Pocket Maar (1974 film) explained

Pocket Maar
Director:	Ramesh Lakhanpal
Producer:	Ramesh Lakhanpal, Joginder Singh Luthra
Screenplay:	Kaushal Bharati Shashi Bhushan (additional screenplay)
Story:	Mushtaq Jalili
Starring:	Dharmendra Saira Banu Prem Chopra
Music:	Laxmikant Pyarelal
Cinematography:	Kishore Rege
Editing:	Pran Mehra
Runtime:	136 min.
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi

Pocket Maar is a 1974 Hindi film directed by Ramesh Lakhanpal. The film stars Dharmendra, Saira Banu, Prem Chopra, Mehmood and Nasir Hussain. The music was composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film took 4 years in the making.^[1]

Cast

• Dharmendra as Shankar
• Saira Banu as Asha Rai
• Prem Chopra as Madan Malhotra
• Mehmood as Sunder
• Nasir Hussain as Mr. Rai
• Shubha Khote as Sheela Verma
• Azra as Ganga
• Asit Sen as Dr. Sen
• Amol Sen as Subedar
• Praveen Paul as Mrs. Verma
• Keshav Rana as Pran Lal
• Shanti Swaroop
• 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 Anand Bakshi, and the music was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal.

Notes and References

1. News: Pocket Maar (1974) . Malhotra . A. p s . 5 January 2017 . . 16 October 2019 . 8 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220708041209/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/pocket-maar-1974/article16993993.ece1 . live .