Lootere
1993 film by Dharmesh Darshan
- 2 April 1993 (1993-04-02)
Lootere (Translation: Robbers) is a 1993 Bollywood action movie, written and directed by Dharmesh Darshan and produced by Suneel Darshan.[1] The film featured Sunny Deol and Juhi Chawla, along with Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher and Chunky Pandey in supporting roles. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of the year.[2]
Plot
The film opens with the apparent death of Anjali. The movie is a love story of Karan and Anjali. Karan, a decorated police officer is given the duty to protect Anjali, who is the only witness against one of the underworld bosses known as Chengez Lala. In order to safeguard Anjali, Karan has to take her far away in the wilderness so that no one gets to know where she is. During this escapade, Karan and Anjali fall in love and desire to get married against all odds. How the hero fights all the villains and saves his girl forms the crux of the story.
Cast
- Sunny Deol as Karan
- Juhi Chawla as Anjali
- Naseeruddin Shah as Sikandar
- Chunky Pandey as Ali
- Anupam Kher as Chengez Lala
- Pooja Bedi as Devyani
- Sharat Saxena as Lala's henchman
- Anang Desai as Inspector Rane
- Mahesh Anand as Deadly Henchman
- Dinesh Anand as Lala's henchman
- Jack Gaud as Lala's Henchman
- Mushtaq Khan as Joshi
- Subbiraj as Police Commissioner
- Ajit Vachani
- Dan Dhanoa
Soundtrack
Actor Manoj Kumar penned a song in the film along with lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri. Director Dharmesh Darshan also penned the song "Main Teri Rani". The music was a big hit when released. Lata Mangeshkar sang 2 songs, a duet each with Manhar Udhas and Suresh Wadkar. Despite the success of the music of this film, Dharmesh Darshan never repeated Anand–Milind for any of his future projects. Original background music from Viju Shah. Multiple playback singers contributed their voice, includes Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Suresh Wadkar, Mohammed Aziz, Manhar Udhas, Pankaj Udhas, Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Sukhwinder Singh, Anupama Deshpande & Sapna Mukherjee The songs featured in the top 10 albums of the year.[3]
| # | Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Main Teri Rani Tu Raja" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | Dharmesh Darshan |
| 2 | "Mujhe Le Chal Mandir" | Pankaj Udhas, Alka Yagnik | Manoj Kumar |
| 3 | "O Lootere O Lootere" | Lata Mangeshkar, Manhar Udhas | Manoj Kumar |
| 4 | "Jis Dil Ne Tujh Ko" | Kumar Sanu, Anupama Deshpande | Dharmesh Darshan |
| 5 | "Ae Sawan Baras Zara" | Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar | Dharmesh Darshan |
| 6 | "Oye Pape" | Sukhwinder Singh, Sapna Mukherjee | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
| 7 | "Meri Barbaad Mohabbat Pukare" | Mohammad Aziz, Alka Yagnik | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
| 8 | "Aa Ja Aanewale Aaja" | Asha Bhosle | Majrooh Sultanpuri |
References
- ^ "Lootere Movie Overview". Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ Chintamani, Gautam (21 August 2016). "Creating a new wave". The Hans India. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "Lootere among most sold music albums of 1993". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.
External links
- Lootere at IMDb
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