Lootere

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Lootere
Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Written by Dharmesh Darshan
Kamlesh Pandey (dialogues)
Screenplay byRajiv Kaul
Praful Parekh
Produced by Suneel Darshan
Starring Sunny Deol
Juhi Chawla
Chunky Pandey
Naseeruddin Shah
Anupam Kher
CinematographyW. B. Rao
Edited byA. Muthu
Music by Anand–Milind
Distributed byShree Krishna International
Release date
  • 2 April 1993 (1993-04-02)
Country India
Language Hindi
Box office9 crore

Lootere (Translation: Robbers) is a 1993 Bollywood action movie, written and directed by Dharmesh Darshan and produced by Suneel Darshan. [1] The film stars Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla in lead roles, along with Chunky Pandey, Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher in supporting roles. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of the year. [2]

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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

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". 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. The songs featured in the top 10 albums of the year. [3]

SongSinger
"Aaja Aanewale Aaja" Asha Bhosle
"Ae Sawan Baras Zara" Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar
"O Lootere O Lootere"Lata Mangeshkar, Manhar Udhas
"Mujhe Le Chal Mandir" Pankaj Udhas, Alka Yagnik
"Meri Barbaad Mohabbat Pukare" Mohammad Aziz, Alka Yagnik
"Main Teri Rani Tu Raja" Kumar Sanu,[Alka Yagnik
"Jis Dil Ne Tujh Ko"Kumar Sanu, Anupama Deshpande
"Oye Pape" Sukhwinder Singh, Sapna Mukherjee

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References

  1. "Lootere Movie Overview" . Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. Chintamani, Gautam (21 August 2016). "Creating a new wave". The Hans India . Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. "Lootere among most sold music albums of 1993". Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.