Pocket Maar
About Pocket Maar
Roshan (Dev Anand), a pickpocket and gambler in Bombay, lifts a man’s cash. The man kills himself. Roshan tries to get the money to the dead man’s family. Shukal (Geeta Bali) and Rita (Nadira) are the women in the story; Lalita Pawar plays his mother, and Ramayan Tiwari plays Shankar.
Cast & crew
More about Pocket Maar
Harnam Singh Rawail directed and wrote it. Prem Sethi produced. Madan Mohan wrote the songs. It opened on 6 January 1956. Rajendra Kumar is credited as assistant director and also plays an uncredited bit, Mukhiram Bairagi, in the opening, with his voice dubbed.
Themes
Making
Rawail’s script stays on one theft and the suicide that follows it. Kumar, not yet a star, did both the opening bit and the assistant-director job on the same picture.
Music
Madan Mohan wrote the music. Talat Mahmood and Lata Mangeshkar sing “Ye Nayi Nayi Preet Hai.” Lata also sings “Chhoti Si Hai Zindagi” and “Pyaase Nainon Ki Pyaas Bujhaa Le.” Geeta Dutt sings “Duniya Ke Saath Chal Pyare,” and Lata with Mohammed Rafi sings “Ladi Aankh Se Aankh.”
Preservation
A print is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The Hindi title means pickpocket.
- Other players include Sunder as Manglu mama, Kumud Tripathi as a moneylender, and Tun Tun.
- Kumar’s opening role is uncredited; the assistant-director credit is on the titles.
- The film was remade in Tamil as Thirudathe, in Kannada as Manassakshi, and in Telugu as Marina Manishi.
Scenes
- Roshan takes the money; the man he robbed kills himself.
- He sets out to return what he stole to the family.
- Kumar’s uncredited Mukhiram Bairagi appears in the opening scene.
Influenced
- Thirudathe
- Manassakshi
- Marina Manishi
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Pocket Maar (1956).webm)
