Judaai (1997)

When Kajal (Sridevi) marries Raaj (Anil Kapoor), an Engineer by profession, she and her dad (Kader Khan), automatically assume that he is rich, wealthy, and corrupt. But that is not the ... See full summary »

Director:

Raj Kanwar

Writers:

Jainendra Jain (dialogue), S.V. Krishna Reddy (screenplay),

Stars:

Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Urmila Matondkar

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anil Kapoor	...	Raj Verma
Sridevi	...	Kaajal Verma (as Sreedevi)
Urmila Matondkar	...	Jhanhvi Sahni
Paresh Rawal	...	Hasmukhlal
Saeed Jaffrey	...	Mr. Sahni
Farida Jalal	...	Kaajal's Mother
Johnny Lever	...	Hiralal (Hari) (as Johny Lever)
Upasna Singh	...	Hasmukhlal's Daughter / Wife (as Upasana Singh)
Mehmood Jr.	...	Hiralal's Friend (as Jr. Mehmood)
Master Omkar Kapoor
Baby Alisha	...	Preeti Verma (as Baby Alisha Baig)
Shezaad	...	(as Shahzaad)
Dharmesh Tiwari
Dinesh Hingoo	...	The man asked for direction.
Anil Saxena

Storyline

When Kajal (Sridevi) marries Raaj (Anil Kapoor), an Engineer by profession, she and her dad (Kader Khan), automatically assume that he is rich, wealthy, and corrupt. But that is not the case. Raaj does not have an air-conditioner, a car, nor even a refrigerator. This infuriates Kajal, and in her mind she creates a separate world, where she is rich, wealthy, has several cars, and lives lavishly in a big bungalow. Even with birth of two children, and several years of marriage, does not change Kajal. When Jahnvi (Urmilla Matondkar) Raaj's boss's (Saeed Jaffrey) daughter comes from overseas into their lives, she falls for the honest Raaj. After meeting the greedy Kajal, Jahnvi offers a large sum of money in exchange of Raaj. And Kajal, seeing this as her opportunity to wealth and a easy life, accepts, not knowing that this decision will change her life forever.

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Plot Keywords:

remake

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Taglines:

Breaking Bonds...

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Genres:

Drama | Family | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

1 February 1997 (India)

Also Known As:

Raha ja rakkaus

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

S.K. Film Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

167 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of Shubhalagnam (1994)

User Reviews

Weird

JUDAAI was a bold film by Raj Kanwar at it's time In 1997 when such a topic was damn out of the box

To give him his credit he does succeed in showing how greed changes a person and to what extent the person can go to get what she wants

The film however is damn melodramatic, many places ridiculous

One wonders why Anil doesn't buy a TV for his wife? when he earns so much Just to show how poor he is?

The twist is well handled but the handling is straight out of 80's The Johny- Paresh comedy which entertains here and there stands out as a sore thumb as it doesn't fit in the story

Even there are several cringeworthy scenes

Direction by Raj Kanwar is adequate though at times too melodramatic Music is okay but most songs look forced

Anil does his part well Sridevi is excellent in her part Urmila is decent Amongst rest Kader Khan is as usual Johny Lever is funny, Paresh irritates Farida is decent