Karan Arjun (1995)

When Durga's husband speaks out against the tyrannical rule of his brother, Durjan Singh, he is mercilessly killed, and Durga and her two children, Karan and Arjun, are left destitute. ... See full summary »

Director:

Rakesh Roshan

Writers:

Sachin Bhowmick, Ravi Kapoor,

Stars:

Rakhee Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rakhee Gulzar	...	Durga Singh
Salman Khan	...	Karan Singh
Shah Rukh Khan	...	Arjun Singh
Amrish Puri	...	Thakur Durjan Singh
Kajol	...	Sonia Saxena
Mamta Kulkarni	...	Bindiya
Ranjeet	...	Mr. Saxena
Johnny Lever	...	Lenghaiya
Arjun	...	Nahar Singh
Ashok Saraf	...	Munshiji
Aashif Sheikh	...	Suraj Singh
Ila Arun	...	Rajasthani Dancer (segment "Gup Chup")
Kishore Anand Bhanushali	...	The Guy who wanted to marry Bindiya
Suresh Chatwal	...	Girdhari (Vijay's Father)
Salim Khan Ding-Dong	...	Fight Organiser

Storyline

When Durga's husband speaks out against the tyrannical rule of his brother, Durjan Singh, he is mercilessly killed, and Durga and her two children, Karan and Arjun, are left destitute. Durga brings up her sons without informing them of their heritage nor of the death of their father, but they soon find out when the elder Thakur decides to invite Durga back into his household. This does not auger well with Durjan Singh, and he has the elder Thakur killed. When he finds out about Durga, he goes to end her life, but her sons spring up to defend her, only to get themselves killed. Alone, destitute more than ever, and devastated, Durga loses her mind, and prays to God to bring her sons back so that they can avenge her humiliation, and the death of their father. Seventeen years later, two youth re-enter her life, they do look like her sons, and are ready to take on Durjan Singh, but will they also meet the same fate as Karan, Arjun, and their father?

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Plot Keywords:

revenge | village | stabbed in the stomach | tomboy | sword | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

24 July 2007 (Poland)

Filming Locations:

India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Kraft

Technical Specs

Runtime:

175 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie was originally entitled "Kaynaat". Ajay Devgn was the first choice of Karan (Salman Khan).

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Connections

Spoofed in Chashme Baddoor (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Jaate hoom mein"
Sung by Kavita Krishnamurti

User Reviews

A great performance by Salman

The concept of the story depends on your faith, as it is to do with re-incarnation, and geared more towards the Hindu religion.

The story did not appeal to me much; however, I watched the film for performances given by the actors and to see what the hype was all about.

I think the film was stolen by Rakhee's persuasive dialogues and Salman's macho, don't give a crap, character. Over the recent years Salman has really impressed me with his different roles. SRK like his early movies overacted too much, the fighting scenes were unconvincing and the dialogues were as they say very filmy. Kajol, unlike her recent films, was very annoying. Mamta, although very short, but gave one of her better performances.

All in all it's an over-hyped movie which won't be recognised as a classic. 5/10.