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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ek Thi Larki<br />
| image = Ek Thi Ladki (1949).webm<br />
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| caption = Ek Thi Larki (1949)<br />
| director = [[Roop K. Shorey]]<br />
| producer = Roop K. Shorey<br />
| writer = [[I. S. Johar]]<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = [[Meena Shorey]]<br>[[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]]<br>[[Kuldip Kaur]]<br>[[Agha (actor)|Agha]]<br />
| music = [[Vinod ER|Vinod]]<br />
| cinematography = Anwar Pabani<br />
| editing = Pran Mehra<br />
| studio = Shorey Films<br />
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| released = {{Film date|1949}}<br />
| runtime = 164 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]<br />
| budget =<br />
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'''''Ek Thi Larki''''' (Hindi: एक थी लड़की, There Was A Girl) is a [[Bollywood films of 1949|1949]] [[Hindi]] [[action comedy]] film by director [[Roop K. Shorey]].<ref name="Biblio">{{cite book|title=Biblio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tC9VAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=6 August 2015|year=1998|publisher=Asia-Pacific Communication Associates|page=11}}</ref> It had the famous [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] song "Laara Lappa Laara Lappa Layi Rakhda" by [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[G. M. Durrani]] and [[Mohammad Rafi]]. The music director was [[Vinod ER|Vinod]], with lyrics by [[Aziz Kashmiri]] and story by I. S. Johar.<ref name=indiancinema>{{cite web|title=Ek Thi Larki|url=https://indiancine.ma/FLB/info|website=indiancine.ma|publisher=Indiancine.ma|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> The film starred [[Meena Shorey]] (as Meena) who became famously known as the "Larra Lappa" girl following the release of the film,<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rF8ABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1994-IA145|accessdate=6 August 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-135-94325-7|pages=1994–}}</ref> and [[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]] (as Ranjeet). Other co-stars were [[Bharat Bhushan]], [[I. S. Johar]], [[Agha (actor)|Agha]], Shakuntala, and [[Kuldip Kaur]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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 (actor)|Motilal]]), who is engaged to be married to the daughter of his boss but falls in love with Meena.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Meena Shorey|Meena]] as Meena<br />
* [[Motilal Rajvansh|Motilal]] as Ranjeet<br />
* [[Kuldip Kaur|Kuldeep]]<br />
* [[Majnu]] as Mohan <br />
* [[I. S. Johar|Johar]] as Sohan<br />
* Shakuntala<br />
* Satish Batra<br />
* [[Shyam Laha|Sham Lal]] as Seth Shyam Sunder<br />
* Moti Bina<br />
* Agha Miraj<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0331480|title=Ek Thi Larki }}<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skMQV6KxErI Ek Thi Larki (1949)] on YouTube<br />
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