Baazi is a 1951 Indian Hindi film

Bollywood

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 directed by Guru Dutt

Guru Dutt

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone , popularly known as Guru Dutt, was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He is often credited with ushering in the golden era of Hindi cinema...

. Dev Anand

Dev Anand

Dharam Dev Anand , better known as Dev Anand , is an Indian Hindi Cinema actor, director and film producer. Dev is the second of three brothers who were active in Hindi Cinema. His brothers are Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand. Their sister, Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of renowned Hindi and...

's Navketan production house produced the movie, and as per a commitment given by Dev Anand to Guru Dutt in their days of struggle, the movie was directed by Dutt.

The movie stars Dev Anand with Geeta Bali

Geeta Bali

Geeta Bali was a popular film actress from Bollywood.-Early life:Bali was born in a Mohyal family in pre-partition Punjab as Harkirtan Kaur, a Sikh. Her family moved to Bombay and were living in near poverty when she started to get breaks in films.-Career:Bali became a star in the 1950s...

 and Kalpana Kartik

Kalpana Kartik

Kalpana Kartik is a former Hindi film actress. She starred in five films in the 1950s. She is the wife of Hindi film actor and film maker Dev Anand....

. It is a crime thriller and had very popular music composed by S.D. Burman.

The film is a tribute to the Forties' Film Noir

Film noir

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood's classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s...

 Hollywood with the morally ambiguous hero, the transgressing siren, and shadow lighting. It was very successful at the box-office.

Synopsis

Madan comes from a poor family background. Unable to find employment, he takes to gambling in a big way. He makes a lot of money, and decides to open a gambling den, where he makes even more money. He meets with sophisticated and cultured Dr. Rajani, and both are attracted to each other. But Rajani's dad does not approve of Madan nor of his background, and would prefer that Rajani marry Inspector Ramesh. Rejected, Madan meets with vivacious and outgoing Meena, and romances her. Then Inspector Ramesh arrests Madan and imprisons him for the murder of Meena, who was killed with a revolver with Madan's fingerprints on it. The shooter intended to kill Madan, but Meena protected him & was killed instead. Rajani's father ordered the killing because he didn't consider Madan suitable for his daughter. Rajani's father threatens Madan that he will kill his sister if he says anything. Madan keeps quiet & is sentenced to be hanged at 6 am. Inspector Ramesh finds some evidence that it wasn't Madan who killed Meena. Rajani's father is imprisoned & Madan is freed.

Cast

• Dev Anand
  Dev Anand
  Dharam Dev Anand , better known as Dev Anand , is an Indian Hindi Cinema actor, director and film producer. Dev is the second of three brothers who were active in Hindi Cinema. His brothers are Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand. Their sister, Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of renowned Hindi and...
  
   ... Madan
• Geeta Bali
  Geeta Bali
  Geeta Bali was a popular film actress from Bollywood.-Early life:Bali was born in a Mohyal family in pre-partition Punjab as Harkirtan Kaur, a Sikh. Her family moved to Bombay and were living in near poverty when she started to get breaks in films.-Career:Bali became a star in the 1950s...
  
   ... Meena
• Kalpana Kartik
  Kalpana Kartik
  Kalpana Kartik is a former Hindi film actress. She starred in five films in the 1950s. She is the wife of Hindi film actor and film maker Dev Anand....
  
   ... Rajani
• Roopa Verman
• K.N. Singh ... Rajani's Father
• Johnny Walker
  Johnny Walker (actor)
  Johnny Walker is the screen name of an Indian movie comedian, who acted in over 300 movies. He was born as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi in Indore, India, the son of a mill worker. The family shifted to Mumbai when the textile mill his father worked in closed...
  
  
• Krishan Dhawan ... Ramesh
• Rashid Khan
  Rashid Khan
  Ustad Rashid Khan is an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani music tradition. He belongs to the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana, and is the great grandson of Gharana founder Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan.He is married to Joyeeta Bose, from the illustrious family of Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose.In a...
  
  
• Habib
  Habib
  Habib is an Arabic male name with the meaning "beloved", or "darling", it also appears as a surname. The name is popular in the Middle East, Africa, and France.-Given name:* Habib Beye , French-Senegalese footballer...
  
  
• Srinath
  Srinath
  For the cricket player see Javagal Srinath. And for Malayali actor see SreenathSrinath , real name Narayana Swamy , is a Kannada cinema actor and the vice-president of Kannada TV Channel Udaya TV....
  
  
• Rashid Ahmed
• Abu Baker
  Abu Baker
  Sultan Abu Bakr Shah , was a Muslim Turkic ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty , the son of Jafar Khan and the grandson of Firuz Shah Tughluq....
  
  
• Nirmal Kumar

Soundtrack

Track #	Song	Singer(s)
1	Suno Gajar Kya Gaaye	Geeta Dutt Geeta Dutt Geetā Dutt was a prominent singer in India. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema...
2	Dekh Ke Akeli Mohe Barkha Sataaye	Geeta Dutt
3	Yeh Kaun Aaya Ki Meri Dil Ki Duniya Mein	Geeta Dutt
4	Tadbeer Se Bigdi Hui Taqdeer Bana Le	Geeta Dutt
5	Aaj Ki Raat Piya	Geeta Dutt
6	Tum Bhi Na Bhoolo Balam	Geeta Dutt
7	Sharmaaye Kaahe Ghabraaye Kaahe	Shamshad Begum Shamshad Begum Shamshad Begum is an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry.Begum was born in Amritsar, Punjab. She was a big fan of K.L. Saigal and watched Devdas 14 times...
8	Mere Labon Pe Chhipe	Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...