Ek Thi Larki (Hindi: एक थी लड़की, There Was A Girl) is a 1949 Hindi action comedy film by director Roop K. Shorey. It had the famous Punjabi song "Laara Lappa Laara Lappa Layi Rakhda" by Lata Mangeshkar, Satish Batra and Mohammad Rafi. The music director was Vinod, with lyrics by Aziz Kashmiri and story by I. S. Johar. The film starred Meena Shorey (as Meena) who became famously known as the "Larra Lappa" girl following the release of the film, and Motilal (as Ranjeet). Other co-stars were Bharat Bhushan, I. S. Johar, Agha, Shakuntala, and Kuldip Kaur.

Plot

The movie is based on Meena (Meena Shorey) who is running away from two men, who are blackmailing her for a crime she did not commit. Along the way she meets Ranjeet (Motilal), who is engaged to be married to the daughter of his boss but falls in love with Meena.

Ek Thi Larki

Cast

Meena as Meena

Motilal as Ranjeet

Kuldeep

Majnu as Mohan

Johar as Sohan

Shakuntala

Satish Batra

Sham Lal as Seth Shyam Sunder

Moti Bina

Agha Miraj

Music

*Lyrics by Aziz Kashmir an music by Vinod (composer)

Ek Thi Larki

Lara Lappa Lai Rakhda-

Lata Mangeshkar

Yeh Shokh Sitare-

Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi

Lara Lappa Lara Lappa Laai Rakhda-

Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi,Satish Batra

Dilli Se Aaya Bhai Pingu

Geeta Dutt

Ghat Kari Matwari Ghir Aai Rasiya-Zeenat Begum

Ghir Ghir Ke Aai Badariya-Lata Mangeshkar

Haiya Ho Hum Chale Door-Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi

Ab Haal-E-Dil Ya Haal-E-Jigar-Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi

Chandni Raat Hain-Geeta Dutt

Lambi Joru Badi Musibat-

Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi

References

External links

Ek Thi Larki (1949) on YouTube

1940s Hindi-language films

1949 films

Films scored by Vinod

Indian black-and-white films

Indian action comedy films

1940s action comedy films

1949 comedy films

Hindi-language action comedy films

Ek Thi Larki