Story, Synopsis, Trivia, Dialogues for Tumsa Nahin Dekha (1957)
Twenty years ago, after killing his brother, Sardar Rajpal flees from his hometown in Shillong and re-locates in the rural area of Assam along with his adopted daughter, Meena. He asks his wife, Kamla, to send their son, Shankar, so that he can employ him and get him married to Meena. Shankar arrives and he is welcomed by Sardar who employs him and introduces him to Meena. A few days another young man shows up at his door claiming that he is Kamla's son. A baffled Sardar also welcomes him, and puts both the young men under observation in order to find who the real Shankar is. The question remains why would anyone want to impersonate Shankar, and what will happen to Sardar himself after the Police catch up with him for killing his brother 20 years ago.
Hussains directorial debut, a musical partly shot in colour, transformed Shammi Kapoor into a loose-limbed, hip-swinging hero (esp. in the song Chupne wale samme aa). The sympathetic criminal Gopal kills his nasty partner and has to go on the run, abandoning his wife and baby son. Twenty years later, safely hidden as a reclusive landlord in Assam, Gopal betrays his whereabouts to his wife via a job advertisement. His grown-up son Shankar (Kapoor), who hates his father for having abandoned his family, applies for the job carrying a letter of introduction from his mother. However, the villanious Sohan (Pran) who covets Gopals property intercepts and copies the letter so that two young men recommended by hs wife turn up on Gopals doorstep. The old man desnt know which is his son and which imposter Sohans intrigues are itnercut the numerous musical interludes as Shankar woos Meena (Ameeta), Gopals adopted daughter. The final conflict between the good gusys and the bad gusys includes several hill tribesmen led by fight director Shetty. The title number, Yun to humme lakh haseen dekhe nain, tumsa nahim dekha, was one of Mohammed Rafis biggest hits ever. Hussain remade the story as Dil Deke Deho. Check out this page for more updates on Tumsa Nahin Dekha.
