Baazi (1951 film)

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name = Baazi


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director = Guru Dutt
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starring = Dev Anand
Geeta Bali
Kalpana Kartik
music = S.D. Burman
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released = 1951
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language = Hindi, Urdu
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"Baazi" (Hindi: बाज़ी/बाझी, Urdu: بازی) is a 1951 Indian Hindi-language film. Dev Anand'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 Guru Dutt.

The movie stars Dev Anand with Geeta Bali and Kalpana Kartik. 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 Hollywood with the morally ambiguous hero, the transgressing siren, and shadow lighting. It was very successful at the box-office.

ynopsis

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. Inspector

Cast

* Dev Anand ... Madan
* Geeta Bali ... Leena
* Kalpana Kartik ... Rajani
* Roopa Verman
* K.N. Singh ... Rajani's Father
* Johnny Walker
* Krishan Dhawan ... Ramesh
* Rashid Khan
* Habib
* Srinath
* Rashid Ahmed
* Abu Baker
* Nirmal Kumar

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Trivia

* Guru Dutt kept only half of his commitment to Dev Anand, he was to direct Dev Anand in his production, though he cast Dev in C.I.D. , Raj Khosla, an assistant Director to Guru Dutt directed it.
* The "Guru Dutt shot" as it was known in Bollywood was introduced in this movie, and consisted of a close-up shot of the actor using either a 75mm or 100mm lens. There are 14 such shots in this movie.