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{{short description|1965 Indian Bollywood thriller film}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Gumnaam
| name          = {{Lang|hi-latn|Gumnaam}}
| image          =  
| image          = Gumnaam 1965.jpg
| caption        =  
| caption        = Film poster
| director      = Raja Nawathe
| director      = [[Raja Nawathe]]
| producer      = N. N. Sippy
| producer      = [[N. N. Sippy]]
| writer        = Charandas Shokh<br/>Dhruva Chatterjee
| writer        = Charandas Shokh<br />[[Dhruva Chatterjee]]
| starring      = [[Manoj Kumar]]<br>[[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]]<br>[[Helen (actress)|Helen]]<br>[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]<br>[[Madan Puri]]<br>[[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]]
| starring      = [[Manoj Kumar]]<br /> [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]] <br /> [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]]<br/> [[Pran (actor)|Pran]]<br /> [[Helen (actress)|Helen]]<br /> [[Madan Puri]]<br/> [[Tarun Bose]]<br/> [[Dhumal (actor)|Dhumal]]<br/> [[Manmohan (actor)|Manmohan]]
| music          = Shankar-Jaikishan
| music          = [[Shankar–Jaikishan]]
| based_on      = ''And Then There Were None'' by Agatha Christie
| based_on      = ''[[And Then There Were None]]'' by [[Agatha Christie]]
| cinematography = K. H. Kapadia  
| cinematography = [[K. H. Kapadia ]]
| editing        = D. N. Pai
| editing        = [[D. N. Pai]]
| studio        = Prithvi Pictures  
| studio        = [[Prithvi Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[Ultra Media & Entertainment|Ultra Films]]
| distributor    =  
| released      = 24 December 1965
| released      = {{Film date|df=y|1965|12|24}}
| runtime        = 145 minutes
| runtime        = 145 minutes
| country        = [[India]]
| country        = India
| language      = [[Hindi]]
| language      = Hindi
| budget        =  
| budget        =  
| gross          = {{estimation}} [[#Box office|{{INR}}2.6 crore ($5.46&nbsp;million)]]
| gross          = {{estimation}} [[#Box office|{{INR}}2.6 crore ($5.46&nbsp;million)]]
}}
}}


'''Gumnaam''' (translation: ''Anonymous'') is a [[List of Hindi films of 1965|1965]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[mystery film]] directed by Raja Nawathe and produced by N. N. Sippy. Released in [[India]] on 24 December 1965, the film stars [[Manoj Kumar]], [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]], [[Helen (actress)|Helen]], [[Pran (actor)|Pran]], [[Madan Puri]] and [[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]]. The film is a loosely inspired adaptation of the 1939 mystery novel ''And Then There Were None'' by Agatha Christie.<ref>https://m.cinemaexpress.com/stories/trends/2017/nov/22/aboard-the-mystery-train-3207.amp</ref>
'''''Gumnaam''''' ([[translation]]: ''Anonymous'') is a [[List of Hindi films of 1965|1965]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi]]-language [[mystery film]] directed by [[Raja Nawathe]] and produced by [[N. N. Sippy]]. The film was released in [[India]] on 24 December 1965 and stars an [[ensemble cast]] of [[Manoj Kumar]], [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]], [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]], [[Pran (actor)|Pran]], [[Helen (actress)|Helen]], [[Madan Puri]], [[Tarun Bose]], [[Dhumal (actor)|Dhumal]] and [[Manmohan (actor)|Manmohan]]. The film is a loosely inspired adaptation of [[Agatha Christie]]'s 1939 [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] novel ''[[And Then There Were None]]'' and was remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Naalai Unathu Naal]]'' (1984). In the film, eight people (six men and two women) find themselves stranded on a remote island after winning a contest. As soon as they settle down in an eerie mansion with a strange butler, the guests begin to get murdered one after the other.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.cinemaexpress.com/stories/trends/2017/nov/22/aboard-the-mystery-train-3207.amp|title = Aboard the mystery train &#124; Cinemaexpress|date=22 November 2017| website=[[Cinema Express]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024081137/https://m.cinemaexpress.com/stories/trends/2017/nov/22/aboard-the-mystery-train-3207.amp |archive-date=24 October 2020|url-status=dead|quote=Before Manoj Kumar became the flagbearer of patriotic films like Upkaar, he starred in Agatha Christie's most appreciated book, And Then There Were None. Featuring Mehmood, Pran, Helen among others, it is a faithful adaptation of the novel in which eight people land up on an island and begin to die mysteriously. A few years back, the film was called to mainstream attention when the film's opening song, Jaan Pehechan Ko, was used in a 2011 Heineken commercial.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/noir-meets-nawathe-close-up-on-gumnaam|title=Noir Meets Nawathe: Close-Up on "Gumnaam"|date=16 July 2020|website=[[Mubi (streaming service)|MUBI]]|first=Bedatri D.|last=Choudhury|access-date=26 June 2023|archive-date=26 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626000657/https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/noir-meets-nawathe-close-up-on-gumnaam|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
The film came to wider attention in the English-speaking world when its opening song "[[Jaan Pehechan Ho]]" (a Hindi-Urdu phrase roughly translated as "we should get to know each other") was included in the opening credits of ''Ghost World'' and used in the 2011 commercial ''The Date'' for Heineken. The song was sung by Bollywood music legend [[Mohammed Rafi]]. The lead dancer in the song as shot in the film was [[Laxmi Chhaya]]. The psychedelic choreography was done by [[Herman Benjamin]], who also sang the song as picturised in the film.


