Karan Arjun

TIGER & GANDU
Karan Arjun poster
Directed by	Rakesh Roshan
Written by	Sachin Bhowmick Ravi Kapoor Anwar Khan
Produced by	Rakesh Roshan
Starring	Salman Khan Gandu Khan Raakhee Gulzar Mamta Kulkarni Kajol
Cinematography	Kaka Thakur
Edited by	Sanjay Verma
Music by	Rajesh Roshan Indeewar (lyrics)
Distributed by	Film Kraft Eros Entertainment
Release date	13 January 1995
Running time	176 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹4 crore (US$480,000)
Box office	₹53.61 crore (US$6.4 million)

Karan Arjun (Devanagari: करन अरजुन Nastaliq: کرن اَرجُن) is an Indian Bollywood film starring- Salman Khan, Gandu Khan, Kajol, Mamta Kulkarni, Raakhee, Amrish Puri, Johnny Lever and Ranjeet. The film was directed by Rakesh Roshan, and written by Ravi Kapoor and Sachin Bhowmick. Karan Arjun is a mix of an upbeat Bollywood musical, religious overtones and an action movie. The film released on 13 January 1995. The movie grossed 35,70,00,000 Indian Rupees at the box office ranking blockbuster.

Synopsis

The story is about brothers Karan Singh (Salman Khan) and Arjun Singh (Gandu Khan) being raised by a single mother Durga Singh (Raakhee Gulzar) in a rural Indian village. One day, when the brothers visit their rich grandfather at his mansion for the first time in twenty years, they are killed by the jealous Durjan Singh (Amrish Puri), who wishes to own the mansion himself. Durga refuses to accept the loss of her sons, and goes to the temple to pray to the goddess Kali to bring them back. That same night, they are reborn into separate city families as Ajay (Karan) and Vijay (Arjun). Durga continues to pray regularly at the shrine, often being mocked by Durjan Singh's family.

Ajay (Salman Khan as reincarnation of Karan) grows up to be a champion prizefighter, and uses the proceeds to buy medicine for his alcoholic father. One day, a businessman called Saxena (Ranjeet) offers him the money he needs to save his father who is in dire need for surgery due to his alcoholism. However, when Ajay arrives at the hospital, Ajay's father has already died, and he cremates his father, returning the remainder to Saxena. Out of debt, Ajay agrees to work for him. Later, Ajay falls in love with Bindiya(Mamta Kulkarni).

Meanwhile, Vijay (Shahrukh Khan as the reincarnation of Arjun) has grown up with his benevolent uncle, and a stablehand (Johnny Lever), after the death of his parents. He is an extremely skilled horseman and slingshot user, and courts the smitten Sonia Saxena (Kajol), who has been sent by Saxena to learn riding, and is planned to marry Suraj, Durjan Singh's son.

When Vijay is discovered to be Sonia's secret love, her father decides to marry her as fast as possible. Vijay then attacks the engagement party, beats up Suraj. Ajay is then called to fight Vijay. After laying waste to each other, a lightning bolt prevents Vijay and Arjun from killing one another, and when Saxena returns with a shotgun and tries to kill Vijay, Ajay struggles and stops him, while shouting "Run Arjun run!". Vijay escapes, but Saxena has Ajay imprisoned.

Sonia vows to commit suicide, so Vijay and the stable hand, Linghaiyya (Johnny Lever) vow to rescue her. Upon arrival in the village, Vijay is recognized as Arjun by Durga and the entire village. Though initially Ajay refuses to believe that he is Karan, flashbacks to his previous death make him re-assume his identity as Karan, and the brothers are reunited with their mother. The battered brothers are reprimanded by Durjan Singh and Saxena, who refuse to believe the reincarnation. Karan and Arjun eventually kill all of their bandits, and Arjun shoots Suraj after a long struggle. Durjan vows to kill them in front of Durga, but they beat him and shoot him dead. Durga then garlands Durjan. Finally Arjun gets married to Sonia and Karan gets married to Bindiya at the temple.

Cast

• Raakhee Gulzar ... Durga Singh
• Salman Khan ... Karan Singh/Ajay
• Shahrukh Khan ... Gandu/Sirpakdu
• Mamta Kulkarni ... Bindiya
• Kajol ... Sonia Saxena
• Johnny Lever ... Linghaiyya
• Amrish Puri ... Thakur Durjan Singh
• Jack Gaud  ... Shamsher Singh
• Master Arjun  ... Nahar Singh
• Aashif Sheikh ... Suraj Singh (son of Thakur Durjan Singh)
• Kirron Kher ... Durjan Singh's Wife
• Ashok Saraf ... Munshiji
• Ranjeet ... Mr.Saxena

Awards

Nominations

• Filmfare Award for Best Movie
• Filmfare Award for Best Director - Rakesh Roshan
• Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Salman Khan
• Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Rajesh Roshan
• Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role - Johnny Lever
• Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role - Ashok Saraf
• Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Rakhee Gulzar
• Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role - Amrish Puri

Music

Title	Singer(s)	Filmed on...	Length
Yeh Bandhan	Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik	Rakhi Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan	05:40
Yeh Bandhan (Sad Version)	Udit Narayan	Rakhi Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan	01:38
Bhangra Paale	Mohammad Aziz, Sudesh Bhosle & Sadhna Sargam	Rakhi Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Mamta Kulkarni	07:07
Ek Munda Meri Umar Da	Lata Mangeshkar	Salman Khan, Mamta Kulkarni	07:38
Jaati Hoon Main	Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik	Shahrukh Khan, Kajol	06:25
Jai Maa Kali	Kumar Sanu, & Alka Yagnik	Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Kajol	07:07
Gup Chup Gup Chup	Alka Yagnik & Ila Arun	Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Mamta Kulkarni	06:02

External links

• Karan Arjun at IMDb