Review of Jewel Thief

Jewel Thief (1967)
A beautiful story from simpler times
11 May 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Imagine that you are the handsome Dev Anand in your prime. You are the son of a police commissioner, who accuses you of wasting your life. After a fight you leave home, only to get a good, well paying job at a jeweller. Along the way you get to sing a song to the jeweler's beautiful daughter, Anju (Tanuja)and later romance with her. Life is all hunky-dory, till another beautiful woman (Vajayanti Mala) claims at a party that you are her fiancé, Prince. You start loving this woman too, and even a seductive song by Anju cannot bring you back. You decide to reach to the root of the problem, only to find yourself betrayed. How you come out the maze and catch the jewel thief in the process, forms the core of the film.

A film from simpler times, when the good and the bad were separate, Sikkim was the most exotic place Bollywood could find, and the police could still be trusted.

Not only are the 3 ladies in the film extremely beautiful, but you will find the songs from the movie haunting you for days afterwards. The cinematography is excellent for its day. In total a movie worth watching
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