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Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi

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{{Infobox film
| name = Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi
| image =
| caption =
| director = Sachin Pilgaonkar
| producer = Kiran Shantaram
| writer = Vasant Sabnis
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Ashok Saraf]]
* Sachin Pilgaonkar
* [[Laxmikant Berde]]
* [[Siddharth Ray]]
* [[Ashwini Bhave]]
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]]
* [[Priya Arun|Priya Arun Berde]]
* [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]]
* Nayantara
* [[Viju Khote]]
* [[Sudhir Joshi]]
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = V. Shantaram Productions
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1988|09|23|df=y}}
| runtime = 156 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| budget =
| gross = [[Indian rupee|₹]]3 [[crore]]
}}
'''''Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi''''' (translation: ''This Is Being Street-Smart'') is a [[List of Marathi films of 1988|1988]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-language comedy film directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar and produced by Kiran Shantaram. Released in [[Maharashtra]] on 23 September 1988 and now considered to be a [[cult film]] in [[Marathi cinema]], the film stars [[Ashok Saraf]], Sachin Pilgaonkar, [[Laxmikant Berde]] and [[Siddharth Ray]] opposite [[Ashwini Bhave]], [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]], [[Priya Arun|Priya Arun Berde]] and [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf|Nivedita Joshi Saraf]] along with Nayantara, [[Viju Khote]] and [[Sudhir Joshi]] in supporting roles.<ref>{{IMDb title|0267277}}</ref> The film revolves around four friends who are searching for rented accommodation when a landlady insists only on married couples, so two of the friends are forced to dress as women and pretend to be the wives of the other two. The film borrows the basic plot from the Hrishikesh Mukherjee's ''[[Biwi Aur Makan]]'' (1966) which was based on the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''Joy Maa Kali Boarding'',<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/movies/photofeatures/laxmikant-berde-superhit-comedy-films-of-the-actor-you-should-not-</ref> and was remade in [[Kannada]] as ''Olu Saar Bari Olu'' (2003), in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Paying Guests]]'' (2009), in Punjabi as ''[[Mr & Mrs 420]]'' (2014) and in Bengali as ''[[Jio Pagla]]'' (2017).<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/KYhiSTqNNAPN9bzm8JlAhP/Ten-Marathi-films-remade-in-other-languages.html |title = Ten Marathi films remade in other languages|date = 11 September 2017}}</ref> The film was also an inspiration for the 1991 [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''[[Chitram Bhalare Vichitram]]'' which was remade in Kannada as ''[[Bombat Hendthi]]'' (1992) and in Tamil as ''[[Aanazhagan]]'' (1995).

==Plot==
In [[Pune]], in 1988, Dhananjay Mane is a street-smart salesperson in a [[Cosmetics|cosmetic]] store owned by Madhuri. He lives as a tenant of a stingy landlord, Vishwas Sarpotdar. He is soon joined by his younger brother, Shantanu, who is a [[medical]] student. Though prohibited by the landlord, Dhananjay and Shantanu allow their friends, Sudhir and Parshuram "Parsha", who have come in search of jobs, to secretly live with them. Sudhir has been kicked out by his uncle where he also worked to earn money and pay for his singing classes. Parsha has been kicked out by his abusive employer, Chhabu Rao, because he finds out that his daughter, Kamali and Parsha are in love.

One night, Dhananjay, Parsha and Sudhir insult Vishwas and his wife while drunk and are taken away by Shantanu, who arrives at the scene a little too late. Enraged by this harassment, Vishwas orders them to vacate the place in 4 days. After many failed futile attempts of finding a new home on rent, Dhananjay and Shantanu finally reach the palatial house of a rich, old, kind and half-blind widow named Leelabai Kalbhor. She lives with her female servant, Tanu and is often harassed by her nephew, Bali, for money. She is willing to rent some rooms in the house to Dhananjay and Shantanu provided they are married. Thus begins the comedy of errors. In order to comply with Leelabai's condition, Dhananjay and Shantanu convince Parsha and Sudhir to disguise themselves as their wives. Parsha thus turns into Parvati (Dhananjay's wife) and Sudhir turns into Sudha (Shantanu's wife). Shortly after arriving at their new rental home as couples, Leelabai's niece, Manisha and her friend, Sushma, who is also Shantanu's girlfriend from college, visit for a long stay at the house. Sudhir (disguised as Shantanu's wife Sudha) is now a successful singer and courts Manisha, stating that he and Sudha are twins, and that Sudhir disapproves of her marriage with Shantanu and hence is not on talking terms with both Sudha and Shantanu. While, Shantanu makes up a fake story of his wife's cancer to appease Sushma, who is clearly upset at seeing him married. Meanwhile, Dhananjay and his employer Madhuri also fall in love with each other.
One day, Bali attacks Parsha disguised as Parvati but Dhananjay saves him. To stay home, Parsha (as Parvati) acts of being pregnant.

