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{{Short description|1960 film}}
{{Distinguish|text=[[Chhalia (1973 film)]], 1973 film by Mukul Dutt, starring Navin Nischol and Nanda}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| location = India
| name = Chhalia
| image = Chhalia 1960.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = ''Chhalia'' movie poster
| director = [[Manmohan Desai]]
| producer = Subhash Desai
| writer = [[Inder Raj Anand]]
| narrator =
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Raj Kapoor]]
*[[Nutan]]
*[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
*[[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]
*[[Shobhna Samarth]]
}}
| music = [[Kalyanji Anandji]]
| cinematography = [[N. Satyen]]<ref name="kohli">{{cite news|last1=Kohli|first1=Suresh|title=Chhalia 1960|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/chhalia-1960/article641903.ece|access-date=12 October 2016|work=The Hindu|date=9 May 2009|language=en-IN}}</ref>
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = 1960
| runtime = 135 Minutes<ref name="uiowa">{{cite web|title=Chhalia {{!}} Indian Cinema|url=https://uiowa.edu/indiancinema/chhalia|website=uiowa.edu}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
}}
'''''Chhalia''''' is a 1960 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[drama film]] directed by [[Manmohan Desai]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Elizabeth Sweeney|first1=Ellen|title=Partition and its legacies: a cross-cultural comparison of Irish, British and South Asian cinemas|date=2013|publisher=University of Iowa|page=33|url=http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6351&context=etd|access-date=12 October 2016}}</ref> It stars [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Nutan]], [[Pran (actor)|Pran]],<ref>{{cite news|title=One of the most loved villains of Bollywood bids adieu: Pran Sahab|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/one-of-the-most-loved-villains-of-bollywood-bids-adieu-pran-sah-8608.html|access-date=13 October 2016|agency=IANS|publisher=India TV}}</ref> [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bokhari|first1=Shoaib|title=Remembering the Muslim greats of Bollywood|url=http://nation.com.pk/entertainment/03-Jun-2016/remembering-the-muslim-greats-of-bollywood|access-date=13 October 2016|work=The Nation|date=3 June 2016}}</ref> and [[Shobhna Samarth]]. The story is loosely based on the 1848 short story "[[White Nights (short story)|White Nights]]" by [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]], but is focused on the issue of estranged wives and children in the aftermath of [[Partition of India|Partition]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-12-16/special-report/27959340_1_vu-remakes-raj-kapoor | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010204934/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-12-16/special-report/27959340_1_vu-remakes-raj-kapoor | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 October 2011 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Yesterday once more | date=16 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bali|first1=Karan|title=The break in the script: How did Partition affect the film industry?|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/the-break-in-the-script-how-did-partition-affect-the-film-industry/story-12NhRiWPYwiFKRJyb0ejgN.html|access-date=12 October 2016|work=www.hindustantimes.com/|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=13 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Daiya|first=Kavita|title=Violent belongings: partition, gender, and national culture in Postcolonial India|year=2008|publisher=Temple University Press|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-1-59213-743-5|pages=89|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7a-FuiMcTYC&q=Chhalia+Partition&pg=PA89}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Parmar|first1=Prabhjot|title=Films and Partition: Trains of History|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070805/spectrum/main1.htm|access-date=13 October 2016|work=www.tribuneindia.com|publisher=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum|date=5 August 2007}}</ref> Chhalia was shot in black-and-white. Music by [[Kalyanji-Anandji]], played a part in the film's box office success.<ref name="kohli" />

==Plot==
Shanti ([[Nutan]]) is married off to Kewal ([[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]]) on the eve of [[Partition of India|Partition]]. But while the two families move away to [[Delhi]] from [[Lahore]], she inadvertently is left behind, and is forced to share a roof with Abdul Rehman ([[Pran (actor)|Pran]]), who has a sister of Shanti's age in India. When she returns to India five years later with her son, she is first welcomed by the husband with open arms but disowned when the child identifies himself as Anwar, and his father as Abdul Rehman. Even her own father refuses to give her shelter, though in the years she had lived with Abdul Rehman she hadn't even seen his face.

Physically and emotionally shattered, Shanti tries to commit suicide after leaving Anwar in a remand home, but is rescued by an outlaw, Chhalia ([[Raj Kapoor]]) who as time and events progress, flips for the lady. Rehman lands in Delhi to settle old scores with Chhalia and threatens to kidnap Shanti. The bloody fight that ensues between the two adversaries eventually ends in a truce. The hurried climax, set amidst Dussera festivities, has Chhalia bringing about a rapprochement between the estranged couple, and himself walking into infinity, while Rehman is reunited with his sister on the return train.

==Cast==
* [[Raj Kapoor]]<ref>{{cite news|title=The unforgettables|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/118025/unforgettables.html|access-date=13 October 2016|work=Deccan Herald|date=4 December 2010}}</ref> as ''Chhalia''
* [[Nutan]] as ''Shanti''
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mehta|first1=Ankita|title=Pran, Bollywood's Most Popular Villain, Receives Dadasaheb Phalke Award|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/pran-bollywood039s-most-popular-villain-receives-dadasaheb-phalke-award-456702|access-date=13 October 2016|work=International Business Times, India Edition|date=13 April 2013|language=en}}</ref> as ''Abdul Rehman''
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as ''Kewal''
* Bupet Raja as ''Anwar''
* Shobhana Samarth as Shanti's mother

==Production==
''Chhalia'' was the debut film of director [[Manmohan Desai]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pinto|first1=Jerry|title=Tribute to a century of Bollywood: Part six 1964-1973|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/tribute-to-a-century-of-bollywood-part-six-1964-1973|access-date=13 October 2016|publisher=The National|date=11 May 2013}}</ref> ''Chhalia'' was amongst the first of the lost-and-found-formula films that Desai went on to chisel to perfection, the most popular being Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) <ref name=Cinestaan>{{cite web|last1=Kahlon|first1=Sukhpreet|title= 'Jab insaan haiwaan nahin bana tha' – Impassioned plea for humanity in Manmohan Desai's debut film Chhalia (1960) |url= https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/aug/15/15050/jab-insaan-haiwaan-nahin-bana-tha-impassioned-plea-for-humanity-in-manmohan-desai-s-debut-film-chhalia-1960|website=Cinestaan.com |access-date= 15 Aug 2018|ref= Chhalia}}</ref> (except perhaps his last two ''Ganga Jamuna Saraswati'' and ''Toofan''), ''Chhalia'' was also first amongst his 13 star-studded films out of a total of 20 that Desai churned out in a career spanning 29 years. [[Laxmikant Pyarelal]] were the assistant music directors;<ref name="kohli" /> who went on to be music directors for most of Manmohan Desai's films.

==Release==
''Chhalia'' was released in 1960 and was a moderate box office success.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Manwani|first1=Akshay|title=Manmohan Desai and Hindi cinema's secularism!|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-manmohan-desai-and-hindi-cinema-s-secularism-2213086|access-date=12 October 2016|work=dna|publisher=Daily News and Analysis|date=16 May 2016}}</ref> Raj Kapoor and Nutan were nominated for [[8th Filmfare Awards|1961 Filmfare Awards]] in the category of [[Filmfare Best Actor Awards|Best Actor]] and [[Filmfare Best Actress Awards|Best Actress]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Filmfare Awards - 1961 {{!}} Winners & Nominees|url=http://awardsandwinners.com/category/filmfare-awards/1961/|website=awardsandwinners.com|access-date=13 October 2016}}</ref> Chhalia was made available on DVD from the Indian distributor Shemaroo and the international firm Baba Digital.<ref name="uiowa" />

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| location = India
| name = Chhalia
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Kalyanji-Anandji]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1960
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[film soundtrack]]
| length = 28:31
| language = [[Hindi]]
| label = [[EMI]]
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere]]
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Payaase Panchhi
| next_year = 1961
}}

The soundtrack of ''Chhalia'' is composed by the duo [[Kalyanji-Anandji]] with lyrics by [[Qamar Jalalabadi]]. The initial [[Vinyl record|vinyl]] [[Extended play|ep]] release of the soundtrack by [[Angel Records]] consisted of 4 songs sung by singers [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mishra|first1=Tulsidas|title=MAGIC OF THE MELLIFLUOUS MUKESH|url=http://odishasuntimes.com/2014/08/27/mellifluous-mukesh/|access-date=13 October 2016|work=Odisha Sun Times Editorial Desk|publisher=OdishaSunTimes.com|date=27 August 2014}}</ref> and [[Lata Mangeshkar]]. The complete soundtrack was released by [[EMI]] with 3 new songs and an Instrumental added to the initial soundtrack. ''Chhalia'' is considered a landmark in the career of Kalyanji-Anandji.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Holla|first1=Anand|title=A trip down melody lane|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/story/492297/A-trip-down-melody-lane|access-date=13 October 2016|work=Gulf-Times|date=4 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=बचपन से संगीतकार बनने का शौक का था कल्याणजी को - Death anniversary of Kalyanji|url=http://www.patrika.com/news/today-special/death-anniversary-of-kalyanji-1381885/|access-date=12 October 2016|work=www.patrika.com}}</ref> The duo composed the kind of folksy, simple tunes that had come to be associated with Raj Kapoor's collaborations with Shankar-Jaikishan.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Arunachalam|first1=Param|title=Bollywood Retrospect: 'Yeh Mera Dil' from 'Don' and other gems by the underrated Kalyanji–Anandji|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/column-bollywood-retrospect-yeh-mera-dil-from-don-and-other-gems-by-the-underrated-kalyanji-anandji-2227569|access-date=12 October 2016|work=dna|publisher=Daily News and Analysis|date=25 June 2016}}</ref> The songs "Dum Dum Diga Diga" and "Chhalia Mera Naam" are still popular today.<ref>{{cite news|title=कड़े संघर्ष के बाद कल्याणजी-आनंदजी को मिली थी पहचान - Kalyanji-Anandji tasted success after hard struggle|url=http://www.patrika.com/news/today-special/kalyanji-anandji-tasted-success-after-hard-struggle-1182182/|access-date=12 October 2016|work=www.patrika.com}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| collapsed = no
| headline = Original vinyl track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 28:31

| all_writing =
| all_lyrics = [[Qamar Jalalabadi]]
| all_music = [[Kalyanji-Anandji]]

| title1 = Baje Payal Chhun Chhun
| note1 =
| writer1 =
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| extra1 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| length1 = 3:48

| title2 = Chhalia Mera Naam
| note2 =
| writer2 =
| lyrics2 =
| music2 =
| extra2 = [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
| length2 = 3:51

| title3 = Dum Dum Diga Diga
| note3 =
| writer3 =
| lyrics3 =
| music3 =
| extra3 = Mukesh
| length3 = 3:14

| title4 = Teri Rahon Mein Khade Hai
| note4 =
| writer4 =
| lyrics4 =
| music4 =
| extra4 = Lata Mangeshkar
| length4 = 3:58

| title5 = Meri Jaan Kuchh Bhi Kijiye
| note5 =
| writer5 =
| lyrics5 =
| music5 =
| extra5 = Mukesh & Lata Mangeshkar
| length5 = 3:13

| title6 = Mere Toote Huye Dil Se
| note6 =
| writer6 =
| lyrics6 =
| music6 =
| extra6 = Mukesh
| length6 = 4:00

| title7 = Gali Gali Sita Roye
| note7 =
| writer7 =
| lyrics7 =
| music7 =
| extra7 = [[Mohammed Rafi|Mohd. Rafi]]
| length7 = 4:56

| title8 = Title Music
| note8 =
| writer8 =
| lyrics8 =
| music8 =
| extra8 = Instrumental
| length8 = 1:32
}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0053708}}

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[[Category:1960 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Manmohan Desai]]
[[Category:Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji]]
[[Category:Films based on White Nights]]
[[Category:Films set in the partition of India]]
[[Category:India–Pakistan relations in popular culture]]

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