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The Train
1970 ‧ Bollywood/Thriller ‧ 2h 18m
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An honest CBI officer must investigate a series of crimes involving a group of people who use disappearing ink on cheques and then issue the same to jewellers.
Release date10 April 1970 (India)
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Very good movie, i like this movie, thrillar & romantic film, my favorite hiro is rajesh khanna(kaka)

Bahot badhiya movie .after long time Maine koi purani movie dekhi . awesome movie.

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  The Train is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language thriller film starring Rajesh Khanna and Nanda. The film is recorded as a "Hit" at Box Office India.[1] Khanna stars as Police Inspector Shyam Kumar, who sets out to solve a series of murders which have all taken place on a train. Complicating the situation are his girlfriend Neeta (Nanda), who has been acting mysteriously ever since she began her new job, and hotel dancer Miss Lily (Helen), who tries to seduce the good police inspector, but may find that she loses her heart instead. This movie was co-produced by Rajendra Kumar and it was Nanda who suggested Rajendra to cast Rajesh Khanna in the main lead.[2]This film is counted among the 17 consecutive hit films of Rajesh Khanna between 1969 and 1971, by adding the two-hero films Marayada and Andaz to the 15 consecutive solo hits he gave from 1969 to 1971.[3]
It is the remake of the 1967 Malayalam movie Cochin Express starring Prem Nazir, which was subsequently remade in 1968 in Kannada as Bangalore Mail , in Telugu as Circar Express and in Tamil as Neelagiri Express.
The film is famous for the popular song "Gulabi Aankhen", sung by Mohd. Rafi, which continues to remixed and recreated to this day. All of the above took inspiration from 1940 Hollywood film Midnight Limited

Soundtrack

Song Singer(s) Notes
"Gulaabi Aankhen Jo Teri Dekhi" Mohammad Rafi Picturized on Rajesh Khanna and Nanda in a garden.
"O Meri Jaan Main Ne Kaha" R.D. Burman and Asha Bhosle Picturized on Helen
"Kis Liye Maine Pyar Kiya" Lata Mangeshkar Picturized on Nanda
"Ne Soniye" Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar Picturized on Rajesh Khanna and Nanda
"Maine Dil Abhi" Asha Bhosle Picturized on Helen
"Chaiyyan Re Saiyyan" Asha Bhosle Picturized on Aruna Irani

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The Train
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Directed by Ravikant Nagaich
Produced by Rajendra Kumar
Ramesh Behl
Written by Arudra
Starring Rajesh Khanna
Nanda
Helen
Music by R.D. Burman
Anand Bakshi (lyrics)
Cinematography Ravikant Nagaich
Edited by Nand Kumar
Distributed by Rose Movies Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
April 24, 1970
Country India
Language Hindi

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Hardworking, capable, honest and dedicated CBI inspector Shyam Kumar is assigned the case of bringing to justice the criminals behind the use of fake cheques to purchase commodities. The ... See full summary »

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(as Ravee Nagaich)

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(screenplay), (dialogue director) (as Puranik) | 1 more credit »

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rajesh Khanna ... CID Inspector Shyam Kumar
Nanda ... Neeta / Geeta
Helen ... Lily
Rajendra Nath ... Pyarelal
Madan Puri ... No.1
Sunder ... Hiralal
Randhir

Iftekhar ... Police Commissioner (as Iftikhar)
Chaman Puri ... (as Chamaanpuri)
M.B. Shetty ... (as Shetty)
Mumtaz Begum

Raje

Mamaji

Ranvir Raj ... (as Ranvirraj)
John

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Hardworking, capable, honest and dedicated CBI inspector Shyam Kumar is assigned the case of bringing to justice the criminals behind the use of fake cheques to purchase commodities. The major draw-back in this case is that the perpetrators try the best possible ways to eliminate all evidences of this crime. As Shyam get down to the bottom he will find that this case gets more difficult as some people are not who they claim they are. Written by gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com)
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"Ayaga Kalk" by Da Poet sampled the song "Gulabi Aankhen Jo Tere". See more »

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The Train (1970) is a thriller movie based on the activities of a gang of robbers. The title of the movie is as such because the incidents of robbery and thereafter the murder of the robbed passenger take place in a particular train which runs between Mumbai (then Bombay) and Kolkata (then Calcutta). It's been directed by Ravikant Nagaich who used to make crime-thrillers during the seventies and eighties. It stars Bollywood's superstar of that period, Rajesh Khanna and the popular heroine of the sixties, Nanda in lead roles.

Regular criminal incidents take place in a particular train at a particular time when the train is about to arrive at the Igatpuri station during the journey. The victims are all jewellers who are travelling with precious jewels in their possession. The modus operandi of the robbers is that the jeweller who is travelling in the first class coupe meant for two passengers only is selected for the loot. Then first his fellow passenger is either separated from him or intoxicated. Thereafter a member of the gang (Shetty) murders the jeweller and jumps with the booty into a river when the train is crossing over it. The other member of the gang called as No. 1 (Madan Puri) is ready at the short with a car whom the killer reaches by swimming through the river and then they flee away with the booty. The time when the train crosses over the river is of around midnight and hence the robbery and murder is known only the next morning when some attendant of the train reaches the coupe or the fellow passenger comes to know of it.

The police has to take these incidents quite seriously because they have become quite frequent. When an incident of thuggery take place with a jeweller in his showroom itself in broad day-light (by the members of the same gang), then the top brass of the police force (Iftekhar) deputes a CID inspector, Shyam (Rajesh Khanna) to investigate the case and catch this gang which has become a big headache for the law-enforcing agencies. Shyam is in love with a girl, Neeta (Nanda) who is living a poverty-stricken life with her mother since her father got sentenced to imprisonment under a false murder-charge. Lily (Helen) who is a cabaret dancer in a hotel is also fond of Shyam and she keeps on trying to induce him. However since she is a member of the robbers' gang also, it is difficult to say as to how much her fondness for Shyam is real and how much is a part of her duties assigned by the gang.

The twist in the tale comes when Neeta's father runs away from the prison and reaches his family, i.e., Neeta and her mother but Shyam also reaches there and being a dutiful cop, gets him rearrested. This incident distances Neeta from Shyam. Soon thereafter, No. 1 visits Neeta's house and gets her the job of the receptionist in the same hotel in which Lily performs cabaret. Then one more incident of robbery takes place in which the fellow passenger of the looted and killed jeweller is Pyarelaal (Rajendra Naath) who was travelling in the same small coupe but who was separated from the jeweller by one charming girl who induced him by her charms and took him out of the train when it was stationed and did not allow him to board it again till it departed, thus making the path clear for the loot and murder of the jeweller, now alone in the coupe. Pyarelaal is approached by Shyam who keeps him in his company in his bid to catch the criminals. But Shyam is startled like anything when Pyarelaal identifies Neeta as the girl who had taken him out of the train and facilitated the loot and the killing that was committed later. What happens thereafter leads to the finale of the story.

I won't categorize The Train as a great thriller. It has many flaws. The biggest one, in my opinion, is the incident of thuggery in the jewellery show room because when a gang is successfully functioning with a set modus operandi of robberies in the train, then there's no need to go for a sophisticated thuggery. Anyway, it's a nice timepass. But after watching the full movie, the thought that comes to mind is that it's just an above average thriller with nothing extra-ordinary in it.

Rajesh Khanna was undergoing the purple patch of his career then and was considered the superstar of Bollywood. Despite the movie being a thriller, he has shown his romantic mannerisms whenever given the opportunity for that by the director. His dashing looks and romantic glances are sufficient to knock any young girl (of that period) out. Nanda appears (and actually also was) elder to him but the twosome has shown good on-screen chemistry and appears quite a charming pair. All others including Helen as the vamp and Rajendra Naath as the comedian (in a relatively meaty role,) have done justice to the assigned roles.

R.D. Burman has prepared good music with help of Anand Bakshi's lyrics. The movie boasts of Mohammed Rafi's chartbuster romantic song - Gulaabi Aankhen Jo Teri Dekheen, Sharaabi Ye Dil Ho Gaya. Nee Soniye (Rafi-Lata) and Kisliye Maine Pyar Kiya (Lata) etc. are also quite good and popular songs. For Helen's dances, Asha has sung in her enchanting voice, songs like. Maine Dil Abhi Diya Naheen, O Meri Jaan Maine Kaha and Saiyan Re Saiyan.

A word of caution from my side. I had seen the full movie when it was telecast on Doordarshan but upon watching it on internet recently, I found that many important scenes are missing in the uploaded version including the revelation of suspense in the climax. Hence please don't watch it on internet and catch VCD / DVD of a reputed company for watching it.







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Lyrics of Gulaabi Aankhen Jo Teri Dekhin Sharaabi Ye Dil Ho Gayaa - गुलाबी आँखें जो तेरी देखीं शराबी ये दिल हो गया

gulaabi aankhe jo teri dekhi sharaabi ye dil ho gayaa
sambhaalo mujhako o mere yaaro sambhalanaa mushkil ho gayaa
gulaabi aankhe jo

dil me mere khvaab tere tasvire jaise ho divaar pe
tujhape fidaa mai kyun hu_aa aataa hai gussaa mujhe pyaar pe
mai lut gayaa maan ke dil kaa kahaa
mai kahi kaa naa rahaa kyaa karun mai dilarubaa
buraa ye jaadu teri aankho kaa ye meraa qaatil ho gayaa
gulaabi aankhe jo

maine sadaa chaahaa yahi daaman bachaa lu hasino se mai
teri qasam khvaabo me bhi bachataa phiraa naazanino se mai
taubaa magar mil ga_i tujhase nazar mil gayaa dard-e-jigar
sun zaraa o bekhabar
zaraa saa hans ke jo dekhaa tune mai teraa bismil ho gayaa
gulaabi aankhe jo


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Lyrics of Ni Soniye Chhod Bedardi Aanchal Mera - नी सोनिये छोड़ बेदर्दी आँचल मेरा

mujhse bhala ye kajal tera
tere nain base din raien
ni soniye ni soniye
o chhod bedardi aanchal mera
o chhod bedardi aanchal
mera ho gayi mai bechain
re soniya re soniya

naam ki tu hai meri sajaniya
naam ka hu mai hu tera piya o
reshmi lath se khele ye gajra
dur se tarse mera jiya
na na ha ha toba toba kaisi
naam hai premi pagal tera
toh se lage nain ni soniye
ni soniye

prem gali mien hoga na balma
tujhsa diwana aur koi aa
chain udhana nind churana
sikhe ye tujhse ye chor koi
na na ha ha gori kya hai saiya
ha aap hu mai to gayal tera
tadpu sari rain ni soniye
ni soniye chhod bedardi aanchal
ho chhod bedardi aanchal
mera ho gayi mai bechain
re soniya re soniya

chahe pawan chahe kiran ho
chune na dunga tera badan
jalta hai man to man me chupa ke
rakh lemujhe tu mere sajan
na na ha ha rani kya hai raja
haan rup barasta badal
tera pyase mere nain
ni soniye ni soniye
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Lyrics of Kis Liye Maine Pyaar Kiya, Dil Ko Yuhi Beqarar Kiya - किस लिए मैंने प्यार किया दिल को युहिं बेक़रार किया

kis liye maine pyar kiya dil ko yuhi beqarar kiya
sham savere teri rah dekhi raat din intazar kiya
kis liye maine pyar kiya dil ko yuhi beqarar kiya
sham savere teri rah dekhi raat din intazar kiya
kis liye maine pyar kiya

ankho me mai ne kajal dala mathe pe bindiya lagai
aise me tu aa jae to kya ho ram duhai
chhup ke mun me armano ne li kaisi agadai
koi dekhe to kya samajhe ho jae rusvai
mai ne kyo singar kiya dil ko yuhi beqarar kiya
sham savere teri rah dekhi raat din intazar kiya ho
kis liye maine pyar kiya

aaj vo din hai jisake liye mai tadapi banake radha
aaj mere man ki bachaini bad gai aur zyada
pyar me dhoka na kha jae ye man sidha sada
aisa na ho jhutha nikale aaj milan ka vada
mai ne kyo aitabar kiya dil ko yuhi beqarar kiya
sham savere teri rah dekhi raat din intazar kiya
kis liye mai ne pyar kiya dil ko yuhi beqarar kiya
sham savere teri rah dekhi raat din intazar kiya
kis liye mai ne pyar kiya

