Jaal

Jaal is a 1952 Indian Hindi-language crime noir film directed by Guru Dutt. The film stars Dev Anand and Geeta Bali in lead roles. Set in Goa, it follows gold smuggler Tony Fernandes, wooing a local fisherwoman Maria against the backdrop of smuggling. It was filmed on location in the coastal fishing villages of Goa by V. K. Murthy in black-and-white and marked the beginning of a longtime professional partnership between Dutt and Murthy. Its music by S. D. Burman, which incorporates Goan folk music, became popular, especially the songs "Yeh Raat Yeh Chandni" sung by Hemant Kumar and "Chandni Raaten" sung by Lata Mangeshkar.