Dhananjay and Co. develop a bond of motherly love with Leelabai. Eventually, Tanu and Bali come to know about the disguises when they notice Sudha leaving the house as Sudhir through a window and Parvati as Parsha talking to Kamali when she had come to his house to meet him. Dhananjay and Co. then decide to leave the house. On their way out, they are exposed in front of Leelabai by Bali and his men and are handed over to police called in by Tanu. But at the police station, Leelabai absolves them of their deceitfulness because she feels these guys did the drama out of their need for a roof over their heads and did not steal from her or take advantage of her half-blindedness. If anything, they only treated her like a mother. And hence she decides to take them in as her sons. The movie ends with a family picture of all 4 newly-wed couples with Leelabai.

==Cast==
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Dhananjay Mane
* [[Sachin Pilgaonkar]] as Sudhir / Sudha Mane
* [[Laxmikant Berde]] as Parshuram "Parsha" / Parvati Mane
* [[Siddharth Ray]] as Shantanu Mane
* [[Ashwini Bhave]] as Madhuri
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] as Manisha
* [[Priya Arun|Priya Arun-Berde]] as Kamali
* [[Nivedita Joshi-Saraf]] as Sushma
* Nayantara as Leelabai Kalbhor
* [[Viju Khote]] as Bali Kalbhor
* [[Sudhir Joshi]] as Vishwas Sarpotdar
* Suhas Bhalekar as Sudhir's Uncle
* [[Jayram Kulkarni|Jairam Kulkarni]] as Chhabu Rao, Kamali's Father
* Lata Thatte as Mrs. Sarpotdar
* Gulab Korgaonkar as Tanu
* Madhu Apte as Venus Cassette Company Manager's Assistant
* Bipin Varti as Police Inspector

==Soundtrack==
The lyrics were penned by Shantaram Nandgaonkar and Sudhir Moghe. Well known Marathi song ''Hridayi Vasant Phulta Na'' was sung by [[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Suresh Wadkar]], [[Sudesh Bhosale]], Uttara Kelkar, [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]], Amit Kumar, Suhasini, Aparna Mayekar, and Sachin Pilgaonkar.

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0267277|Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi}}
* [http://www.marathimirchi.com/marathi/categories.php?cat_id=24 Movie Stills]

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[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
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[[Category:1988 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sachin (actor)]]

Lamhe

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{{short description|1991 film by Yash Chopra}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Lamhe
| image =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Yash Chopra]]
| producer = Yash Chopra [[T. Subbarami Reddy]]
| writer = [[Honey Irani]] [[Rahi Masoom Raza]]
| starring = [[Sridevi]] [[Anil Kapoor]] [[Waheeda Rehman]] [[Anupam Kher]] Deepak Malhotra Dippy Sagoo
| music = Shiv-Hari
| distributor = [[Yash Raj Films]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1991|11|22}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19911122&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Lamhe |date=22 November 1991 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=4 }}</ref>
| runtime = 187 minutes
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|6|c|year=1991}}
| gross = {{INRConvert|20|c|year=1991}}
| cinematography = [[Manmohan Singh (film director)|Manmohan Singh]]
}}

'''''Lamhe''''' (translation: ''Moments'') is a 1991 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[romance film|romantic]] musical drama film directed and produced by [[Yash Chopra]] and written by [[Honey Irani]] and [[Rahi Masoom Raza]]. The film stars [[Sridevi]] (in a dual role as both mother and daughter) and [[Anil Kapoor]] in titular roles along with [[Waheeda Rehman]], [[Anupam Kher]], Deepak Malhotra and Dippy Sagoo in pivotal roles. In the film, Viren (Kapoor) falls in love with Pallavi (Sridevi) but she gets married to Siddharth (Malhotra), before the couple dies in an accident and Viren's former governess Dai Jaa (Rehman) takes charge of their daughter Pooja. Two decades later, Pooja has grown up to look exactly like her mother and falls in love with Viren with the support of Viren's childhood friend Prem (Kher). The film marks the second and final collaboration between Sridevi and Chopra after ''[[Chandni (film)|Chandni]]'' (1989).