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Lyrics of Maine Dil Abhi Diya Nahi Mai Abhi Kya Janu - मैंने दिल अभी दिया नहीं मैं अभी क्या जानूँ

maine dil abhi diya nahi mai abhi kya janu
maine dil abhi diya nahi mai abhi kya janu
mai hu nadan tu anjan mai kaise manu
tu ru tu tu
maine dil abhi diya nahi mai abhi kya janu
maine dil abhi diya nahi mai abhi kya janu

bas aaj hi to hum mile hai, bechain hotho pe gile hai
do char hongi mulakate, fir hogi pyar bhari bate
bas aaj hi to hum mile hai, bechain hotho pe gile hai
do char hongi mulakate, fir hogi pyar bhari bate
maine pyar abhi kiya nahi mai abhi kya janu
maine pyar abhi kiya nahi mai abhi kya janu
mai hu nadan tu anjan mai kaise manu
tu ru tu tu
maine dil abhi diya nahi mai abhi kya janu
maine dil abhi diya nahi mai abhi kya janu

kya hai dil ki ye kahani, kya jane meri ye jawani
ye darde dil kya dawa hai, kya jane is ki dawa hai
kya hai dil ki ye kahani, kya jane meri ye jawani
ye darde dil kya dawa hai, kya jane is ki dawa hai
darde dil abhi liya nahi mai abhi kya janu
darde dil abhi liya nahi mai abhi kya janu
mai hu nadan tu anjan mai kaise manu
tu ru tu tu
maine dil abhi diya nahi mai abhi kya janu
maine dil abhi diya nahi mai abhi kya janu

so baar logo se suna hai, is pyar me bhi ek nasha hai
do ghut pilu to batau, fir haal dil ka mai sunau
so baar logo se suna hai, is pyar me bhi ek nasha hai
do ghut pilu to batau, fir haal dil ka mai sunau
uff ye jham abhi nahi mai abhi kya janu
uff ye jham abhi nahi mai abhi kya janu
mai hu nadan tu anjan mai kaise manu
tu ru tu tu
maine dil abhi diya nahi mai abhi kya janu
maine dil abhi diya nahi mai abhi kya janu

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Lyrics of O Meri Jaan Maine Kaha - ओ मेरी जां मैंने कहा

o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
dil ne dil se kya kaha
o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
dil ne dil se kya kaha

baato baato me karti hu main kamaal
ae bas jati hu
main dil me banke khayal
aankho aankho me deti hu main jawab
aankho aankho me karti hu main sawal
o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
dil ne dil se kya kaha

main bhi thodi si rahti hu bekarar
tu bhi thoda sa lagta hai bekarar
teri meri to halat hai ek si
kyu na aapas me hum dono karle pyar
o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
dil ne dil se kya kaha

dilkash baate hasi mehfil dil jawa
aisi raate jawani me phir kahan
mere hontho pe afsana pyar ka
tere lab pe mohabbat ki daasta
o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
dil ne dil se kya kaha
o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
o meri ja maine kaha
o meri ja tune suna
are dil ne dil se kya kaha


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Chaiyya Re Chhaiya Re Taro Ki Chaiya Saiya Re Saiya Chupake Saiya
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Lyrics of Chaiyya Re Chaiyya Re Taro Ki Chaiya Saiya Re Saiya Chupake Saiya - छैयां रे छैयां रे तारों की छैयां सैयां रे सैयां रे छुपके सैयां

chaiya re chaiya taro ki chaiya saiya re saiya chupake saiya
aise pakad li ni baiya main ka karu, main ka karu
main ka karu, main main ka karu
chaiya re chaiya taro ki chaiya saiya re saiya chupake saiya
aise pakad li ni baiya main ka karu, main ka karu

chor nikla vo shehri babu
chor nikla vo shehri babu nind churali mori
uski mithi bato me aa gayi main gaav ki gori
ho prem ki ankhiya pyar ki batiya
prem ki ankhiya pyar ki batiya jaise bhul bhulaiya
main ka karu, main ka karu, main ka karu, main main ka karu
chaiya re chaiya taro ki chaiya saiya re saiya chupake saiya
aise pakad li ni baiya main ka karu

bedardi ko bali umar pe haye taras na aaya
bedardi ko bali umar pe haye taras na aaya
kaise dekha aisa dekha jaise teer chalaka
vo na mana koi bahana
vo na mana koi bahana lakh padi main paiya
main ka karu, main ka karu, main ka karu, main main ka karu
chaiya re chaiya taro ki chaiya saiya re saiya chupake saiya
aise pakad li ni baiya main ka karu

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The Train (1970)

While, in the world of Hindi films, songs are often sung on trains, alas – trains too are occasionally dangerous places to be in. And I’m not simply talking about a train in which a heartbroken and lonely hero or heroine is travelling [such trains invariably have frightful accidents in which the hero(ine) is about the only person left alive and whole, though he/she has lost his/her memory, leading to interesting complications].
But that’s another story (or lots of other stories). This one is about the Calcutta Express, from Bombay to Calcutta. A terribly dangerous train if you happen to be a rich merchant travelling on it with a briefcase full of money.
…a briefcase which, soon after the train crosses Igatpuri, is seen in the hands of a nasty-looking goon (a very scarred Shetty).


