Gumnaam

Gumnaam (Urdu for "unknown" or "anonymous") is a 1965 Bollywood film directed by Raja Nawathe and starring Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Pran, Helen and Mehmood. The plot is an uncredited adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel "And Then There Were None", and the title song "Gumnaam hai" borrows (again uncredited) from Henry Mancini's theme tune from the Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn movie "Charade". The film became a box office hit. [ [http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=171&catName=MTk2NQ= BoxOffice India.com ] ]

Plot

Seven people win a free vacation in a dancing competition. They all board a small plane together with the pilot and a steward. On the way to their destination the plane has engine trouble and they are left abandoned (together with the steward) in a remote seaside location. They find shelter in a large mansion inhabited by a comical butler. One by one, they are murdered.

Jaan Pehechan Ho

The film came to wider attention when its opening dance item number "Jaan Pehechan Ho" (a Hindi phrase roughly translatable as "We should get to know each other") was featured in the film "Ghost World". The dance features singing by Bollywood legend Mohammed Rafi and wild head-shaking dancing by Laxmi Chhaya, neither of whom appears again in the film. The infectious Hawaiian-style beat of the music and the sixties atmosphere of the nightclub have gained the sequence a cult following.

Awards & Nominations

*Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actress-Helen
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actor-Mehmood
*Filmfare Best Art Direction Award- Colour Movie- S.S. Samel [ [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953 ] ]

References

External links

*imdb-title|0247394|Gumnaam
* [http://www.stomptokyo.com/movies/g/gumnaam.html Review]
* [http://www.mondo-digital.com/gumnaam.html Review]
* [http://brns.com/bollywood/pages1/bolly24.html Review]