Raat Ke Rahi (1959)

Raat Ke Rahi is a 1959 Indian Hindi drama film written and directed by Naseem. It was a Pushpanjali production with music by Bipin Babul and lyrics by Vishwamitra Adil. The cast included Shammi Kapoor, Jabeen, Nazir Hussain, Anwar Hussain and Achala Sachdev. Naseem Salamuddin went on to direct the successful Bhojpuri film Hamar Sansar 1967 which was produced by Nazir Hussain.

Ritas Jabeen mother is dying and the priest tends to her. She asks for her older daughter Mary Achala Sachdev, who stays in another village with her husband James Nazir Hussain. Mary has written to say that she cannot come and is unable to meet her mother. Following the death of her mother Rita has to move from her village and she goes to stay with her sister. On the way to the inn run by James called the Kaala Ghoda Black Horse, she stops at another inn called Johnnys Inn for some tea. There she meets the audacious Bobby Shammi Kapoor who pretends to be the owner of the Inn and makes the real owner Johnny Anwar Hussain act as the waiter. Bobby is James brother but they dont get along and he had last seen Rita when she was very young. But Ritas not impressed by Bobby. He however accompanies her as its dark and dangerous on the road to the Kaala Ghoda. No respectable person visits the inn and there are stories of wrongdoings going on there.Bobby is actually in the police and he works undercover as an unemployed gadabout drinker with no work so that he can get nearer to the criminals. His friend Johnny fancies reading detective novels and getting up in disguises presumably to look out for any unlawful activity. He has a girlfriend Daisy Radhika who helps him in his quest. Bobby reports to another police officer, Robert, who seems to be the only one to know of Bobbys secret identity. Johnny tells Bobby that his brother James is up to no good and carries out smuggling from his inn. Bobby believes Johnny but says that James is his brother and he doesnt want to take action against him without any proof. ........

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