Maya

Maya

Maya

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Maya

1961

2h 28m

7.5(2 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

Disillusioned with his wealthy friends, a man pretends to be poor and goes to live in the slums where he falls in love with a burglar's sister.

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18 members

Acting

Dev Anand

Manmohan / Shyam

Dev Anand

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Mala Sinha

Shyama

Mala Sinha

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Lalita Pawar

Mausi

Lalita Pawar

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Sudesh Kumar

Sudesh

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Mubarak

Seth Shyam Narain

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Agha

Banke

Agha

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Sunder

Garibu

Sunder

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Helen

Banke's darling

Helen

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Krishan Dhawan

Deepak

Krishan Dhawan

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Niranjan Sharma

Chawl resident

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Jayant

Ranvir

Jayant

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Amjad Khan

Ranvir's employee

Amjad Khan

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Bela Bose

Sheela

Bela Bose

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Tabassum

Chawl girl

Tabassum

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Nana Palshikar

Panditji

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Brahm Bhardwaj

Dance announcer

Brahm Bhardwaj

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Rani Nrityashromani

Dancer

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Tina Misquitta

Dancer

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