Raja Hindustani

<p>Aarti Sehgal is a beautiful young girl. Her evil stepmother Shalini wants to gain her father Bakshrath’s wealth. Aarti arrives in Palankhet for a vacation to discover memories of her late mother and hires the services of available driver, Raja Hindustani. Ultimately, they bond and fall in love after an accidental passionate romantic kiss.<br /> Bakshrath arrives to take Aarti back to Mumbai and rejects Raja as his son-in-law, but they disobey him and marry. He later accepts their love, bringing them to Mumbai. To gain total control of Bakshrath’s assets, Shalini sets a trap that causes Raja and Aarti to get separated. Upon knowing her pregnancy, Aarti decides to inform and reunite with Raja. The doctor advises her not to travel. Shalini is asked to reach Palankhet to inform and convince Raja to come back to Mumbai. However, she misleads him that Aarti wants to divorce him, and then Aarti that Raja now hates her. Thus they get stuck in misunderstandings and separate. 6 months later, Aarti gives birth to a son, whom she dearly loves. Raja later gets to know that she has his child and is under the impression she intends to keep him away from it. Fearing he can never see his son, Raja kidnaps him. The lies and deception of Shalini come out. Distraught, Aarti reveals the truth to Raja, and they unite. was first offered the lead actress role, but she refused. and were also among those actresses who were considered for the role. Palankhet was a fictional location created for the film, and is a of two real hill stations’ names: and . Film critic , while reviewing for wrote, “the film is disappointingly dated, but Darshan scores with his music-catchy ‘Pardesi, Pardesi’— and with his leading lady, Karisma.” She went on to praise Kapoor’s performance saying, “Karisma looks stunning and acts surprisingly well. She is the lifeblood of this otherwise-banal film.” earned 76.34 crore worldwide, including a domestic gross of 73.84 crore. Its domestic was 43.15 crore, and its adjusted worldwide gross is equivalent to 394 crore. declared it an “All-Time Blockbuster”. Domestically, it was the fourth highest-grossing film of the 1990s, after (1994) ( 116 crore), (1995) ( 86.49 crore) and (1998) ( 80.12 crore). Adjusted for inflation, is the fifth highest-grossing film of India since the 1990s. The soundtrack was composed by . ranks the film’s soundtrack at 56 in its all-time top 100 greatest Bollywood soundtracks. It consisted of tracks like “Kitna Pyara Tujhe Rab Ne” (which is uncredited and unofficial translation of the song “Kinna Sohna Tenu Rab Ne Banaya” by ), “Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein”, which had become an immensely popular wedding song, and , and ‘s “Pardesi Pardesi”, which was a major chartbuster at the time and which also led to the film’s success. won his 3rd Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer for this song. The album became the best-selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year by a wide margin. Aniket Joshi of gave the album a rating of 9.5 out of 10 stating, ” is a must for lovers of good ever lasting melody.” The soundtrack album sold 11 million copies and is one of the best-selling Bollywood soundtrack albums of all time. It was the third best selling album of the 1990s after (1990) and (1997). Alka Yagnik considers “Poochho Zara Poocho” as one of the best songs she ever rendered. The song has been copied by many a composer since. Anand-Milind lifted the tune in the “Tumse Dil Lagane Ki Sazaa Hai” part of the song and used it in the song “Mausam Ki Tarah Tum Bhi Badal To Na Jaaoge” from (1999). Both songs were picturized on Karisma Kapoor and had in common, singer and lyricist: Alka Yagnik and Sameer. The director of the later movie is Suneel Darshan, who is an elder sibling to Dharmesh Darshan. Again, the same portion of the song was used by in the “Tujhe Apna Dil Dene Ka Hai Mazaa” part of the song “Pyaar Kar” from the film (2002). One of the riffs used in the background score of the film was later on used by Nadeem-Shravan in the chorus of the song “Tum Dil Ki Dhadkan Mein”, from the film (2000). was also directed by Dharmesh Darshan, with the movie’s soundtrack composed by Nadeem-Shravan, and lyrics written by Sameer. The song, “Saala Main To Sahab Ban Gaya” from the 1974 film was briefly used in the movie. The song was picturised on Aamir Khan. In the song was filmed on and sung by . In this film, Kishore Kumar’s original vocals were retained.</p>