PROVENANCE
Estate of Riyad Wadia
CATALOGE NOTES
Title: Husan ka Chor
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Release Date: 1953
Director/s: J.B.H. Wadia
Producer: Basant Pictures
Cinematographer: Anant Wadadekar
Art Director: Bachubhai Mistry
Songs/Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
Cast: Mahipal, Abdullah, Aftab, Arti, Azim, Shree Bhagwan, Bismilla, Dalpat, Goldstein, Gulab, Ismail, Usha Kiran, Lalita Kumari, Sardar Mansur, Mithoo Miya, Patanjal, Patel, Rajkumar, Babu Rege, Raja Sandow, Sharada, Brijmohan Vyas, Zarina
Plot: Qamar(Mahipal) was a neurotic thief. One day he steals Princess Husn’s (Usha Kiran) precious gems, but so enamoured he is by her, that he returns her jewels. When several foreign Princes come to propose to her, he too goes there, disguised as a prince in the hopes of marrying her. Husn selects him, but his secret is revealed by Nadira(Lalita kumari), a dancer who loves Qamar and who could not accept his selection by Husn. Qamar is put in Jail but is soon rescued by Nadira and his friends. A Faqir advises Qamar to become a real prince to win Husn’s heart.
Qamar sets out on a magical flying horse to meet Moon Fairy to get the Magic wish bowl. The Moon fairy is rescued by him from the custody of an evil genie. Meanwhile Husn’s father faces the threat of mutiny and death if Husn is not married to the Vazir. Qamar arrives on a flying carpet and takes Husn to the Moon.