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Police
Poster
Directed byKalidas
Screenplay byNasir Hussain
Story byDeep Khosla
Produced byDeep Khosla
Pradeep Kumar[1]
StarringMadhubala
Pradeep Kumar
Edited byRaj Talwar[1]
Music byHemant Kumar[1]
Release date
1958
Running time
146 min.
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Police is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language action-thriller film directed by Kalidas, produced by Deep Khosla and Pradeep Kumar, and starring Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar and Nadira. The music of the film was composed by Hemant Kumar.[2][3]

Plot

When an airplane brings ex dacoit Rangooni (Pradeep Kumar) from Singapore to Bombay, Inspector Mehra (Raj Mehra) looks upon Rangooni's return with well-founded suspicion. His arrival in Bombay disturbs the activities of a gang of jewel-theft specialists, led by man-about-town-Ramesh (Anwar Hussain). Rangooni foils the activities of the gang by forestalling the gangster. Manju (Madhubala), daughter of Bahadur Sunderdas, who has Rai encountered Rangooni many times, is excited by the prospect of getting the dacoit arrested and hopes to get a lot of publicity by so doing.

Ramesh, constantly thwarted by Rangooni, lays a trap for his opponent but in the last smashing chase scene is unmasked for what he is.

But who is Rangooni? What is the motive behind his seemingly incongruous actions?

Cast

The main cast of the film was:[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Police was composed by Hemant Kumar and the lyrics were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri.[5]

# Song Singer
1 "Chale Ham Kahaan Kaho" Geeta Dutt, Hemant Kumar
2 "O O Baby Mudke Zara" Geeta Dutt, Hemant Kumar
3 "Mere Tum Ho Phir Kya Hai" Geeta Dutt, Hemant Kumar
4 "O Chup Ja Hamare Dil Mein" Geeta Dutt, Hemant Kumar
5 "Sunle Piya Dhadke Jiya" Geeta Dutt, Hemant Kumar
6 "Dil Lo Lagela Mohabbat Ka Chaska" Mohammed Rafi
7 "Dil Pe Kaisa Yeh Tune Khanjar Mara Re" Geeta Dutt, Hemant Kumar

Reception

The film was commercially unsuccessful.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Police (1958) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  2. ^ Akbar, Katijia (2011). I Want to Live: The Story of Madhubala. Hay House. p. 142. ISBN 9789381398210.
  3. ^ "Police (1958) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Police (1958) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Songs from Police (1958)". www.cinestaan.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1958". IMDb. Retrieved 25 November 2020.