Kala Pani (1958)
February 23, 1958Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Dev Anand
Karan Mehra
Madhubala
Asha
Nalini Jaywant
Kishori
Agha
Badru
Nazir Hussain
Inspector Mehta
D.K. Sapru
Diwan Sardarilal
Kishore Sahu
Rai Bahadur Jaswant Rai
Krishan Dhawan
Jumman
Details.
Release DateFebruary 23, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 44m
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Wiki.
Kala Pani (lit. 'Black Water'; transl. Solitary confinement) is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language thriller film, produced by Dev Anand for Navketan Films and directed by Raj Khosla. It is a remake of the 1955 Bengali film Sabar Uparey starring Uttam Kumar and Chabi Biswas which itself was based on A.J. Cronin's 1953 novel Beyond This Place. The film's music is by S. D. Burman, and the lyrics are by Majrooh Sultanpuri.Kala Pani was the story of a young man who, upon learning about his father's wrongful implication in a fifteen-year-old murder, vows to bring the true criminals to justice and release his innocent father from prison, with the help of a fearless journalist & a prostitute, who is the eye-witness of the murder & have evidences against the criminals. Dev Anand starred as the young man named Karan Mehra, while Madhubala and Nalini Jaywant played a fearless journalist Asha and a prostitute Kishori respectively. Agha, Mukri starred in supporting characters.
Upon its release on 9 May 1958, the film became a huge critical and commercial success, with the leading actors earning high praises for their respective portrayals.
At the 6th Filmfare Awards, Dev Anand and Nalini Jaywant won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.