He leaps off the train into a river, and is picked up by a less nasty-looking but very smirky accomplice (Madan Puri). They drive off, while on the train, a railway employee discovers the dead body of the poor merchant who made that fatal train journey.

Soon after, the accomplice, now wearing (besides that smirk) also a wig and fake beard and whatnot, passes himself off as a wealthy Nawab at the shop of a jeweller, Hiralal (Sundar). The Nawab Sahib asks to see Hiralal’s best diamond – what looks like a bit of glass to me, and not very sparkly either – and on discovering that it’s worth a lakh, doesn’t bat an eyelid. Instead, he opens his briefcase (brimming with currency notes) and gets ready to pay Hiralal.

At this point, a phone call comes for the Nawab Sahib, whose Begum it is. Begum Sahiba tells her ‘husband’ that she wants to buy an imported American car, and she’s seen the perfect one. Only, the seller wants cash – a lakh. He won’t take a cheque. When Nawab Sahib decides he’ll buy the diamond later and give this cash for the car instead, Hiralal (who’s been eavesdropping avidly on the conversation) sees a big sale slipping away, and offers to accept a cheque for the diamond.

So the deal is done, and Nawab Sahib goes away with the diamond and Hiralal rejoices over his cheque – before the writing on it disappears, taking with it all Hiralal’s happiness.

Quick switch now, to a garden where CID inspector Shyam (Rajesh Khanna) is romancing his girlfriend Neeta (Nanda).

A group of cops arrive just as Neeta and Shyam finish their cavorting and the last verse of their song. [How considerate of the cops to wait]. Shyam bundles Neeta into a cab – he, by the way, has told her he’s a student of art, not a cop – and then shows his ID to who are, in effect, colleagues. They tell him that someone using Shyam’s car number plate has pulled off a jewellery heist – the one at Hiralal’s – and so could Shyam please come to office. [About time, too. My father was in the police, and he was in office all day long, hard at work. I have never seen a police officer who got the time during office hours to go partying the way cops do onscreen].

Back in office, Shyam’s boss (Iftekhar) tells him all about the heist and assigns the case to Shyam. While they’re at it, the smirky baddie phones Shyam and makes some vague threats about doing away with Shyam. The conversation goes on just long enough for the cops to:
(a)    Discover that the call was from a public phone booth in Juhu
(b)   Record the call, which allows Shyam to listen to it over and over again
[Why did the baddie really phone Shyam? No self-respecting cop, especially if he’s a Hindi film hero, will be deterred by such milk-and-water threats. The only point seems to be that it gives our hero a clue].

The clue being a distinctive car horn beeping in the background. Why and how this leads him to a certain hotel is not divulged [Shemaroo strikes again?], but the next thing we know, Shyam makes his way to the hotel and watches a floor show where the lady in the limelight is Lily (Helen, who else?).

Her dance over, Lily comes over to meet Shyam. “Hi, handsome,” she says [good 20/20 vision this girl’s got], and we discover they’re old friends from college. Lily’s story is a sob one: her father, a drunk and a gambler, died leaving behind lots of debts. Lily was driven to take up a job as a dancer, and has been at it now for a while.
It’s obvious she’s quite infatuated with Shyam, and he indulges her by flirting mildly with her too.


Unfortunately, while Lily briefly goes off to the cloakroom, a bunch of baddies come out of nowhere and the next thing we know, Shyam is chasing them (or they’re chasing him; it’s all very confused) all across the beach next to the hotel. They finally bash our hero over the head and leave him. Why they don’t kill him – since they obviously have no compunctions about this kind of thing – is beyond me. 
Anyway, Shyam comes to after a while, and the next couple of scenes consist of him doing (and about time, too!) some police work – meeting colleagues, making enquiries, phoning people.


When we get back to his love life, there’s a revelation: it turns out Neeta, though she loves Shyam, is not keen on marrying him at the moment – more so when he tells her he’s a police officer. “I have some responsibilities,” she tells him ambiguously, but finally agrees to let him come and meet her mother.
Back home with mum (Mumtaz Begum), we discover the reason for Neeta’s reluctance to get married.


