unlike bond and other detective movie and alfred hitchcock hero use to be a common man who would get into trouble and then with his acumen and courage ( and luck ) would get out of it . jewel thief be base on the same principle and so in a way it be vijay anand tribute to the master of suspense . the tribute a it may be but it stand it own ground and establishes vijay anand a a great director himself . it be the story of a common man vinay who one day realize that he have a double call amar who in fact be a jewel thief . suddenly vinay find himself in the middle of a hatching scheme and to save himself go on a wild goose chase to find this amar who remain one step ahead of him . the suspense be almost kill throughout the movie and a the plot unravels you be hit by the brilliance of the scheme . just like hitchcock movie and jewel thief can boast of a grand climax shot inside the grand palace of sikkim . everyone and i mean everyone while dev anand and vijay anand and ashok kumar and vajyanti mala and tanuja and sd burman and kishore kumar and majrooh sultanpuri etc . etc . be in their top form . this be one of the best thriller ever make in india .