Bollywood action crime drama, Jaali Note, directed by Shakti Samnta and written by Ranjan Bose was released in the year 1960. The movie starred Dev Anand and Madhubala in lead roles while Om Prakash, Harbans Darshan, Helen, Brahm Bhardwaj, Madan Puri, Bipin Gupta, Keshav Rana and Krishnakant also played significant characters in the film. The melodious music fo the movie was directed by the music director O. P. Nayyar while the songs were crooned by Mohammed Rafi, Shamshad Begum, Asha Bhonsle etc.

Young and handsome, Dinesh ( Dev Anand ) is living a middle class lifestyle alongwith his mother. He works for Criminal Investigation Department and is known as one of the brave officer in it. He is assigned the case of the circulation of fake currency notes ( jaali notes ). He starts hisinvestigation and soon he reveals that Sunderdas is linked with this illegal business. But before he could confront him, Sunderdas is killed by someone. Dinesh then decides masquerades as a social worker in order to get some information from a jailed convict, Banwarilal ( Krishnakant ).

But there also he fails to get success in his plan. He then masquerades as a welathy person named Kunwar Vijay Bahadur. He get himself arrested in order to gain the confidence of Manohar and other gangsters. He meets with a press reporter named Renu ( Madhubala ) and falls in love with her. Dinesh then get succeed in learning about the big boss of the whole racket but get shocked to see the face of the criminal.

The songs of the movie are:

1. Sacch kehta hoon
2. Gustaakh nazar
3. Churi ban kaanta ban
4. Raat sard sard hai
5. Mister dil badi mushkil