Pocket Maar (1974 film)
1974 film
Pocket Maar (transl. Pickpocket) 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.
Plot
Cast
Dharmendra as Shankar
Saira Banu as Asha Rai
Prem Chopra as Madan Malhotra
Mehmood as Sunder
Nazir 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.
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