''Rani Aur Lalpari'' is a 1975 Indian

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-language

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fantasy film directed by

Ravikant Nagaich Ravikant Nagaich (5 July 1931 – 6 January 1991) was an Indian film personality born at Atrauli, Aligarh- Uttar Pradesh, India. He started his filming career as a cinematographer in Telugu films, N.T. Rama Rao's '' Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam'' ...

and produced by Hari Prasad Nagaich and Rani Nagaich of Guru Enterprising Movies. The film stars Baby Rani in the lead role with

Rajendra Kumar Rajendra Kumar (born as Rajendra Kumar Tuli; 20 July 1927 – 12 July 1999), was an Indian actor who starred in Bollywood films. Starting his career in 1949, he appeared in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades. Kumar was on ...

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and

Reena Roy Reena Roy (born Saira Ali), is an Indian actress. She made her film debut as a teenager with B R Ishara's '' Zaroorat'' (1972), but gained wider public recognition with ''Jaise Ko Taisa'' (1973) and the romance-action film '' Zakhmee'' (1975). I ...

in lead roles and

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, Feroz Khan and

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in guest appearances. The music was composed by

Vasant Desai Vasant Desai (1912–1975) was an Indian film music composer, most remembered for his score in V. Shantaram films like '' Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje'' (1955), ''Do Aankhen Barah Haath'' (1957), Vijay Bhatt's '' Goonj Uthi Shehnai'' (1959), ''Samp ...

.. The film was a hit on release.

Plot

Rani is a child who is being brought up by her mother, Kamla as her dad Rajendra has gone out of town on business. Both mother and daughter live with their cruel and selfish relatives. They live with her abusive uncle. One day, Kamla gets the news that her husband is returning, and she is overjoyed. This joy turns to sorrow when she finds out that he has died in an accident. Shortly thereafter, she too passes away, leaving poor Rani at the hands of the cruel relatives. Her best friend Pappu tells her about Lalpari. She succeeds in reaching heaven with the help of Lalpari and manages to trick

Yamraj Yama (), also known as Kāla and Dharmarāja, is the Hindu god of death and justice, responsible for the dispensation of law and punishment of sinners in his abode, Naraka. He is often identified with Dharmadeva, the personification of ''Dharm ...

(God of truth and death). However, Rani's father was only injured in the plane crash. Rani lives happily ever after with her parents.

Cast

as Rajendra, Rani's dad *

as Kamla, Rani's mom *Baby Raani as Raani *

as Lalpari *Master Abbas as Pappu *

Satyen Kappu Satyendra Kappu (born Satyendra Sharma; also credited as Satyen Kappu; 7 February 1931 – 27 October 2007), was an Indian character actor in Bollywood films. He has acted in 390 films. His most remembered role is Ramlal in the movie ''Sholay'' ...

as Ramlal, Raani's uncle *Lalita Kumari as Ramlal's wife *

Ramesh Deo Ramesh Deo (30 January 1929 – 2 February 2022) was an Indian film actor who worked in more than 285 Hindi films, 190 Marathi films and 30 Marathi dramas with over 200 showings in his long career. He also produced feature films, television s ...

as Pappu's father *

Seema Deo Seema Deo (27 March 1942 – 24 August 2023) was an Indian Hindi and Marathi film actress. She appeared in over 80 Marathi and Hindi films. She won Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Actress for the film Pahu re kiti vaat. Biography See ...

as Pappu's mother *

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as Yamraj *

Jagdeep Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffrey (19 March 1939 – 8 July 2020), better known by his stage name Jagdeep, was an Indian actor and comedian who appeared in more than 400 films. He played Soorma Bhopali in ''Sholay'' (1975), Machchar in '' Purana Mandi ...

as Chitra Gupt *

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*Leena Das *

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Padma Khanna Padma Khanna is an Indian actress, dancer and director. She appeared mainly in Hindi and Bhojpuri films in the 1970s and 1980s. She is most remembered for her role in the film '' Saudagar'' with Amitabh Bachchan and also as Queen Kaikeyi in ...

as Mermaid *

Manju Bhargavi Manju Bhargavi is an actress and dancer, best known for her performance in the Telugu cinema, Telugu blockbusters, ''Nayakudu Vinayakudu'' (1980) and ''Sankarabharanam (1980 film), Sankarabharanam'' (1980), which both released in the same year ...

as Apsara *

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as Sardarji *

Danny Denzongpa Danny Denzongpa (born Tshering Phintso Denzongpa; 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, playback singer, film director, and liquor baron. His film career was primarily in Hindi, but also occasionally in Bengali, Nepali, and Tamil films. In a ...

as himself.

Characters in "Ek Baar Ek Ladki Thi" (Cinderella's story)

as Cinderella *

as Prince Charmin *Rajee Singh as Cinderella's mother * Preeti Ganguli as Cinderella's step-mom * Agha as Cinderella's dad

Characters in "Ajab Kahani Gulliver Ki" (Gulliver's story)

* Feroz Khan as Gulliver * Raja Babu as King of Lilliput

Soundtrack

References

External links

* 1975 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films 1970s children's fantasy films 1970s musical fantasy films Indian children's fantasy films Indian musical fantasy films Films based on Cinderella Films based on Gulliver's Travels Films directed by Ravikant Nagaich Films about fairies Yama in popular culture 1975 musical films {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub