Baaz 1953

Baaz is a 1953 Indian Bollywood action, romance, musical, thrille, costume film released on Jan 01, 1953. The film is directed by Guru Dutt, produced by Geeta Bali.

Nisha lives a poor lifestyle in the Portuguese-ruled Malabar region in India along with her widowed dad, Narayan Das. Both father and daughter are opposed to the oppressive rule of the Portuguese General Barborosa, and even shelter a freedom fighter, Ramzan Ali Saudagar. When the Police get wind of this, they arrest both Ramzan and Narayan and torture them. Nisha approaches Raj Mata albeit in vain. Thereafter Nisha and her friend are arrested and jailed after a failed attempt to kill Barborosa. After spending sometime in prison, the two women, along with several other prisoners are hired out to work on a merchant ship. They end up overpowering the ship and it's men and take over it. They use this ship to tackle another Portuguese vessel, sinking it, and taking three captives, an astrologer, a young man, and a woman named Rosita. The young man, who had rescued Nisha from molesters earlier, falls in love with Nisha and together they decide to oppose the Portuguese regime and overthrow them. What Nisha and her associates do not know is that the young man is really Raj Kumar Ravi - who was being sent to Portugal to learn various war-like arts so that he and the Portuguese can continue to rule over Malabar. Watch what happens when Ravi escapes and returns to his castle.

When the Zamorin of Calicut gave the Portugese no shelter in his State at the beginning of the 16th century, the invaders settled in the neighbouring parts along the coast. The relations between the rulers of these reland the Zamorin had always been far from coridal and some of them signed treaties with the Portugese by which the latter were given trading conscessions in return for promises of help against the Zamorin. The Portugese, however, soon began to interfere in the affairs of the state as well. Before the portugese came to Malabar the trade of the land was largely in the hands of the Muslim merchants and in order to wrest their trade from them, the Portugese persecuted them . Ramzan Ali, a well-known merchant, is sought by the portugese for alleged breaking of the law of monopoly trade by which the local merchants were forbidden to trade with any other but the Portugese. Both Ramzan Ali and Naraindas, who gave refuge to the former, are arrested and brought before the Portugese General, Barbosa and after a summary trial marched off to jail. . Nisha, Naraindass daughter, together with her companion Kirni, approaches the Queen Mother and pleads for her fathers life. When the Queen Mother expresses her inability to do anything where Barbosa is concerned, Nisha and Kirni enter Barbosas headquarters and demand the release of naraindas and his companions but are, however, arrested and thrown in prison. Barbosa then sells all his prisoners including Nisha and Kirni, to a Portugese pirate named Cabral. . In Barbosass scheme to maintain his supremacy, his accomplice is a Portugese, woman, Rosita, who tries to beguile Prince Ravi, heir apparent to the throne of a petty state. Barbosa meets Prince Ravi and the Queen Mother, and stresses the necessity of the Prince visiting Portugal before the Raj Tilak and finally persuades the Prince to undetake the voyage along with Rosita. The implied alternative is that his cousin Jaswant would be in the Generals favour and gain the throne. . When Barbosas prisoners are brought abroad the ship Baaz, pirate Cabral is furious at the sight of the many weaklings and order Tillu, his principal lieutenant, to sent the able bodied ones to the galley and cast the others overboard. Naraindas, and Ramzanali are among the latter, and Ramzanli are among the latter, and Nisha becomes a helpless witness of the cruel deed. She rouses the slave crew to mutiy, and along with Tillu, the prisoners seize the ship. Encougaged by the success Nisha and her men pillage other Portugese ships. One of the ships they attack is bound for Portugal with Prince Ravi, his companion the Raj Jyotshi and Rosita on board. The mutineers kill everyone, but these three, Nisha sparing Ravis life, because he had once rescued her from the hands of the Protugese. His identity a secret, Ravi joins the mutineers. . Nisha though not prepared to admit even to herself, falls in love with Ravi and is torn between her love for Ravi and her sense of duty towards the cause she espuses. Repeatedly Ravi tells Nisha that the Protugese must be fought on alnd as well and driven away from the coast. When by Nishas command the Baaz makes for the shore number of her crew go ashore and make their headquarters in a cave. Tillu now brings the news that Jaswant, Ravis cousin is to be crowned King. The news stirs Ravi to action and leaving the cave stealthily he hastens to the Palace. Tillu, who is hard on his heels, returns to the cave and reveals Ravis true identity to Nisha. Nisha now deeply in love with Ravi is plunged in grief. . Ravi is arrested at the Palace by his cousin Jaswant and broguht before Barbosa on a charege of treason against the state. Barbosa tries to elict information about Nisha but fails, and eventually orders his soldiers to kill Ravi. Meanwhile the queenmother approach Nisha in her hide-out and begs of herto save her sons life. Nisha rescues Ravi miraculously at the risk of her own life. Then both Nisha and Ravi along withher men plan an attack on Barbosa. Ravi promising to secure help from the neighbouring cheifs. [Source: Booklet] Check out this page for more updates on Baaz.