C.I.D. (1956 film)

C.I.D
Poster
Directed byRaj Khosla
Written byInder Raj Anand
Screenplay byInder Raj Anand
Produced byGuru Dutt
Starring
CinematographyV. K. Murthy
Anwar
Edited byY. G. Chawan
Music byO. P. Nayyar
Production
company
Distributed byGuru Dutt Movies Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 2 November 1956 (1956-11-02)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
C.I.D. (1956)

C.I.D. is a 1956 Indian crime thriller film directed by Raj Khosla and produced by Guru Dutt. It stars Dev Anand, Shakila, Johnny Walker, K. N. Singh and Waheeda Rehman. The film has Dev Anand playing a police inspector investigating a murder case. The music was given by O. P. Nayyar and the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri and Jan Nisar Akhtar. It was Waheeda Rehman's screen debut in Hindi films, and future directors Pramod Chakravorty and Bhappi Sonie worked as assistant directors on this film.[1][2] It is considered to be one of the "Best Thrillers to have ever come out of Hindi Cinema".[3]

  1. ^ "Waheeda's first break". The Hindu. 7 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Blast From Past: C.I.D (1956)". The Hindu. 15 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Filmfare recommends: Best Bollywood noir films of the '50s". filmfare.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.