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Qaidi No. 911 (1959)

Qaidi No. 911 poster
Directed by
Aspi Irani
Genre
crime thriller film
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A man is wrongly arrested for a robbery he did not commit. The story follows his struggle to clear his name.

tensesuspensefulclassicdramaticslow-burngritty

What happens

Qaidi No. 911 (transl. 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 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 Kannayya (1962). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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