Chhaya (1961)

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Movie basic details

Current status - Released
Total runtime - 155 mins.
Release date - 01-01-1961
Release year - 1961
Genres - Drama, Romance

Overall ratings and scores for Chhaya:
Happiness Score - 0/10, World Popularity Score - 0.877/100, IMDB Score - 6.9, Metascore - N/A, Internet Movie Database - 6.9/10, .
Chhaya movie has Total Global Votes - 0, Total IMD Votes - 54

Chhaya Movie Introduction: Movie Chhaya, release year 1961 is written by Sachin Bhowmick, Rajendra Krishan, D.N. Mukherjee and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The leading star-cast in this movie are Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Nirupa Roy along with the other stars and crew members.

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Movie overview and plot by Anagha Shashank

Movie in-short: Young and attractive Sarita Choudhary lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Jagatnarayan in a palatial house with her aunt, Rukmani; cousin, Lalli, and a maid-servant, Manorama Lal. Her dad recruits a tutor, Arun, to tea...

Movie story-line: Young and attractive Sarita Choudhary lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Jagatnarayan in a palatial house with her aunt, Rukmani; cousin, Lalli, and a maid-servant, Manorama Lal. Her dad recruits a tutor, Arun, to teach her essay-writing, and both Arun and Sarita end up falling in love with each other, especially when Sarita finds out that he is really a famous poet by the name of 'Rahee'. But her aunt would like to see her married to her nephew, Ramu alias Romeo, and she has Jagatnarayan recruit him to teach Sarita music. Jagatnarayan himself would like Sarita to get married to the son of a wealthy man, Moti Lal, and openly rejects any alliance with Arun, who comes from a poor family. Watch what happens when Moti Lal gets an anonymous letter informing him that Sarita is not the real daughter of Jagatnarayan, and that her parentage. religion, and caste are unknown.

Movie synopsis: Young and attractive Sarita Choudhary lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Jagatnarayan in a palatial house with her aunt, Rukmani; cousin, Lalli, and a maid-servant, Manorama Lal. Her dad recruits a tutor, Arun, to teach her essay-writing, and both Arun and Sarita end up falling in love with each other, especially when Sarita finds out that he is really a famous poet by the name of 'Rahee'. But her aunt would like to see her married to her nephew, Ramu alias Romeo, and she has Jagatnarayan recruit him to teach Sarita music. Jagatnarayan himself would like Sarita to get married to the son of a wealthy man, Moti Lal, and openly rejects any alliance with Arun, who comes from a poor family. Watch what happens when Moti Lal gets an anonymous letter informing him that Sarita is not the real daughter of Jagatnarayan, and that her parentage. religion, and caste are unknown.

Highlights - Chhaya (1961)

Total budget - $0.00
Total revenue - $0.00
Produced by - AVM Productions
Produced in - India
Available languages - Hindi (हिन्दी),
Homepage URL -
Awards won / Nominations - 1 nomination
Certificate(s) -

Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of Chhaya (1961)

Lead Actors - Sunil Dutt, Asha Parekh, Nirupa Roy
Writer(s) - Sachin Bhowmick, Rajendra Krishan, D.N. Mukherjee
Director(s) - Hrishikesh Mukherjee