A four-day film festival of classical movies is being held at Bharat Bhavan. The film festival is being held under celebration of its 38th foundation day.
On Monday, Hindi film Kala Paani was screened. Kala Pani is a 1958 Hindi movie, produced by Dev Anand for Navketan Films and directed by Raj Khosla. The movie is a remake of the 1955 Bengali film Sabar Upaarey which itself was based on A.J. Cronin's 1953 novel Beyond This Place.
The film stars Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant and Agha. The film's music is by Sachin Dev Burman, and the lyrics are by Majrooh Sultanpuri.
Karan (Dev Anand) comes to know that his father Shankarlal, is in jail. Also, that his mother has been pretending from his childhood that his father has died. On meeting his father, Karan comes to know that he has been jailed for a murder that he did not commit. Karan sets out to gather proof of his father's innocence so that he can get the case reopened, filed against him, and get him freed.
In his pursuit, a journalist Asha (role essayed by Madhubala) helps him to get his father justice. Asha tries to help him by printing about the prosecutor in the newspaper she works for.
However, she is stopped by her editor, who says that she does not have proof to print anything against him.
After Karan finds out the truth, the prosecutor Jaswant Rai admits his crime. And the story ends with Shankarlal coming out of the prison.