Produced by Chopra under his production banner [[Yash Raj Films]], ''Lamhe'' was shot in two schedules in [[Rajasthan]], [[India]] and [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. Over the years, it has been hailed as a classic and Chopra's finest film. Although the film did moderate business domestically, it became a huge success overseas, bringing in a worldwide gross of [[Indian rupee|₹]]20.5 crores on a ₹6 crores budget; thus becoming the [[List of Bollywood films of 1991|10th highest grossing Indian film of 1991]]. It received numerous accolades and featured on ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'s'' list of ''Bollywood's Best Films''. It has been cited as Yash Chopra's personal favourite of the movies he has made. This was one of the last films that Masoom Raza scripted. He died a couple of months after its release. On the occasion of the Centenary of Indian Cinema in 2013, ''Lamhe'' featured among the ''Top Ten Romantic Movies Of 100 Years''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yahoo|title=Top 10 romantic movies|url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/photos/top-10-romantic-movies-slideshow/top-10-romantic-movies-photo-1328685356.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302194504/http://in.movies.yahoo.com/photos/top-10-romantic-movies-slideshow/top-10-romantic-movies-photo-1328685356.html|archive-date=2 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

At the [[39th National Film Awards]], the film won [[National Film Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]. At the [[37th Filmfare Awards]], the film received a leading 13 nominations and won a leading 5 awards – [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]], [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (Sridevi), [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Comic Actor]] (Kher), [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]] (Irani) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]] (Masoom Raza).

== Plot ==
=== 1971 ===
The young [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] Virendra Pratap Singh, also known as Viren ([[Anil Kapoor]]), comes to his homeland in [[Rajasthan]], [[India]] for the first time where he is greeted by his former governess Durgadevi, affectionately called Dai Jaa ([[Waheeda Rehman]]). His late parents had migrated to [[London]], [[United Kingdom]] long before he was born. Gobsmacked by the hot weather conditions and the traditional customs of the region, Viren stumbles upon the beautiful Pallavi ([[Sridevi]]) and falls in love with her almost instantly. Pallavi is the daughter of wealthy businessman Kothiwale Thakur ([[Manohar Singh]]), who had helped Viren's late father when his business was suffering. Viren and Pallavi become friends. However, upon noticing Viren's feelings for Pallavi, Dai Jaa indicates that Pallavi is eight years older than him, which still does not bother Viren.

After losing a civil legal dispute involving his property, the devastated Kothiwale Thakur dies of a heart attack. Pallavi goes into depression. Viren comes to console her at Kothiwale Thakur's mourning ceremony, but is shocked to find her run towards her long-time boyfriend Siddharth Kumar Bhatnagar (Deepak Malhotra),
who is an airplane pilot. Viren is heartbroken, but reluctantly arranges Pallavi and Siddharth's wedding with a heavy heart and retreats to London without letting Pallavi know of his true emotions. However, in a cruel twist of fate, Viren flies down to India after he gets the news from Dai Jaa of both Siddharth and the pregnant Pallavi having perished in a major car accident, but not before a gravely injured Pallavi gives birth to their surviving daughter Pooja at the hospital. Viren and Dai Jaa lament the tragic losses of Siddharth and Pallavi, and an already grief-stricken Viren entrusts Dai Jaa in the upbringing of the newborn Pooja.
=== 1991 ===
20 years later, the now middle-aged Viren still finds it difficult to come to terms, and has been visiting Rajasthan every year in the two decades for Siddharth and Pallavi's death anniversary, but has avoided meeting Pooja on her birthday because she was born the same day Pallavi died, and the trauma and the pain of Pallavi's death is still fresh in his mind. However, Viren now comes back to India this year for Siddharth and Pallavi's death anniversary and is shocked to see the now grown-up Pooja (also [[Sridevi]]) a spitting image of Pallavi herself on her birthday. Viren feels that destiny is playing a cruel game with him but still invites Pooja and Dai Jaa to his residence in London. In London, Viren's childhood friend Prem Anand ([[Anupam Kher]]) is aware that Viren's heart still yearns for Pallavi, while Viren is still trying to engage himself in other works but cannot forget Pallavi.

