''Sitapur Ki Geeta'' is a 1987 Hindi movie which stars

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, Rajesh Khanna and Pran. The music of the film was composed by the duo Sonik Omi. The movie, set against a rural backdrop, was most successful in the North and the East of India. ''Lachak Lachak Lachak Jaye Jawani'' is the most famous song from this film, sung by

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and

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. Rajesh Khanna makes special appearance in the film as the presumably intended groom of Hema Malini. The film was dubbed into Bhojpuri and re-released in 2006.

Cast

* Rajesh Khanna as Ramu *

as Geeta Singh * Pran as Dharam Singh "Dharma" *

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as Inspector Karan Singh *

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as Pinky Shrivastav *

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as Thakur Vikram Singh *

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as Thakur Bahadur Singh * Amjad Khan as Thakur Pratap Singh *

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as Teju *

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as Bandit who supported Geeta *

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as IG Shrivastav *

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as Pratap Singh's Munim *

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as Courtesan *

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as Mrs. Yashoda Singh *

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as Bread Man

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by the duo Sonik Omi and the songs were written by lyricist Varma Malik.

References

External links

* 1987 films 1980s Hindi-language films Films scored by Sonik-Omi Films directed by Shibu Mitra {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub