Raja Hindustani

Infobox Film
name = Raja Hindustani


caption = Film poster
director = Dharmesh Darshan
producer = Ali Morani,
Bunty Soorma,
Karim Morani
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writer = Robin Bhatt
starring = Aamir Khan,
Karisma Kapoor,
Suresh Oberoi,
Johnny Lever,
Navneet Nishan,
Veeru Krishnan,
Pramod Muthu
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cinematography =
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released = November 15 1996
runtime = 165 min.
country = India
awards =
language = Hindi
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imdb_id = 0117437

Raja Hindustani (Hindi: राजा हिंदुस्तानी, Urdu: راجا ہندوستانی) is a 1996 Bollywood film directed by Dharmesh Darshan. It is a tale of cab driver from a small town who falls in love with a rich girl. Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor play the lead roles. The film became a box office hit.

Its theme is similar to the 1960s hit "Jab Jab Phool Khile" starring Nanda and Shashi Kapoor.

Plot

Two people from opposite socio-economic backgrounds fall in love and get married against the girl's family's wishes. The girl's family then conspires to create a rift between the couple by exploiting the boy's jealous, short-tempered nature.

Wealthy Mr Sehgal (Suresh Oberoi) lives with his daughter, Aarti (Karisma Kapoor), and her stepmother Shalini (Archana Puran Singh) in a palatial home. Aarti wants to go for a vacation to a small hill station named Palankhet where her parents had met for the first time. Once there, she meets with taxi-driver Raja Hindustani (Aamir Khan), and after a short period of time, both fall in love with each other, and get married without Mr. Sehgal's blessings. Eventually, Mr Sehgal forgives his daughter, and invites both newlyweds to his palatial home, not knowing that his wife, her brother, Swaraj (Pramod Moutho), and her nephew Jai (Mohnish Behl) have plans for him and his daughter that will change their lives forever.

Cast

* Aamir Khan ... Raja Hindustani
* Karisma Kapoor ... Aarti Sehgal
* Suresh Oberoi ... Mr. Sehgal (Aarti's father)
* Johnny Lever ... Balvant Singh
* Navneet Nishan ... Kamal Singh / Kammo
* Veeru Krishnan ... Gulab Singh
* Kunal Khemu ... Rajnikant (as Master Kunal Khemu)
* Pramod Muthu ... Swaraj (Shalu's brother) (as Pramod Moutho)
* Mohnish Behl ... Jai (as Mohnish Behl)
* Tiku Talsania ... Chacha (Raja's uncle)
* Farida Jalal ... Chachi (Raja's aunt)
* Archana Puran Singh ... Shalini Sehgal / Shalu (Aarti's stepmother)
* Kalpana Iyer ... Guest appearance in the song "Pardesi Pardesi"
* Pratibha Sinha ... Guest appearance in the song "Pardesi Pardesi" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117437/]

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

* Best Actor - Aamir Khan
* Best Director - Dharmesh Darshan
* Best Film
* Best Comedian- Johnny Lever

ee also

*List of highest-grossing Bollywood films
*Aina (film)

External links

*imdb title|id=0117437
* http://www.indolink.com/Film/rajaHind.html
* http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117437/

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