Moreover, Anita Malhotra (Dippy Sagoo) is a girl working with Viren and is deeply in love with him. She is also aware of Viren's love for Pallavi and constantly tries to win his attention. During Pooja and Dai Jaa's visit to London, Anita meets Pooja and realizes how she must be a constant reminder of Pallavi to Viren. Over a period of time, Pooja becomes possessive about Viren so Anita tries to show the truth and make her understand that she is wrong. Pooja retorts back and tells Anita that if she herself is not related to Viren, Anita is not related to him either. Anita becomes frustrated and blasts out at Viren for his feelings for Pooja, telling him that he should be ashamed of having feelings for a considerably younger woman, just because she resembles her late mother whom he loved. Meanwhile, Prem understands how much Pooja is attached to Viren since childhood, but is skeptical since Viren is still living in the past in the memories of Pallavi.

However, things take a drastic turn when Pooja comes across Pallavi's pencil sketch made by Viren and completely misunderstands it to be her own when it is actually of her mother. She confesses her love for Viren and confronts him over the sketch, but a furious Viren rebuffs Pooja and reveals that he actually loved her late mother who resembled her. A shattered and humiliated Pooja tells Dai Jaa that she wants to return to India. After Pooja and Dai Jaa's departure for India, Prem strongly advises a confused Viren to confront his feelings for Pooja, pointing out the huge difference between Pallavi and Pooja. Back home, Dai Jaa persuades Pooja to get married but she agrees on one condition that Viren must get married first. When Dai Jaa calls to let Viren know that Pooja has agreed to marry once Viren ties the knot, Viren agrees to marry Anita. Upon learning this, Pooja tells Dai Jaa that she never wants to get married.

Back in London, Viren, Prem and Anita are wondering why Dai Jaa is postponing her visit for Viren and Anita's wedding. Thus, Viren and Prem decide to travel to India and give Dai Jaa a surprise. Upon arriving, Viren and Prem are shocked to learn from Dai Jaa that Pooja has vowed never to marry. Elsewhere, a heartbroken Pooja narrates a tragic folk tale at her nightly sound-and-light show in the village. All of a sudden, she is excited and very happy to notice Viren in the audience and lies to him that she has already got married. However, Viren confronts Pooja over her lie of getting married and very soon, it is revealed that Viren actually did not get married to Anita, since he finally realized that he is genuinely in love with Pooja. In the end, Viren and Pooja get married with the blessings of Prem and Dai Jaa and live happily ever after.

== Cast ==
* [[Sridevi]] in a dual role as Pallavi Thakur Bhatnagar / Pooja Bhatnagar (as both mother and daughter)
* [[Anil Kapoor]] as Virendra Pratap Singh (a.k.a. Viren / Kunwarji)
* [[Waheeda Rehman]] as Durgadevi (a.k.a. Dai Jaa); Viren, and later, Pooja's governess
* [[Anupam Kher]] as Prem Anand; Viren's girlfriend
* Deepak Malhotra as Siddharth Kumar Bhatnagar; Pallavi's husband and Pooja's father
* Dippy Sagoo as Anita Malhotra; Viren's childhood friend
* [[Manohar Singh]] as Kothiwale Thakur; Pallavi's father, Siddharth's father-in-law and Pooja's maternal grandfather
* [[Lalit Tiwari]] as Sudheshwar Narayan Tiwari; Viren's mansion caretaker
* [[Vikas Anand]] as Dr. Vikas; Pallavi's surgeon (Special Appearance)
* Ila Arun as Folk Dancer in "Morni Baga Ma Bole" song (Special Appearance)
* Richa Pallod as 5-year-old Pooja (Special Appearance)

== Music ==
The music was composed by [[Shiv Kumar Sharma]] and [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] (together known as [[Shiv-Hari]]) and the lyrics were provided by [[Anand Bakshi]]. The song "Kabhi Main Kahoon" was made from a melody used as background music in Yash Chopra's ''[[Chandni (film)|Chandni]]'' (1989), also scored by Shiv-Hari. In the famous parody sequence, Waheeda Rehman danced to "Aaj Phir Jeene ki Tamanna Hai" – her iconic number from the all-time classic ''[[Guide (film)|Guide]]'' (1965).

