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1957 Indian film
Nau Do Gyarah
Film poster
Directed byVijay Anand
Written byVijay Anand
Screenplay byVijay Anand
Story byVijay Anand
Produced byDev Anand
StarringDev Anand
Kalpana Kartik
Shashikala
Jeevan
Madan Puri
Lalita Pawar
CinematographyV. Ratra
Edited byDharamvir
Music byS. D. Burman
Production
company		Navketan Films
Distributed byNavketan Films
Release date
  • 1957 (1957)
Running time170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Nau Do Gyarah (lit. 'Nine Two Eleven') is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film produced by Dev Anand. It also classifies as a road movie. This was his brother, Vijay Anand's directorial debut. The film stars Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik, Madan Puri, Shashikala and Jeevan. The film's music is by S. D. Burman and the lyrics are by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Plot

The film starts with Madan Gopal being thrown out of his house for not paying the rent. He goes to visit his friend, who has been helping him collect his mail, and finds a letter from his uncle, Manoharlal. Manoharlal writes that he is willing to give eleven lakh rupees (nine lakhs of property and two lakhs worth of cash), to Madan. It was originally willed to his sister-in-law's son, Kuldeep. After seeing Kuldeep's bad behaviour, though, Manoharlal decides to give the money to Madan.

Madan promptly gets a truck and sets off for Bombay, and on the way, his friend drags him to a wedding. The two discuss the wedding, with Madan saying that if he were in the girl's place, he would run away. True enough, when an eavesdropping friend tells the bride, Raksha that the groom is Surjit, she decides to run away and hides in Madan's truck.

Raksha disguises herself as a Sikh boy with the pseudonym of "Sardar Nihal Singh" and hides in his truck. Madan discovers "him" and the two quarrel nonstop, but Madan is compelled to take him along, because the boy has money, food and water. The disguise soon comes loose and Sardar Nihal Singh is revealed to be a girl. Madan doesn't know her past, but the two of them fall in love, with Madan teasing her on several occasions, calling her a "thief". Raksha, who was unhappy with her marriage, finally finds happiness travelling with Madan.

When the two of them reach Bombay, Madan goes off to see his friend, Radheshyam, but is informed that Manoharlal has died. A shocked Madan takes out the letter and finds out that it is a few months old. Radheshyam says that all the property has gone to Kuldeep and his mother.

Production

Nau Do Gyarah was the first film directed by Vijay Anand.

Soundtrack

All lyrics written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Song Singer
"Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke" Kishore Kumar
"Aankhon Mein Kya Ji, Roopehla Badal" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Kali Ke Roop Mein Chali Ho Dhoop Mein Kahan" Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
"Aaja, Panchhi Akela Hai, So Ja, Nindiya Ki Bela Hai" Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
"Dhalki Jaye Chundariya" Asha Bhosle
"Jaan-E-Jigar Hay Hay" Asha Bhosle
"Kya Ho Phir Jo Din Rangeela Ho, Ret Chamke, Samundar Gila Ho" Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt
"See Le Zubaan" Geeta Dutt

Footnotes

  1. The name is a clever pun on the Hindi idiom Nau Do Gyarah (wikt:नौ दो ग्यारह होना) which means "to run away." Another meaning is that the boy Madan Gopal is supposed to have inherited Rs nine lakhs of property and two lakhs worth of cash, and he runs away with a girl to get that inheritance. Nine plus two equals eleven. This reads together as Nau Do Gyarah, which refers to the latter act of the boy - running away

References

  1. Ganti, Tejaswini (2004). Bollywood: a guidebook to popular Hindi cinema. Routledge. p. 102. ISBN 0-415-28854-1. Nau Do Gyarah.

External links

Films directed by Vijay Anand
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