Raja Hindustani (1996)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Dharmesh Darshan

Writers:

Robin Bhatt (screenplay)
Dharmesh Darshan (dialogue)

Release Date:

8 November 1996 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Musical | Comedy | Action

Tagline:

Simply a Lovable Film!!!

Plot:

Raja is a poor man who lives in India. He meets with a very rich girl, and both fall in love with each other...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Taxi Driver | Abandonment | Party | Child Abduction

Awards:

9 wins

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 Bahl	...	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"

Runtime:

India:165 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

Cineyugg Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Trivia:

Aishwarya Rai was offered the lead role and was tempted to take it, but she wasn't looking into an acting career at the time and was busy with her studies.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bollywood Bound (2001)

I hope I saw the same movie as the one that won Best Film

I do not know why but I did not enjoy this movie. The movie was visually pleasant, but it still was not the greatest (especially after Khamoshi: The Musical). The story is plain boring, and the direction is quite poor. The movie doesn't seem to move anywhere and the story seemed too unbelievable. The movie was saved by the performances. The best is Aamir Khan. His mannerisms, dialect, everything makes it seems like Raja is Aamir. Karisma Kapoor was pretty good. I honestly don't know how this performance compared to Manisha's in Khamoshi, but Karisma was still charming. The supporting cast overacts especially Johnny Lever. One exception is Farida Jalal, who is as always good. The songs are also quite. The best song is Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein, which has a two nice picturizations to match it. Pucho Zara Pucho which would be an average in another film, but surprisingly a hit song in this movie. Pardesi Pardesi has an interesting dance, but nothing more. Kitna Pyaara is dull in picutization, decent in listening. Tere Ishq Mein Naachenge is the worst song, and that whole sequence is overdone along with Aamir's overacting in that song. Otherwise this movie did not deserve the Best Film award, and it just proves that Bollywood cinema sometimes makes terrible choices (like Jeans for Oscar).