It emerges that Neeta’s father Ram Dev (Chaman Puri) is a jailbird, in prison for murdering his employer. Wrongly accused, of course – he was found standing next to the corpse, bloody dagger in hand and screaming “Khoon! Khoon!” (“Murder! Murder!”). Neeta’s aim in life is to quickly finish college, get a job and earn enough to set in motion the process to get her father proven innocent. [Hmm. How? Bribes? Or actually, maybe a private eye].

Shyam, who (as per his promise) has dropped by to meet Neeta’s mum, overhears this damning conversation from outside the window, and is even more aghast when there’s a thunderous knocking at the front door and Neeta opens to find – daddy! Ram Dev has escaped from jail, and has come to collect his wife and daughter so that the trio can run away together, somewhere where they won’t be traced.

Their plan is foiled by the ever-conscientious Shyam, who walks over to the front door, is let in – and immediately arrests daddy. He promises Neeta that he will dig up the case and ensure that Ram Dev is cleared of all charges, but Neeta is so angry, she yells at Shyam to never come near her again. Oh, dear. Another love story seemingly come to a sad end. [But look at the silver lining: this allows Shyam more time to attend to work.] – and he soon has a lot to do, what with digging up files on Ram Dev’s case.

We’re treated to a brief glimpse of Lily – who, of course, as has been obvious from the beginning, is mixed up with the baddies. She and the smirky baddie (who disapproves of Lily’s association with Shyam) are summoned by their boss to his dark den, and given their instructions…

…which revolve around a wealthy diamond merchant who’s arrived in town and is staying at the same hotel where Neeta (after much searching for jobs) is finally a receptionist. This job she owes to a man who comes one day to visit her and her mum, telling them that he’s an old and dear friend of Ram Dev’s, and that he’d like to help the two ladies out any way he can.

Anyway, back to the merchant. Having made a deal (and pots of money), he asks the hotel proprietor to get a train ticket booked for him on the Calcutta Express so that he can go back home. The proprietor, who’s oilier than a canned sardine, is all obsequious and eager to please. The ticket is booked and handed over to Sethji, who goes off to the station to catch the train.
Once seated, he finds that he doesn’t have the compartment to himself; he’s joined by a somewhat loud but good-natured man named Pyarelal (Rajendranath). And that isn’t all; shortly after, another passenger enters. This is a blingy, overtly flirtatious girl who calls herself Kalavati (Nanda, again). She soon sets about flirting with Pyarelal and sharing an orange with him.

When the train stops at Igatpuri, while Sethji is eating the dinner he’d ordered, ‘Kalavati’ asks Pyarelal to come with her to the station refreshment room so they can grab a bite to eat. While Pyarelal is busy washing his hands after their meal, the girl disappears – and the train leaves, leaving Pyarelal stranded at Igatpuri.

…and when the train arrives at the next station, Sethji is discovered dead.

What is going on? Why is the Calcutta Express such a dangerous train for rich merchants to travel in? And why has Neeta become a part of the gang that’s doing away with the merchants?
Watch. This isn’t one of those all-time great suspense films – not by a long shot – but it’s enjoyable enough.
What I liked about this film:
R D Burman’s music. Lots of very peppy songs here, including Gulaabi aankhen jo teri dekheen, Meri jaan maine kaha (in which RDB himself sings), and Kis liye maine pyaar kiya.
The eye candy. Or, more specifically, Rajesh Khanna and Helen. Both of them look gorgeous, despite the sometimes unflattering 70s clothes. I must confess to hating those horrid sleeveless jackets Rajesh Khanna is made to wear in songs like Ni soniye; awful! – he looks so much more delectable in a good suit.

What I didn’t like:
All the holes in the plot. Okay, this isn’t riddled with holes like some of the other so-called ‘suspense films’ that I’ve seen, but it’s not completely intact, either. The Train has its fair share of mysterious motives (why does the gang target only jewel dealers, and nobody else who’s rich?), pointless turns of story, and elements that make little, sometimes no, sense. Oh, and the end is such a let-down. Not just the revelation about how and why Neeta was masquerading as Kalavati, but also the revelation about who actually committed the crime for which Ram Dev had been imprisoned – that was just too pat, too convenient.
And you cannot, cannot have a woman look like this in profile:

Then have her turn around and look like this:

Even her hairdo is so obviously not the same as that of the woman’s in the first screen shot. An utterly pointless turn of plot too, I may add – its only significance in the story being that it allows a song.