''The Train'' is a 1970 Indian

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-language

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starring

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. It is a remake of the 1967

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film ''

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''.

Plot

Khanna stars as Police Inspector Shyam Kumar, who sets out to solve a series of murders which have all taken place on a

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. Complicating the situation are his girlfriend Neeta (

), who has been acting mysteriously ever since she began her new job, and hotel dancer Miss Lily (

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), who tries to seduce the good police inspector, but may find that she loses her heart instead.

Cast

as CID Inspector Shyam Kumar *

as Neeta / Geeta *

as Lily *

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as Pyarelal *

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As Police Commissioner *

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as Yogi / No. 1 * M. B. Shetty as Shetty * Mumtaz Begum as Neeta's Mother * Chaman Puri as Neeta's father Ramdev * Sunder as Hiralal jeweller *Ranveer Raj as Inspector Kapoor *Mamaji as Stationmaster * Randhir as Peshomal Lodhani Diamond dealer * Gurnam Singh as the waiter * Chinu Rajput as the Male dancer in song "O Meri Jaan Maine Kahan" * Harbans Darshan M. Arora as Inspector in Nasik police station *

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as dancer in song "Chaiyaan Re Chaiyaan" * Shammi as Geeta the matron of Young girls hostel * Rajpal as Anokhe Lal (The Boss)

Production

''The Train'' was co-produced by

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and it was

who suggested Rajendra to cast Rajesh Khanna in the main lead.

Soundtrack

The film is famous for the evergreen song "Kis Liye Maine Pyar Kiya", sung by

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and the peppy number "Gulabi Aankhen", sung by

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, which continues to get remixed and recreated to this day. These took inspiration from the 1940 Hollywood film ''

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''. The lyrics were written by

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Reception

''The Train'' was recorded as a "Hit" at

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. This film is counted among the 17 consecutive hit films of Rajesh Khanna between 1969 and 1971, by adding the two-hero films ''Marayada'' and ''Andaz'' to the 15 consecutive solo hits he gave from 1969 to 1971.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Train 1970 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s mystery thriller films 1970s spy thriller films Films scored by R. D. Burman Films set on trains Hindi remakes of Malayalam films Indian mystery thriller films Indian spy thriller films Rose Audio Visuals Films directed by Ravikant Nagaich