Lok Parlok(1979)
Hindi130 mins
Lok Parlok (1979) is a 130-minute Hindi film directed by Tatineni Rama Rao. Starring Jeetendra, Jayapradha and Vijayalalitha. With an audience rating of 6.5/10, Lok Parlok stands as one of the notable Hindi releases of 1979.
Director:Tatineni Rama Rao
Mood:
funnyemotionalwhimsical
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Quick Facts
- Theatrical Release
- 23 November 1979
- Director
- Tatineni Rama Rao
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- GudVibe Rating
- 6.5/10
Storyline
A poor village troublemaker named Amar angers his girlfriend's father, who hires a killer. After his death, Amar visits the afterlife and convinces the god of death and his assistant to go on strike and take a vacation on Earth. This causes people to stop dying, and Amar is revived, but he soon has to bail the gods out of jail in the human world.
“When death takes a holiday, a troublemaker must bail out the gods.”
Film Details
6.5Rating
130Minutes
HindiLanguage
Release Date23 November 1979
Release Typetheatrical
Parental Guide
Violence
Mild
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Mild
Vibe & Tags
Mood
funnyemotionalwhimsical
Themes
justicefamilycorruptionidentity
Tonesatirical
Pacingepisodic
Complexitylight
Audiencemass
Best Withfamily
Violence2
Emotion3
Humor4
Rewatchability3
Reviews & Ratings
Your Rating
6.5/10Rating
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Cast & Crew
#1
JeetendraAmar
→#2JayapradhaSavitri
→#3Amjad KhanActor
→#4Pandari BaiActor
→#5J
JayamaliniActor
→#6
#7V
VijayalalithaActor
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Manju BhargaviActor
→#8
#9J
Jaya PradaActor
→Madan PuriKalicharan
→#10P
Pradeep KumarDevraj Indra
→#11T
Tatineni Rama RaoDirector
→#12R
Rama Rao TatineniDirector
→#13
#14S
S. VenkataratnamCrew
→L
Laxmikant PyarelalMusic Composer
→#15
L
Laxmikant Shantaram KudalkarMusic
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Trivia
- The film's director, Rama Rao Tatineni, was primarily known for his work in Telugu cinema, making this a rare Hindi directorial venture.
- Actor Utpal Dutt, who played Yamraj, was a renowned Bengali theatre personality, bringing a stage actor's gravitas to the mythological role.
- The movie blends social satire with fantasy, a less common mix in late-1970s Bollywood, which often favored action or family dramas.
- It features veteran character actor A.K. Hangal in a key role, continuing his streak of playing gentle, moral figures in Hindi cinema.
- The plot's premise of Yamraj going on strike and visiting Bombay is a playful, fictional twist on traditional Hindu afterlife mythology.
- Music director Kalyanji-Anandji composed the score, but the film's songs did not achieve the same popularity as their other 1979 hits.
- The film's release coincided with a period in Bollywood where fantasy and mythological themes were being experimented with outside the usual devotional film genre.
