CARAVAN THRILLER

A 1971 Indian crime drama–thriller, the Hindi movie Caravan features a heavily modified Bedford J4 truck in the form of a ‘touring talkies’ van.

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It features Jeetendra and Asha Parekh in lead roles. Starting with Parekh’s father (played by Murad) firing his employee (played by Krishen Mehta) for embezzling money, the plot proceeds to Murad being killed by Mehta. Consoling Parekh, Mehta convinces her to marry him. Upon marriage, Parekh finds out about Mehta’s bad intentions from his girlfriend, played by Helen. She decides to rush to her father’s old friend at Bangalore. The brakes of car fail on the way and she jumps out of it in the nick of time. Watchingfrom behind the bushes Mehta’s desperation to find her as he talks to the police inspector present, Parekh runs away to find refuge in Jeetendra’s van, which is passing by. At a stop, Parekh attempts to steal the food Jeetendra is eating and gets caught. Taking kind to her disposition, Jeetendra gives her a ride till Mumbai.