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Loafer is a 1973 Bollywood film directed by A. Bhimsingh. The film stars Dharmendra, Mumtaz, Om Prakash, Premnath, K. N. Singh. The music for the film was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

Loafer
Directed by	A. Bhimsingh
Written by	Jagdish Kanwal
Screenplay by	Nabendu Ghosh
Story by	Vijay
Produced by	R. C. Kumar
Starring	Dharmendra Mumtaz Om Prakash Premnath K. N. Singh
Cinematography	Rajendra Malone
Edited by	A. Paul Durai Singham
Music by	Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Production company	Century Films
Distributed by	Century Films
Release date	12 March 1973 (1973-03-12)
Running time	135 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹4,50,00,000[1]

The film was a "Hit" at the box office and ranked 7th in top grossers on 1973.[1] With the films like Jugnu, Yaadon Ki Baaraat, Jheel Ke Us Paar, Kahani Kismat Ki, Keemat and Blackmail, Loafer became the 7th hit for Dharmendra in 1973 and thus removing Rajesh Khanna from the top spot. Dharmendra and Mumtaz were appreciated by the critics for their performance. The evergreen song "Aaj Mausam bada beiman hai" became a chart buster and was used in the 2001 film Monsoon Wedding

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

• Dharmendra as Ranjeet
• Mumtaz as Anju
• Farida Jalal as Roopa
• Om Prakash as Gopinath
• Premnath as Pratap
• K. N. Singh as Mr. Singh "Uncle"
• 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
• Mukri 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
• Padma Khanna as Dancer

Music

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

Song	Singer
"Main Tere Ishq Mein"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Koi Shehri Babu"	Asha Bhosle
"Kahan Hai Woh Deewana"	Asha Bhosle
"Motiyon Ki Ladi Hoon Main"	Asha Bhosle
"Aaj Mausam Bada Be-Imaan"	Mohammed Rafi
"Duniya Mein Tera Hai"	Mahendra Kapoor

References

External links

• Loafer at IMDb

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