Raja Hindustani
| Raja Hindustani | |
|---|---|
| File:Rajahindustaniposter.jpg Film poster | |
| Directed by | Dharmesh Darshan |
| Screenplay by | Robin Bhatt |
| Story by | Dharmesh Darshan |
| Produced by | Ali Morani Karim Morani Bunty Soorma |
| Starring | Aamir Khan Karisma Kapoor |
| Cinematography | W.B. Rao |
| Edited by | Bharat |
| Music by | Nadeem-Shravan |
Release date | November 15, 1996 |
Running time | 174 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Raja Hindustani (Hindi: राजा हिंदुस्तानी, Template:Lang-ur, translation: Indian King) is a 1996 Hindi film directed by Dharmesh Darshan. It tells the tale of a cab driver hailing from a small town, who falls in love with a rich girl. Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor play the lead roles. The film was one of the most commercially successful films of the 1990s.It had a Bengali remake Shashurbari Zindabad starringProsenjit and Rituparna Sengupta
As well as the movie, the songs of Raja Hindustani were also highly successful and played everywhere in India. The cinemas were packed housefull for over a month, movie tickets were sold out tremendously, hoardings and posters of the movie were spread out all over India in train stations, streets, markets, studios, etc. In many weddings and events, the songs were hugely played as the film released near the wedding season. Till date, the film as well as its album remain as one of the best till date. Karisma Kapoor was hugely complimented for her looks and outstanding performance as Aarti, a rich beautiful sensitive young girl full of dreams and desires. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award and was cast by famous A-list director Yash Chopra for the role of Nisha in his movie Dil To Pagal Hai which was also a dramatic musical hit.
Plot
Raja Hindustani is a story about two people from opposite socio-economic backgrounds who fall in love. The title character, Raja Hindustani (Aamir Khan), is a taxi-driver / 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 (Karishma 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. As a result Aarti and Raja separate. Aarti was pregnant but due to her health problem the doctor forbid her to go to Palankhet and instead her stepmother had to go to Palankhet to inform Raja about his baby and to request him to come to Mumbai. However, instead Aarti's mother chooses to tell Raja that Aarti wants divorce but Raja refuses to give divorce and back in Mumbai even Aarti refuses to give Raja divorce. After sometime Raja comes to know that Aarti has a baby so he goes to Aarti's house and steals the baby. But Aarti cannot live without her baby so she comes to Raja's house begging for her baby where they all learn the truth that Aarti's stepmother is the culprit. When Raja returns home with the baby he sees Aarti and starts to run away but in the road there is a fighting between Aarti's step-uncle and Raja for the capture of the baby as Aarti 's step-uncle wanted to kill the baby but Aarti 's step-uncle loses at last; Aarti and Raja reunite.
Cast
- Aamir Khan as Raja Hindustani
- Karisma Kapoor as Aarti Sehgal
- Rajwinder Deol as Raju
- Suresh Oberoi as Mr. Sehgal (Aarti's father)
- Johnny Lever as Balvant Singh
- Navneet Nishan as Kamal Singh / Kammo
- Veeru Krishnan as Gulab Singh
- Kunal Khemu as Rajnikant (as Master Kunal Khemu)
- Pramod Muthu as Swaraj (Shalu's brother) (as Pramod Moutho)
- Mohnish Behl as Jai (as Mohnish Behl)
- Tiku Talsania as Chacha (Raja's uncle)
- Farida Jalal as Chachi (Raja's aunt)
- Archana Puran Singh as Shalini Sehgal / Shalu (Aarti's stepmother)
- Kalpana Iyer as Guest appearance in the song "Pardesi Pardesi"
- Pratibha Sinha as Guest appearance in the song "Pardesi Pardesi"
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Nadeem Shravan. It consisted of tracks like "Kinna Sona Tenu" (which is the Punjabi translation of the song "Kitna Pyara Tujhe Rab Ne Banaya" hailing from the same film) which was based on a song with the same title by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and "Pardesi Pardesi" (which was recorded in the voice of multiple singers).
| No. | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Perdesi Perdesi" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik and Sapna Awasthi |
| 2 | "Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein"(male) | Udit Narayan |
| 3 | "Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein"(female) | Alka Yagnik |
| 4 | "Kitna Pyaara Tujhe Rabb Ne" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik |
| 5 | "Perdesi Perdesi" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
| 6 | "Poocho Zara Poocho" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
| 7 | "Tere Ishq Mai Naachenge" | Kumar Sanu, Alisha Chinai |
| 8 | "Perdesi Perdesi" (Sad) | Suresh Wadkar |
Awards
1996 Filmfare Awards
- Won
- Filmfare Best Actor Award — Aamir Khan
- Filmfare Best Actress Award — Karisma Kapoor
- Filmfare Best Movie Award — Dharmesh Darshan
- Filmfare Best Music Director Award — Nadeem-Shravan
- Filmfare Best Male Playback Award — Udit Narayan
Star Screen Awards
- Won
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