The Extended Canon
Jewel Thief
ज्वेल थीफ़ · 1967
A jeweller's son is repeatedly mistaken for a master thief he insists does not exist. The mistake keeps escalating.
- Director
- Vijay Anand
- Year
- 1967
- Genre
- Thriller · Mystery
- Cast
- Dev Anand, Vyjayanthimala, Ashok Kumar, Tanuja
Why it's in the canon
Vijay Anand's plotting and 'Hothon Pe Aisi Baat' — the best-staged song of the 60s.
A jeweller's son is repeatedly mistaken for a master thief he insists does not exist. The mistake keeps escalating.
Jewel Thief sits in the 1960s alongside Mughal-e-Azam and Guide — a decade this canon treats as foundational.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Vijay Anand — also responsible for Guide.
- Released in 1967, in the 1960s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Thriller, Mystery.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
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