Undistinguished Indian attempt at a couple as detectives comedy thriller borrows from Northside 777 and Murder Inc.
Reporter Dutt runs into Shakila on the rail platform, where Sari wearing widow Chitnis is greeting her imprisoned son Kundan in transit. As it turns out the old woman has Rs.10,000, a large sum of money saved to pay for her son's re-trial.
Dutt persuades the comic editor this is a story and Shakila, after thinking he is stalking her or wanting the widow's money, joins him in an attempt to crack the case.
Noir elements arrive late, in the spooky hotel and the ruins where the hired killer lives, before feeble courtroom finale.
All studio black and white filming in phony settings, interrupted by unnecessary songs - the ones given the priest and Purnima aren't bad. The leads get an elaborate club dance. They might register in better material. Interest picks up a bit in the second half but there is little here that requires attention.
Reporter Dutt runs into Shakila on the rail platform, where Sari wearing widow Chitnis is greeting her imprisoned son Kundan in transit. As it turns out the old woman has Rs.10,000, a large sum of money saved to pay for her son's re-trial.
Dutt persuades the comic editor this is a story and Shakila, after thinking he is stalking her or wanting the widow's money, joins him in an attempt to crack the case.
Noir elements arrive late, in the spooky hotel and the ruins where the hired killer lives, before feeble courtroom finale.
All studio black and white filming in phony settings, interrupted by unnecessary songs - the ones given the priest and Purnima aren't bad. The leads get an elaborate club dance. They might register in better material. Interest picks up a bit in the second half but there is little here that requires attention.
