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{{Infobox film
| name = Dhoomketu
| image = Dhoomketu (1949).jpg
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| director = [[Homi Wadia]]
| producer = Basant Pictures
| writer =
| screenplay = Homi Wadia
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| starring = [[Fearless Nadia]]<br>[[John Cawas]]<br>[[Boman Shroff]]
| music = A. Karim
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| studio = Basant Pictures
| distributor = M. B. Billimoria & Son
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1949}}
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| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
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'''''Dhoomketu''''' (The Comet) is a [[Bollywood films of 1949|1949]] action adventure film directed by [[Homi Wadia]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=RA4-PA1994-IA2|accessdate=14 September 2014|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=4–}}</ref> Made under the Basant Pictures banner, the music was composed by A. Karim with lyrics by Rajjan and A. Karim.<ref name="Hindi">{{cite web|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/dhoomketu.htm|title=Dhoomketu 1949|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref> [[Raja Sandow]] an early hero and director of films played a supporting role in this film.<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book|author=Ashok Raj|title=Hero Vol.1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT40|accessdate=14 September 2014|date=1 November 2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-02-9|pages=40–}}</ref> The film starred Fearless Nadia, John Cawas, Sona Chatterji, Dalpat, Boman Shroff, Ram Singh and Raja Sandow.<ref name="citwf">{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film87018.htm|title=Dhoomketi 1949|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>

The setting is soon after India's Independence and Inspector Comet has been put in charge of getting rid of black-marketeers.

==Plot==
Seth Dharmadas is a respectable man in society who is shown as a humanitarian helping the needy women of society. However, his evil deeds are not known to many. He is one of the biggest black-marketeers in a time when the grain is scarce. Inspector Dayal is helped by his daughter Shanti and Inspector Comet in finding the guilty. When Dayal gets near the truth he is killed off by Dharamdas. Mohini Comet's fiancée and Shanti along with others help in catching the villain after a frantic round of action and chase scenes.

==Cast==
* Fearless Nadia
* John Cawas
* Sona Chatterji
* Dalpat
* Boman Shroff
* Ram Singh
* Raja Sandow
* Habib

==Music==
<ref name="Muvyz">{{cite web|url=http://muvyz.com/moviepage/px544175/songs/#tabs|title=Dhoomketu 1949|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title
|-
| 1
| "Dil Mile Kyu Kar Mile Jab Hum Yaha Tum"
|-
| 2
| "Kyun Meri Duniya Badal Di Boliye"
|-
| 3
| "Roye Ja Bulbul Roye Ja"
|-
| 4
| "Log Kahte Hai Agar Paisa Nahi To Kuch Bhi"
|-
| 5
| "Mai Bina Pankh Ka Panchhi Hu"
|-
| 6
| "Tu Hai Mujhse Dur Mai Tujhse Dur"
|-
| 7
| "Zindagi Hai Jab Tak Kuch Gam Na Khana"
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=tt0377777|title=Dhoomketu (1949 film)}}

{{Homi Wadia}}

[[Category:1940s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Homi Wadia]]
[[Category:1940s action adventure films]]
[[Category:Indian action adventure films]]

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