Raja Hindustani (English: Raja, the Indian) is a 1996 Indian Hindi-languageromantic drama film directed by Dharmesh Darshan. It tells the story of a cab driver from a small town who falls in love with a rich young woman.[2]Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor play the lead roles. Released on 15 November 1996, it is a remake of the 1965 film Jab Jab Phool Khile, starring Shashi Kapoor and Nanda.[3] The film's music was composed by Nadeem-Shravan, with lyrics by Sameer.[4] It went on to win five Filmfare Awards, including the awards for Best film and Best Actors,[5] and seven Screen Awards.[6]
Raja Hindustani was the third most commercially successful Hindi film of the 1990s.[7] Made on a budget of â¹57.5 million, the film went on to gross â¹763.4 million worldwide,[1] becoming the highest-grossing film of the year,[8] and the third highest-grossing film of the 1990s at the Indian box office.[7] The film's music became popular and was successful, especially in the central and eastern states of India.[9] Karisma Kapoor was complimented for her looks and performance as Aarti: a rich, beautiful, sensitive, young woman full of dreams and desires.[10] She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role.[10] The film was remade in Kannada as Naanu Naane in 2002, starring Upendra and Sakshi Shivanand in lead roles and in Odia as Priya Mo Priya in 2005.
Plot[edit]Aarti Sehgal (Karisma Kapoor) is a wealthy young girl who is the only child of her father, Mr. Sehgal (Suresh Oberoi) and stepmother Shalini (Archana Puran Singh), who wishes to acquire all the wealth of her husband. Aarti decides to go for a vacation to Palankhet, to discover the memories of her deceased mother. Upon arrival, she finds out she has no transportation from the airport to Palankhet, and so she hires the services of the only available driver, Raja Hindustani (Aamir Khan) During her stay in Palankhet, Aarti and Raja bond and ultimately fall in love after they accidentally kissed each other. One day, to Aarti's surprise, her father arrives in Palankhet and intends to take her home with him. Aarti tells her father about Raja, but Mr. Sehgal says that he will only accept the marriage on the condition that Raja goes to Mumbai and learns to become a respectable member of society. Raja refuses and forces Aarti to make a decision. Aarti chooses Raja but begs for her father's blessings. Her father refuses to offer his blessings and leaves for Mumbai. After some time, Mr. Sehgal forgives his daughter and visits her in Palankhet. While there, he gives his daughter and son-in-law a new house. Raja refuses to live in the house because he does not see it as a gift, but rather as a charity since he is poor. Shalini, her brother, Swaraj (Pramod Moutho), and her nephew Jai (Mohnish Behl) seek to exploit this conflict to gain total control of Mr. Sehgal's assets. Under the pretext of a birthday party, they bring Raja and Aarti to Mumbai and set in motion events that cause Aarti and Raja to separate. Aarti realizes that she is pregnant, but, due to health problems, the doctor advises her not to travel. Instead, her stepmother is asked to go to Palankhet to inform Raja about his baby and to request him to come to Mumbai. However, Aarti's stepmother tells Raja that Aarti wants to divorce him. Raja refuses. After some time, Raja learns that Aarti has had a baby and is under the impression that she intends to keep him away from the child. Fearing that he will never be allowed to see his baby, he decides to kidnap the child. Distraught, Aarti goes to see Raja and begs him to let her have their child back. Ultimately, the lies and deception of Aarti's stepmother are revealed, and Aarti and Raja reunite. Cast[edit]
Production[edit]Juhi Chawla was first offered the lead actress role, but she refused.[11]Pooja Bhatt and Aishwarya Rai were also among those actresses who were considered for the role.[12] Palankhet was a fictional location created for the film, and is a portmanteau of two real hill stations' names: Palampur and Ranikhet.[12] Reception[edit]Critical Response[edit]Film critic Anupama Chopra, while reviewing Raja Hindustani for India Today wrote, 'the film is disappointingly dated but Darshan scores with his music-catchy Pardesi, pardesi â and with his leading lady, Karisma.'[13] She went on to praise Kapoor's performance saying, 'Karisma looks stunning and acts surprisingly well. She is the lifeblood of this otherwise banal film.'[13] Box office[edit]Raja Hindustani earned â¹871.5million worldwide,[14] including a domestic gross of â¹738.4million. Its domestic nett was â¹431.5million, which adjusted inflation is equivalent to â¹3.94billion.[1] Box Office India declared it an 'All time blockbuster'.[15][16][17] It was the third highest-grossing film of the 1990s at the Indian box office, after Hum Aapke Hain Koun (1994) and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995).[7] Adjusted for inflation, Raja Hindustani is the fourth highest-grossing film in India since the 1990s.[18] Soundtrack[edit]
