Chandni (1989)

Director:

Yash Chopra

Writers:

Kamna Chandra (story)
Umesh Kalbagh (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 September 1989 (India)

Genre:

Romance | Musical

Plot:

A classic Yash Chopra love story - the story of how love takes the lives of three people and weaves them together - softly lyrical, throbbingly beautiful and filled with the sound of three hearts hopelessly in love...

Plot Keywords:

Accident | Local Blockbuster | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Vinod Khanna	...	Lalit Khanna
Rishi Kapoor	...	Rohit Gupta
Sridevi	...	Chandni Mathur
Waheeda Rehman	...	Mrs. Khanna
Sushma Seth	...	Mrs. Gupta
Achala Sachdev		(as Achla Sachdev)
Beena Banerjee	...	Pooja (as Bina)
Manohar Singh
Renu Arya
Mita Vasisht	...	Kiran Mathur (as Meeta Vasisht)
Asha Sharma
Anant Mahadevan
Manju Maini
Shyam Arora
Ram Gopal Bajaj	...	Shiv Prasad Mathur

Also Known As:

Moonlight (India: English title) (literal title)
Yash Chopra's Chandni (India: English title) (complete title)
Yash Chopra's Moonlight (USA) (informal English title)

Runtime:

186 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Company:

Yash Raj Films

Trivia:

Yash Chopra claimed to have changed the tragedy ending into a happy one.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Bollywood im Alpenrausch (2000) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Main Sasural

Love never ends

Chandni is a good film because it has drama and comedy. Sridevi puts her magic on screen again,as for Rishi Kapoor he plays the charming hero, Vinod Khanna doesn't play his role as a "Teenage Heart-throb" and not as a "Ladies Man" but just a guy who gets in love but his acting still has affect as he used to.

The film is about a girl and a boy meeting for the first time in their lives and it's love at first sight and those two want a happy life together but Rohit's parents hate Chandni and don't wish for her to be part of their family but Chandni's parents are happy for her later on they go on their honeymoon is Switzerland and so have the time of thier lives. they come back and Rohit has an helicopter accident after showing his love and soon goes home in a wheelchair and soon after he backs her off and chandni is heartbroken and then the Intermission proceeds.

Chandni decides to move away to her friend,Kiran. after she settles down she decides to get a job and gets a job in a travel agency and her boss turns out to be Vinod Khanna(Lalit Khanna)and one day they both have a fight after he tells her to take his position and take his clients for dinner and politely says that's not her job and so he raws away with a lecture. when she gets home there's a Raid on her place and so her friend Kiran and her husband go out and manage to bump into Lalit and it's pouring and he invites them to his house and after everybody makes themselves comfortable in his home he explains to Chandni why he's feeling down because of rain and so Confides in her and tells her about his love who had died after being ill. next day they apologize for their fight and the day after that he announces he'll be away for a few days in Switzerland and so is Rohit because he wants to get better and wants to win Chandni back. The two become friends and explain to each other about the girls they love and don't know they have their sights on one girl. Lalit says to Chandni he loves her and he asks her to marry him but will she say yes? after that Rohit asks do they want to get back together again what does she say? will she go for her boss or Rohit? she's in love with two guys, what's a girl to do?