Lalkar

{{for|the magazine|Lalkar (magazine)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Lalkar | image = Lalkaar.jpg

| caption = | director = Ramanand Sagar | producer = Ramanand Sagar | writer = Ramanand Sagar Moti Sagar | narrator = | starring = Dharmendra Rajendra Kumar Mala Sinha Kumkum Nazir Hussain | music = Kalyanji-Anandji | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = Sagar Arts | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1972|6|02}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Hindi | budget = | gross = }} '''''Lalkar''''' (Challenge) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language war action film produced and directed by Ramanand Sagar.<ref name="FilmWorld">{{cite book|title=Film World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnhTAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=12 June 2015|volume=8|date=February 1972|publisher=T.M. Ramachandran|page=165|archive-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410060907/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnhTAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> It was adapted from a Hindi novel Sagar had written, called "Lalkar".<ref name="Pauwels2008">{{cite book|author=Heidi R.M. Pauwels|title=The Goddess as Role Model: Sita and Radha in Scripture and on Screen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EX92CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT56|accessdate=12 June 2015|date=11 September 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-045153-0|pages=56–}}</ref> The film had music composed by Kalyanji Anandji and the lyricists were Hasrat Jaipuri, Indeevar, Mahendra Dehlvi and Kulwant Jani.<ref name=MySwar>{{cite web|title=Lalkar (1972)|url=http://myswar.com/album/lalkaar-1972|website=myswar.com|publisher=MySwar|accessdate=12 June 2015|archive-date=21 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821171429/http://myswar.com/album/lalkaar-1972|url-status=live}}</ref> It was rated as a hit<ref name="Collections">{{cite book|title=Collections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=12 June 2015|year=1991|publisher=Update Video Publication|archive-date=10 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110125412/https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> and cited as one of the "highest grossers" of 1972.<ref name=TheHindu>{{cite news|last1=Malhotra|first1=APS|title=Lalkar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/lalkar-1972/article5504107.ece|accessdate=12 June 2015|work=Blast From The Past|agency=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|date=26 December 2013|archive-date=2 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302224602/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/lalkar-1972/article5504107.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> Stated to be the costliest war film produced at the time,<ref name="Organiser">{{cite book|title=Organiser|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiRBAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=12 June 2015|volume=26|date=August 1972|publisher=Bharat Prakashan.|page=33}}</ref> it starred Dharmendra, Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha and Kumkum in lead roles. The rest of the cast included Nazir Hussain, Sujit Kumar, Ramesh Deo, Dara Singh and Agha.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Lalkaar|url=http://www.citwf.com/film192630.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=12 June 2015|archive-date=14 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614065136/http://www.citwf.com/film192630.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Plot== Two sons of Colonel Kapoor, one in the Army and One in the Air force are in love with the same girl. But before anything could be finalized, both are sent to a mission against the Japanese to destroy their secret airport.

==Cast== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} *Dharmendra as Major Ram Kapoor *Rajendra Kumar as Wing Commander Rajan Kapoor *Mala Sinha as Usha Choudhury *Kumkum as Rajkumari Toshi *Dev Kumar as Captain Dev *Nana Palsikar as Colonel Kapoor *Nazir Hussain as Colonel Choudhury *Tun Tun as Danko *Keshto Mukherjee as Keshto *Sujit Kumar *Agha *Roopesh Kumar *Manmohan as Japanese Army Officer *Ramesh Deo *Dara Singh *Ajit singh deol {{div col end}}

==Soundtrack== {| class="wikitable" ! # !! Title !! Singer(s) |- | 1 | "Aaj Gaalo Mushkralo" | Mohammed Rafi |- | 2 | "Bol Mere Sathiya" | Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar |- | 3 | "Mere Mehboob" | Manhar Udhas, Mala Sinha |- | 4 | "Shyamji Ke Dwaar Pe" | Mahendra Kapoor, Poornima |- | 5 | "Zara Mudke To Dekh" | Mohammed Rafi |- | 6 | "Aaj Gaalo Muskuralo(Sad)" | Mohammed Rafi |- | 7 | "Maine Kaha Na Na Na" | Asha Bhosle |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0268416|title=Lalkar (The Challenge)}}

Category:1972 Hindi-language films Category:1972 Indian films Category:1970s action war films Category:1972 films Category:Films about the Burma campaign Category:Cultural depictions of Japanese people Category:Films about brothers Category:Films about death Category:Films about father–son relationships Category:Films about grief Category:World War II aviation films Category:Films about military personnel Category:Films about shot-down aviators Category:Films directed by Ramanand Sagar Category:Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji Category:Films set in Myanmar Category:Films set in airports Category:Films set in the 1940s Category:Films about aviation accidents or incidents Category:Indian Air Force in films Category:Indian Army in films Category:Indian World War II films Category:Indian action drama films Category:Indian action war films Category:Indian aviation films Category:Indian romantic action films Category:Indian spy action films Category:Indian war drama films Category:Indian war romance films Category:Japan in non-Japanese culture Category:Prisoner of war films Category:Films set on the home front during World War II Category:India–Japan military relations Category:India–Myanmar relations Category:Anti-Japanese sentiment