Lootere should not be confused with Lootera.
| Lootere | |
| Director: | Dharmesh Darshan |
| Producer: | Suneel Darshan |
| Screenplay: | Rajiv Kaul Praful Parekh |
| Starring: | Sunny Deol Juhi Chawla Chunky Pandey Naseeruddin Shah Anupam Kher |
| Music: | Anand–Milind |
| Cinematography: | W. B. Rao |
| Editing: | A. Muthu |
| Distributor: | Shree Krishna International |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Gross: | 9 crore |
Lootere (Translation: Robbers) is a 1993 Bollywood action movie, written and directed by Dharmesh Darshan and produced by Suneel Darshan.[1] The film stars Sunny Deol, Juhi Chawla in lead roles, along with Chunky Pandey, Naseeruddin Shah, Anupam Kher in supporting roles. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of the year.[2]
The film opens with the apparent death of Anjali. The movie is a love story of Karan and Anjali. Karan, a decorated police officer is given the duty to protect Anjali, who is the only witness against one of the underworld bosses known as Chengez Lala. In order to safeguard Anjali, Karan has to take her far away in the wilderness so that no one gets to know where she is. During this escapade, Karan and Anjali fall in love and desire to get married against all odds. How the hero fights all the villains and saves his girl forms the crux of the story.
Actor Manoj Kumar penned a song in the film along with lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri. Director Dharmesh Darshan also penned the song "Main Teri Rani".The music was a big hit when released. Lata Mangeshkar sang 2 songs, a duet each with Manhar Udhas and Suresh Wadkar. Despite the success of the music of this film, Dharmesh Darshan never repeated Anand–Milind for any of his future projects. Original background music from Viju Shah. Multiple playback singers contributed their voices: Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Suresh Wadkar, Mohammed Aziz, Manhar Udhas, Pankaj Udhas, Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Sukhwinder Singh, Anupama Deshpande & Sapna MukherjeeThe songs featured in the top 10 albums of the year.[3]
| Song | Singer |
|---|---|
| "Aaja Aanewale Aaja" | Asha Bhosle |
| "Ae Sawan Baras Zara" | Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar |
| "O Lootere O Lootere" | Lata Mangeshkar, Manhar Udhas |
| "Mujhe Le Chal Mandir" | Pankaj Udhas, Alka Yagnik |
| "Meri Barbaad Mohabbat Pukare" | Mohammad Aziz, Alka Yagnik |
| "Main Teri Rani Tu Raja" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
| "Jis Dil Ne Tujh Ko" | Kumar Sanu, Anupama Deshpande |
| "Oye Pape" | Sukhwinder Singh, Sapna Mukherjee |