Lok Parlok

1979 Indian film

23 November 1979 (1979-11-23)

Running time

130 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageHindi

Lok Parlok (transl. The world and thereafter) is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language fantasy comedy film, produced by S. Venkataratnam under the Sree Pallavi Productions banner and directed by T. Rama Rao. The film stars Jeetendra and Jaya Prada, with music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. It is a remake of the Telugu film Yamagola (1977). Both films are made by same banner and director.^[1] The film was an average venture at the box office.^[2]

Plot

The film begins in a village where President Amar makes the area prosperous and antagonizes an autocrat, Kali Charan. Amar falls for Savitri, the daughter of Kali Charan. Knowing it, he seeks to kill Amar via a traditional professional killer, Ram Sastry. After that, Ram Sastry asks Kali Charan to wait until he completes demonic prayers. However, Kali Charan buries Amar temporally. Now, he proceeds to heaven, where he creates turmoil and encounters Indra. Afterward, he is moved to hell, where, too, he gives rise to mayhem and revolts against Yama & Chitragupta. Over time, it calms down when Yama decides to reform their laws. Hence, they land on Earth in human form and declare a lockout. Amar also restores his life with a promise to return upon their arrival. By that time, Police were searching for Amar and suspect Kali Charan. Amar approaches Kali Charan as Ram Ghulam, whom Kali Charan forges as Amar, and he starts mocking him. Parallelly, Yama & Chitra Gupta face several challenges and are seized by the Police when Amar acquits them. Being exhausted, they decide to go back, which fears Amar. Hence, he plans and invites them. Accordingly, Savitri serves them with adoration and asks for a boon to knit her beau, which he accepts. During the time of the weddings, Amar is under the veil, and Yama blesses the couple's long life. Thus, Amar escapes from death. Suddenly, Kali Charan fires on Amar. Here, as a flabbergast, Amar wakes up from the dream. At last, it is affirmed that Ram Sastry is Amar’s friend Ram Ghulam and divulges it as a play when Kali Charan pleads pardon. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriage of Amar & Savitri.

Cast

Jeetendra as Amar / Ram Ghulam
Jaya Prada as Savitri
Amjad Khan as Ram Shastri / Boston Strangler / Raman Raghav
Madan Puri as Kalicharan
Pradeep Kumar as Devraj Indra
Premnath as Yamraj^[1]
Deven Verma as Chitragupt Sharma
Padma Khanna as Menaka
Agha as Traffic Constable
Rajan Haksar as Gopi
Roopesh Kumar as Manager, Punjab Darbar Hotel
Sunder as Rude car driver
N. Salim Khan
Tun Tun as Sundari
Pandaribai
Vijayalalitha
Aparna
Vijaya Bhanu
Manju Bhargavi
Jayamalini as Courtesan

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal and songs written by Anand Bakshi.

Song	Singer
"Aise Naacho, Aise Gaao"	Kishore Kumar
"Yeh Kehdo Yamraaj Se"	Kishore Kumar
"Amma Ri Amma, Yeh To Deewana Raste Mein Chhede"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Baadal Kab Barsoge, Jab Barsoge, Tab Barsoge"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Hum Tum Jeet Gaye, Dushman Haar Gaye"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Bedardi Piya, Tune Jo Bhi Kaha"	Asha Bhosle

References

^ ^a ^b Salam, Ziya Us (5 September 2014). "Lok Parlok (1979)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
^ "Articles : Movie Retrospect : Retrospect : Yamagola 1977". Telugucinema.com. 7 December 2007. Archived from the original on 3 November 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2022. With the success of the Telugu film, I remade the same into Hindi with Jitendra, Jayaprada, and Amzad Khan in the lead roles, as Lok-Parlok, marking Tatineni Ramarao's directorial debut in Hindi, but the Hindi version was only an average fare. It was banned first, though the ban was lifted later.