Gateway of India

Gateway of India (1957)

The happenings of one night. A young heiress, on the run from her murderous uncle, roams the streets of Bombay where she runs into a series of shady characters. To escape from them, she makes a rendezvous with all of them to meet her early next morning at the Gateway of India, which also happens to be the locale for some covert criminal activity involving her uncle, the idea being to nab the crooks red-handed.

Date of release
1957-07-08
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director
J. Om Prakash

Casting

Interesting facts

Gateway of India is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed and produced by Om Prakash and cinematographed by G. Singh. The film is edited by Dharamvir and music is composed by Madan Mohan. It features an ensemble cast including Madhubala, Bharat Bhushan, Pradeep Kumar, Anita Guha, Johnny Walker, Master Bhagwan.

Production

Omprakash had written the story of Gateway of India keeping only one name in his mind: Madhubala. After finishing the story he approached Ataullah Khan, Madhubala's dominating father who used to handle her contracts. Since the film needed night shootings, Khan, who never allowed Madhubala to shoot in nights, refused and asked Omprakash to approach any other actress. However, Omprakash was adamant and ultimately Khan had to give in.

A large part of Gateway of India was shot in the streets of Bombay. Omprakash had booked a suite at the Taj Hotel for Madhubala to relax between midnight shoots. Since he was a respectable name in the industry, several top actors like Bharat Bhushan and Pradeep Kumar agreed to appear in few minutes' roles.

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