Kala Pani
Based on A.J.Cronin's 'Beyond This Place', this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. A young man, learning about his father's wrongful implication in a fifteen-year-old murder, vows to bring the true criminals to justice and release his innocent father from 'kaala paani' (life imprisonment), for which he enlists the help of a press reporter, a retired police inspector and an unwitting prostitute who happens to possess some key evidence.
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- Released
- 1958
- Country
- India
Details
Release year: 1958
Storyline
Based on A.J.Cronin's 'Beyond This Place', this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. A young man, learning about his father's wrongful implication in a fifteen-year-old murder, vows to bring the true criminals to justice and release his innocent father from 'kaala paani' (life imprisonment), for which he enlists the help of a press reporter, a retired police inspector and an unwitting prostitute who happens to possess some key evidence.
Top credits
Dev Anand — Karan Mehra
Madhubala — Asha
Nalini Jaywant — Kishori
Agha — Badru
Did you know
• Dev Anand and Nalini Jaywent got Awards for this film
• The song Hum Bekhudi Mein was sampled in the song "Hit No.2 (Hum Bekhudi Mein)" by Bagula Bhagat from the album L S D Burman.
• Dev Anand had encouraged Raj Khosla to be Director made him Guru Dutt's Assistant Director.
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You have to love Madhubala!
Another good film from Dev Anand's Navketan, taking on the system of justice, where an innocent man can also be sentenced to life imprisonment because of fabricated evidence.
Devanand's filmfare winning performance
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
