Shola Aur Shabnam

<p>The spoiled and arrogant brother, Bali ( ), of notorious gangster, Kali Baba ( ), enlists in the National Cadet Corp, and wants to have his way with his fellow-students and trainer, Inder Mohan Lathi ( ), with comical results. When he meets Divya Thapa ( ) for the first time, he is smitten by her, and wants to be with her by hook or by crook. But Divya is in love with Karan ( ), and both plan to be with each other. Circumstances act against them, and they flee together, with Kali Baba’s men, and Divya’s Police Commissioner dad, Yashpal Thapa ( ), in hot pursuit, to an unknown destination, surrounded by a web of lies, deception, and no known resource to assist them. The music of the film was composed by . It consisted of five songs. The music was released on the label. Lyrics were penned by and . was released on 7 February 1992. It was a blockbuster, eventually becoming one of the highest-grossers in the career of Govinda. It grossed 10.7 (US 9.3 million) against a minimal budget of 3 . Adjusted for inflation, its box office gross is equal to 70 as of 2020. The film received mixed reviews upon release. from praised the performances of Govinda, Divya Bharti and Anupam Kher, but was critical to its story which she addressed to be a “comic-romantic-potboiler” and that in the film “logic is entirely tossed out of the window”. Rachit Gupta from was appreciative of Divya, stating that she “seemed at ease switching between comedy and romance as she matched Govinda step to step”. He also deemed the scenes of conflict between NCC cadet boys headed by Govinda and girl guides headed by Divya as “particularly memorable”.</p>