Raju Chacha (2000)

The story of the film is of Siddhant Rai, who is a wealthy businessman looking for teacher for his three young children. They enjoys a lavish and a luxurious life. He hires Anna as ... See full summary »

Director:

Anil Devgan

Writers:

Anees Bazmee (story), Robin Bhatt (screenplay)

Stars:

Kajol, Ajay Devgn, Rishi Kapoor

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rishi Kapoor	...	Siddhant Rai
Ajay Devgn	...	Shekhar / Raju chacha
Kajol	...	Anna
Tiku Talsania	...	B.B.C (Banke Bihari Chaturvedi)
Smita Jaykar	...	Mother Superior (as Smita Jaikar)
Harsh Lunia	...	Rohit Rai (as Master Harsh Lunia)
Kinshuk Vaidya	...	Rahul Rai
Sakshi Sem	...	Rani Rai (as Baby Sakshi Sem)
Govind Namdeo	...	Vikram Sinha (as Govind Namdev)
Pramod Moutho	...	Prabhakar Sinha (as Pamod Moutho)
Mayur Verma	...	Ranjit Kumar (as Mayur)
Usha Bachani	...	Preeti
Kaivalya Chheda	...	Dadu (as Master Kewalya Chedha)
Johnny Lever	...	Jaddu (as Johny Lever)
Shahbaaz Khan	...	Babu

Storyline

The story of the film is of Siddhant Rai, who is a wealthy businessman looking for teacher for his three young children. They enjoys a lavish and a luxurious life. He hires Anna as governess for his children. Shekhar is a conman who is trying to impress Anna with fake stories. Anna falls in love with Shekhar. When she finds out the truth of Shekhar, she becomes angry and leaves him. The life turns upside down when Siddhant Rai dies in an accident and his children are left alone. His relatives try to capture Siddhant Rai's property, then suddenly Shekhar appears again posing as their parental uncle, to save Siddhant's children from going to orphanage. Anna returns home to find Shekhar posing as Raju. Shekhar convinces her and they once again start loving each other. Drama further gets complex when another man who claims to be the real Raju Chacha and brother of Siddhant Rai appears.

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Plot Keywords:

con man | governess | remote controlled car | chase | bank robbery | 

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Taglines:

Courage comes in all sizes.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama | Family

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Released during Christmas on 20th December 2000.

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Connections

Referenced in 99 (2009)

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Soundtracks

Ek Sher Tha Ek Sherni
Written by Anand Bakshi
Composed by Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit
Performed by Shankar Mahadevan and Shweta Pandit
Courtesy of Sony Music India

User Reviews

Visually Stunning, lacks good script

Though movie was not that bad as some called this film at the time of the release. Raju Chacha is a decent movie which should have worked at the box office. But the budget was so high, it failed to click at box office, despite decent collection.

The story:

The story of the film is of Siddhant Rai (Rishi Kapoor), who is a weatlhy businessman looking for teacher for his three young children. They enjoys a lavish and a luxurious life. He hires Anna (Kajol) as governess for his children. Shekhar(Ajay Devgan) is a conman who loves Anna. The life of children turns upside down when Siddhant Rai dies and his relatives decide to capture his property. Then comes Shekhar, posing as their paternal uncle Raju to save children from going to orphanage. Drama further gets comples when another man who claims to be the real Raju Chacha and brother of Siddhant Rai appears.

Raju chacha first half is somewhat slow, but the second half when Rishi Kapoor is eliminated and Ajay Devgan emerges as Raju Chacha is some what well made and engaging.

This is basically a kid movie and it has the best special effect for an hindi movie in that period. Visually the film is briliant and till the release of the film, this was the best visual hindi film ever.

The script unfortunately is not that strong as its visual effect. The movie is also a bit lengthy.

First time director Anil Devgan does a decent job but fails at some point in the movie. Lead actors Ajay Devgan, Rishi Kapoor and Kajol are fabolous in their roles. Children are sweet and cute looking and does their part well. Johnny lever is humourous as always.

Overall this movie meets expectations at some point but falls short very often. Kids even today would like the movie and still this movie is watchable for adult ones also.

Music:

The music of the movie has been composed by Jatin Lalit and is the second strongest point in the movie after visual effect. The songs are soulful and soft. Especially 'Tune Mujhe Pahchana Nahi' was an instant hit at that time.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

21 December 2000 (India)

Also Known As:

Дядя Раджу

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$123,989, 1 January 2001

Gross USA:

$194,698

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$402,226

Company Credits

Production Co:

NH Studioz

Technical Specs

Runtime:

163 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color