''Raja'' ( King) is a 1995 Indian

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-language

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film directed and co-produced by

Indra Kumar Indra Kumar (born Indra Irani) is an Indian film director and producer. He had five Filmfare Awards, Filmfare nominations, has also appeared in number of Gujarati language, Gujarati-language films. His latest film produced is ''Thank God (film ...

and starring

Madhuri Dixit Madhuri Dixit Nene (Maiden and married names, née Dixit, ; born 15 May 1967) is an Indian actress and television personality. She has appeared in Madhuri Dixit filmography, over 70 Hindi films. Praised by critics for her performances and danc ...

and Sanjay Kapoor,

Paresh Rawal Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has Paresh Rawal filmography, appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient of various L ...

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Dalip Tahil Dalip Tahil (born Dalip Tahilramani; 30 October 1952) is an Indian people, Indian film, television and theatre actor. He is best known for his work in ''Baazigar'' (1993), ''Raja (1995 film), Raja'' (1995), ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke'' (1993) and ' ...

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and

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appear in supporting roles. The film was released on 2 June 1995 and was a commercial blockbuster. The huge success of the film was attributed to Dixit for her performance, earning her the Screen Award for Best Actress. At the 41st Filmfare Awards, the film received 11 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Kumar), Best Actress (Dixit), Best Supporting Actor (Rawal) and Best Supporting Actress (Bhaduri). The film was remade into Bengali in Bangladesh in 2003 as ''Chorom Opoman'' starring

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and Eka.

Plot

The Garewal brothers’ Rana Mahendra and Vishwa are good friends with the rich Birju Patangwala, and fix their 9-year-old sister Madhu's marriage with Birju's 10-year-old brother Raja; both become friends. As Birju loses all wealth in a fire at his factory, Rana and Vishwa break the marriage. Shocked, Birju becomes mad and is electrocuted by accident. He stays in the city outskirts with Raja caring for him by doing petty jobs.

15 years later

Grown-up, Madhu meets and falls in love with Raja. Their love for each other deepens when Madhu learns that Raja is indeed her own childhood friend. Vishwa and Rana are determined to keep them away. Rana pretends to accept him and invites Birju to stay with him, getting one of their assistants dressed up like Birju. The assistant enters Madhu's room at night, trying to rape her. She duly screams Birju is trying to rape her. The assistant quickly escapes; the room is dimly lit before Madhu can see his face. Raja returns and is asked to believe Madhu or Birju. He believes Birju and breaks up with Madhu. Later, Raja gets hold of the assistant and extracts a confession. But he gets critically injured in an accident. Rana's wife Sumitra reveals the truth about Birju's innocence to Madhu. Shocked that her own brothers set up her rape, Madhu leaves to go to Raja. Rana realizes his mistakes and begs forgiveness. But Vishwa attacks them. Raja comes and saves them, marrying Madhu in front of everybody. Vishwa too feels sorry for his deeds. Raja and Madhu forgive all only if they bless their marriage.

Cast

* Sanjay Kapoor as Raja Patangwala *

as Madhu Garewal *

as Brijnath "Birju" Patangwala *

as Sarita Garewal *

as Rana Mahendra Pratap Garewal *

as Vishwa Garewal *

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as Shantipati *

as Kaki *

Dinesh Hingoo Dinesh Hingoo (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian actor who played comic and supporting roles in Hindi films. He has appeared in over 300 films, from ''Taqdeer (1967)'' to ''Be Careful (film), Be Careful (2011)'', and is known for his laughter an ...

as Rongala * Veeru Krishnan as neighbour *

Mushtaq Khan Mushtaq Khan (born December 31, 1959) is an Indian film and television actor and comedian who has worked in several Bollywood, Hindi films in a career spanning three decades. He is best known for his roles in films like ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke ...

as Banwarilal *

Adi Irani Adi Irani is an Indian actor who has worked in Bollywood films. He also did the role of V. P. Menon in 2013 TV show ''Pradhanmantri''. He is brother of director-producer Indra Kumar and Bollywood actress Aruna Irani. He has also acted in TV se ...

as Abhishek Sanyal * Sudhir as Police Inspector * Maqsood as Party Guest * Sunil Dhawan as Anti corruption officer * Surendra Rahi as Party guest * Kedarnath Saigal as In the crowd * Yasmin as Party guest * Chacha Chaudhary as Old man trying to kiss Madhu * Chhaya as Party guest

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Nadeem-Shravan, while the lyrics were penned by Sameer. The album went on to become the second most sold Bollywood album of 1995. Nadeem-Shravan, for this album also received the Special Award London (UK). The song "Nazrein Mili Dil Dhadka" was inspired from " Sealed with a Kiss" Brian Hyland version copied from the soundtrack of the 1961 Rock Hudson movie, ''Come September''. And the same tune was in 1967 film ''Humraaz''. The starting tune of "Akhiyan Milaoon" was copied from the Bangladeshi song "Ami Tomay Bhalobashi" from ''Andha Prem'' (1993), composed by

Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul (1 January 1956 – 22 January 2019) was a Bangladeshi lyricist, composer and music director, active since the late 1970s. He was a freedom fighter who joined the Bangladesh Liberation War at the age of 15. He won Ekushey Pada ...

Awards and nominations

41st Filmfare Awards: 1996

Screen Awards The Screen Awards was an annual awards ceremony held in India, honouring professional excellence in Bollywood. The nomination and award selection was done by a panel of distinguished professionals from the industry. The awards were introduced ...

References

External links

* 1995 films 1990s Hindi-language films 1990s Indian films Films directed by Indra Kumar Films scored by Nadeem–Shravan {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub