Judwaa (1997)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

David Dhawan

Writers:

Satyanarayana E.V.V. (story)
Rumi Jaffery (written by)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Mrs. Malhotra (Reema Lagoo) is the mother of twins, who were separated at birth, and she only has one son...

Plot Keywords:

Remake | Mistaken Identity

Cast

Salman Khan	...	Raja / Prem Malhotra
Karisma Kapoor	...	Mala (as Karishma Kapoor)
Rambha	...	Roopa
Kader Khan	...	Sharma
Anupam Kher	...	Police Inspector Vidyarthi
Shakti Kapoor	...	Rangeela
Bindu	...	Sundari Batwani
Reema Lagoo	...	Mrs. Geeta Malhotra (as Reema)
Satish Shah	...	Police Constable Guru
Mukesh Rishi	...	Ratanlal 'Tiger'
Ishrat Ali	...	Ratan's Brother 'Tau'
Dalip Tahil	...	Bharosa Malhotra
Tiku Talsania	...	Sharma's Brother-in-law
Jack Gaud	...	Tony
Sheetal Joshi

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS | DTS-Stereo

Certification:

India:UA

Company:

Nadiadwala Grandsons' (I)

Trivia:

The song that Mala sings 'Pardesi Pardesi' is from the film 'Raja Hindustani' which she also starred in along with Aamir Khan.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hadh Kar Di Aapne (2000)

Soundtrack:

Oonchi Hai Building

Judwaa- Salman's Second Coming

Judwaa directed by Salman Khan was released on Feb 13, 1997. I was there in India at that time. The film went on to do well at the box-office reportedly bringing in 2.1 crores rupees per territory. In many ways Judwaa gave Salman a second shot at super stardom. Before Judwaa there was Hum Aapke Hain Koun but that did more for Madhuri Dixit then Salman Khan. Before Judwaa Salman had done a number of films that failed miserably at the box office and cast a shadow over his career but Judwaa changed all that.

Judwaa is Salman Khan's first film in which he has done two roles. He is also the first among his contemporaries Amir and Shah Rukh. The plot is quiet simple. Two twin borthers separated at birth reunite after a chain of hillarious events. Both the twins can "feel" one another.



Salman has shown considerable flair for comedy in this film. The credit must also go to the director David Dhawan. Incidently Mr. Dhawan has been after Salman to do a film for him. The two later collaborated on another super hit Biwi No1.

The music for Judwaa is by Anu Malik. The style and the numbers definitely suit Salman's personality. The two heroines are simply gorgeous to look at but Rambha could use a few acting lessons.

Judwaa is fun film to watch though the plot is very similiar to a Jackie Chan movie Twin Brothers and loosely adopted from the telgu hit Hello Brother starring Nagarjuna. This movie will be most enjoyable to Salman Khan Fan.