Howrah Bridge

1958 153’ b&w Hindi d/p Shakti Samanta pc Shakti Films s Ranjan Bose dial Vrajendra Gaud lyr Qamar Jalalabadi, Hasrat Jaipuri c Chandu m O.P. Nayyar lp Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, Dhumal, K.N. Singh, Om Prakash, Helen, Kammo, Madan Puri, Sundar, Krishnakant, Kundan, Bhagwan Sinha, Sailen Bose

This crime movie was one of the first to assimilate the Hong Kong cinema’s influence, a trend continued by Samanta’s China Town (1962). Rakesh (Kumar), the son of a Rangoon merchant, comes to Calcutta in search of his brother’s killer. With the help of Joe, a restaurant manager, and Edna (Madhubala), a cabaret dancer, he routs the villains Pyarelal (K.N. Singh) and Chiang (Puri). The film ends with a chase sequence over the famous Howrah Bridge in Calcutta and includes Geeta Dutt’s famous cabaret number Mera naam Chin Chin Choo ... Hello mister, how do you do? performed in the film by Helen.

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