''Aap Ki Parchhaiyan'' (English: ''Your Shadows'') is a 1964

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film. Produced and directed by Mohan Kumar, the film stars

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and Manorama. The film's music is by

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. A couple of songs; "Main nigahen tere chehre se hataaoon kaise", by

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and "Agar mujhse mohabbat hai" by

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are plus points of this family drama.

Cast

Source: *

as Chandramohan Chopra 'Channi' *

as Asha *

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as usha( Rekhas friend) *

as Rekha * Suresh as Baldev Chopra *

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as Dinanath Chopra *

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as Mrs. Dinanath Chopra * Mumtaz Begum a Rekha's Mother *

as Vilayti Ram * Moppet Rajoo * Manorama as Mrs. Vilayti Ram *

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as Rekha's Father * Amol Sen as dwarf man with news paper * Kartar Singh (Sikh passenger in train) * Khairati as Hzari (Om Prakash assistant) * Madhu Apte as Gulzari with glasses ( Om Parkash assistant) * Santosh Kapoor * Sadhu Singh *

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as Lala Khushiram money lender * Nazir Kashmiri * Sayyed * Harbans Darshan M. Arora as Chaman Lal

Music

The music of the film was composed by

, and Lyrics provided by

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References

External links

* 1964 films 1960s Hindi-language films 1960s Indian films Films scored by Madan Mohan Films directed by Mohan Kumar {{1960s-Hindi-film-stub