''Faraar'' (), also known as ''Dev Anand in Goa'', is a 1955 Indian

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-language film directed by

Phani Majumdar Phani Majumdar was a pioneering Indian film director, who worked in Bengali and Hindi cinema, most known for his film ''Street Singer (1938 film), Street Singer'' (1938) starring K.L. Saigal noted for its song, ''Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Jaye'' ...

. The film stars

Dev Anand Dev Anand (; born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand; 26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011) was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Indian cinema, Hindi cinema. He is considered as one of the greatest and most succes ...

and

Geeta Bali Geeta Bali (born Harkirtan Kaur; 15 November 1930 ‒ 21 January 1965) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. Bali is regarded among the finest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, Bali acted in over 75 films in a career spanni ...

Plot

Set just before the

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, Gora (Dev Anand) is an idealist who leads a group of revolutionaries. They plan to carry out bomb explosions in important places controlled by the British. One of the revolutionaries, Bipin (Anand Pal), betrays them. Bipin is shot and injured in a court trial by Gora, who along with his fellow revolutionaries Ajay (Shrawan Kumar) and Bipin's wife Anjali (Poonam), flee to Goa by sea. While the trio are on the run, Gora suffers a bullet injury and recuperates in a hospital headed by Dr. Pillay (Manmohan Krishna), a former revolutionary who has settled in Goa. Meenakshi (Poonam again), a nurse who works there, offers to help Gora by masquerading as her wife for his safety. Gora meets a singer-dancer Kitty (Geeta Bali) and falls in love with her, she too reciprocates his feelings and becomes his accomplice. Through an admirer of Kitty, Gora acquires the things he needs to set up a bomb making factory and is determined to make his plan a success. At this time however, Bipin arrives in Goa accompanied by a police officer (Krishan Dhawan) and mounts an operation against the revolutionaries, even succeeding in destroying the ship that carried boxes of ammunition, killing Anjali. Gora has no choice but to escape and foils the plans made by the police with Kitty's help. The film ends with both escaping to Bombay safely.

Cast

Adapted from ''

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Manmohan Krishna Manmohan Krishna (26 February 1922 – 3 November 1990) was an Indian film actor and director, who worked in Hindi films for four decades, mostly as a character actor. He started his career as a professor in Physics and held master's degree i ...

as Bipin *

Krishan Dhawan Krishan Dhawan (1926 20 May 1994) was an Indian character actor in Hindi language films. Career Krishan Dhawan was an actor, known for Vidhaata (1982), Mujhe Jeene Do (1963) and Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974). Personal life He was born in ...

as the police officer *Poonam as Anjali/Meenakshi *Shrawan Kumar as Ajay * Mehmood (Guest Appearance)

Production

''Faraar'' was the last film where

worked with

, even though '' Pocket Maar'' was released a year later. It was also the last Dev Anand film where

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took place in

Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...

. The choreography was done by Sachin Shankar and

Zohra Sehgal Zohra Mumtaz Sehgal (born Sahibzadi Zohra Mumtazullah Khan Begum; 27 April 1912 – 10 July 2014) was an Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer. Having begun her career as a member of a contemporary dance troupe, she transitioned into acting ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Anil Biswas while

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and

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wrote the lyrics for the songs "Aaya Aaya Bambai Wala" and "Pyar Ki Dastaan Tum Suno To Hum Kahe" respectively,

Prem Dhawan Prem Dhawan (1923–2001) was an Indian lyricist, music composer, choreographer and actor of Bollywood known for his patriotic songs, especially for the lyrics and compositions for the 1965 Manoj Kumar starrer, ''Shaheed''. He was the winner of ...

wrote the lyrics for the rest. On the album, film critic Suresh Kohli of ''

'' called

Geeta Dutt Geeta Dutt (born Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri; 23 November 1930 – 20 July 1972) was an Indian Indian classical music, classical and playback singer. She found particular prominence as a playback singer in Hindi cinema and Bengali cinema (India) ...

's rendition of all the songs she sang as "sonorous".

Reception

Kohli appreciated the on-screen chemistry between Anand and Bali.

References

External links

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