Kaise Kisee Kaa Sahaaraa Banoon Ke Main Khud Beghar Bechaaraa sung by (Talat Mehmood & Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
  
   in Happy Version)
• Itanaa Naa Muzse Too Pyaar Badhaa (same song) (Talat Mehmood solo in sad version)

These 2 songs are inspired by Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor KV 550

• Aansoo Samaz Ke Kyun Muze Aankhse Toone Giraa Diyaa soulfully rendered by (Talat Mehmood)

• Ya Keh De Hum Insaan Nahin... (Mohd Rafi)

• Dil Se Dil Ki Dor Baandhe Choree Choree Jaane Hum Tum Tum Hum Sang Sang Chale Aaj Kahaan, Aaj Kahaan (Sung by Mukesh
  Mukesh
  Mukesh Chand Mathur was an Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He, alongside Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar, left such an impact on the Hindi film industry that they are still remembered to date....
  
   & Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
  
  )

• Chham Chham Naachat Aayee Bahaar A Dance Number by Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
  
  

• Aankhonmein Masti Sharaabkee A Talat Mahmood
  Talat Mahmood
  Talat Mahmood was a popular Indian playback singer and film actor. A recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 1992, he was famous for singing ghazals. For this quality he was known as the King of ghazals....
  
  Solo