''Lalkar'' (Challenge) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language war action film produced and directed by Ramanand Sagar. It was adapted from a Hindi novel Sagar had written, called "Lalkar". The film had music composed by

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and the lyricists were

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, Indeevar, Mahendra Dehlvi and Kulwant Jani. It was rated as a hit and cited as one of the "highest grossers" of 1972. Stated to be the costliest war film produced at the time, it starred Dharmendra, Rajendra Kumar,

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and Kumkum in lead roles. The rest of the cast included Nazir Hussain, Sujit Kumar,

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and Agha.

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

* Dharmendra as Major Ram Kapoor * Rajendra Kumar as Wing Commander Rajan Kapoor *

as Usha Choudhury * Kumkum as Rajkumari Toshi *

Dev Kumar Dev Kumar (born 4 February 1972) is a Dalit writer and dramatist from India. A member of the Bhangi community, he established the Apna Theatre in April 1992. This has performed in Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (hel ...

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 *

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* 1972 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films 1970s action war films Indian aviation films Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji Indian action war films Films directed by Ramanand Sagar Indian Army in films Films set in Myanmar Indian Air Force in films Indian World War II films {{1970s-action-film-stub