Loha (1987 film)
Loha (transl. Iron) is a 1987 Hindi film directed by Raj N. Sippy. It was released in India on 23 January 1987. It stars Dharmendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Karan Kapoor, Madhavi, Mandakini and Amrish Puri. The film was one of that year's highest-grossing films. The film became Dharmendra's first hit of the year 1987, where he went on to deliver 7 more outright hits and hence, represented one of his best career years as well as an all-time record year for any Hindi film star. The film's music became popular also, most notably, "Isa Pir na musa pir, sabse bada hain paisa pir", picturised beautifully on the male leads of the film.
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| Directed by | Raj N. Sippy |
| Produced by | Salim |
| Written by | Mohan Kaul-Ravi Kapoor (story), Kader Khan (screenplay) |
| Starring | Dharmendra Mandakini Shatrughan Sinha Madhavi Karan Kapoor |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Anwar Siraj |
| Edited by | Waman Bhonsle Gurudutt Shirali |
Production company | Aftab Pictures |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Story
Honest and diligent Police Inspector Amar (Dharmendra) is a middle-class man living in Bombay. In his attempt to arrest bandit Sher Singh (Amrish Puri), he and Inspector Dayal (Raza Murad) are attacked. Amar survives, but Dayal gets his legs crushed under a truck and is, as a result, unable to walk without a wheelchair. Subsequently, Amar arrests local politician Jagannath Prasad (Kader Khan), who gets released without being charged while Amar gets reprimanded, and decides to resign. Shortly thereafter, Sher Singh hijacks a bus and holds the passengers as hostages in exchange for 25 of his jailed associates. Dayal's granddaughter, Seema (Mandakini), is amongst them, and Dayal asks Amar for assistance. Amar, along with ex-convict, Qasim Ali (Shatrughan Sinha), and Karan (Karan Kapoor), a drug-dealer, manage to rescue them, but differences crop up among the trio and they part ways. Then Amar finds out that Qasim and Karan have masterminded a plan to facilitate the escape of the 25 convicts, and decides to confront them.
Cast
- Dharmendra as Senior Police Inspector Amar
- Shatrughan Sinha as Qasim Ali Barkat Ali Jung Shamsher Bahadur
- Amrish Puri as Sher "Shera" Singh
- Karan Kapoor as Karan
- Vikas Anand as Senior Police Inspector
- Ramesh Goyal as Shera's Man in prison
- Jugal Hansraj as Hassan Ali
- Goga Kapoor as Kundan Singh
- Kader Khan as Jagannath Prasad
- Shashi Kiran as Dang
- Praveen Kumar as Shera's Man in prison
- Roopesh Kumar as Shera's Man in prison
- Madhu as Anita
- Mandakini as Seema
- Mac Mohan as Shera's Man in prison
- Ram Mohan as Rahim Chacha
- Moolchand as Man with a briefcase
- Raza Murad as Dayal
- Yunus Parvez as Shera's Man in prison
- Jagdish Raj as Police Commissioner
- Tej Sapru as Bhima
- Joginder Shelly as Shera's Man in prison
- Anjan Srivastav as Champaklal
- Sudhir as Shera's Man in prison
- Bhushan Tiwari as Shera's Man in prison
Soundtrack
- "Tu Ladki Number One Hai" - Alka Yagnik, Shabbir Kumar
- "Teri Hasti Hai Kya Jo Mitayega" - Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shabbir Kumar
- "Patli Kamar Lambe Baal" - Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy
- "Saat Taalon Mein Rakh, Saat Pardo Me Rakh" - Kavita Krishnamurthy, Anuradha Paudwal
- "Hum Gharibo Ne Tera" - Shailendra Singh, Suresh Wadkar, Mohammed Aziz