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If Tere Ghar Ke Samne is not the best then it is easily among top five romantic comedies ever made in Hindi cinema. TGKS represents perfect blend of romance and comedy and neither comedy takes a shelter in buffoonery nor romance follows an exaggerated lane where overflow of tears, while showing tough conditions or separation phase, tries to exploit the emotions of the audiences. It works in a soft manner.

TGKS is a winter film as it gives soft heating effect to the senses which one needs in the winters and especially when one is living or spending times in the mountains. TGKS’s flavour affects one like s/he is enjoying ginger tea while sitting on a hill station and smell of ginger is reaching to the nose through the vapours rising above the cup filled with golden tea, and …

If a team of Raj Khosla, Dev Anand, Jal Mistry, Rajindra Singh Bedi decides to make a film then its understood that direction will give us many thrilling moments to watch in the film and Cinematography will be of top quality. Rajindra Bedi’s story, inspite of having some inspirations from O Henry’s short story A Double Dyed Deceiver becomes unconventional when Bedi inserts incestuous angle in the plot and it was certainly a shocking theme for those days hindi cinema.

Dev Anand provides that valuable input to the character which is required to uplift this kind of story of crime, punishment and atonement.

Suchitra Sen produces that persona and performance which may compel Dev Anand’s character to go against social norms.

On surface it has incestuous angle but no it is not The Cement Garden and It does not even take route of Desire Under …

THANK YOU Navketan, Dev Saab and Vijay Anand to give us Jewel Thief. Your film, Jewel Thief, denies to loose its charm even after 41 years. 41 years is a time period long enough to forget even the places where one enjoys the formative years in the childhood. Lovers of Jewel Thief exist in all the age groups. It does not matter at which age they saw it, film remains in the list of their top favourite films after that one watching. Years don’t matter here. Some saw it 41 years ago when it was released in 1967. Some saw it in later years but one fact remains true for all the generations of the different audiences and that is the adhesive power of the film.

Ideally, Jewel Thief can not be discussed as it fulfils the dictum, “Sweet of …