Raja Hindustani

Raja Hindustani
Directed byDharmesh Darshan
Screenplay byRobin Bhatt
Story byDharmesh Darshan
Produced byAli Morani
Karim Morani
Bunty Soorma
StarringAamir Khan
Karisma Kapoor
CinematographyW.B. Rao
Edited byBharat
Music byNadeem-Shravan
Release date
November 15, 1996
Running time
174 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Raja Hindustani (English: 'Indian King') is a 1996 Bollywood movie directed by Dharmesh Darshan. The movie has Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor playing the main roles. The music were done by Nadeem-Shravan. The movie won six Filmfare awards and also many other several awards that year.

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 Moutho as Swaraj (Shalu's brother)
  • 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 music was composed by Nadeem-Shravan. Plannet Bollywood ranks the movie soundtracks at 56 in its all time top 100 Greatest Bollywood soundtracks.[1] The music album was also the most sold album of 1996.[2]

Tracklist

Track # Title Singer(s) Length
1 "Perdesi Perdesi (I)" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sapna Awasthi 07:31
2 "Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein (Male)" Udit Narayan 06:02
3 "Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein (Female)" Alka Yagnik 06:02
4 "Kitna Pyaara Tujhe Rab Ne" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 06:20
5 "Perdesi Perdesi (II)" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik 08:19
6 "Poocho Zara Poocho" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik 06:12
7 "Tere Ishq Mein Nachenge" Kumar Sanu, Alisha Chinai, Sapna Mukherjee 08:14
8 "Perdesi Perdesi (Sad)" Suresh Wadkar, Bela Sulakhe 02:40

Awards

1997 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 for "Pardesi Pardesi"

Star Screen Awards

Won
  • Star Screen Award for Best Film
  • Star Screen Award for Best Director - Dharmesh Darshan
  • Star Screen Award for Best Actor - Aamir Khan
  • Star Screen Award for Best Comedian - Johnny Lever
  • Star Screen Award for Best Music Director- Nadeem Shravan
  • Star Screen Award for Best Male Playback - Udit Narayan for "Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein"
  • Star Screen Award for Best Screenplay - Robin Bhatt

References

  1. "Raja Hindustani on the list of top 100 music albums". Retrieved 2012-09-23.
  2. "Music Hits 1990-1999". Boxoffice India. Web.archive.org. 2009-01-22. Archived from the original on 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2012-09-23.

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