Raja Hindustani

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Raja Hindustani

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Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Produced by Ali Morani,
Bunty Soorma,
Karim Morani
Written by Robin Bhatt
Starring Aamir Khan,
Karisma Kapoor,
Suresh Oberoi,
Johnny Lever,
Navneet Nishan,
Veeru Krishnan,
Pramod Muthu
Release date(s) November 15, 1996
Running time 165 min.
Country India
Language Hindi/Urdu
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Raja Hindustani (Hindi: राजा हिंदुस्तानी, Urdu: راجا ہندوستانی) is a 1996 Bollywood film directed by Dharmesh Darshan. It is a tale of cab driver from a small town who falls in love with a rich girl. Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor play the lead roles. The film became a box office hit.

Its theme is similar to the 1960s hit Jab Jab Phool Khile starring Nanda and Shashi Kapoor.

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Two people from opposite socio-economic backgrounds fall in love and get married against the girl's family's wishes. The girl's family then conspires to create a rift between the couple by exploiting the boy's jealous, short-tempered nature.

Wealthy Mr Sehgal (Suresh Oberoi) lives with his daughter, Aarti (Karisma Kapoor), and her stepmother Shalini (Archana Puran Singh) in a palatial home. Aarti wants to go for a vacation to a small hill station named Palankhet where her parents had met for the first time. Once there, she meets with taxi-driver Raja Hindustani (Aamir Khan), and after a short period of time, both fall in love with each other, and get married without Mr. Sehgal's blessings. Eventually, Mr Sehgal forgives his daughter, and invites both newlyweds to his palatial home, not knowing that his wife, her brother, Swaraj (Pramod Moutho), and her nephew Jai (Mohnish Behl) have plans for him and his daughter that will change their lives forever.

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Following the trend of the 90's with the biggest hit of the year being a movie with little violence and great music, Raja Hindustani, comes as Aamir Khan's biggest hit of this year and Karisma Kapoor's ride into the most successful actress of the year.

The story follows a typical cycle, and isn't really that great. Poor boy meets rich girl, boy likes girl, girl likes boy, girl's relatives don't want girl to marry boy but it really isn't the father who cares, it is the step mother and her brothers and his son trying to split them apart. Kapoor plays the rich girl, Aarti, Khan plays the poor boy taxi driver, Raja, who takes Aarti around the city. Basically it is Khan and Kapoor that dominate the movie. Johnny Lever has a short yet hilarious role as Raja's friend.

Khan doesn't play his role as well as his previous venture in Akele Hum Akele Tum, but is still superb compared to the English Babu's, Anari's or Khiladi's of today. Karisma surprises the crowd with a splendid performance. She directs her role perfectly, although it seems as though she lost some enthusiasm in parts.

The story lacks enthusiasm, the direction gets boring in parts, but everything else in this movie amounts to be excellent. Including Nadeem Sharavan's music seems to be picking up with this movie. The cinematography, artwork and sets are all done very craftily and beautifully. [2]

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Awards
Preceded by
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
दिलवाले दुल्हनिया ले जाऐंगे		 Filmfare Award for Best Film
1996		 Succeeded by
Dil To Pagal Hai
दिल तो पागल है
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