Bombay Ka Chor

Bombay Ka Chor
Directed byS. D. Narang
Produced byNew Oriental Pictures
Starring
Music byRavi
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Bombay Ka Chor is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by S. D. Narang. It features a soundtrack composed by Ravi, and stars Kishore Kumar—who plays a dual role—and Mala Sinha. The black-and-white film also features a colour sequence titled "Holiday on Ice".

According to the authors of Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography, the film's comedy drew inspiration from the Marx Brothers and Charlie Chaplin, and its ending was copied from the crop-duster sequence from Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959).

Bombay Ka Chor premiered in Bombay on 1 June 1962. The film received negative reviews in several publications: Shankar's Weekly criticised the story and acting performances; The Times of India found it to be an "insipid hotchpotch"; while Mother India declared it "a most disgusting and idiotic picture".

Cast

References

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  2. ↑ Rajadhyaksha & Willemen 1999, p. 218.
  3. ↑ Pinto, Jerry (2006). Helen: The Life and Times of an H-bomb. Penguin Books India. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-14-303124-6.
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  5. ↑ ""Bombay Ka Chor" Opens At The Super". The Times of India. 1 June 1962. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "Bombay Ka Chor". Shankar's Weekly. 15: 81. 1962.
  7. ↑ ""Bombay Ka Chor" Serves Insipid Hotchpotch: Our Film Critic". The Times of India. 3 June 1962. p. 3.
  8. ↑ Patel, Baburao (1962). ""Bombay Ka Chor", Fraud On Entertainment". Mother India. 27: 42.