Gumnaam

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Movie
Original title Gumnaam
Country of production India
original language Hindi
Publishing year 1965
length 151 minutes
Rod
Director Raja Nawathe
script Dhruva Chatterjee , Charandas Shokh , Agatha Christie
production MA Madhu , NN Sippy
music Shankar-Jaikishan
camera KH Kapadia
cut DN Pai
occupation

Gumnaam (translated: nameless , anonymous ) is a Bollywood film from 1965. The story is based on Agatha Christie's play Ten Little Indians or the story of Ten Little Niggers .

action

Seven people win a trip in a bar. They take an airplane to their destination, but en route the airplane has to make an emergency landing on an island. The passengers and their flight attendant Anand get off. Shortly afterwards, the plane takes off again. Now they are all on their own. So the eight people make their way to a mysterious house in which only a butler seems to live. However, the butler is not surprised to meet the passengers and has already expected them. A little later the guests learn that they will soon die.

In fact, someone is murdered every night, but who is the culprit?

Happy ending: The murderer is caught and the surviving passengers can leave the island in a small plane.

music

Song title Singer
Jaan Pehechaan Ho Mohammed Rafi
Gumnaam Shark Koi Lata Mangeshkar
Ek Ladki Hai Jisne Jeena Mushkil Kar Diya Mohammed Rafi
Jaane Chaman Shola Badan Mohammed Rafi , Shraddha Sinha
Hum Kaale Grove To Mohammed Rafi
Is Duniya Mein Jeena Ho To Sunlo Meri Baat Lata Mangeshkar
Peeke Hum Tum Jo Asha Bhosle , Usha Mangeshkar

The song Jaan Pehechaan Ho is also played in the US film Ghost World . At the beginning of the film, the leading actress Enid ( Thora Birch ) dances to this song.

Awards

Filmfare Award 1966

Nominations

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