''Ek Thi Larki'' (Hindi: एक थी लड़की, There Was A Girl) is a 1949

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film by director Roop K. Shorey. It had the famous Punjabi song "Laara Lappa Laara Lappa Layi Rakhda" by

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and

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. The music director was

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, with lyrics by

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and story by I. S. Johar. The film starred

Meena Shorey Meena Shorey (13 November 1921 – 3 September 1989) was a Pakistani film actress who worked first in Indian cinema and later Pakistani cinema. She appeared in Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi language, Punjabi films. Credited in films by her mononym ...

(as Meena) who became famously known as the "Larra Lappa" girl following the release of the film, and Motilal (as Ranjeet). Other co-stars were

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, Agha, Shakuntala, and

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Plot

The movie is based on Meena (Meena Shorey) who is running away from two men, who are blackmailing her for a crime she did not commit. Along the way she meets Ranjeet ( Motilal), who is engaged to be married to the daughter of his boss but falls in love with Meena.

Cast

Meena Meena () is a sub-group of Bhils. They speak Meena language. They started adopting the Brahmin worship system. Its name is also transliterated as ''Meenanda'' or ''Mina''. Historians claim that they belong to the Matsya tribe. They got the sta ...

as Meena * Motilal as Ranjeet *

Kuldeep Kuldeep Singh' is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Kuldeep Bishnoi (born 1968), Indian Member of Parliament *Kuldeep Kumar (born 1950), Indian politician *Kuldeep Manak (1951–2011), Indian Punjabi singer *Kuldeep Pawar (1949� ...

Majnu ''Layla & Majnun'' ( ar, مجنون ليلى ; Layla's Mad Lover) is an old story of Arab origin, about the 7th-century Bedouin poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his ladylove Layla bint Mahdi (later known as Layla al-Aamiriya). "The Layl ...

as Mohan *

Johar Johar (foaled 1999 in Kentucky, died November 10, 2014)http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/88680/stallion-johar-dies-at-age-15#ixzz3Irqla5SG was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2003 Breeders' Cup Turf in ...

as Sohan * Shakuntala * Satish Batra * Sham Lal as Seth Shyam Sunder * Moti Bina * Agha Miraj

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