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Lootmaar
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Wikipedia article
'Lootmaar' is a 1980 Hindi mystery film produced and directed by Dev Anand. The film stars Dev Anand, Tina Munim, Mehmood, Nirupa Roy, Amjad Khan, Prem Chopra, Kader Khan, Ranjeet, Shakti Kapoor, Simple Kapadia, Shreeram Lagoo and Rakhee Gulzar in a Guest appearance. The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan.
Plot
Indian Air Force pilot Bhagat lives with his wife, Raksha and a young son. While going to the bank one day, the family find that the bank is being held up. The bank-robbers panic at the arrival of the police, and fire randomly, killing Raksha instantly. Bhagat witnesses this horrific spectacle and is unable to do anything to save his wife. The robbers were masked, but one of them had a tear in his shoe and another was wearing a locket, very similar to the one worn by his wife. Bhagat's inquiries take him to the northernmost hilly regions of India, where he must confront the past, as well as seek out the elusive killers and bring them to justice, not knowing that in so doing he will be endangering the life of his son.
Cast
* Dev Anand as Wing Commander Bhagat / Jim Darcy
* Raakhee Gulzar as Raksha Bhagat
* Tina Munim as Neela Ramniklal
* Prem Chopra as Damodar
* Simple Kapadia as Rani
* Nirupa Roy as Satyavati
* Mehmood
*Amjad Khan as Vikram
*Kader Khan
* Ranjeet as Peter
* Shakti Kapoor
*Shreeram Lagoo as Seth Ramniklal
* Om Shivpuri as Mr. Bhagat
* Sudhir Dalvi as Pandit
* Ram Mohan as Police Inspector
* Sharat Saxena as Police Inspector
*Kalpana Iyer as Dancer
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack was composed by Rajesh Roshan and the lyrics were penned by Amit Khanna.
# "Main Aur Tu Kar Le Dosti" Lata Mangeshkar
# "Paas Ho Tum Magar Karib Nahi" Lata Mangeshkar
# "Piya Hum Saat Mulk Ka Pani" Kishore Kumar
# "Aaj Ka Din" Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
# "Piya Hum" Kishore Kumar, Mehmood
# "Jab Chaye Mera Jadoo" Asha Bhosle
# "Hans Tu Hardam Khushiya Ya Gum" Kishore Kumar, Varsha Bhosle, Shivangi Kolhapure
# "Hans Tu Hardam" Lata Mangeshkar
Reception
One reviewer said of the film, "Alas, the story simply does not reach the same heights as the casting. The music, too, is utterly disposable, with perhaps one decent song in the bunch."
References
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