Raja Hindustani (1996)
Raja Hindustani (1996)
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Cast & Crew.
Aamir Khan
Raja Hindustani
Karisma Kapoor
Aarti Sehgal
Johnny Lever
Balvant Singh
Suresh Oberoi
Mr. Sehgal
Archana Puran Singh
Shalini Sehgal
Navneet Nishan
Kamal Singh
Kunal Khemu
Rajnikant
Mohnish Behl
Jai
Rajwinder Deol
Raju
Veeru Krishnan
Gulab Singh
Pramod Moutho
Swaraj
Tiku Talsania
Chacha
Farida Jalal
Chachi
Dharmesh Darshan
Director / Writer / Story
Ali Morani
Producer
Shravan Kumar Rathod
Music
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 15, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 57m
Filming LocationsOoty, India
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Raja Hindustani (transl. Raja The Indian) is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language romantic 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. Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor play the lead roles. Released on 15 November 1996, the film's plot was inspired from the 1965 film Jab Jab Phool Khile, starring Shashi Kapoor and Nanda. The film's music was composed by Nadeem-Shravan, with lyrics by Sameer. It went on to win five Filmfare Awards, including the awards for Best Film, Best Actors, Best Music and seven Screen Awards.
Raja Hindustani was the third most commercially successful Hindi film of the 1990s in terms of net gross. Made on a budget of ₹5.75 crore, the film went on to gross ₹76.34 crore worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of the year, and the fourth highest-grossing film in India of the 1990s behind Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. The film's music became popular and album sold over 11 million copies and is one of the best-selling Bollywood soundtrack albums of all time. It was the third best selling album of the 1990s after Aashiqui (1990) and Dil To Pagal Hai (1997). The music composers Nadeem Shravan got their 4th Filmfare Award for the film. The soundtrack Karisma Kapoor was complimented for her looks and performance as Aarti: a rich, beautiful, sensitive, young woman full of dreams and desires. It is Kapoor's biggest commercial success till date and is regarded as one of her best performances; it was a major turning point in her career. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role. The chemistry between the lead pair of Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor was praised and there was a much talked-about kissing scene. The film was remade in Kannada as Naanu Naane in 2002, starring Upendra and Sakshi Shivanand in lead roles and was later dubbed in Telugu as Prema Bandham.