''Loafer'' is a 1973 Indian Hindi film directed by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars

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, Mumtaz in lead roles, with Om Prakash, Premnath, K. N. Singh in other important roles. The music for the film was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The film was the 7th highest grossing hindi-language film of 1973.

Plot

Ranjeet is a shiftless loafer and pickpocket working for a gang. He falls in love with Anju, but does not know she is spying on him for the leader of a rival gang. The gang leader tries to set a trap for Ranjeet, but Anju warns him and he escapes. Ranjeet also tries to help his friend, an apple vendor, pretend to be rich because he has lied to his daughter and said that he is a wealthy businessman. Meanwhile, Ranjeet must steal some jewels before the other gang steals them first. With the aid of a walking dog toy he tries to steal the jewels and Anju tells the gang leader that she will no longer spy on Ranjeet since she has fallen in love with him too.

Cast

as Ranjeet * Mumtaz as Anju * K. N. Singh as Mr. Singh * Premnath as Pratap * Om Prakash as Gopinath * Farida Jalal as Roopa * Madan Puri as Mr. Puri * Anwar Hussain as Mr. Sinha * Manmohan as Singh's Agent * Hiralal as Singh's Agent * Ramayan Tiwari as Singh's Agent * Bhushan Tiwari as Pratap's Man * Iftekhar as Police Commissioner *

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as Ranjeet's Man * Raj Mehra as Rajendranath Mehra * Anil Dhawan as Anil Mehra * Shaukat Kaifi as Anju's Mother * Randhir as Money Lender * Keshto Mukherjee as Drunk * Roopesh Kumar as Rakesh *

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as Dancer

Music

Laxmikant-Pyarelal has composed the music and Anand Bakshi has penned the lyrics.

References

External links

* {{A. Bhimsingh 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films 1973 films Films directed by A. Bhimsingh Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal