Chhaya (1961 film)

Chhaya
Directed by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Produced by	A.V. Meiyappan
Written by	Sachin Bhowmick Rajendra Krishan
Starring	Sunil Dutt Asha Parekh Nirupa Roy Nasir Hussain
Music by	Salil Choudhury
Cinematography	Jaywant Pathare T.B. Seetaram
Editing by	R.G. Gope
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Chhaya is a Bollywood film directed by legendary director Hrishikesh Mukherjee.^[1] It released in 1961. The star cast include Sunil Dutt and Asha Parekh. Nirupa Roy won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.^[2]

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
• Asha Parekh
• Nirupa Roy
• Nasir Hussain
• Lalita Pawar
• Achala Sachdev

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 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 & Lata Mangeshkar)

• Chham Chham Naachat Aayee Bahaar A Dance Number by Lata Mangeshkar

• Aankhonmein Masti Sharaabkee A Talat Mahmood Solo

References

1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054737/
2. ^ 1st Filmfare Awards 1953

External links

• Chhaya (1961 film) at the Internet Movie Database