Return of Jewel Thief is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language crime action thriller film directed by Ashok Tyagi. It is a sequel to the 1967 film Jewel Thief, that starred Ashok Kumar and Dev Anand who reprise their roles in this film. The cast of the film also includes Dharmendra, Jackie Shroff, Shilpa Shirodkar, Anu Aggarwal and Madhoo. Unlike the predecessor, this film was a box office failure. This was the last release of Aggarwal.

The British Government agrees to lend the priceless Kohinoor diamond for an exhibition to multi-billionaire Vinay Kumar on the condition that he deposits his jewel collection worth 500 billion rupees as security. Despite top-level protection the Kohinoor is stolen. Suspicion quickly falls on Vinay himself as his entire jewel collection posted as collateral also disappears. Police Commissioner Surya Dev Singh the last known person to have handled the diamond and son of Prince Arjun the infamous jewel thief from the original film is also under scrutiny. Con-man Johnny notorious for his jewel heists becomes another suspect alongside Jukaso a gangster of international repute. Even Chief Minister Neelkanth who had placed the Kohinoor in his personal safe in the presence of Surya Dev Singh is not above suspicion. With both the Chief Minister and the Police Commissioner implicated the mystery deepens and no one truly knows who the real criminal is.

The soundtrack and background score were composed by Jatin–Lalit and all the lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi.