Lalkar

1972 Indian film

2 June 1972 (1972-06-02)

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Lalkar (Challenge) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language war action film produced and directed by Ramanand Sagar.^[1] It was adapted from a Hindi novel Sagar had written, called "Lalkar".^[2] The film had music composed by Kalyanji Anandji and the lyricists were Hasrat Jaipuri, Indeevar, Mahendra Dehlvi and Kulwant Jani.^[3] It was rated as a hit^[4] and cited as one of the "highest grossers" of 1972.^[5] Stated to be the costliest war film produced at the time,^[6] it starred Dharmendra, Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha and Kumkum in lead roles. The rest of the cast included Nazir Hussain, Sujit Kumar, Ramesh Deo, Dara Singh and Agha.^[7]

Plot

Two sons of Colonel Kapoor, one in the Army and One in the Air force are in love with the same girl. But before anything could be finalized, both are sent to a mission against the Japanese to destroy their secret airport.

Cast

Dharmendra as Major Ram Kapoor
Rajendra Kumar as Wing Commander Rajan Kapoor
Mala Sinha as Usha Choudhury
Kumkum as Rajkumari Toshi
Dev Kumar as Captain Dev
Nana Palsikar as Colonel Kapoor
Nazir Hussain as Colonel Choudhury
Tun Tun as Danko
Keshto Mukherjee as Keshto
Sujit Kumar
Agha
Roopesh Kumar
Manmohan as Japanese Army Officer
Ramesh Deo
Dara Singh
Ajit singh deol

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Aaj Gaalo Mushkralo"	Mohammed Rafi
2	"Bol Mere Sathiya"	Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
3	"Mere Mehboob"	Manhar Udhas, Mala Sinha
4	"Shyamji Ke Dwaar Pe"	Mahendra Kapoor, Poornima
5	"Zara Mudke To Dekh"	Mohammed Rafi
6	"Aaj Gaalo Muskuralo(Sad)"	Mohammed Rafi
7	"Maine Kaha Na Na Na"	Asha Bhosle

References

^ Film World. Vol. 8. T.M. Ramachandran. February 1972. p. 165. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
^ Heidi R.M. Pauwels (11 September 2008). The Goddess as Role Model: Sita and Radha in Scripture and on Screen. Oxford University Press. pp. 56–. ISBN 978-0-19-045153-0. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
^ "Lalkar (1972)". myswar.com. MySwar. Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
^ Collections. Update Video Publication. 1991. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
^ Malhotra, APS (26 December 2013). "Lalkar". Blast From The Past. The Hindu. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
^ Organiser. Vol. 26. Bharat Prakashan. August 1972. p. 33. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
^ "Lalkaar". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.