Dhund

In bollywood mystry thrillers are quite rare and considering a thriller made in bacchhans era 70 s is by no means an ordinary feat. danny is quite extraordinary in his 5 min role, u feel like getting up and slapping him and feel quite satisfied that he dies, thats acting ...sanjay khan , navin nischol and ashok kumar are fabulous but zeenat aman was poor in acting, could have been better. all the loopholes in the story are plugged n last few min in such a way that each and every scene and character is justified in what he/she does. a must watch

The narrative of DHUND 1973 commences with the body of a lifeless man - so who actually murdered this man - his step mother who depended on him for her sustenance - his wife who was mentally n physically brutalized by him - her paramour who wants to safeguard her at all costs - an outsider who enters the house to make a phone call - this is a whodunit which definitely needs to be appreciated - good performances by the entire cast - zeenat aman looks smashing - the opening track, by mahendra kapoor, is a major plus - rating 3/5.

Review By Kamal K

What a super duper whodunit! And what a perfect star cast! Danny Denzongpa as the wheelchair bound sadist with a twisted soul was unforgettable. As was Zeenat Aman as his beautiful, long suffering wife. Sanjay Khan as the suave debonair advocate who's a family friend and is also carrying on an affair with Zeenat had done his role very well. And, we come to Navin Nishchal as the man who discovers the dead man and his murderer was excellent. Kudos to B R Chopra for his taut direction!

'Dhund', to this day, remains a very well made murder mystery.

A gripping plot especially for a old movie, the plot leverages on the characteristics of Danny's role in order to justify the reasons behind his killing. Danny's acting is stupendous and over-whelming, so as to generate enough hatred by the audience for his role and at the same time develop awe for his acting. The dialogues spoken by Danny are so powerful that literally create a shaken and threatening feeling. The cool as cucumber and always helpful and cordial Navin Nischal cushions the plot very well. Deven Verma's very little cameo also adds a tinge of humour to the overall serious movie. The episode of killing is described very intriguingly with crafty usage of collectivism of the environmental noises, shooting noise and the regular habit of Danny to shoot at birds. The movie mentions of suspicions of killing towards many salient roles, by convincingly justifying the supposed reasons behind the killing by every suspect. The highlighting theme was the constant anger and wrath of the daunting Danny, which is nicely spread throughout the movie, with his physical disabilities in no way alleviating his nature even slightly.

The title song is wonderful and helps in building up on the suspense plot, but my special appreciation for the synergy between how the movie starts and how the movie ends. And special mention of the fact that the movie's plot is highly intelligent, which forms the foundation for this to be a good movie.

A good/intelligent suspense thriller. As someone rightly put it: :grippingly successful attempt at suspense, a genre rarely attempted by Hindi cinema. The movie was made in 1972 and we have gone through 30 odd years and yet no one has come out to make something like Dhund in Bollywood. Amazing, 30 years Bollywood and still no intelligent suspense thrillers. The ending could have done with a little better fine-tuning and --SPOILERS-- except for the fact how easily the murderer walks inside the house via the "open at night main-door" {most people I know, sleep at night with their doors locked :-) } , the movie was watertight and gripping. Equally good performances by Zeenat and Sanjay.

A must see for every Hitchcock fans.

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