The songs included on the official soundtrack are listed here:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Song
!Singer(s)
|-
|"Yeh Lamhe Yeh Pal"
|[[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
|-
|"Yeh Lamhe Yeh Pal" (Sad Version)
|Hariharan
|-
|"Mhaare Rajasthan Ma"
|Mohinuddin
|-
|"Mohe Chhedo Naa"
|[[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
|"Chudiyan Khanak Gayi" (contains excerpt of 'Mhaare Rajasthan Ma' in the introduction)
|Lata Mangeshkar, Moinuddin and [[Ila Arun]]
|-
|"Chudiyan Khanak Gayi" (Sad Version)
|Lata Mangeshkar
|-
|"Kabhi Main Kahoon"
|Lata Mangeshkar and Hariharan
|-
|"Megha Re Megha Re"
|Lata Mangeshkar and Ila Arun
|-
|"Yaad Nahin Bhool Gaya"
|Lata Mangeshkar and [[Suresh Wadkar]]
|-
|"Gudiya Rani"
|Lata Mangeshkar
|-
|"Meri Bindiya"
|Lata Mangeshkar
|-
|"Freak Out" (Parody Song)
|[[Pamela Chopra]] and [[Sudesh Bhosle]]
|-
|"Moments Of Rage" (Instrumental)
|Instrumental
|-
|"Moments Of Passion" (Instrumental)
|Instrumental
|}

== Reception, Analysis & Legacy ==
''Lamhe'' is one of the few films that picked up the [[Filmfare Award for Best Film]] despite its moderate business in India. ''Lamhe'' is also one of the biggest Bollywood hits in the overseas market and the video circuit. [[Sridevi]] received widespread critical acclaim for her double-role as mother and daughter, winning the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] among others. It was also listed in ''Outlook'' magazine's list of All-Time Great Indian films.<ref name="outlook">{{cite web|title=Bollywood's Best Films |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?220089|publisher=outlookindia.com|access-date=15 May 2010}}</ref> It has been cited as Yash Chopra's personal favorite among his films.<ref name="Dwyer2002">{{cite book|author=Rachel Dwyer |title=Yash Chopra: fifty years in Indian cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UwVlAAAAMAAJ|access-date=31 March 2011 |year=2002|publisher=Lotus Collection|isbn=978-81-7436-234-6|page=160}}</ref> ''[[Times of India]]'' included it in its list of ''Top 10 Films of Yash Chopra'' describing it as "''a tale of love transcending the boundaries of time and space''"<ref>{{cite web|last=Times of India|title=Top 10 Films of Yash Chopra|url=http://photogallery.indiatimes.com/celebs/celeb-themes/top-10-films-of-yash-chopra/articleshow/16911367.cms}}</ref> while ''[[Rediff]]'' called it "Quite easily one of his most definitive films, Chopra surpassed his own findings of romance with the insightful, lovely ''Lamhe''."<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|last=Rediff|title=The Very Best of Yash Chopra|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-the-very-best-films-of-yash-chopra/20121022.htm}}</ref> Hrithik Sharma from ''El Viaje Reviews'' says "The cinematography is a treat to eyes. Editing is crisp but with nearly 3 hours of run-time, it requires patience to watch the whole film. Only Yash Chopra could create this bold and unheard story in a way, that otherwise would have not been received well."<ref name="El Viaje Reviews">{{cite web|last=El Viaje Reviews|title= Yash Chopra's Lamhe (1991) Review by Hrithik Sharma|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpngcJbgQcY}}</ref>

Sridevi played both mother and daughter in what ''iDiva'' described as "another double-role but it was unlike any played before."<ref name="iDiva">{{cite web|last=iDiva|title=Sridevi – The Dancing Queen|url=http://idiva.com/photogallery-entertainment/sridevi-the-dancing-queen/8403}}</ref> Hailed by ''[[Rediff]]'' as "one of the most remarkable films of her career... often considered a film way ahead of its time",<ref name="http">{{cite web|last=Rediff|title=PIX: The Changing Faces of Sridevi|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-pix-the-changing-faces-of-sridevi/20121009.htm}}</ref> Her performance brought her much acclaim with ''BizAsia'' stating that "Her rendition of both Pallavi and Pooja serves well in highlighting how versatile she is as an actress, playing contrasting characters in the same movie."<ref>{{cite web|last=bizAsia|title=Yash Chopra classic flashback: 'Lamhe' (1991)|url=http://www.media247.co.uk/showbiz/yash-chopra-classic-flashback-lamhe-1991|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421020849/http://www.media247.co.uk/showbiz/yash-chopra-classic-flashback-lamhe-1991|archive-date=21 April 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Speaking to [[Karan Johar]] about the making of ''Lamhe'', [[Yash Chopra]] revealed, "When 90% of the London schedule was over, tragedy happened. Sridevi's father died... She came back after 16 days and had to shoot a comedy scene... At that moment, she forgot everything and gave a wonderful scene. I understood that is the secret of her success... Why she is what she is."<ref>{{cite web|last=Yash Raj Films – YouTube|title=Yash Chopra in Conversation with Karan Johar – Lamhe|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/yrf}}</ref> Sridevi's folk dance number 'Morni Baga Ma' was placed among the '''Top 5 Songs of [[Yash Chopra]]''<nowiki/>' by ''[[Hindustan Times]]''.

