Jewel Thief (1967) :
Brief Review -
A heist thriller that pushed Bollywood on a roll with furtive primary plot despite thin secondary plot. I tell you whoever claiming or stating that Jewel Thief is inspired by combined effect of some Alfred Hitchcock thrillers then all are false statements. Jewel Thief does not resemble to any Hitcock film (most of Hitchcock thrillers were adaptions already), rather it has its own story and a Marathon narrative. With runtime of above 170 minutes Jewel Thief lacks a pace but got all enough gimmicks to surprise by the end. Looking at it as a Primary thriller i have no complains but the secondary plot was ordinary and thin for sure. I cannot even complain about that because nobody even tried to make that 2 line or 3 line Thriller in Bollywood in 60s. So, Jewel Thief can be called a pioneer of Heist thriller genre. The film is long considering the kind of quick atmosphere any thriller needs but it is indeed a very engaging film because of great Music and healthy dose of of Romance. However, couple of scenes in the films didn't make any sense at all such as a hero romancing 2 girls at the same time without clarifying whom do he actually love and 2nd is some important characters from 1st half suddenly disappears in the 2nd half. On positive side, the plot is well planned on primary level and definitely Mysterious unless you're a Great Movie freak who could predict or smell the story in first 30 minutes (believe me i did it in 20 minutes itself). Dev Anand, Vyjayantimala, Ashok Kumar, Tanuja and supporting cast is good. Dialogues are decent and so does the screenplay. Music is Superb, SD Burman gave 3 Super Hit and evergreen songs. Vijay Anand's direction is praiseworthy but only on some level if you are not happy with a Good thriller and want more. I haven't seen something more twisty and entertaining like this from Old Bollywood yet, so for now it is the Best among those. Let's see of find something better or not. Overall, Interesting and Intriguing Stuff !
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest
A heist thriller that pushed Bollywood on a roll with furtive primary plot despite thin secondary plot. I tell you whoever claiming or stating that Jewel Thief is inspired by combined effect of some Alfred Hitchcock thrillers then all are false statements. Jewel Thief does not resemble to any Hitcock film (most of Hitchcock thrillers were adaptions already), rather it has its own story and a Marathon narrative. With runtime of above 170 minutes Jewel Thief lacks a pace but got all enough gimmicks to surprise by the end. Looking at it as a Primary thriller i have no complains but the secondary plot was ordinary and thin for sure. I cannot even complain about that because nobody even tried to make that 2 line or 3 line Thriller in Bollywood in 60s. So, Jewel Thief can be called a pioneer of Heist thriller genre. The film is long considering the kind of quick atmosphere any thriller needs but it is indeed a very engaging film because of great Music and healthy dose of of Romance. However, couple of scenes in the films didn't make any sense at all such as a hero romancing 2 girls at the same time without clarifying whom do he actually love and 2nd is some important characters from 1st half suddenly disappears in the 2nd half. On positive side, the plot is well planned on primary level and definitely Mysterious unless you're a Great Movie freak who could predict or smell the story in first 30 minutes (believe me i did it in 20 minutes itself). Dev Anand, Vyjayantimala, Ashok Kumar, Tanuja and supporting cast is good. Dialogues are decent and so does the screenplay. Music is Superb, SD Burman gave 3 Super Hit and evergreen songs. Vijay Anand's direction is praiseworthy but only on some level if you are not happy with a Good thriller and want more. I haven't seen something more twisty and entertaining like this from Old Bollywood yet, so for now it is the Best among those. Let's see of find something better or not. Overall, Interesting and Intriguing Stuff !
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest