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{{Infobox film
| name = Qaidi No. 911
| image = Qaidi No. 911.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| native_name = 
| director = Aspi Irani
| producer = Aspi Irani
| writer = C. J. Pavri
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Sheikh Mukhtar]]<br />[[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]]<br />[[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]]
| narrator =
| music = Dattaram
| cinematography = Dali Daroowala
| editing =
| studio = Super Pictures
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1959| | }}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
}}
'''''Qaidi No. 911''''' ({{trans|Convict no. 911}}) is a 1959 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[crime film]] produced and directed by Aspi Irani, and written by C. J. Pavri. The film stars [[Sheikh Mukhtar]], [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]] and [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]] in the lead roles. It focuses on a man who is arrested for a robbery he never committed. The film was remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Kaithi Kannayiram]]'' (1960) and in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Khaidi Kannaiah]]'' (1962).

== Plot ==
A man is arrested for a robbery he never committed.<ref name="Thought">{{Cite magazine |last=Goel |first=K. B. |date=20 June 1959 |title=Qaidi No 911 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5gcAQAAMAAJ&q=Qaidi |magazine=Thought |publisher=Siddhartha Publications |page=98}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [[Sheikh Mukhtar]] as Birju<ref name="BFI" />
* [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]] as Gita<ref name="BFI" />
* [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]] as Anand<ref name="BFI" />
* Hiralal as Shambhu<ref name="BFI" />
* Jagirdar as the jailor<ref name="BFI" />
*[[Daisy Irani (actress)|Daisy Irani]] as Guddu<ref name="BFI" />

== Production ==
''Qaidi No. 911'' was produced and directed by Aspi Irani under Super Pictures.<ref name="BFI" /><ref name="Kannaiah" /> The story and screenplay were written by C. J. Pavri, and the dialogue by Akhtar Ul-iman. Cinematography was handled by Dali Daroowala.<ref name="BFI" />

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by Dattaram, and the lyrics were written by [[Hasrat Jaipuri]].<ref name="BFI" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/qaidi-no.-911/uUmCs0WQRWA_ |title=Qaidi No. 911 |website=[[JioSaavn]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181220172535/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/qaidi-no.-911/uUmCs0WQRWA_ |archive-date=20 December 2018 |access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> The song "Mithi Mithi Baton Se Bachna Zara" was later re-used in the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Santhi Nivasam]]'' (1960) as "Aasalu Theerchave".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/santhinivasam-1960/article8050118.ece |title=Santhinivasam (1960) |date=31 December 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 December 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181114072200/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/santhinivasam-1960/article8050118.ece |archive-date=14 November 2018}}</ref> In ''Qaidi No. 911''{{'}}s [[Tamil language|Tamil]] remake ''[[Kaithi Kannayiram]]'' (1960), the same song was re-used as "Konji Konji Pesi",<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sriramv.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/meethi-meethi-baaton-and-konji-konji-pesi/ |title=Meethi Meethi baaton and Konji Konji pesi |last=Sriram |first=V. |authorlink=V. Sriram |date=1 August 2018 |website=Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802132650/https://sriramv.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/meethi-meethi-baaton-and-konji-konji-pesi/ |archive-date=2 August 2018 |access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> and in the Telugu remake ''[[Khaidi Kannaiah]]'' (1962), it was re-used as "Teeya Teeyani Tenela Maatalato".<ref name="Kannaiah" />

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| extra_column = Singer(s)
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| title1 = Tere Tir Ko Humne Pyar Se
| note1 =
| writer1 =
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| extra1 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| length1 = 3:26
| title2 = Mithi Mithi Baton Se Bachna Zara
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| extra2 = Lata Mangeshkar
| length2 = 3:28
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== Reception ==
K. B. Goel, a reviewer for the magazine ''Thought'' wrote, "[Sheikh Mukhtar] is strongly built and very tall but seems ill-adjusted in his role" and added, "All this abracadabra could have been a little intelligible had the director Mr Aspi concentrated on the character development rather than dances, which occur at the least provocation, and on enacting the same scene, with slight variations, of the night club. But he chooses what is grist in our films. And that is that."<ref name="Thought" /> The film was a commercial success.<ref name="Kannaiah">{{Cite news |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Khaidi-Kannaiah-1962/article14993312.ece |title=Khaidi Kannaiah (1962) |date=22 September 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 December 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115051526/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Khaidi-Kannaiah-1962/article14993312.ece |archive-date=15 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="Kannayiram">{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Randor |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kaithi-kannayiram-1960/article2018744.ece |title=Kaithi Kannayiram 1960 |date=14 May 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 December 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507124753/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kaithi-kannayiram-1960/article2018744.ece |archive-date=7 May 2013 |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75f96b7d |title=Qaidi No. 911 (1959) |website=[[British Film Institute]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181220134518/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75f96b7d |archive-date=20 December 2018 |access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0155080}}
* {{CITWF title|283505}}

[[Category:1959 crime films]]
[[Category:1959 films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian crime films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films about miscarriage of justice]]
[[Category:Hindi-language crime films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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