Police is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language action-thriller film directed by Kalidas, produced by Deep Khosla and Pradeep Kumar, and starring Madhubala, Pradeep Kumar and Nadira. The music of the film was composed by Hemant Kumar.
Plot When an airplane brings ex dacoit Rangooni (Pradeep Kumar) from Singapore to Bombay, Inspector Mehra (Raj Mehra) looks upon Rangooni's return with well-founded suspicion. His arrival in Bombay disturbs the activities of a gang of jewel-theft specialists, led by man-about-town-Ramesh (Anwar Hussain). Rangooni foils the activities of the gang by forestalling the gangster. Manju (Madhubala), daughter of Bahadur Sunderdas, who has Rai encountered Rangooni many times, is excited by the prospect of getting the dacoit arrested and hopes to get a lot of publicity by so doing.
Ramesh, constantly thwarted by Rangooni, lays a trap for his opponent but in the last smashing chase scene is unmasked for what he is.
But who is Rangooni? What is the motive behind his seemingly incongruous actions?
Cast The main cast of the film was: Madhubala as Manju Pradeep Kumar as Rangooni and Kiran Kumar (fake Rangooni) (dual role) Nadira Raj Mehra as Inspector Mehra Anwar Hussain as Ramesh Dhumal Bhagwan
Soundtrack The soundtrack of Police was composed by Hemant Kumar and the lyrics were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri and Neelkanth Tiwari.
#SongSingerLyricist1"Chale Ham Kahaan Kaho"Geeta Dutt, Hemant KumarMajrooh Sultanpuri2"O O Baby Mudke Zara"3"Mere Tum Ho Phir Kya Hai"4"O Chup Ja Hamare Dil Mein"5"Sunle Piya Dhadke Jiya"6"Dil Pe Kaisa Yeh Tune Khanjar Mara Re"7"Dil Lo Lagela Mohabbat Ka Chaska"Mohammed RafiNeelkanth Tiwari
Reception Singapore Free Press praised the music and fast pacing of the story, but found the screenplay to be inconsistent. The lead actress received appreciation: "Madhubala is the heroine and what a versatile young person she is! It comes as a pleasant surprise to see her perform Western dances so well."
According to trade analyst V. P. Sathe, the film performed well commercially and particularly did "record collections" in Bombay (now Mumbai). The first week collections of the film in Bombay territory stood at 1.16 lakh. "According to the exhibitors, the collections have gone up not only in Bombay city but outside by at least 20 per cent over last year. The record collections of Howrah Bridge in Calcutta and Police in Bombay are indicative of this fact ... in spite of heavy rains in Bombay, Police collected Rs. 1,16,000 (nett) in one week."
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