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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
A man is arrested for a robbery he never committed.<ref name="Thought">{{Cite magazine |year=1959 |title=Qaidi No 911 |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=N5gcAQAAMAAJ&dq=Qaidi+no+911&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Qaidi |magazine=Thought |publisher=Siddhartha Publications |page=98}}</ref>
A man is arrested for a robbery he never committed.<ref name="Thought">{{Cite magazine |last=Goel |first=K. B. |date=20 June 1959 |title=Qaidi No 911 |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=N5gcAQAAMAAJ&dq=Qaidi+no+911&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Qaidi |magazine=Thought |publisher=Siddhartha Publications |page=98}}</ref>


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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== Soundtrack ==
== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by Dattaram, and the lyrics were written by [[Hasrat Jaipuri]].<ref name="BFI" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/qaidi-no.-911/uUmCs0WQRWA_ |title=Qaidi No. 911 |website=[[JioSaavn]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181220172535/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/qaidi-no.-911/uUmCs0WQRWA_ |archive-date=20 December 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> The song "Mithi Mithi Baton Se Bachna Zara" was later re-used in the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Shanthi Nivasam]]'' (1960) as "Aasalu Theerchave".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/santhinivasam-1960/article8050118.ece |title=Santhinivasam (1960) |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=31 December 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181114072200/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/santhinivasam-1960/article8050118.ece |archive-date=14 November 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> In ''Qaidi No. 911''{{'}}s [[Tamil language|Tamil]] remake ''Kaithi Kannayiram'' (1960), the same song was re-used as "Konji Konji Pesi",<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sriramv.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/meethi-meethi-baaton-and-konji-konji-pesi/ |title=Meethi Meethi baaton and Konji Konji pesi |last=Sriram |first=V. |authorlink=V. Sriram |date=1 August 2018 |website=Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802132650/https://sriramv.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/meethi-meethi-baaton-and-konji-konji-pesi/ |archive-date=2 August 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> and in the Telugu remake ''[[Khaidi Kannaiah]]'' (1962), it was re-used as "Teeya Teeyani Tenela Maatalato".<ref name="Kannaiah" />
The soundtrack was composed by Dattaram, and the lyrics were written by [[Hasrat Jaipuri]].<ref name="BFI" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/qaidi-no.-911/uUmCs0WQRWA_ |title=Qaidi No. 911 |website=[[JioSaavn]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181220172535/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/qaidi-no.-911/uUmCs0WQRWA_ |archive-date=20 December 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> The song "Mithi Mithi Baton Se Bachna Zara" was later re-used in the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Shanthi Nivasam]]'' (1960) as "Aasalu Theerchave".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/santhinivasam-1960/article8050118.ece |title=Santhinivasam (1960) |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=31 December 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181114072200/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/santhinivasam-1960/article8050118.ece |archive-date=14 November 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> In ''Qaidi No. 911''{{'}}s [[Tamil language|Tamil]] remake ''[[Kaithi Kannayiram]]'' (1960), the same song was re-used as "Konji Konji Pesi",<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sriramv.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/meethi-meethi-baaton-and-konji-konji-pesi/ |title=Meethi Meethi baaton and Konji Konji pesi |last=Sriram |first=V. |authorlink=V. Sriram |date=1 August 2018 |website=Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802132650/https://sriramv.wordpress.com/2018/08/01/meethi-meethi-baaton-and-konji-konji-pesi/ |archive-date=2 August 2018 |dead-url=no |access-date=20 December 2018}}</ref> and in the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] remake ''[[Khaidi Kannaiah]]'' (1962), it was re-used as "Teeya Teeyani Tenela Maatalato".<ref name="Kannaiah" />


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== Reception ==
== Reception ==
The film was a commercial success.<ref name="Kannaiah">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Khaidi-Kannaiah-1962/article14993312.ece |title=Khaidi Kannaiah (1962) |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=22 September 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115051526/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Khaidi-Kannaiah-1962/article14993312.ece |archive-date=15 November 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Kannayiram">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kaithi-kannayiram-1960/article2018744.ece |title=Kaithi Kannayiram 1960 |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=14 May 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507124753/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kaithi-kannayiram-1960/article2018744.ece |archive-date=7 May 2013 |dead-url=no |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref>
K. B. Goel, a reviewer for the magazine ''Thought'' wrote, "[Sheikh Mukhtar] is strongly built and very tall but seems ill-adjusted in his role" and added, "All this abracadabra could have been a little intelligible had the director Mr Aspi concentrated on the character development rather than dances, which occur at the least provocation, and on enacting the same scene, with slight variations, of the night club. But he chooses what is grist in our films. And that is that."<ref name="Thought" /> The film was a commercial success.<ref name="Kannaiah">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Khaidi-Kannaiah-1962/article14993312.ece |title=Khaidi Kannaiah (1962) |last=Narasimham |first=M. L. |date=22 September 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115051526/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Khaidi-Kannaiah-1962/article14993312.ece |archive-date=15 November 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Kannayiram">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kaithi-kannayiram-1960/article2018744.ece |title=Kaithi Kannayiram 1960 |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=14 May 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507124753/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kaithi-kannayiram-1960/article2018744.ece |archive-date=7 May 2013 |dead-url=no |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 06:40, 18 February 2019

Qaidi No. 911
Poster
Directed byAspi Irani
Written byC. J. Pavri
Produced byAspi Irani
StarringSheikh Mukhtar
Nanda
Mehmood
CinematographyDali Daroowala
Music byDattaram
Production
company
Super Pictures
Release date
  • 1959 (1959)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Qaidi No. 911 (lit.'Convict no. 911') is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language crime film produced and directed by Aspi Irani, and written by C. J. Pavri. The film stars Sheikh Mukhtar, Nanda and Mehmood in the lead roles. It focuses on a man who is arrested for a robbery he never committed. The film was remade in Tamil as Kaithi Kannayiram (1960) and in Telugu as Khaidi Kannaiah (1962).

Plot

A man is arrested for a robbery he never committed.[1]

Cast

Adapted from British Film Institute:[2]

Production

Qaidi No. 911 was produced and directed by Aspi Irani under Super Pictures.[2][3] The story and screenplay were written by C. J. Pavri, and the dialogue by Akhtar Ul-iman. Cinematography was handled by Dali Daroowala.[2]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Dattaram, and the lyrics were written by Hasrat Jaipuri.[2][4] The song "Mithi Mithi Baton Se Bachna Zara" was later re-used in the Telugu film Shanthi Nivasam (1960) as "Aasalu Theerchave".[5] In Qaidi No. 911's Tamil remake Kaithi Kannayiram (1960), the same song was re-used as "Konji Konji Pesi",[6] and in the Telugu remake Khaidi Kannaiah (1962), it was re-used as "Teeya Teeyani Tenela Maatalato".[3]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Tere Tir Ko Humne Pyar Se"Lata Mangeshkar3:26
2."Mithi Mithi Baton Se Bachna Zara"Lata Mangeshkar3:28

Reception

K. B. Goel, a reviewer for the magazine Thought wrote, "[Sheikh Mukhtar] is strongly built and very tall but seems ill-adjusted in his role" and added, "All this abracadabra could have been a little intelligible had the director Mr Aspi concentrated on the character development rather than dances, which occur at the least provocation, and on enacting the same scene, with slight variations, of the night club. But he chooses what is grist in our films. And that is that."[1] The film was a commercial success.[3][7]

References

  1. ^ a b Goel, K. B. (20 June 1959). "Qaidi No 911". Thought. Siddhartha Publications. p. 98.
  2. ^ a b c d "Qaidi No. 911 (1959)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c Narasimham, M. L. (22 September 2016). "Khaidi Kannaiah (1962)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Qaidi No. 911". JioSaavn. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Narasimham, M. L. (31 December 2015). "Santhinivasam (1960)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Sriram, V. (1 August 2018). "Meethi Meethi baaton and Konji Konji pesi". Madras Heritage and Carnatic Music. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Guy, Randor (14 May 2011). "Kaithi Kannayiram 1960". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2018. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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