Lootera

Lootera
Theatrical release poster
Hindi	लुटेरा
Directed by	Vikramaditya Motwane
Produced by	Anurag Kashyap Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor Vikas Bahl
Screenplay by	Bhavani Iyer Vikramaditya Motwane
Story by	Vikramaditya Motwane
Based on	The Last Leaf by O.Henry
Starring	Ranveer Singh Sonakshi Sinha
Music by	Amit Trivedi
Cinematography	Mahendra J. Shetty
Edited by	Dipika Kalra
Production company	Balaji Motion Pictures Phantom Films
Distributed by	Balaji Motion Pictures
Release date	5 July 2013 (2013-07-05)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹270 million
Box office	₹840 million

Lootera, /luːˈteɪrɑː/ (Robber), is a 2013 Indian period romance film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and partly based on author O. Henry's 1907 short story The Last Leaf. It is the second film directed by Motwane after his critically acclaimed film Udaan. Set in the era of the 1950s, the film stars Ranveer Singh and Sonakshi Sinha in lead roles. The film's producers are Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap and Vikas Bahl, the film features music and background score by Amit Trivedi with all song lyrics penned by Amitabh Bhattacharya and cinematography by Mahendra J. Shetty.Lootera released to worldwide critical acclaim on 5 July 2013 and was counted as one of the best movies of the year 2013.

Lootera is inspired by O. Henry's The Last Leaf. In the picturesque town of Manikpur, West Bengal in 1953, a landlord goes to watch a Chhau dance with his daughter, Pakhi Roy Chaudhary (Sonakshi Sinha), an aspiring writer. After Pakhi has an asthma attack from the ensuing excitement, she is rushed home and given medication. As she recuperates, her father comforts her and narrates the story of the invincible king whose soul resided inside a parrot, telling her that she is the parrot within whom his life resides.