==Plot==
==Plot==
The film begins off in good, time-honoured crime-riddled way; on a dark night, wealthy Seth Sohanlal, stepping drunkenly out of a nightclub, is run down by a speeding car. Seth Sohanlal dies right there on the sidewalk and the scene moves to a seedy room overlooking the nightclub. This room is occupied by Khanna (Hiralal) who gives a hefty wad of currency notes to an unseen man being hired by him to murder Seth Sohanlal. Khanna then sets about making a series of telephone calls - to a doctor, whom he tells that a medical certificate will have to be made; to a mysterious young girl, whom he tells that the will needs to be sent to the "right place"; and to another man, whom he tells that the will will reach him the next morning - but in no case does the audience see whom Khanna is speaking to. Khanna then telephones Seth Sohanlal's niece, Asha ([[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]]), and breaks the news of her uncle's death. The loud sobs and shrieks of a devastated Asha get amplified when she hears some gunshots at the other end of the line as another faceless figure in a long coat and hat has entered Khanna's room and shot him point-blank. Khanna drops dead with his blood dripping strangely onto the receiver of the dangling telephone.
On a dark night, wealthy Seth Sohanlal, stepping drunkenly out of a hotel, is run down by a speeding car and dies on the spot. A room overlooking the hotel is occupied by Khanna ([[Hiralal (actor)|Hiralal]]), Seth Sohanlal's murderer, who gives a bundle of [[banknote]]s to the unseen driver of the car arriving shortly after. Khanna then makes a series of [[telephone call]]s to unseen people: to a [[Physician|doctor]], whom he tells that a [[medical certificate]] needs to be created; to a mysterious young girl, whom he tells that the [[Will and testament|will]] needs to be sent to the "right place"; and to a [[lawyer]], whom he tells that the will will reach him the next morning and after that it is his job. Later, Khanna calls Seth Sohanlal's niece, Asha ([[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]]), and breaks the news of her uncle's death. As Asha screams in anguish, she hears some [[gunshot]]s at the other end of the line as an unseen intruder in a long [[coat]] and [[hat]] has entered Khanna's room and [[Shooting|shot]] him to death. A few days later, it is announced at a [[nightclub]] that the seven winners (five men and two girls) of a "lucky draw" have won a free [[fortnight]]-long trip to an unspecified destination abroad and will be going in a [[Air charter|chartered]] [[airplane]]. These fortunate people are [[Barrister]] Rakesh ([[Pran (actor)|Pran]]), Dharamdas ([[Dhumal (actor)|Dhumal]]), Kishan ([[Manmohan (actor)|Manmohan]]), Kitty Kelly ([[Helen (actress)|Helen]]), Dr. Acharya ([[Madan Puri]]), Madhusudan Sharma ([[Tarun Bose]]), and finally, Asha, who now seems more composed.  
 
A few days later, it is announced at a nightclub that the seven winners of a "lucky draw" held earlier that evening have won a free fortnight-long trip to an unspecified destination abroad and will be going in a chartered airplane. These fortunate people are Barrister Rakesh ([[Pran (actor)|Pran]]), Dharamdas ([[Dhumal (actor)|Dhumal]]), Kishan (Manmohan), Kitty Kelly ([[Helen (actress)|Helen]]), Dr. Acharya ([[Madan Puri]]), Madhusudan Sharma ([[Tarun Bose]]), and finally, someone whom the audience has encountered earlier, Asha, though she now seems more composed. Soon, these seven people are in their chartered airplane, off for their vacation abroad, when the pilot announces that they are having to make an emergency landing at an anonymous remote island due to some technical issues. The pilot also tells the seven passengers and the only flight attendant who is on board, Anand ([[Manoj Kumar]]), that they are free to explore the area of the island while the repairs are going on. However, as soon as Anand and the seven passengers alight from the airplane, the pilot shockingly dumps their bags out and the airplane takes off without them, leaving them all stranded on the island. At the same time, a mysterious, unseen woman begins singing an eerie song on the island without the woman ever being visible. The eight people follow the direction of the woman's voice and finally arrive at a vast and spooky mansion. The mansion seems to be unoccupied except for a comical South Indian [[lungi]]-clad butler ([[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]]), who is in charge of the mansion and has been weirdly expecting the arrival of the castaways. The butler also knows each of these people by name and has been given a letter listing all of these people except Anand.  


Further, everyone discovers that the butler has a diary which, besides containing a daily expense account, also contains a message addressed to the entire group, accusing each of these people of having conspired to kill Seth Sohanlal and passing a death sentence on them. There is instant consternation, disbelief and fear for the people now having to pay up with their own lives and the mysterious woman begins singing the song again. That night, Anand goes on a recce of his fellow guests' rooms, peering in through the keyholes, when he witnesses Rakesh having fallen in love with Kitty and flirting with her; Dr. Acharya clinging his hands to a bottle of poison; and Dharamdas hiding a fearsome-looking dagger under his pillow. Anand is caught out in his night-time perambulations by Kishan but neither says anything to the other, while the butler's suspicious actions indicate the presence of an unknown person in the mansion. The next day passes uneventfully, but at dinnertime, everyone is worried as Kishan is nowhere to be found in the mansion. Following dinner, Anand and Asha together go searching for Kishan through the ruins scattered across the island with a torch as well as a gun that Anand has mysteriously brought with him when the two are shocked to stumble onto Kishan, stabbed to death. Anand discovers a bit of half-smoked cigar and a letter addressed to the group next to Kishan's dead body. The letter states that Kishan was the driver of the car and the man hired by Khanna that ran down Seth Sohanlal and that is why he is now been killed.  
Soon, these seven winners are in their chartered airplane, off of their vacation abroad, when the [[pilot]] announces to them and the only [[flight attendant]] who is on board, Anand ([[Manoj Kumar]]), that the airplane is forced to make an [[emergency landing]] at an anonymous remote [[island]] due to some technical problems. However, as soon as Anand and the seven passengers alight from the airplane, the pilot shockingly dumps all their [[baggage]] out and the airplane [[Takeoff|takes off]] without them, leaving them all stranded on the island. At the same time, a mysterious girl begins singing an eerie song on the island without the girl ever being visible. The eight people follow the girl's [[Human voice|voice]] and finally come across at a vast and spooky [[mansion]], which seems to be unoccupied except for a comical [[lungi]]-clad [[butler]] ([[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]]), who is in charge of the mansion and has been shockingly expecting the arrival of the [[castaway]]s. The butler also knows each of these people by name and has been provided with a [[Letter (message)|letter]] listing all of these people except Anand. Moreover, everyone discovers that the butler has a [[diary]] which, besides containing an [[Account (bookkeeping)|account]] of daily [[expense]], also contains a message addressed to the entire group, accusing each of these people of having conspired to kill Seth Sohanlal and passing a death sentence on them. That night, Anand, who himself has mysteriously brought with him a [[gun]], discovers that Dr. Acharya has brought a [[bottle]] of [[poison]] and Dharamdas a fearsome-looking [[dagger]]. While Rakesh and Kitty fall in love and Anand begins [[flirting]] with Asha, the butler's suspicious actions indicate the presence of an unknown person in the mansion.  


At the same time, Anand reveals that the dagger used to murder Kishan was none other than the one which Dharamdas had hidden under his pillow, causing everyone to immediately corner Dharamdas and try to get him to confess to Kishan's murder, but Dharamdas pleads his innocence. The very next evening, the innocence of Dharamdas is proved when Anand and Asha stumble onto his strangled dead body in the courtyard of a ruined church and the mysterious woman begins singing another verse of her creepy song. Anand concludes that the culprit is among them and it becomes clear that everyone was connected to Seth Sohanlal; Rakesh wrote Seth Sohanlal's will on Khanna's orders, while Kitty was Seth Sohanlal's private secretary who sent his will to Rakesh on Khanna's instructions, though neither knew about the other. The next day, Anand notices Rakesh hiding an [[axe]] and becomes suspicious of his intentions. Just then, Dr. Acharya appears exclaiming that Sharma has been apparently killed with an axe and another letter addressed to the group is discovered next to his apparent dead body. The letter states that Sharma was Khanna's co-conspirator in Seth Sohanlal's murder and that is why he is also now been killed. Now only three men - Anand, Rakesh and Dr. Acharya - and two women - Asha and Kitty - are left alive and terrified on the island along with the butler.
The next day passes uneventfully, but at night, Anand and Asha are shocked to find Kishan [[stabbed]] to death with a half-smoked [[cigar]] and a letter addressed to the group next to Kishan's [[Cadaver|dead body]]. The letter states that Kishan was the driver of the car that ran down Seth Sohanlal, and that is why he has now been killed. The group deduces that Dharamdas killed Kishan, but he pleads innocence and Anand and Asha also later find him [[Strangling|strangled]] to death. Rakesh accuses Dr. Acharya of actually having [[Poisoning|poisoned]] Dharamdas and it becomes clear that everyone was connected to Seth Sohanlal: Kitty was Seth Sohanlal's [[private secretary]] who sent his will to Rakesh on Khanna's instructions; while Rakesh wrote Seth Sohanlal's will on Khanna's orders, though neither was aware about the other. The next day, Anand notices Rakesh hiding an [[axe]] before Dr. Acharya appears informing that Sharma has been murdered with an axe. The murderer has left another letter addressed to the group next to Sharma's dead body, stating that Sharma has been killed because he was Khanna's co-conspirator in Seth Sohanlal's murder. Now only three men - Anand, Rakesh and Dr. Acharya - and two girls - Asha and Kitty - are left alive and terrified on the island along with the butler.


