Loha Pahalwan

Loha Pahalwan is a 2018 Indian Bhojpuri-language action drama film directed by Iqbal Baksh and produced by Sanjay A Nishad and Ramesh Vyas with co-produced by Sushil Singh under banner of "Lakshmi Ganpathy Films" and "Nishad Productions". The film features Pawan Singh and Payas Pandit in the lead role while Sushil Singh, Prakash Jais, Dev Singh, Pushpak Chawla, Deepak Sinha, Santosh Pahalwan, Dhama Verma, Shraddha Naval, Heera Yadav also play pivotal roles. Seema Singh and Glori Mohanta make a special appearance in songs.^[1][2][3][4]

Loha Pahalwan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Iqbal Baksh
Story by	Prakash Jais
Produced by	Sanjay A Nishad Ramesh Vyas
Starring	Pawan Singh Payas Pandit Sushil Singh Prakash Jais Dev Singh
Cinematography	K Venkat Mahesh
Edited by	Kunal Prabhu
Music by	Chhote Baba
Production companies	Lakshmi Ganpathy Films Nishad Productions
Distributed by	Worldwide Records Bhojpuri
Release date	21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Bhojpuri

Cast

• Pawan Singh as Loha Singh
• Payas Pandit as Suman
• Sushil Singh as Pahalwan
• Prakash Jais as 97-98
• Dev Singh as Vikky (Pahalwan's Elder Son)
• Pushpak Chawla as Munna (Pahalwan's Younger Son)
• Deepak Sinha as Constable Rampal
• Dhama Verma as Constable
• Santosh Pahalwan as Jageshwar (Pahalwan's henchman)
• Shraddha Naval as Loha's Mother
• Jafar Khan as Loha's Father
• Heera Yadav as A Villan
• Glori Mohanta as Special appearance in song "Nanado Mal De Na"
• Seema Singh as Special appearance in song "Aai Maai Haradi"^[5]

Production

Filming for this film was done in Film City, Tulsi Vihar (Madh), Subham Banglow and Chandiwali in Mumbai. The film was got U/A certificate by Censor Board of India without any cut.^[6][7]

The cinematography has been done by K Venkat Mahesh while choreography is by Rikki Gupta and Ram Devan. Art direction done by Manish Shirke. It was edited by Kunal Prabhu while action direction by Heera Yadav. VFX done by "Fiction Animation Studio". Editing and post-production done by "Ganraj Associates".^[7]

Release

The film's theatrically release scheduled on 14 September 2018;^[8][9] but due to some issue, film was released on 21 September 2018 on all theatres of Bihar, Jharkhand, Mumbai and Gujarat and received a massive opening and has been running housefull in theatres.^[6] On 2 October 2018, film released in the all theatre of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.^[10]

Soundtrack

Loha Pahalwan
Soundtrack album by Chhote Baba
Released	2018 (2018)
Venue	Mumbai
Studio	Web & Famous Studio
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	22:20
Language	Bhojpuri
Label	Worldwide Records Bhojpuri

The soundtrack for "Loha Pahalwan" was composed by Chhote Baba with lyrics penned by Azad Singh, Manoj Matlabi, Sujit Singh Chandrawanshi and Munna Dubey. The soundtrack included large number of songs at 6. It was produced under the "Worldwide Records Bhojpuri" label, who also bought his satellite rights. Full album recorded by Pawan Singh, Indu Sonali, Alka Jha, Priyanka Singh and Mamta Rawat.^[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aai Mai Haradi"	Manoj Matlabi	Indu Sonali	3:56
2.	"Aanch Nahi Ave Dehab"	Azad Singh	Pawan Singh, Alka Jha	3:46
3.	"Chahe Le Tohra Ke"	Azad Singh	Pawan Singh, Alka Jha	3:50
4.	"Ratiya Ke Rani"	Sujit Singh Chandravanshi	Pawan Singh, Alka Jha	3:18
5.	"Ghume Ghume Raja"	Azad Singh	Pawan Singh, Priyanka Singh	3:36
6.	"Nanado Mal De Na"	Munna Dubey	Mamta Rawat	3:54
Total length:				22:20

Marketing

The trailer was this film was released on 12 March 2018 on the official YouTube channel of "Worldwide Records Bhojpuri" which crossed over 6 million views on YouTube.^[12]

The film online stream at Online video platform site YouTube on 23 November 2019 on same sub-handle of trailer released and it got 10 million views on YouTube till now.^[7]