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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Lalkar<br />
| image = Lalkaar.jpg<br />
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| caption =<br />
| director = [[Ramanand Sagar]]<br />
| producer = Ramanand Sagar<br />
| writer = Ramanand Sagar<br>Moti Sagar<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = [[Dharmendra]]<br/>[[Rajendra Kumar]]<br/>[[Mala Sinha]]<br/>[[Kumkum (actress)|Kumkum]]<br/>[[Nazir Hussain]]<br />
| music = [[Kalyanji-Anandji]]<br />
| cinematography =<br />
| editing =<br />
| distributor = [[Sagar Arts]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1972|6|02}}<br />
| runtime =<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross =<br />
}}<br />
'''''Lalkar''''' (Challenge) is a 1972 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language [[war]] [[action film]] produced and directed by [[Ramanand Sagar]].<ref name="FilmWorld">{{cite book|title=Film World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnhTAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=12 June 2015|volume=8|date=February 1972|publisher=T.M. Ramachandran|page=165}}</ref> It was adapted from a Hindi novel Sagar had written, called "Lalkar".<ref name="Pauwels2008">{{cite book|author=Heidi R.M. Pauwels|title=The Goddess as Role Model: Sita and Radha in Scripture and on Screen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EX92CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT56|accessdate=12 June 2015|date=11 September 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-045153-0|pages=56–}}</ref> The film had music composed by [[Kalyanji Anandji]] and the lyricists were [[Hasrat Jaipuri]], [[Indeevar]], Mahendra Dehlvi and Kulwant Jani.<ref name=MySwar>{{cite web|title=Lalkar (1972)|url=http://myswar.com/album/lalkaar-1972|website=myswar.com|publisher=MySwar|accessdate=12 June 2022}}</ref> It was rated as a hit<ref name="Collections">{{cite book|title=Collections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=12 June 2015|year=1991|publisher=Update Video Publication}}</ref> and cited as one of the "highest grossers" of 1972.<ref name=TheHindu>{{cite news|last1=Malhotra|first1=APS|title=Lalkar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/lalkar-1972/article5504107.ece|accessdate=12 June 2015|work=Blast From The Past|agency=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|date=26 December 2022}}</ref> Stated to be the costliest war film produced at the time,<ref name="Organiser">{{cite book|title=Organiser|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiRBAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=12 June 2015|volume=26|date=August 1972|publisher=Bharat Prakashan.|page=33}}</ref> it starred [[Dharmendra]], [[Rajendra Kumar]], [[Mala Sinha]] and [[Kumkum (actress)|Kumkum]] in lead roles. The rest of the cast included [[Nazir Hussain]], [[Sujit Kumar]], [[Ramesh Deo]], [[Dara Singh]] and [[Agha (actor)|Agha]].<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Lalkaar|url=http://www.citwf.com/film192630.htm|website=citwf.com|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=12 June 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Two sons of Colonel Kapoor, one in the Army and One in the Air force are in love with the same girl. But before anything could be finalized, both are sent to a mission against the Japanese to destroy their secret airport. Will they be able to finish their mission? Will they come back alive? Who will win the girl?<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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*[[Dharmendra]] as Major Ram Kapoor<br />
*[[Rajendra Kumar]] as Wing Commander Rajan Kapoor<br />
*[[Mala Sinha]] as Usha Choudhury<br />
*[[Kumkum (actress)|Kumkum]] as Rajkumari Toshi<br />
*[[Dev Kumar(actor)|Dev Kumar]] as Captain Dev<br />
*[[Nana Palsikar]] as Colonel Kapoor<br />
*[[Nazir Hussain]] as Colonel Choudhury<br />
*[[Tun Tun]] as Danko<br />
*[[Keshto Mukherjee]] as Keshto<br />
*[[Sujit Kumar]]<br />
*[[Agha (actor)|Agha]]<br />
*[[Roopesh Kumar]]<br />
*[[Manmohan (actor)|Manmohan]] as Japanese Army Officer<br />
*[[Ramesh Deo]]<br />
*[[Dara Singh]]<br />
*[[Ajit singh deol]]<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)<br />
|-<br />
| 1<br />
| "Aaj Gaalo Mushkralo"<br />
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
|-<br />
| 2<br />
| "Bol Mere Sathiya"<br />
| Mohammed Rafi, [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
|-<br />
| 3<br />
| "Mere Mehboob"<br />
| [[Manhar Udhas]], [[Mala Sinha]]<br />
|-<br />
| 4<br />
| "Shyamji Ke Dwaar Pe"<br />
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]], [[Sushma Shrestha|Poornima]]<br />
|-<br />
| 5<br />
| "Zara Mudke To Dekh"<br />
| Mohammed Rafi<br />
|-<br />
| 6<br />
| "Aaj Gaalo Muskuralo(Sad)"<br />
| Mohammed Rafi<br />
|-<br />
| 7<br />
| "Maine Kaha Na Na Na"<br />
| [[Asha Bhosle]]<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0268416|title=Lalkar (The Challenge)<!--IMDb has an unusual double title-->}}<br />
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{{Sagar Arts}}<br />
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[[Category:1972 films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s action war films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian aviation films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action war films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Ramanand Sagar]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Army in films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Myanmar]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Air Force in films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian World War II films]]<br />
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