That night, Dr. Acharya catches the butler acting suspiciously and learns his secret before a scuffle ensues between them both. In the presence of Asha and Kitty, a stabbed Dr. Acharya enters the dining room, utters Anand's name and breathes his last. Anand and Rakesh accuse each other of Dr. Acharya's murder while Asha begins questioning her faith in Anand. The next day, Kitty goes for a walk by herself and is strangled to death by a rope. Rakesh and Asha, who have been searching for Kitty, are shocked to discover her dead body and Anand's hat next to it. Rakesh witnesses Anand running away from the crime scene and begins pursuing him but loses his trail. In a fit of rage, Rakesh tries to rape Asha in the mansion in the middle of the night. Asha escapes from Rakesh but runs into him again as Rakesh collapses dead with two daggers in his back. The lights in the mansion are switched off, which indicates that the killer has arrived and that Asha is next. The killer approaches Asha and she falls unconscious in fear before the killer carries Asha to a secret room. After she regains consciousness, Asha discovers that the killer is none other than Sharma, who reveals that he had only employed the butler to make the necessary arrangements on the island, and posing as one of the castaways, he killed Kishan and Dharamdas. He then convinced Dr. Acharya to declare him dead on the pretext that it would help him investigate the killer, and later killed Dr. Acharya as well with Kitty and Rakesh.  
That night, Dr. Acharya catches the butler acting suspiciously and learns his secret before a scuffle ensues between them. In the presence of Asha and Kitty, a stabbed Dr. Acharya enters the [[dining room]], utters Anand's name and breathes his last. Anand and Rakesh accuse each other of Dr. Acharya's murder, while Asha begins questioning her faith in Anand. The next day, Kitty goes for a walk by herself and is strangled to death by a [[rope]]. Rakesh and Asha, searching for Kitty, are shocked to find her dead body and Anand's hat next to it. Rakesh witnesses Anand escaping from the [[crime scene]] and begins pursuing him, but loses his trail. In a fit of rage and grief, Rakesh returns to the mansion and attempts to [[rape]] Asha in the middle of the night. Asha escapes from Rakesh, but runs into him again as Rakesh collapses dead with two daggers in his [[Human back|back]]. All the [[Electric light|lights]] in the mansion go out, which indicates that the killer has arrived and that Asha is next. The killer approaches Asha and she falls unconscious in fear, before he carries her to a secret room and helps her regain consciousness. At this point, Asha is shocked to learn that the killer is none other than Sharma, who reveals that he is alive and that he had only employed the butler to make the necessary arrangements on the island. Posing as one of the castaways, he killed Kishan and Dharamdas and then convinced Dr. Acharya to falsely declare him dead, on the pretext that it would help him secretly track down the killer, and later killed Dr. Acharya as well along with Kitty and Rakesh.  


Just then, Anand appears at the scene and reveals that he is actually an undercover police inspector on the mission to nab Sharma, an escaped convict whose real name is Madanlal. Madanlal reveals to Anand and Asha that Khanna and Seth Sohanlal were his partners in smuggling, but he was betrayed by them after being arrested by the police. Khanna also had Seth Sohanlal killed to usurp the share of his money, but Madanlal escaped from prison and murdered Khanna. He then ensured that his targets "won" the lucky draw held at the nightclub and decided to take the trip to murder Khanna's remaining five assistants too. Madanlal then ties up both Anand and Asha and plays the game of Russian Roulette with them. However, the butler secretly arrives and releases Anand, who attacks Madanlal as he is about to shoot Asha with the only bullet. In the ensuing scuffle, Madanlal escapes from the mansion and runs towards the seashore but an airplane full of police officers lands on the island and Madanlal is arrested for his crimes. The "ghost" woman who sings the ominous song turns out to be the butler's mentally-ill sister (Naina). The film ends with Anand, Asha, the butler and his sister leaving the ill-fated island on the airplane.
Just then, Anand appears at the scene and reveals that he is actually an [[Covert operation|undercover]] [[police inspector]] on the mission to capture Sharma, an escaped [[convict]] whose real name is Madanlal. Madanlal confesses to Anand and Asha that both Khanna and Seth Sohanlal were his partners in [[smuggling]], but he was betrayed by them after being [[arrest]]ed by the police. Khanna and Seth Sohanlal also raped Madanlal's sister, which led her to commit suicide, and murdered Madanlal's brother as well after he informed Madanlal about their crime in [[prison]]. Khanna also had Seth Sohanlal killed to usurp the share of his money, but Madanlal escaped from prison and murdered Khanna. He then ensured that his targets "won" the lucky draw held at the nightclub and took the trip in order to murder Khanna's remaining five assistants too. Madanlal then ties up both Anand and Asha and plays a game of [[Russian Roulette]] with them. However, the butler secretly arrives and unties Anand, who attacks Madanlal as he is about to shoot Asha with the only [[bullet]]. In the ensuing scuffle, Madanlal escapes from the mansion and runs towards the [[Coast|shore]], but an airplane full of police (acting upon Anand's information) [[Landing|lands]] on the island and Madanlal is arrested for his crimes. At the same time, the "[[ghost]]" girl singing the [[Omen|ominous]] song turns out to be the butler's [[Mental disorder|mentally ill]] sister (Naina). The film ends with Anand, Asha, the butler and his sister leaving the ill-fated island on the airplane.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Manoj Kumar]] as Undercover Inspector Anand
* [[Manoj Kumar]] as [[Inspector]] Anand
* [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]] as Asha
* [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]] as Asha
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Barrister Rakesh
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as [[Barrister]] Rakesh
* [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Kitty Kelly
* [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Kitty Kelly
* [[Madan Puri]] as Dr. Acharya
* [[Madan Puri]] as Dr. Acharya
* [[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]] as the butler
* [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]] as the [[butler]] Mahesh Rane
* [[Tarun Bose]] as Madhusudan Sharma (fake) / Madanlal
* [[Tarun Bose]] as Madhusudan Sharma (fake) / Madanlal
* [[Dhumal (actor)|Dhumal]] as Dharamdas
* [[Dhumal (actor)|Dhumal]] as Dharamdas
* Manmohan as Kishan
* [[Manmohan (actor)|Manmohan]] as Kishan
=== Cameo Appearances ===
 
* [[Laxmi Chhaya]] as the masked dancer in "Jaane Pehchane Ho" song  
* [[Laxmi Chhaya]] and [[Herman Benjamin]] as the masked dancer and masked singer respectively in "Jaan Pehechan Ho" song
* Hiralal as Khanna (Seth Sohanlal's murderer)  
* [[Hiralal (actor)|Hiralal]] as Khanna (Seth Sohanlal's murderer)
* Naina as the butler's mentally-ill sister
* Naina as the butler's insane sister


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
{{Album ratings
The music in this movie was composed by [[Shankar-Jaikishan]] and lyrics were written by [[Shailendra_(lyricist)|Shailendra]].
| rev1 = Planet Bollywood
| rev1score = {{Rating|9|10}}<ref name="pb">{{cite web|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=042406025200 |title=Gumnaam Music Review by Shahid Khan |publisher=Planet Bollywood |access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref>
}}
 
