Jadoo (1951 film)
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Director Abdur Rashid Kardar Music director Naushad Country India | 5.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Fantasy Duration Language Hindi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1951 Screenplay S. N. Bannerji, Jajdish Kanwal Cast Nalini Jaywant (Sundari), Shyam Kumar , Amir Banu , Krishna Kumar , Eddie Billimoria Similar movies Jadu Tona (1977), Koi Mil Gaya (2003), Jaadugar (1989), Naushad composed the music for Jadoo and Babul, Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa (2000) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jadoo (Magic) is a 1951 Hindi psychosocial melodrama film directed by A. R. Kardar. The story writers were S. N. Bannerji and Jagdish Kanwal, with dialogues by Zahur Raja and Bannerji. The music director was Naushad with lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni. This was the second last film in which Naushad was to be the music director for Kardar. After an association of fourteen films, Naushad composed one last time for Kardar in Deewana (1952). Prior to this Kardar had already approached composer S. D. Burman for Jeewan Jyoti (1953). A "Musical Pictures Ltd." presentation, the film starred Nalini Jaywant, Suresh, Shyam Kumar, Sharda, and Ramesh.
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The film revolves around a young singer and dancer, Sundari, who is involved with crooks, but falls in love with a police constable, Pritam. The plot of the film was inspired from The Loves of Carmen (1948), directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth.
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Plot
Sundari, a hot-tempered young woman makes her living as a stage dancer and singer. She appears to lead a trouble-free, fun amoral life. Pritam (Suresh) is a constable. When the two meet, they fall in love. Sundari is arrested for a brawl where she attacks a woman. Pritam lets her escape, but gets into trouble with his superior. Sundari steps forward and asks Pritam to be forgiven. Pritam soon finds out that Sundari is in fact a member of a gang of thieves. Their leader Rahu who is in jail at present, considers Sundari hi property. Pritam gets involved in the shady dealings along with Sundari and he is soon hunted by the police. The film ends with Pritam shooting Sundari, nd getting shot by the polie himself.
Cast
Soundtrack
Music was composed by Naushad and the lyricist was Shakeel Badayuni. Church music was used for background score in Jadoo as well as for Dastan (1950). The singers were Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Shamshad Begum, Zohrabai Ambalewali.
References
Jadoo (1951 film) WikipediaJadoo (1951 film) IMDb