Chhaya (film)

Chhaya English Shadow is a Bollywood film directed by legendary director Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It released in 1961. The star cast include Sunil Dutt and Asha Parekh. Nirupa Roy won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Music was composed by Salil Chaudhury and noted for many songs including Ya keh de hum insaan nahi sung by Rafi.

Sarita grows up to be a beautiful, intelligent and carefree young girl under the care of her father and nanny. An young man, Arun gets appointed as a tutor to Sarita. Sarita later comes to know that he was indeed her favorite poet who writes under the pen name of Rahee and gets attracted to him. They grow close and Aruns family wants them to get marry. But they get rejected by Jagatnarayan on the grounds of their poverty, leaving Arun and Sarita disappointed.Jagatnarayan settles Saritas match with the only son of a wealthy man Motilal. But Manorama, after seeing Saritas plight, decides to stop that marriage at any rate and writes a letter to Motilal explaining that Sarita wasnt Jagatnarayans biological daughter. Enraged Motilal confirms it with Jagatnarayan and cancels the engagement. Jagatnarayan, having no other way agrees to marry Sarita to Arun. But he sends Manorama away from his house as she revealed the secret to destroy Saritas future. ........

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