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Raja Hindustani

  • 1996
  • 2h 57m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
8.8K
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Karisma Kapoor and Aamir Khan in Raja Hindustani (1996)
ActionComedyDramaMusicalRomance

Raja, a taxi driver, falls in love with Aarti, a rich girl, and marries her against her parents' wishes. Later, her parents try to create differences amongst the couple.Raja, a taxi driver, falls in love with Aarti, a rich girl, and marries her against her parents' wishes. Later, her parents try to create differences amongst the couple.Raja, a taxi driver, falls in love with Aarti, a rich girl, and marries her against her parents' wishes. Later, her parents try to create differences amongst the couple.

  • Director
    • Dharmesh Darshan
  • Writers
    • Robin Bhatt
    • Dharmesh Darshan
    • Javed Siddiqui
  • Stars
    • Aamir Khan
    • Karisma Kapoor
    • Suresh Oberoi
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    8.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Dharmesh Darshan
    • Writers
      • Robin Bhatt
      • Dharmesh Darshan
      • Javed Siddiqui
    • Stars
      • Aamir Khan
      • Karisma Kapoor
      • Suresh Oberoi
    • 27User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 12 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Aamir Khan
    Aamir Khan
    • Raja Hindustani
    Karisma Kapoor
    Karisma Kapoor
    • Aarti Sehgal
    Suresh Oberoi
    Suresh Oberoi
    • Mr. Sehgal (Aarti's father)
    Johny Lever
    Johny Lever
    • Balvant Singh
    • (as Johnny Lever)
    Navneet Nishan
    Navneet Nishan
    • Kamal Singh…
    Veeru Krishnan
    Veeru Krishnan
    • Gulab Singh
    Kunal Kemmu
    Kunal Kemmu
    • Rajnikant
    • (as Master Kunal Khemu)
    Pramod Moutho
    Pramod Moutho
    • Swaraj (Shalu's brother)
    Mohnish Behl
    Mohnish Behl
    • Jai
    Tiku Talsania
    Tiku Talsania
    • Chacha (Raja's uncle)
    Farida Jalal
    Farida Jalal
    • Chachi (Raja's aunt)
    Archana Puran Singh
    Archana Puran Singh
    • Shalini Sehgal…
    Kalpana Iyer
    Kalpana Iyer
    • Guest appearance in the song "Pardesi Pardesi"
    Pratibha Sinha
    Pratibha Sinha
    • Guest appearance in the song "Pardesi Pardesi"
    Shravan Sagar
    Shravan Sagar
    Jamnadas
    Jamnadas
    • In the crowd
    • (uncredited)
    Razak Khan
    Razak Khan
    • Bombay taxi-driver
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Dharmesh Darshan
    • Writers
      • Robin Bhatt
      • Dharmesh Darshan
      • Javed Siddiqui
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews27

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    8lushangmodi

    Nice to watch

    Awesome movie. Nice music. Amir khan acted beautifully.. Karishma is OK OK... All over good movie..
    6wajeehkhan01

    A pretty good Bollywood entertainer, I don't understand the criticism

    Raja Hindustani, released in 1996, was a huge blockbuster. It swept nearly all the awards at Filmfare that year and the actors and songs became a sensation.

    But nowadays people look back and have begun to criticize the film, saying that it is cheesy, over the top, and stuff like that. Sure, it has some faults, like a typical clichéd Bollywood love story that is up and down, cheesy dialogues, and some quality mistakes. I admit, the story was kind of stupid. But honestly, it's a Bollywood film, so what do you expect. I mean many of Shah Rukh Khan's films have all these things as well, but you don't really see people criticizing those.

    There were two reasons why I liked this film, and why it entertained me. First, the performances. Karisma Kapoor did pretty good, she danced well, and looked good overall throughout the film. Raja Hindustani also contains one of Aamir Khan's finest performances. One of his underrated ones actually, if you look at it today. He was earnest, likable, he was excellent emotionally, and overall really impressed me. He didn't really overact as SRK does.

    Besides the performances there was also the music. Who can forget Raja Hindustani's songs? Nadeem-Shravan and singers Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan did great by singing songs such as Pardesi Padres and Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein.

    There was also some good comedy throughout the film.

    Overall, I think Raja Hindustani is a pretty good entertainer, I don't understand why people don't like it anymore.
    4Ibuk

    In my top 10 , my top ten most overrated Bollywood movies that is

    I saw Raja Hindustani way way back in 96 when it first came out. It was a huge blockbuster and made Karisma Kapoor a major star. The songs became imensely popular, especially Pardesi Pardesi. In my opinion the songs are the only reason the movie became such a huge blockbuster because the story is pretty appalling and clichéd. The story as it is involves Aamir Khan, a cab driver who falls in love with a rich girl who comes to stay with him. They get married but then the rich girl's parents try to cause problems in their relationship and the couple eventually split. The movie's main problem is that it can't decide whether it wants to be a remake of Jab Jab phool kile or Akele hum akele tum and it ends up as an uneasy mix of both. The movie can't even be saved by the wonderful songs. An awful awful movie and the fact that the movie did so well simply astounds me.
    8bhojrajsapkota-63235

    Romance with comedy

    Raja Hindustani is one of the best film that Aamir Khan has played in. The film offers very good music, acting and good chemistry. The film has good plot but that could be better and some of the scene needs to be improved. I liked Uddit Narayan's voice on the film (well done for that). The film is like old 80s - 90s romance film. And the film was some good jokes filled in.

    But the film is worth of while with Aaamir Kahn and Karisma Kapoor chemistry. would recommend it to watch it once.
    6Herag

    A Musical treat.

    One thing that lingers about this movie is the music, which is innately Indian and the melody is reminiscent of the yester-year Music Makers. Aamir khan who is one of the better actors and Karishma who is easy on the eyes unlike her sister, also happens to be a good actress. There is the usual cast of "Appetisers-side dishes" including Johhny lever, who has better talent doing Bhangra than comedy. This actor has talent with mimicry and impersonation but is a annoying comedian. The Story is a typical Bollywood, where the girl meets a poor boy whose habitation almost always happens to be tourist spot that good looking Rich girls happen to visit. They are invariably are snobbish or the Script writers make them that way till the 23rd reel of the movie to make way for the musical numbers-which just happens to be pure treat.

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    • Trivia
      Aamir and Karisma's kiss in the film is considered as one of the longest kisses in a Bollywood film.
    • Goofs
      Navneet Nishan has short hair before marriage. After tying the knot, she acquires waist-length hair overnight.
    • Connections
      Featured in Dhadkan (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Pardesi Pardesi
      Vocals by Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik & Sapna Awasthi

      Lyrics by Sameer

      Music by Nadeem Saifi & Shravan Rathod

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    • Release date
      • November 15, 1996 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Watch Raja Hindusthani Movie Online at ZEE5
    • Languages
      • Hindi
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Raja the Indian
    • Filming locations
      • Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India(Scene of Palankhet, is actually at ooty. Puchho jara poocho is also shooted at this place.)
    • Production companies
      • Cineyugg Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
      • Tips Films Pvt. Ltd.
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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