''Inspector'' is a 1956

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directed by

Shakti Samanta Shakti Samanta (13 January 1926 – 9 April 2009) was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films such as ''Anand Ashram'' (1977), Anusandhan /'' Barsaat Ki Ek Raat'' (1981), ''anay abhi ...

. It starred

Ashok Kumar Kumudlal Ganguly (13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), better known by his stage name Ashok Kumar and also by Dadamoni, was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema and who was a member of the cinematic Ganguly family. He ...

Geeta Bali Geeta Bali (born Harkirtan Kaur; 1930 ‒ 21 January 1965) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi language films. She was the wife of noted film actor Shammi Kapoor. Early life Geeta Bali was born as Harikirtan Kaur in Amritsar in the Pu ...

and Pran.

Plot

Destiny moulds its own way. When Thakur Mahendra Singh adopted a child, his wife gave him the happy news that she is going to be a mother herself. The adopted son's father Badri, who was known as Thakur's faithful servant, thought of murdering the newly born child. But his wife Ganga stopped him and ran away with the child. Twenty-five years elapsed. But the sins of the father were not left unpunished. It was on the steps of Bijlis Kotha that a murder was committed. Rajkumar did not know how to dispose of the dead body. Badri, now a victoria driver, came to his rescue. He took away the dead body and placed it in a car parked at a lonely place. It was Varsha's car. A happy-go-lucky girl as she was, Varsha found the dead body. She was dumbfounded and thought to inform the police. But a second thought came to her mind and she pulled the dead body up to the road and left it there. A constable, who saw all this informed the Police. Inspector Shyam came to investigate and was surprised to see his own beloved entangled in this case. But the duty of a police officer came first, Varsha was arrested and the investigation went on. How was Varsha proved innocent? How were the criminals punished ? How did the Inspector solve the mystery? This is what you will see in INSPECTOR.

Cast

as Shyam *

as Varsha * K. N. Singh as Badri Prasad * Pran as Raj Kumar *

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as Banarasilal Paanwala *

Nazir Hussain Nazir Hussain (15 May 1922 – 16 October 1987) was an Indian actor, director and screenwriter. He was famous as a character actor in Hindi cinema and acted in almost 500 films. Dev Anand starred in a large proportion of the films he acted in ...

as Thakur Mahendra Singh *

Achala Sachdev Achala Sachdev (3 May 1920 – 30 April 2012) was an Indian actress who appeared in classic films of Hindi language film industry. She was from Peshawar and started her career as a child actor. She later became known for mother and grandmother ...

as Ganga * Pratima Devi as Mahendra Singh's Mother

Music

Music of this film is by

Hemant Kumar Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemant Kumar and Hemanta Mukherjee, was a legendary Indian music composer and playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, as well as other Indian ...

, while the lyrics are 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 ...

References

External links

* 1956 films 1950s Hindi-language films 1956 crime films Films directed by Shakti Samanta Films scored by Hemant Kumar 1950s police films Indian crime films Hindi-language crime films Indian black-and-white films {{1950s-Hindi-film-stub