
A few days later, the same man shows up at the door, introducing himself to the landlord as Varun Shrivastav ( Ranveer Singh), an archaeologist who wants to study the land surrounding the temple that the landlord owns. One day, after threatening the family driver into letting her drive the family car, Pakhi accidentally bumps into a motorcycle on the road, mildly injuring the handsome young man on the motorcycle. As she recuperates, her father comforts her and narrates the story of the invincible king of the Bhil tribe whose soul resided inside a parrot, telling her that she is the parrot within whom his life resides. After Pakhi has an asthma attack from the ensuing excitement, she is rushed to her room and given medication.

In the picturesque town of Manikpur, West Bengal in 1953, a landlord Soumitra Roy Chaudhary ( Barun Chanda) goes to watch a jatra with his daughter, Pakhi Roy Chaudhary ( Sonakshi Sinha), an aspiring writer. Īt the 59th Filmfare Awards, Lootera received 4 nominations, including Best Actress (Sinha), and won Best Female Playback Singer ( Monali Thakur for "Sawaar Loon").

Lootera received high critical acclaim upon release, with particular praise directed towards Singh and Sinha's performance, thus proving to be a breakthrough for latter but was a commercial failure. Produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap and Vikas Bahl, the film features music and background score by Amit Trivedi with lyrics penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya and cinematography by Mahendra J. The film stars Sonakshi Sinha and Ranveer Singh in lead roles.

Set in the era of the 1950s, against the backdrop of the Zamindari Abolition Act by the newly independent India, it tells the story of a young conman posing as an archaeologist and the daughter of a Bengali zamindar. It is the second film directed by Motwane after the critically acclaimed Udaan (2010). Robber) is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language period romantic drama film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and partially based on author O.
