Return of Jewel Thief

Return of Jewel Thief
Film poster
Directed byAshok Tyagi
Written byRanbir Pushp
Sanjay Nirupam
Produced byT.P. Aggarwal
StarringAshok Kumar
Dev Anand
Dharmendra
Jackie Shroff
Shilpa Shirodkar
Anu Aggarwal
Madhoo
CinematographyKamalakar Rao
Music byJatin–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]

Plot

The British Government agrees to lend the priceless Kohinoor diamond for an exhibition to the multi-billionaire Vinay Kumar, on posting the security of Vinay's jewel collection worth Rs.500 billion. Despite top security, the Kohinoor diamond gets stolen. The prime suspects are Vinay himself, as simultaneously his jewel collection posted as security goes missing; Police Commissioner Surya Dev Singh, the very last person to have supposedly handled the diamond as also being the son of Prince Arjun, the jewel thief from the original film; Con-man Johnny, who has acquired a reputation of being a jewel thief; Jukaso, a gangster of international repute; and Chief Minister Neelkanth who had, in the presence of Surya Dev Singh, kept the Kohinoor in his safe. With the Chief Minister and the Police Commissioner, themselves suspects, no one really 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]

# Title Singer(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. ^ a b "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.