''Ek Thi Reeta'' (A Girl Called Reeta) is a

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action comedy thriller, produced and directed by Roop K. Shorey. The film was an adaptation of Shorey's earlier success ''

Ek Thi Ladki ''Ek Thi Larki'' (Hindi: एक थी लड़की, There Was A Girl) is a 1949 Hindi action comedy film by director Roop K. Shorey. It had the famous Punjabi song "Laara Lappa Laara Lappa Layi Rakhda" by Lata Mangeshkar, G. M. Durrani and Mo ...

'' (1949), which starred his wife actress

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and Motilal. The original owed its "popularity" more to the music of the film, especially the song "Larra Lappa" composed by music director

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. In ''Ek Thi Reeta'', Shorey tried to repeat the success of ''Ek Thi Ladki'' by using the same story. However, according to Narwekar, in his book, ''Eena Meena Deeka: The History of Hindi Film Comedy'', the "formula" did not work and the film was not a success commercially. The film had music by

Jaidev Jaidev (3 August 1918 – 6 January 1987; born Jaidev Verma) was a music composer in Hindi films, most known for his work in films: '' Hum Dono'' (1961), ''Reshma Aur Shera'' (1971), ''Prem Parbat'' (1973), ''Gharaonda'' (1977) and ''Gaman'' ...

and starred

Vinod Mehra Vinod Mehra (13 February 1945 – 30 October 1990) was an Indian actor in Bollywood, Indian films. He started out as a child actor in the late 1950s before starting his film career as an adult in 1971. He acted in over 100 films from the 1970s t ...

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and

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in lead roles with Lolita Chatterjee,

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and

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forming the ensemble cast. The film involved a young girl called Reeta who believes herself to be an orphan. Implicated on a false murder charge she escapes, only to get involved in several comedic situations along with the film's hero.

Cast

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* Lolita Chatterjee *

* Mona Malik * Pompi

Music

The musical score for the film was composed by Jaidev Verma. The lyrics were written by Sarshar Sailani, Vikal Saketi, Prem Jalandhari,

Naqsh Lyallpuri Jaswant Rai Sharma (24 February 1928 – 22 January 2017), popularly known by his pen name Naqsh Lyallpuri, was an Indian ghazal and Bollywood film lyricist. He is best known for the songs "Rasm-e-Ulfat Ko Nibhayen" (''Dil Ki Rahen'', 1973), "Tu ...

and Anjaan.

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