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{{Lead too long|date=April 2021}}{{Infobox film
| name = Jaal
| image = Jaal the Net.jpg
| director = [[Guru Dutt]]
| producer = T. R. Fatehchand
| writer = M. A. Lateef
| screenplay = [[Guru Dutt]]
| story = [[Guru Dutt]]
| starring = [[Geeta Bali]]<br />[[Dev Anand]]<br />[[Purnima (Hindi actress)|Purnima]]<br />[[K. N. Singh]]<br />[[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]]
| music = [[S. D. Burman]]
| cinematography = [[V. K. Murthy]]
| editing = J. S. Diwadkar
| studio = Film Arts
| distributor = Film Arts
| released = 3 October 1952
| runtime = 165 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
}}
'''Jaal''' ({{literal translation|The Trap}}) is a 1952 [[Bollywood|Hindi]] [[crime film|crime]] [[Film noir|noir film]] starring [[Dev Anand]] and [[Geeta Bali]], and directed by [[Guru Dutt]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://upperstall.com/film/jaal/|title=Jaal|first=Karan|last=Bali|date=21 March 2016|website=Upperstall.com}}</ref> The film was hugely successful at box office and was the [[List of Bollywood films of 1952|third-highest grossing film of the year]] in India.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-01-02|title=BoxOffice India.com|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=158&catName=MTk1Mg==|access-date=2021-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102005637/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=158&catName=MTk1Mg==|archive-date=2 January 2010}}</ref> Its music became popular, especially the song "Yeh Raat Yeh Chandni Fir Kahan".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=Adgully|title=The Golden Year of 1952 on 20th March at 8 PM|url=https://www.adgully.com/the-golden-year-of-1952-on-20th-march-at-8-pm-66016.html|access-date=2021-04-13|website=www.adgully.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

''Jaal'' is considered a noir classic for its grey shade characters and dark theme which were the first of its type in Indian cinema.<ref name=":0" /> [[Filmfare]] listed it in Best Bollywood Noir Films of '50s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Filmfare recommends: Best Bollywood noir films of the '50s|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-recommends-best-bollywood-noir-films-of-the-50s_-40059.html|access-date=2021-04-12|website=filmfare.com|language=en}}</ref> ''Jaal'' was one of the first film made in India that portrayed an Anti-Hero character in the lead. It established the idea of Anti-Hero with "''no qualms about bending moral codes''" in Hindi cinema and inspired further such characters particularly since 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pandya|first=Haresh|date=2011-12-06|title=Dev Anand, Bollywood Star, Producer and Director, Dies at 88|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/movies/dev-anand-bollywood-star-producer-and-director-dies-at-88.html|access-date=2021-04-13|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The film is also noted for strong acting performance of Dev Anand as ''Tony'' which is regarded as one of Hindi cinema's greatest Anti-Heroes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-09-04|title=Whither the villain? The 'bad men' of Bollywood could well be a disappearing breed - Entertainment News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/whither-the-villain-the-bad-men-of-bollywood-could-well-be-a-disappearing-breed-2987956.html|access-date=2021-04-13|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Best Dev Anand Movies|url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/best-dev-anand-movies-43840.html|access-date=2021-04-13|website=filmfare.com|language=en}}</ref>

== Plot ==
After losing his vision during a storm, Carlos ([[K.N. Singh]]) lives with his sister, Maria ([[Geeta Bali]]), on the Indian coast in a fishing village. One day a mysterious young woman, Lisa, enters their lives, followed by a mysterious man, Tony Fernandes ([[Dev Anand]]). Maria and Tony fall in love with each other, much to the chagrin of Simon, who loves Maria and wants to marry her. Lisa then warns Maria that she has known Tony, they have had an affair together, and he had betrayed her, however, this warning has no effect on Maria. Then a gypsy palm-reader also cautions Maria that she may be headed for disaster at the hands of a stranger. The question remains: who exactly are Lisa and Tony, and what is the reason behind their presence in this fishing community; and whether or not Maria is being drawn into a web of lies and deceit at the hands of Tony?

Set in a fishing village of [[Goa]], this film depicts the ties between Tony, a good-for-nothing man from the city, and Maria, a village girl who loves him innocently. The spirit of Christian love and forgiveness lies at the base of the story, and the film has a strong religious colour to it, unusual for [[Guru Dutt]].

== Cast ==
*[[Geeta Bali]] as Maria
*[[Dev Anand]] as Tony Fernandes
*[[Purnima (Hindi actress)|Purnima]] as Lisa
*[[K. N. Singh]] as Carlos
*Ram Sing as Simon
*Rasheed as
*Krishna Kumari as
*[[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]]
*[[Raj Khosla]]

== Songs ==
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "Sun Ja Dil Ki Dastan" (Yeh Raat Yeh Chandni)|| [[Hemanta Mukherjee|Hemant Kumar]]|| [[Sahir Ludhianvi]]
|-
| 2 || "De Bhi Chuke Hum Dil Nazrana"|| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Geeta Dutt]] || Sahir Ludhianvi
|-
| 3 || "Chori Chori Meri Gali Aana Hai Bura"|| [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || Sahir Ludhianvi
|-
| 4 || "Yeh Raat Yeh Chandni" || Hemant Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar || Sahir Ludhianvi
|-
| 5 || "Jor Laga Ke" || Geeta Dutt || Sahir Ludhianvi
|-
| 6 || "Pighla Hai Sona Door Gagan Par"||Lata Mangeshkar|| Sahir Ludhianvi
|-
| 7 || "Hans Le Ga Le Dhoom Macha Le"||Lata Mangeshkar|| Sahir Ludhianvi
|-
| 8 || "Soch Samajh Kar Dil Ko Lagana"||Geeta Dutt|| Sahir Ludhianvi
|}

== Shooting Location ==
One of the shooting locations for the movie was [[Malvan]], [[Sindhudurg district|Sindhudurg District]], returning from where Dev Anand and Geeta Bali met with an accident. He almost broke his ribs. They spent some time in the local hospital for recovery.<ref>{{Cite web|title=88 Facts You Didn't Know About Dev Anand -- VIII|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-facts-you-didnt-know-about-dev-anand-part-eight/20111216.htm|website=Rediff|language=en|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0044761|Jaal aka The Net}}

[[Category:1952 films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by S. D. Burman]]
[[Category:Films directed by Guru Dutt]]
[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]
[[Category:1950s crime thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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