The soundtrack was composed by Nadeem-Shravan. Planet Bollywood ranks the film's soundtrack at 56 in its all-time top 100 greatest Bollywood soundtracks.[19] It consisted of tracks like 'Kitna Pyara Tujhe Rab Ne' (which is translated from the Punjabi song 'Kinna Sohna Tenu Rab Ne Banaya' by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan), 'Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein', which had become an immensely popular wedding song, and Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik's 'Pardesi Pardesi', which was a major chartbuster at the time and which also led to the film's success. Udit Narayan won his 3rd Film Fare Best Playback Singer for this song. The album became the best selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year by a wide margin.[20] Aniket Joshi of Planet Bollywood gave the album a rating of 9.5 out of 10 stating, 'Raja Hindustani is a must for lovers of good ever lasting melody.'[21] The soundtrack album sold 11 million copies and is one of the best-selling Bollywood soundtrack albums of all time.[20] It was the third best selling album of the 1990s after Aashiqui and Dil To Pagal Hai.[20] Alka Yagnik considers 'Poochho Zara Poocho' as one of the best songs she ever rendered. The song has been copied by many a composer since. Anand-Milind lifted the tune in the 'Tumse Dil Lagane Ki Sazaa Hai' part of the song and used it in the song 'Mausam Ki Tarah Tum Bhi Badal To Na Jaaoge' from Jaanwar (1999). Both songs were picturized on Karisma Kapoor and had in common, singer and lyricist: Alka Yagnik and Sameer. The director of the later movie is Suneel Darshan, who is an elder sibling to Dharmesh Darshan. Again, the same portion of the song was copied by Himesh Reshammiya in the 'Tujhe Apna Dil Dene Ka Hai Mazaa' part of the song 'Pyaar Kar' from the movie Humraaz (2002). Track list[edit]
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Raja is a 1995 Indian Hindi romantic film, starring Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Mukesh Khanna and Dalip Tahil. The film was Sanjay Kapoor's second film after his debut Prem, with Tabu in Bollywood. Prem was a flop, but this film was superhit at box office. Its success was attributed to Madhuri Dixit because of her ardent fans. It was the fourth highest grosser of the year at the box office [1] Madhuri Dixit received a Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination, and won the Star Screen Award Best Actress for the year. Synopsis[edit]Rana Mahendra Pratap Garewal (Mukesh Khanna) is a businessman and Vishwa (Dalip Tahil) is his brother. They are good friends with Brijnath (Birju) (Paresh Rawal), who is initially very rich, but loses all his wealth in a fire in his factory. The Garewal brothers had initially proposed the marriage of Rana's younger sister Madhu (Madhuri Dixit) and Brijnath's younger brother Raja (Sanjay Kapoor) (both are young; their brothers are adults). They break the marriage off. Shocked and saddened at the rejection by his best friends, Birju goes mad and gets electrocuted by accident. Raja then stays in the city outskirts with his brother taking care of him by doing petty jobs. After many years, Madhu meets Raja and falls in love. After Raja reveals that he is the same Raja of their childhood, their love deepens. Rana and Vishwa soon find out and are determined to keep Madhu away from Raja. They continually humiliate and insult Raja, beating him up and forcing him to walk on broken glass to prove his love. One day, Madhu runs away with Raja. Eventually, Rana pretends to give in and accept Raja into the family. When Raja leaves the city for a few days, Rana invites Birju to stay at the Garewal mansion. While he is there, they have one of their assistants dress up like Birju and break into Madhu's room at night and pretend to attempt to rape her. Madhu duly screams that Birju is trying to rape her. The assistant quickly escapes; the room is only dimly lit before Madhu can see his face. Rana and Vishwa call a mental hospital and force Birju into it. Raja is now forced to choose between believing Madhu's and Birju's words. He chooses to believe his brother's protestations of innocence and breaks up with Madhu. However, he still deeply loves her, and it is now up to him to dig for the truth and figure out what happened to Madhu on that fateful night. In the end, Raja gets hold of the assistant who dressed up as Birju and extracts a confession from him. In the process, he has an accident and is critically injured. Birju goes to Madhu asking her to save him, but she insults him. Rana's wife (Rita Bhaduri) tells the truth to Madhu. Madhu is so shocked to hear that her own brothers set up her rape that she leaves them and is on the verge of going to Raja's house. Rana realises his mistake and begs forgiveness, but Vishwa doesn't accept and starts beating Madhu and Rana. Raja comes and saves everyone. He marries Madhu in front of everybody. In the final scene, Rana and Vishwa come to Raja's house and beg the trio for forgiveness. They forgive the brothers on the condition that they bless the marriage of Raja and Madhu. Cast[edit]
Awards & Nominations[edit]Raja Hindustani Hindi FilmFilmfare Awards : Raja received many awards and nominations, but lost against Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Nominations'
Screen Awards: Raja received 2 Screen Awards with Dixit receiving her second award for best actress. Wins
Soundtrack[edit]The songs were composed by Nadeem-Shravan, while the lyrics were penned by Sameer. The album went on to become the second most sold Bollywood album of 1995.[2]Nadeem-Shravan, for this album also received the Special Award London (UK).[3]
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Raja Hindustani is a story about two people from opposite socio-economic backgrounds who fall in love. The title character, Raja Hinustani (Aamir Khan), is a taxi-driver cum tourist guide. He lives by his own simple code and is prone to violence when that code is violated. Aarti Sehgal is a wealthy debutante who is seeking to connect with her past. Standing in the way of their love are a disapproving father and a stepmother bent on obtaining total control of the family assets.
Wealthy Mr Sehgal (Suresh Oberoi) lives with his daughter, Aarti (Karisma Kapoor), and her stepmother Shalini (Archana Puran Singh) in a palatial home. Aarti decides to go for a vacation to a small hill station named Palankhet to discover the memories of her dead mother. Upon arrival, she finds out she has no transportation from the airport to Palankhet. As a result, she hires the services of the only available driver, Raja Hindustani (Aamir Khan). During her stay in Palankhet, Aarti and Raja fall in love. One day, to Aarti's surprise, her father arrives in Palankhet and intends to bring her home with him. Her father will accept the marriage on the condition that Raja come to Mumbai and learn to become a respectable member of society. Raja refuses and forces Aarti to make a decision. Aarti chooses Raja, but begs for her father's blessings. Her father refuses to offer his blessings and leaves for Mumbai. After some time, Mr Sehgal forgives his daughter, and visits her in Palankhet. While there, he gifts his daughter and son-in-law with a new house. Raja refuses to live in the house, because he does not see the house as a gift, but rather as alms , since he is poor and Mr. Sehgal is rich. Shalini, her brother, Swaraj (Pramod Moutho), and her nephew Jai (Mohnish Behl) seek to exploit this conflict in order to gain total control of Mr. Sehgal's assets. Under the pretext of a birthday party, they bring Raja and Aarti to Mumbai and set in motion events that will change all their lives forever. **Note:Hey! Would you like to share the story of the movie Raja Hindustani with us? Please send it to us ([email protected]) Go to
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Raja Hindustani is a story about two people from opposite socio-economic backgrounds who fall in love. The title character, Raja Hinustani (Aamir Khan), is a taxi-driver cum tourist guide. He lives by his own simple code and is prone to violence when that code is violated. Aarti Sehgal is a wealthy debutante who is seeking to connect with her past. Standing in the way of their love are a disapproving father and a stepmother bent on obtaining total control of the family assets.
Wealthy Mr Sehgal (Suresh Oberoi) lives with his daughter, Aarti (Karisma Kapoor), and her stepmother Shalini (Archana Puran Singh) in a palatial home. Aarti decides to go for a vacation to a small hill station named Palankhet to discover the memories of her dead mother. Upon arrival, she finds out she has no transportation from the airport to Palankhet. As a result, she hires the services of the only available driver, Raja Hindustani (Aamir Khan). During her stay in Palankhet, Aarti and Raja fall in love. One day, to Aarti's surprise, her father arrives in Palankhet and intends to bring her home with him. Her father will accept the marriage on the condition that Raja come to Mumbai and learn to become a respectable member of society. Raja refuses and forces Aarti to make a decision. Aarti chooses Raja, but begs for her father's blessings. Her father refuses to offer his blessings and leaves for Mumbai. After some time, Mr Sehgal forgives his daughter, and visits her in Palankhet. While there, he gifts his daughter and son-in-law with a new house. Raja refuses to live in the house, because he does not see the house as a gift, but rather as alms , since he is poor and Mr. Sehgal is rich. Shalini, her brother, Swaraj (Pramod Moutho), and her nephew Jai (Mohnish Behl) seek to exploit this conflict in order to gain total control of Mr. Sehgal's assets. Under the pretext of a birthday party, they bring Raja and Aarti to Mumbai and set in motion events that will change all their lives forever. **Note:Hey! Would you like to share the story of the movie Raja Hindustani with us? Please send it to us ([email protected]) Go to
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