Jagdish Kanwal

Loafer is a Hindi movie starring Dharmendra, Prem Nath, Mumtaz and Mukri in prominent roles. It is directed by A Bheem Singh.

A beautiful courtesan is unable to break away from the cycle of prostitution until a forest ranger falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his wealthy parents oppose the union.

Raj Singh is the nephew and heir apparent of multi-millionaire J.J. Singh. J.J. Singh has to travel worldwide for business purposes, and he asks Raj to join him in Tokyo. An employee, Pran, who has been asked to take care of Raj's travel needs, decides to sabotage this trip in order to embarrass Raj. When Raj lands at Tokyo, he misses his uncle, who has had a change in plans, and is now in Europe. Raj must re-book his flight to go to Europe. Raj finds that he has no money for an air-ticket, or to go anywhere. All he has is $8 American dollars, which will not even be able to buy him a meal in Japan, leave alone travel anywhere. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

In post Partition Kashmir, rivals Ahmed and Aslam compete for Salma's love. After Aslam reforms and joins the Home Guard, raiders kill his mother and Salma's family, kidnapping her. He pursues them, unaware his cousin is involved. Tensions run high in Kashmir after the Partition of the late 1940s. On the Indian side, two warring hoodlums, Ahmed, and Aslam, have something else to fight over: beautiful Salma, the daughter of Hakim Mohammad Hussein. Salma is attracted to Aslam but wants him to mend his ways; he heeds her advice, joins the army, and returns as a Home Guard. When his mom Zainab goes to talk to Hussein about their marriage, she is killed by raiders disguised as Darvashis (Islamic Holy men) from Pakistan, who also kill all of Salma's family and abduct her. Aslam decides to track them down, arrange for the release of Salma, marry her, and bring the killers to justice. What Aslam does not know is that one of the killers is none other than Maula Khan, his Pakistan-based paternal cousin. Watch what happens when Aslam and his uncle realize this and the impact it will have on their relationship. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Dr. Shankar Chaudhry lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay with his widowed mom, Rukmini, and younger sister, Manju. His mom would like him to get married to Ambala-based Advocate Madhusudan's daughter, Maya, even though neither of them have seen her. Shankar does agree to this marriage; the marriage takes place, the bride faints after the formalities; she is looked after by her cousin, Prakash, and Madhusudan; she recovers, and the next day she accompanies Shankar to his home. On the very first night she informs him that since she is undergoing a Holy Fast, she must refrain from any sexual activity. A few days later, Prakash arrives to take her to Banaras where her dad has re-located. Shankar accompanies them and get re-married to her at Bhagwan Vishwanath's Temple. Thereafter, both get intimate and soon Maya becomes pregnant. One day Shankar comes home to find both Prakash and Maya missing. He searches for them, but is unable to locate them. It is then he finds out that the woman claiming to be his wife is not the daughter of Madhusudan, and may well have eloped with Prakash - who is not her brother. Watch as events unfold and the impact this discovery has on Shankar and the rest of his family. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

A stubborn emperor plans to wage war against another who had humiliated him and his daughter. Maharaja Daljit of Jagmere is displeased after his envoy, Rana Sangram Singh, is humiliated by Maharaj Baktawar of Satnapur who rejects the marriage proposal of the former's daughter with his son. Enraged, he instructs everyone in his region to stop all celebrations and prepare for war, while Baktawar is certain that victory is within reach as no one can penetrate the labyrinth that surrounds his kingdom. Then the Rajkumari herself dons the guise of a dancer/singer, manages to find her way around the labyrinth and returns home with the map. Daljit prepares to seek the blessings of Bhagwan Shri Shankar and plans to attack Satnapur after a week on a Tuesday - little knowing that nothing is going to go his way. —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Indira (Suraiya) is an orphan brought up the strict and uprighteous Rani (Veena). Indira grows up to be a beauty and is sought by three suitors Raj (Raj Kapoor), Kundan (Al Nasir), and Ramesh (Suresh). Rani does not like Indira to marry into her family as both Raj and Kundan are her brothers, and she wants Indira to marry Ramesh, and as such arranges a meeting with Ramesh's mom (Pratima Devi) and finalizes the marriage. Indira does not appreciate this and refuses to marry Ramesh. Raj speaks of his love with Rani, and Rani warns him that Indira is to marry Ramesh, but also has an on-going affair with his brother Kundan. Who does Indira really love? Will she ever marry her dream man? —rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)