Jaal (1967 film)

Jaal
Poster
Directed by	Moni Bhattacharjee
Written by	Moni Bhattacharjee (Script) Dhruva Bhattacharya (Script) Ehsan Rizvi (Dialogue)
Produced by	A.R. Khan
Starring	Biswajeet Mala Sinha
Cinematography	Apurba Bhattacharjee
Edited by	Das Dhaimade
Music by	Laxmikant Pyarelal
Distributed by	Kapurchand & Co. (Theatrical)
Release date	1967 (1967)
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Jaal is a 1967 Hindi suspense-thriller film directed by Moni Bhattacharjee.^[1] The film features Biswajeet and Mala Sinha in lead roles.

Plot[]

Inspector Shankar is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of Sunder Singh, whose ship wrecks on a stormy night. Sunder was off to marry Sheila, the daughter of his mother's childhood friend who had long since died. Sheila was raised by her father, who dies of a heart attack when he learns of Sunder's death. Sunder's mother decides to take Sheila to live with her. In denial of her son's death, Sunder's mother keeps doing various acts in madness. She keeps serving food for Sunder, talks with his photos, and keeps feeling that her son has returned. Meanwhile, Shankar and Sheila fall in love. But in her madness, Sunder's mother starts preparations of Sunder's wedding with Sheila. Sunder's face-burnt body is found and the mystery continues whether his death was an accident or a murder.

Cast[]

• Biswajeet as Inspector Shankar
• Mala Sinha as Sheela
• Sujit Kumar as Sunder Singh
• Nirupa Roy as Sunder's mother
• Tarun Bose as Micheal
• Helen Prakash's girlfriend
• Johnny Walker as Prakash
• Asit Sen as Helen's uncle
• Jagdish Raj as Police sub-inspector
• Niranjan Sharma as Sheela's father

Music[]

The music of the film is composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal, and the songs are written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan and Anand Bakshi.^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Jaal (1967) at IMDb