The Train is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language thriller hit musical film द ट्रेन 1970 की भारतीय हिंदी भाषा की थ्रिलर हिट म्यूजिकल फिल्म है

kapdi March 04, 2023

Directed by Ravikant Nagaich

Written by Raj Baldev Raj Arudra

Produced by Rajendra Kumar,Ramesh Behl

Starring Rajesh Khanna,Nanda

Cinematography Ravikant Nagaich

Edited by Nand Kumar

Music by R. D. Burman

Production:company ,Rose Movies

Release date 1970

Country India

Language Hindi

The Train is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language thriller film starring Rajesh Khanna, Nanda. It is a remake of the 1967 Malayalam film Cochin Express.

Storyline

A gang is robbing jewelers of their diamonds and money on the Calcutta Express train, murdering them in their sleep and then leaping off the train from a bridge. They also steal a diamond from a local jeweler named Hiralal (Sunder) by paying with a cheque written in disappearing ink. Fab!

They use a car with license plates matching those of CID Inspector Shyam (Rajesh Khanna). Shyam is in love with Neeta (Nanda), and romances her with the first of many great songs, “Gulabi Aankhen.” Rajesh is forced to imitate Shammi Kapoor’s style, which he does uncomfortably, but Nanda looks gorgeous in her purple churidar and I like their chemistry together.

Neeta clearly loves Shyam too, although she balks a little when he proposes that he talk to her mother about their marriage.At the police station, Number One (Madan Puri) calls in to threaten Shyam should he try to catch them (which of course, he will). Police Commissioner Iftekhar (!) is enraged.

Shyam listens to the recording of the threatening call and somehow decides that the gang is operating from the Hilltop Hotel. I’ve watched the scene several times and can’t figure out how he reaches that conclusion, but luckily for us the Hilltop Hotel has a cabaret dancer named Lily (Helen). There is much skulking and puffing of cigarette smoke on the parts of Shyam and Number One, while Shetty lurks menacingly and Helen shakes her booty with this guy.

Can anyone identify him for me? Is he Oscar or Vijay of the choreography team? Or are these guys?

He gets to “sing” in RD’s voice to “O Meri Jaan Maine Kaha.” It’s a cracktastic dance number and Helen is at her very best!

You really are!!!!

It transpires that Lily and Shyam are old friends from college, where Lily had an unrequited crush on Shyam. Number One meanwhile puts in a call to the Boss, letting him know that Shyam is onto them and that he has given Lily the task of distracting him. The Boss urges caution.

Shyam is not above using Lily to find out more about his quarry, either!

Meanwhile at home, Neeta sings (the lovely “Kis Liye Maine Pyar Kiya”) and waits for Shyam to come and see her mother (Mumtaz Begum). We discover why she has been hesitant about marriage.

Neeta’s father Ramdev is in prison for murdering his boss—Neeta and her mother are convinced that he is innocent. The evidence against him is the typically flimsy “he was standing next to the body, covered in blood with the dagger in his hands.” Shyam overhears their discussion as he approaches the house—and then, in an amazing display of bad kismat, Ramdev himself arrives at their door, having escaped from jail.

He dramatically threatens to kill himself so that we know how very very much he doesn’t want to go back there, and then Shyam enters the house.

Despite Neeta’s tearful pleas and Ramdev’s further threats to kill himself, Shyam arrests him and sends him back to jail—it is his duty, after all.

Neeta tells Shyam to get lost and boots him out of the house. Lily meanwhile has been following Shyam around, and she is hauled in to see the Boss by a suspicious Number One. The Boss is pleased with her nefarious scheme though. And I like his lair, especially the statue of an ancient Chinese man (and of course the many telephones—symbol of a busy, busy man).

Number One goes to visit hapless Neeta and her mother and pretends to be an old friend of Ramdev’s. She asks him to help Neeta get a job—her search thus far has been fruitless since she feels compelled to tell every prospective employer that her dad is a murderer. Number One gives her a job as receptionist at—yes, the Hilltop Hotel.

This, by the way, is one of my favorite Hinglish quirks: “explain her” rather than “explain to her.” Very different meanings in English!

But I digress. Now we discover how Number One and Shetty have managed to kill the jewelers aboard the Calcutta Express without being caught. Another arrives at the hotel and sells some diamonds to Hiralal, then books his return trip on the Express from the

Starcasting

Rajesh Khanna
Nanda
Helen
Rajendra Nath
Iftekhar
Madan Puri
M. B. Shetty
Mumtaz Begum
Chaman Puri
Sunder
Ranveer Raj
Mamaji
Randhir
Gurnam Singh
Chinu Rajput
Harbans Darshan M. Arora as Inspector in Nasik police station
Aruna Irani as dancer in song "Chaiyaan Re Chaiyaan"
Shammi as Geeta the matron of Young girls hostel
Rajpal as Anokhe Lal (The Boss)

Music

Music by:RD Burman...lyrics by:Anand bakshi

Song	Singer
"Gulabi Aankhen"	Mohammed Rafi
"Ni Soniye, Ni Soniye"	Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
"Kis Liye Maine"	Lata Mangeshkar
"O Meri Jaan"	Asha Bhosle, R. D. Burman
"Maine Dil Abhi"	Asha Bhosle
"Chhaiyan Re"	Asha Bhosle