''Lootere'' (Translation: ''Robbers'') is a 1993 Bollywood action movie, written and directed by

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and produced by

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. The film featured

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and

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, along with

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, Anupam Kher and

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in supporting roles. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of the year.

Plot

The movie opens with the apparent death of Anjali (Juhi Chawla) 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

as Sikandar *

as Karan *

as Anjali *

as Ali * Anupam Kher as Chengez Lala *

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as Devyani *

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as Lala's henchman *

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as Inspector Rane *

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as Deadly Henchman *

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as Lala's henchman *

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as Lala's Henchman *

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as Joshi *

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as Police Commissioner *

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Soundtrack

Actor

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penned a song in the film along with lyricist

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. Director Dharmesh Darshan also penned the song "Main Teri Rani". The music was a big hit when released.

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sang 2 songs, a duet each with

Manhar Udhas Manhar Udhas is a Hindi and Gujarati language singer and Bollywood playback singer. Early life Manhar Udhas is the eldest son of Keshubhai Udhas and Jituben Udhas, and the elder brother of singers Pankaj Udhas and Nirmal Udhas. He completed hi ...

and

Suresh Wadkar Suresh Ishwar Wadkar (born 7 August 1955) is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films. He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films, Odia albums and bhajans and in Konkani films. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Aka ...

. Despite the success of the music of this film, Dharmesh Darshan never repeated

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for any of his future projects. Original background music from Viju Shah. Multiple playback singers contributed their voice, includes

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The songs featured in the top 10 albums of the year.

References

External links

* 1993 films 1990s Hindi-language films Indian action films Films scored by Anand–Milind 1993 directorial debut films Films directed by Dharmesh Darshan 1993 action films {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub