Chhaya 1961

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.

Directed by: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Written by: Sachin Bhowmick
Runtime: 155 minutes
Cast:
Sunil Dutt
Sunil Dutt
Arun/Rahee 
Asha Parekh
Asha Parekh
Sarita 
Nirupa Roy
Nirupa Roy
Manorama 
Achala Sachdev
Achala Sachdev
Arun's Older Sister 
Lalita Pawar
Lalita Pawar
Rukmani (Seth Jagatnarayan's sister) 
Nazir Hussain
Nazir Hussain
Seth Jagatnarayan Chaudhary 
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