Over the years, ''Lamhe'' has become a cult classic.<ref name="idiva.com">{{cite web|last=idiva.com|title=10 Must Watch Movies That Weren't Blockbusters |url=http://idiva.com/photogallery-entertainment/10-mustwatch-movies-that-werent-blockbusters/6659}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Yahoo|title=The Magical Years of Yash Chopra|url=http://goodtimes.ndtv.com/PhotoDetail.aspx?Page=1&ID=14019&AlbumType=PG#talk}}</ref> Critic Rachel Dwyer wrote in her biography of the film-maker "Yash Chopra's own favourite film, ''Lamhe'' ('''Moments''<nowiki/>', 1991), divided the audience on a class basis: it was hugely popular with metropolitan elites and the overseas market, which allowed it to break even, but it had a poor box-office response (especially the repeat audience) because of its supposed incest theme."<ref>{{cite web|last=Yash Raj Films|title=Yash Chopra – Biography|url=http://www.yashrajfilms.com/AboutUs/YRFTeam.aspx?SectionCode=PRO003BIO1}}</ref> ''[[The Hindu]]'' reported that "With shades of incest, ''Lamhe'' caused more than a flutter and remained the talk of the town"<ref>{{cite web|last=The Hindu|title=From Partition angst to romantic confection, his films had it all|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/from-partition-angst-to-romantic-confection-his-films-had-it-all/article4019419.ece}}</ref> while Sridevi herself admitted in an interview with [[Rajeev Masand]] that she found the subject "too bold."<ref>{{cite web|publisher=CNN-IBN|title=Now Showing: Masand reviews 'Ek Tha Tiger', interviews Sridevi|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/282674/now-showing-masand-reviews-ek-tha-tiger-interviews-sridevi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819020207/http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/282674/now-showing-masand-reviews-ek-tha-tiger-interviews-sridevi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-08-19}}</ref> ''[[Rediff]]'' described its failure as "one of those bizarre, unexplained moments of cinema."<ref name="ReferenceA" /> Many film analysts, including [[Vikram Bhatt]], felt that ''Lamhe'' was ahead of its time and if released at a later period, would have been a success.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hb83FwNGuR4C&pg=PA342 |title=Producing Bollywood: Inside the Contemporary Hindi Film Industry |last=Ganti |first=Tejaswini |publisher=Duke University Press |year=2012 |pages=342|isbn=978-0822352136 }}</ref>

== Awards ==
;[[39th National Film Awards]]
*[[National Film Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] – [[Neeta Lulla]], Kachins & Leena Daru

;[[37th Filmfare Awards]]<ref name=Filmfare>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953]</ref>
'''Won'''
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] – [[Yash Chopra]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] – [[Sridevi]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Comedian]] – [[Anupam Kher]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]] – [[Honey Irani]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]] – [[Rahi Masoom Reza]]

'''Nominated'''
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – Yash Chopra
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] – [[Anil Kapoor]]
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] – [[Waheeda Rehman]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] – [[Anupam Kher]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music]] – [[Shiv-Hari]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyrics]] – [[Anand Bakshi]] for "Kabhi Main Kahoon"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Playback Singer – Male]] – [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]] for "Kabhi Main Kahoon"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] – [[Manmohan Singh (film director)|Manmohan Singh]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0102258|title=Lamhe}}
* Bonobology.com: [https://www.bonobology.com/movies-lead-characters-huge-age-difference "6 Bollywood movies where the lead characters have had a huge age difference"]

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