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Hotel (1956)

Manmohan Sabir

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Release Date1956
GenreThriller
LanguageHindi
Shooting LocationJyoti Studios, Ashok Studios

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Jaswant got a job and a place to stay as soon as he came down to Bombay, thanks to the help of Lala Lalchand. Lala Lalchand's daughter Geeta had passed matriculation, and as love developed between Geeta and Jaswant, they were married. On the day after wedding came the happy news to Jaswant in the form of a telegram informing him that he had won a prize of five
lakhs of rupees in Cross-words. And before he actually received the 'prize' he had become a millionaire.

Kitty, a dancer in Grand Hotel owned by Pran was asked by him to follow up the new rich youth Jaswant and rob him of his prize. But Kitty had other plans... and so one evening Kitty was found murdered in Grand Hotel Jaswant was arrested for murder. Geeta could not believe that Jaswant would commit such a vile deed CID Inspector Simon set off to find the murderer.

Who was the real murderer?
How was he captured?
And what happened to that prize of five lakhs?

"GRAN D HOTEL" will provide answer to all these querries in a thrilling climax.

[From the official press booklet]