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Roja (1992)

137 min  -  Adventure | Crime | Romance
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Roja lives in a Tamil village, and her sister is about to marry a man from the city, who decides to marry Roja instead and gets a job assignment in Kashmir, where some militants decide to kidnap them.

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Mani Ratnam

Writer:

Mani Ratnam
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Cast

Credited cast:
Arvind Swamy Arvind Swamy ...
Rishi Kumar (as Arvind)
Madhoo Madhoo ...
Pankaj Kapur Pankaj Kapur ...
Liaqat
Nasser Nasser ...
Colonel Rayappa (as Naseer)
Shiva Rindani Shiva Rindani
Janagaraj Janagaraj ...
Chajoo Maharaj (as Janakraj)
Vaishnavi Vaishnavi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
C.K. Saraswathi C.K. Saraswathi
Sathyapriya Sathyapriya
Sujatha Sujatha
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Storyline

Roja, a young woman born and brought up in Southern India, prays that the handsome young man coming to see her sister will be her future brother-in-law, only to have the tables turned on her when he openly choses her over her sister (as her sister loves another). So Roja marries Rishi and they leave the village to settle in the city, where both fall in love. Rishi, who works for the Indian Government, is instructed to go to the troubled state of Kashmir on a classified mission. Roja also goes along. Then her innocent world is shattered when Rishi is abducted and held for ransom by a group of jihadist militants who want an independent Kashmir and the release of a terrorist held by the Indian military forces. Will the passionate appeal of this young woman move cold and ruthless military and politician's hearts and minds? Two of the songs are worth remembering after watching the Hindi-dubbed version of the movie: "Dil hai chhotasa... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)  

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Genres:

Adventure | Crime | Romance | Thriller

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Country:

India

Language:

Tamil | Hindi | Marathi | Telugu

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Sound Mix:

Stereo

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Color

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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The soundtrack uses some uncredited seconds of the famous Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir (Le Mystère de Voix Bulgares) that was an ethnic music-chart topper in the 1980s and 1990s. See more »

Connections

Featured in And the Show Goes on: Indian Chapter (1996) See more »

Soundtracks

"Roja"
Sung by Balasubramaniam S.P. & Chitra
Music composed by A.R. Rahman
Lyrics by P.K. Mishra See more »