Return of Jewel Thief

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Return of Jewel Thief
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Film poster
Directed byAshok Tyagi
Written by Ranbir Pushp
Sanjay Nirupam
Produced byT.P. Aggarwal
Starring Ashok Kumar
Dev Anand
Dharmendra
Jackie Shroff
Shilpa Shirodkar
Anu Aggarwal
Madhoo
CinematographyKamalakar Rao
Music by Jatin–Lalit
Release date
  • 18 October 1996 (1996-10-18)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹35 million [1]
Box office₹52.5 million [1]

Return of Jewel Thief is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language crime action thriller film directed by Ashok Tyagi. It is a sequel to the 1967 film Jewel Thief , that starred Ashok Kumar and Dev Anand who reprise their roles in this film. [2] The cast of the film also includes Dharmendra, Jackie Shroff, Shilpa Shirodkar, Anu Aggarwal and Madhoo. Unlike the predecessor, this film was a box office failure. [3] This was the last release of Aggarwal. [4] [5]

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Plot

The British Government agrees to lend the priceless Kohinoor diamond for an exhibition to multi-billionaire Vinay Kumar on the condition that he deposits his jewel collection worth 500 billion rupees as security. Despite top-level protection the Kohinoor is stolen. Suspicion quickly falls on Vinay himself as his entire jewel collection posted as collateral also disappears. Police Commissioner Surya Dev Singh the last known person to have handled the diamond and son of Prince Arjun the infamous jewel thief from the original film is also under scrutiny. Con-man Johnny notorious for his jewel heists becomes another suspect alongside Jukaso a gangster of international repute. Even Chief Minister Neelkanth who had placed the Kohinoor in his personal safe in the presence of Surya Dev Singh is not above suspicion. With both the Chief Minister and the Police Commissioner implicated the mystery deepens and no one truly knows who the real criminal is.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack and background score were composed by Jatin–Lalit and all the lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi. [6]

#TitleSinger(s)
1"Aa Meri Janam" Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik
2"Shaher Mein Shor" Asha Bhosle
3"Chehra Haseen Hai" Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
4"Aaj Ka Din" Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet
5"Jug Magati Hai"Kumar Sanu, Mohammed Aziz, Bali Brahmbhatt, Alka Yagnik & Vijeta Pandit
6"O Jaan Jaan Jaani" Vinod Rathod, Asha Bhosle
7"Aaja Re Aaja Sajna"Alka Yagnik
8"Shaher Mein Shor" Sudesh Bhosle

References

  1. 1 2 "Return Of Jewel Thief – Movie". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "When movie greats made their final film appearance". Rediff.com . 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Jaskin Chopra (18 November 2017). "A winner all the way". The Statesman . Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Anu Aggarwal on life of struggle in Bollywood: 'I was managing a house alone and single. I didn't have sugar daddies'". Hindustan Times . 18 April 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Anu Aggarwal Says She Was "Ill-Treated By Jealous People" After Aashiqui". NDTV . 24 August 2020. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Return of Jewel Thief". JioSaavn . Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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