Jaal (1952 film)

Jaal (lit. 'The net [or] the trap') is a 1952 Bollywood crime thriller film starring Dev Anand and Geeta Bali, and directed by Guru Dutt.[1] This was Guru Dutt's second movie, after Dev Anand's production Baazi, Guru Dutt was trying to find his bearings through commercially successful movies. After Baazi, this was the second film in which Dev Anand also came through as an actor with a unique style of his own.

Jaal
Directed byGuru Dutt
Produced byT. R. Fatehchand
Written byM. A. Lateef
Screenplay byGuru Dutt
Story byGuru Dutt
StarringGeeta Bali
Dev Anand
Purnima
K. N. Singh
Johnny Walker
Music byS. D. Burman
CinematographyV. K. Murthy
Edited byJ. S. Diwadkar
Production
company
Film Arts
Distributed byFilm Arts
Release date
3 October 1952
Running time
165 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

After losing his vision during a storm, Carlos (K.N. Singh) lives with his sister, Maria (Geeta Bali), on the Indian coast in a fishing village. One day a mysterious young woman, Lisa, enters their lives, followed by a mysterious man, Tony Fernandes (Dev Anand). Maria and Tony fall in love with each other, much to the chagrin of Simon, who loves Maria and wants to marry her. Lisa then warns Maria that she has known Tony, they have had an affair together, and he had betrayed her, however, this warning has no effect on Maria. Then a gypsy palm-reader also cautions Maria that she may be headed for disaster at the hands of a stranger. The question remains: who exactly are Lisa and Tony, and what is the reason behind their presence in this fishing community; and whether or not Maria is being drawn into a web of lies and deceit at the hands of Tony?

Set in a fishing village of Goa, this film depicts the ties between Tony, a good-for-nothing man from the city, and Maria, a village girl who loves him innocently. The spirit of Christian love and forgiveness lies at the base of the story, and the film has a strong religious colour to it, unusual for Guru Dutt.

Cast

Songs
#SongSinger(s)Lyrics
1"Sun Ja Dil Ki Dastan" (Yeh Raat Yeh Chandni)Hemant KumarSahir Ludhianvi
2"De Bhi Chuke Hum Dil Nazrana"Geeta Dutt, Kishore KumarSahir Ludhianvi
3"Chori Chori Meri Gali Aana Hai Bura"Lata MangeshkarSahir Ludhianvi
4"Yeh Raat Yeh Chandni"Hemant Kumar, Lata MangeshkarSahir Ludhianvi
5"Jor Laga Ke"Geeta DuttSahir Ludhianvi
6"Pighla Hai Sona Door Gagan Par"Lata MangeshkarSahir Ludhianvi
7"Hans Le Ga Le Dhoom Macha Le"Lata MangeshkarSahir Ludhianvi
8"Soch Samajh Kar Dil Ko Lagana"Geeta DuttSahir Ludhianvi

Shooting Location

One of the shooting locations for the movie was Malvan, Sindhudurg District, returning from where Dev Anand and Geeta Bali met with an accident. He almost broke his ribs. They spent some time in the local hospital for recovery.[2]

References
  1. Bali, Karan (21 March 2016). "Jaal". Upperstall.com.
  2. "88 Facts You Didn't Know About Dev Anand -- VIII". Rediff. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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