Critic Shahid Khan rated the soundtrack 9 out of 10 stating, "Gumnaam is sometimes unfairly overlooked but I believe that it is one of [[Shankar-Jaikishan]]'s best albums."<ref name="pb"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(s)!! Notes
! Song !! Singer(s)
|-
|-
|"[[Jaan Pehechan Ho]]"
|"[[Jaan Pehechan Ho]]"
|[[Mohammed Rafi]]
|[[Mohammed Rafi]]
|Picturised on [[Laxmi Chhaya]] and choreographer Herman Benjamin;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://memsaabstory.wordpress.com/2008/12/14/trivia-time-33/|title=Trivia time #33|date=14 December 2008|website=Memsaabstory.wordpress.com|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref> features in the opening credits of [[Ghost World (film)|Ghost World]]. Also featured on the CD ''Bollywood Steel Guitar'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Bollywood-Steel-Guitar-Various-Artists/dp/B0014Z3OPS/|title=Bollywood Steel Guitar|date=1 April 2008|website=Amazon.com|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref> a [[Compilation album|compilation]] by various released in 2008 by the [[Sublime Frequencies]] record label.
|-
|-
|"Gumnaam Hai Koi"
|"Gumnaam Hai Koi"
|[[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|[[Lata Mangeshkar]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tripathi|first=Abhishek|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TX8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA109|title=Indian Film Music and The Aesthetics of Chords|date=2020-09-08|page=109|publisher=Zorba Books|isbn=978-93-90011-48-3|language=en}}</ref>
|Cover version of the title song by [[Henry Mancini]] of the film ''[[Charade (1963 film)|Charade]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=TRIPATHI|first=ABHISHEK|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8TX8DwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA109&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=Indian Film Music and The Aesthetics of Chords|date=2020-09-08|page=109|publisher=Zorba Books|isbn=978-93-90011-48-3|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|-
|"Ek Ladki Hai Jisne Jeena Mushkil Kar Diya"
|"Ek Ladki Hai Jisne Jeena Mushkil Kar Diya"
|Mohammed Rafi
|Mohammed Rafi
|Picturised on [[Manoj Kumar]] and [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]]
|-
|-
|"Jaane Chaman Shola Badan"
|"Jaane Chaman Shola Badan"
|Mohammed Rafi and [[Sharda Rajan Iyengar|Sharda]]
|Mohammed Rafi and [[Sharda Rajan Iyengar|Sharda]]
|Picturised on Manoj Kumar and Nanda
|-
|-
|"Peeke Hum Tum Jo"
|"Peeke Hum Tum Jo"
|[[Asha Bhosle]] and [[Usha Mangeshkar]]
|[[Asha Bhosle]] and [[Usha Mangeshkar]]
|This comical song was picturised on Nanda and [[Helen (actress)|Helen]]
|-
|-
|"Gham Chhodke Manaao Rang"
|"Gham Chhodke Manaao Rang"
|[[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|Lata Mangeshkar
|Picturised on Helen. Also known as "Iss Duniya Mein Jeena Ho Toh Sunlo Meri Baat".
|-
|-
|"Aayega Kaun Yahaan"
|"Aayega Kaun Yahaan"
|Sharda
|Sharda
|Unused in the movie, this song was included on the soundtrack album.
|-
|-
|"Hum Kaale Hain To"
|"Hum Kaale Hain To"
|Mohammed Rafi
|Mohammed Rafi
|Picturised on Helen and [[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]]
|}
|}
According to film expert Rajesh Subramanian, a cold war prevailed between Mehmood and Manoj Kumar during the making of the film. Kumar tried to convince the director to discard the song "Hum kaale hain toh kya hua", which has picturised on Mehmood, from the film. However, it was kept and went on to become a hit and one of the highlights of the film. An English-language version of the song titled "The She I Love", sung by Mohammed Rafi, was also recorded.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}


==Reception==
==Reception==
===Box office===
===Box office===
Gumnaam became a box office hit. It was the 8th [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing film in India]] in 1965, grossing [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]2.6 [[crore]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004235207/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=171&catName=MTk2NQ]</ref> This was equivalent to [[US$|$]]5.46&nbsp;million in 1965,{{#tag:ref|4.7619 [[Indian rupee]]s per [[US dollar]] in 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|format=PDF|page=3|title=PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service : Foreign Currency Units per 1 U.S. Dollar, 1950-2016|website=Fx.sauber.ubc.ca|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref>|group=n}} and is equivalent to US${{Inflation|US|5.46|1965}} million or {{INR}}275 crore<ref name="exchange16">{{cite web|url=https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/|title=Yearly Average Rates|website=Ofx.com|access-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713183556/https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/|archive-date=13 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 2016.
It was the 8th [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|highest-grossing film in India]] in 1965, grossing [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]2.6 [[crore]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=171&catName=MTk2NQ |title=Archived copy |website=boxofficeindia.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004235207/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=171&catName=MTk2NQ |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This was equivalent to [[US$|$]]5.46&nbsp;million in 1965.{{#tag:ref|4.7619 [[Indian rupee]]s per [[US dollar]] in 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|format=PDF|page=3|title=PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service : Foreign Currency Units per 1 U.S. Dollar, 1950-2016|website=Fx.sauber.ubc.ca|access-date=30 January 2018|archive-date=12 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512095429/http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|url-status=dead}}</ref>|group=n}}


===Awards and nominations===
== Awards and nominations ==
* [[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Supporting Actress – [[Helen (actress)|Helen]]
 
* [[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Supporting Actor – [[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]]
; [[13th Filmfare Awards]]<nowiki>:</nowiki>
* [[Filmfare Best Art Direction Award]] – Colour Movie – S.S. Samel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf|title=1st Filmfare Awards 1953<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=Deep750.googlepages.com|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref>
 
'''Won'''
 
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction (Color)]] – S. S. Samel
 
'''Nominated'''
 
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] – [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] – [[Helen (actress)|Helen]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0247394|Gumnaam}}
* {{IMDb title|0247394|Gumnaam}}


{{And Then There Were None}}
{{And Then There Were None}}


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For the Pakistani Urdu-language film, see Gumnaam (1954 film). For the 2008 film, see Gumnaam – The Mystery.

