''Dilli Ka Thug'' (''The Trickster of Delhi'') is a 1958

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-language

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directed by S. D. Narang. It stars

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and

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. The music was by

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and the lyrics were by

S.H. Bihari Shamsul Huda Bihari (S. H. Bihari) (1920–1987) was an Indian lyricist, songwriter and poet whose work was widely recorded and used in Bollywood movies during the latter half of the 20th century. Bihari was born in Arrah, Bihar, India. He liv ...

, Shailendra and

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Plot

Kishore Kumar Sharma (

) gambles and tricks people to make money. On being confronted by his mother, he decides to find a job and lands one in Mumbai, where he continues wooing Asha (

). Kishore's father and his friend were murdered by the notorious Anantram who now wears a mask to hide his true identity, continues manufacturing spurious medicines and also passes as Asha's uncle. The firm employing Kishore is run by Anantram and his two henchmen Sevakram and Bihari. Anantram goes to murder Kishore in the hospital, but drops his monocle, which makes inspector Dilip Singh (

) suspicious. He manages to take Anantram's fingerprints on Sohan Lal's wallet and figures out the truth. What follows is a dramatic air-borne sequence where Anantram is beaten by Kishore and shot by Asha. Kishore manages to land the airplane after the pilots lose consciousness.

Cast

as Kishore Kumar Sharma *

as Asha *

as Bihari *

as Inspector Dilip Singh * Krishnakant as Sewakram * Pratima Devi as Mrs. Sharma * Ratna Bhushan as Radha Sharma *

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as Dancer Lily (In the song O Babu O Lala) *

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as Dancer (In the song Kisi Ka Dil Lena Ho) * Kumud Tripathi as Jaggu * Ratan Gaurang as Kishore's punter * Amar as Professor Amarnath * Mirajkar as Subramaniam * Brahm Bharadwaj as Prosecutor lawyer

Soundtrack

The background score and soundtrack were composed by

, while the lyrics were penned by Majrooh, Shailendra and S. H. Bihari. The song "Cat Mane Billi" was later adapted as the Tamil song "B.O.Y. Boy Inna Paiyan " for '' Thilakam'' (1960).

Track listing

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External links

* 1958 films Indian black-and-white films 1950s Hindi-language films 1958 comedy films Indian comedy films Films scored by Ravi Hindi-language comedy films Films set in Delhi {{1950s-comedy-film-stub