''Pocket Maar'' () is a 1974

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film directed by Ramesh Lakhanpal. The film stars

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Saira Banu Saira Banu (born 23 August 1944) is a former Indian actress who mainly worked in Hindi language films. She was one of the most popular actresses in her heyday in the Indian film industry in the 1960s and early 1970s. Career Saira Banu was the ...

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and

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. The music was composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film took 4 years in the making.

Plot

Mr. Rai is a big businessman. Asha, Mr. Rai's Grand Daughter. She loves Madan and marry with her. Mr. Rai don't know anything about Madan. If they say yes to the happiness of granddaughter. Shankar is a pick-pocket. Asha introduces Shankar to everyone as Madan. Who is the real Madan? Asha to do that?

Cast

as Shankar *

as Asha Rai *

as Madan Malhotra *

as Sunder *

as Mr. Rai *

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as Sheela Verma * Azra as Ganga * Asit Sen as Dr. Sen * Amol Sen as Subedar *

Praveen Paul The meaning of ''"Praveen"'' in the Sanskrit language is "skilled" or "talented." It is most often a male name and a given name, and less commonly a surname. A prevalent modern name, it has been adapted into many other languages. In various language ...

as Mrs. Verma *

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as Pran Lal *

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* Prem Mannade * Masood * Baldev Mehta * Radheshyam

Crew

*Director = Ramesh Lakhanpal *Producer = Ramesh Lakhanpal and Joginder Singh Luthra *Assistant Director = Roop Sharma, Vijay Maini, Roop Kumar *Cinematography = Kishore Rege *Film Editing = Pran Mehra *Art Director = V. Jadhav *Art Department = Abu Hassan Mistry *Hair Stylist = Geeta, Flory Pattrick, Yen Young Sheish *Sound Recordist = S.C. Bhambri *Special Effects = Prafull Gade(main titles), Suresh Naik and M.A. Hafeez(special effects) *Costumes : Naseem Banu (Saira Banu's costumes), Kashinath, Dhiren Kumar and Shantaram Prabhulkar (Dress) *Choreographer: Suresh Bhatt, Kamal, Surya Kumar, P.L. Raj

Soundtrack

The lyrics for the film songs were written by

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, and the music was composed by

Laxmikant–Pyarelal Laxmikant–Pyarelal were an Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Patil Kudalkar (1937–1998) and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (born 1940). He is known by the nickname “Pyromaniac” due to his flaming style of music. Laxmikan ...

References

External links

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