Gumnaam
Film poster
Directed byRaja Nawathe
Produced byN. N. Sippy
Written byCharandas Shokh
Dhruva Chatterjee
Based onAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
StarringManoj Kumar
Nanda
Mehmood
Pran
Helen
Madan Puri
Tarun Bose
Dhumal
Manmohan
Music byShankar–Jaikishan
CinematographyK. H. Kapadia
Edited byD. N. Pai
Production
company
Release date
  • 24 December 1965 (1965-12-24)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. ₹2.6 crore ($5.46 million)

Gumnaam (translation: Anonymous) is a 1965 Indian Hindi-language mystery film directed by Raja Nawathe and produced by N. N. Sippy. The film was released in India on 24 December 1965 and stars an ensemble cast of Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Mehmood, Pran, Helen, Madan Puri, Tarun Bose, Dhumal and Manmohan. The film is a loosely inspired adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1939 mystery novel And Then There Were None and was remade in Tamil as Naalai Unathu Naal (1984). In the film, eight people (six men and two women) find themselves stranded on a remote island after winning a contest. As soon as they settle down in an eerie mansion with a strange butler, the guests begin to get murdered one after the other.[1][2]

Plot

On a dark night, wealthy Seth Sohanlal, stepping drunkenly out of a hotel, is run down by a speeding car and dies on the spot. A room overlooking the hotel is occupied by Khanna (Hiralal), Seth Sohanlal's murderer, who gives a bundle of banknotes to the unseen driver of the car arriving shortly after. Khanna then makes a series of telephone calls to unseen people: to a doctor, whom he tells that a medical certificate needs to be created; to a mysterious young girl, whom he tells that the will needs to be sent to the "right place"; and to a lawyer, whom he tells that the will will reach him the next morning and after that it is his job. Later, Khanna calls Seth Sohanlal's niece, Asha (Nanda), and breaks the news of her uncle's death. As Asha screams in anguish, she hears some gunshots at the other end of the line as an unseen intruder in a long coat and hat has entered Khanna's room and shot him to death. A few days later, it is announced at a nightclub that the seven winners (five men and two girls) of a "lucky draw" have won a free fortnight-long trip to an unspecified destination abroad and will be going in a chartered airplane. These fortunate people are Barrister Rakesh (Pran), Dharamdas (Dhumal), Kishan (Manmohan), Kitty Kelly (Helen), Dr. Acharya (Madan Puri), Madhusudan Sharma (Tarun Bose), and finally, Asha, who now seems more composed.

Soon, these seven winners are in their chartered airplane, off of their vacation abroad, when the pilot announces to them and the only flight attendant who is on board, Anand (Manoj Kumar), that the airplane is forced to make an emergency landing at an anonymous remote island due to some technical problems. However, as soon as Anand and the seven passengers alight from the airplane, the pilot shockingly dumps all their baggage out and the airplane takes off without them, leaving them all stranded on the island. At the same time, a mysterious girl begins singing an eerie song on the island without the girl ever being visible. The eight people follow the girl's voice and finally come across at a vast and spooky mansion, which seems to be unoccupied except for a comical lungi-clad butler (Mehmood), who is in charge of the mansion and has been shockingly expecting the arrival of the castaways. The butler also knows each of these people by name and has been provided with a letter listing all of these people except Anand. Moreover, everyone discovers that the butler has a diary which, besides containing an account of daily expense, also contains a message addressed to the entire group, accusing each of these people of having conspired to kill Seth Sohanlal and passing a death sentence on them. That night, Anand, who himself has mysteriously brought with him a gun, discovers that Dr. Acharya has brought a bottle of poison and Dharamdas a fearsome-looking dagger. While Rakesh and Kitty fall in love and Anand begins flirting with Asha, the butler's suspicious actions indicate the presence of an unknown person in the mansion.

The next day passes uneventfully, but at night, Anand and Asha are shocked to find Kishan stabbed to death with a half-smoked cigar and a letter addressed to the group next to Kishan's dead body. The letter states that Kishan was the driver of the car that ran down Seth Sohanlal, and that is why he has now been killed. The group deduces that Dharamdas killed Kishan, but he pleads innocence and Anand and Asha also later find him strangled to death. Rakesh accuses Dr. Acharya of actually having poisoned Dharamdas and it becomes clear that everyone was connected to Seth Sohanlal: Kitty was Seth Sohanlal's private secretary who sent his will to Rakesh on Khanna's instructions; while Rakesh wrote Seth Sohanlal's will on Khanna's orders, though neither was aware about the other. The next day, Anand notices Rakesh hiding an axe before Dr. Acharya appears informing that Sharma has been murdered with an axe. The murderer has left another letter addressed to the group next to Sharma's dead body, stating that Sharma has been killed because he was Khanna's co-conspirator in Seth Sohanlal's murder. Now only three men - Anand, Rakesh and Dr. Acharya - and two girls - Asha and Kitty - are left alive and terrified on the island along with the butler.

That night, Dr. Acharya catches the butler acting suspiciously and learns his secret before a scuffle ensues between them. In the presence of Asha and Kitty, a stabbed Dr. Acharya enters the dining room, utters Anand's name and breathes his last. Anand and Rakesh accuse each other of Dr. Acharya's murder, while Asha begins questioning her faith in Anand. The next day, Kitty goes for a walk by herself and is strangled to death by a rope. Rakesh and Asha, searching for Kitty, are shocked to find her dead body and Anand's hat next to it. Rakesh witnesses Anand escaping from the crime scene and begins pursuing him, but loses his trail. In a fit of rage and grief, Rakesh returns to the mansion and attempts to rape Asha in the middle of the night. Asha escapes from Rakesh, but runs into him again as Rakesh collapses dead with two daggers in his back. All the lights in the mansion go out, which indicates that the killer has arrived and that Asha is next. The killer approaches Asha and she falls unconscious in fear, before he carries her to a secret room and helps her regain consciousness. At this point, Asha is shocked to learn that the killer is none other than Sharma, who reveals that he is alive and that he had only employed the butler to make the necessary arrangements on the island. Posing as one of the castaways, he killed Kishan and Dharamdas and then convinced Dr. Acharya to falsely declare him dead, on the pretext that it would help him secretly track down the killer, and later killed Dr. Acharya as well along with Kitty and Rakesh.

Just then, Anand appears at the scene and reveals that he is actually an undercover police inspector on the mission to capture Sharma, an escaped convict whose real name is Madanlal. Madanlal confesses to Anand and Asha that both Khanna and Seth Sohanlal were his partners in smuggling, but he was betrayed by them after being arrested by the police. Khanna and Seth Sohanlal also raped Madanlal's sister, which led her to commit suicide, and murdered Madanlal's brother as well after he informed Madanlal about their crime in prison. Khanna also had Seth Sohanlal killed to usurp the share of his money, but Madanlal escaped from prison and murdered Khanna. He then ensured that his targets "won" the lucky draw held at the nightclub and took the trip in order to murder Khanna's remaining five assistants too. Madanlal then ties up both Anand and Asha and plays a game of Russian Roulette with them. However, the butler secretly arrives and unties Anand, who attacks Madanlal as he is about to shoot Asha with the only bullet. In the ensuing scuffle, Madanlal escapes from the mansion and runs towards the shore, but an airplane full of police (acting upon Anand's information) lands on the island and Madanlal is arrested for his crimes. At the same time, the "ghost" girl singing the ominous song turns out to be the butler's mentally ill sister (Naina). The film ends with Anand, Asha, the butler and his sister leaving the ill-fated island on the airplane.

Cast

  • Laxmi Chhaya and Herman Benjamin as the masked dancer and masked singer respectively in "Jaan Pehechan Ho" song
  • Hiralal as Khanna (Seth Sohanlal's murderer)
  • Naina as the butler's insane sister

Soundtrack

The music in this movie was composed by Shankar-Jaikishan and lyrics were written by Shailendra.

Song Singer(s)
"Jaan Pehechan Ho" Mohammed Rafi
"Gumnaam Hai Koi" Lata Mangeshkar[3]
"Ek Ladki Hai Jisne Jeena Mushkil Kar Diya" Mohammed Rafi
"Jaane Chaman Shola Badan" Mohammed Rafi and Sharda
"Peeke Hum Tum Jo" Asha Bhosle and Usha Mangeshkar
"Gham Chhodke Manaao Rang" Lata Mangeshkar
"Aayega Kaun Yahaan" Sharda
"Hum Kaale Hain To" Mohammed Rafi

Reception

Box office

It was the 8th highest-grossing film in India in 1965, grossing ₹2.6 crore.[4] This was equivalent to $5.46 million in 1965.[n 1]

Awards and nominations

13th Filmfare Awards:

Won

Nominated

Notes

  1. ↑ 4.7619 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1965[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Aboard the mystery train | Cinemaexpress". Cinema Express. 22 November 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Before Manoj Kumar became the flagbearer of patriotic films like Upkaar, he starred in Agatha Christie's most appreciated book, And Then There Were None. Featuring Mehmood, Pran, Helen among others, it is a faithful adaptation of the novel in which eight people land up on an island and begin to die mysteriously. A few years back, the film was called to mainstream attention when the film's opening song, Jaan Pehechan Ko, was used in a 2011 Heineken commercial.
  2. ↑ Choudhury, Bedatri D. (16 July 2020). "Noir Meets Nawathe: Close-Up on "Gumnaam"". MUBI. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Tripathi, Abhishek (8 September 2020). Indian Film Music and The Aesthetics of Chords. Zorba Books. p. 109. ISBN 978-93-90011-48-3.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service : Foreign Currency Units per 1 U.S. Dollar, 1950-2016" (PDF). Fx.sauber.ubc.ca. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

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