C.I.D. (1956 Film) - Trivia

Trivia

• Dev Anand and Guru Dutt were friends when they struggled to get a break in films and had promised each other that Dev would give Guru Dutt a film to direct (which he did with Baazi) and Guru Dutt would cast Dev as a hero and direct him. As Guru Dutt did not direct C.I.D. he could fulfill only half his promise.
• Guru Dutt had spotted Waheeda Rehman in a Telugu movie and cast her in Pyaasa, but gave her a key supporting role in C.I.D. to prepare her for Pyaasa.
• Guru Dutt had reportedly gifted Raj Khosla a swanky foreign car after the success of C.I.D.
• The choreography of this film was done by Zohra Sehgal, now famous for her ‘granny’ roles (e.g., Cheeni Kum).
• The costumes were credited to a debutant, Bhanumati, who is better known as Bhanu Athaiya.
• Assisting Raj Khosla on C.I.D. were Pramod Charavorty and Bhappi Sonie who went on to become successful directors in their own right.
• One of the lyricists was Jan Nisar Akhtar, father of Javed Akhtar, who wrote "Aankhon hi Aankhon Mein."
• The scriptwriter was Inder Raj Anand, father of actor-filmmaker Tinnu Anand.
• The song "Aye Dil Hain Mushkil" (also known as "Bombay Meri Jaan"), performed by Mohammed Rafi and Geeta Dutt, accompanies the end titles of the 2008 film Mumbai Meri Jaan.
• You can hear famous songs of O. P. Nayyar from other movies such as Muhabbat Kar Lo Jee Bhar Lo and Jaatta Kahan Hain Deewane in the background music of this film.
• In the game of musical chairs on Rekha's birthday, the harmonium player plays songs of even other music composers such as Shankar Jaikishan ("Ichak Daanaa Beechak Daanaa") or S.D. Burman (Jeevan Ke Safar Mein Raahee, Milte Hain Bichhad Jaane Ko).