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Jadoo is a film directed by Abdur Rashid Kardar with Nalini Jaywant

Jadoo (1951)

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Length 2h17
Rating55% 2.779092.779092.779092.779092.77909

Jadoo (Magic) is a 1951 Hindi psychosocial melodrama film directed by A. R. Kardar. The story writers were S. N. Bannerji and Jagdish Kanwal, with dialogues by Zahur Raja and Bannerji. The music director was Naushad with lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni. This was the second last film in which Naushad was to be the music director for Kardar. After an association of fourteen films, Naushad composed one last time for Kardar in Deewana (1952). Prior to this Kardar had already approached composer S. D. Burman for Jeewan Jyoti (1953). A "Musical Pictures Ltd." presentation, the film starred Nalini Jaywant, Suresh, Shyam Kumar, Sharda, and Ramesh.

The film revolves around a young singer and dancer, Sundari, who is involved with crooks, but falls in love with a police constable, Pritam. The plot of the film was inspired from The Loves of Carmen (1948), directed by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth.

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Sundari, a hot-tempered young woman makes her living as a stage dancer and singer. She appears to lead a trouble-free, fun amoral life. Pritam (Suresh) is a constable. When the two meet, they fall in love. Sundari is arrested for a brawl where she attacks a woman. Pritam lets her escape, but gets into trouble with his superior. Sundari steps forward and asks Pritam to be forgiven. Pritam soon finds out that Sundari is in fact a member of a gang of thieves. Their leader Rahu who is in jail at present, considers Sundari hi property. Pritam gets involved in the shady dealings along with Sundari and he is soon hunted by the police. The film ends with Pritam shooting Sundari, nd getting shot by the polie himself.

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Nalini Jaywant

(Sundari)
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