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{{Infobox film
| name = Itihaas
| image = Itihaas 1997.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Raj Kanwar]]
| producer = Raj Kanwar
| writer = [[Kamlesh Pandey]] (dialogues)
| screenplay = [[Robin Bhatt]]<br />[[Akash Khurana]]
| story = Raj Kanwar
| narrator =
| starring = [[Ajay Devgn]] <br /> [[Twinkle Khanna]]
| music = Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen
| cinematography = Harmeet Singh
| editing = A. Muthu
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1997|06|20|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|5|c}}<ref name="BOI">{{cite web |title=Itihaas |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2677 |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref>
| gross = {{INRConvert|10.88|c}}<ref name="BOI" />
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| website =
}}

'''''Itihaas''''' ({{trans|History}}) is a 1997 Indian [[Hindi language]] [[romantic film]] produced and directed by Raj Kanwar. The film stars [[Ajay Devgn]] and [[Twinkle Khanna]] as the lead protagonists, and [[Raj Babbar]] as the antagonist. [[Amrish Puri]], [[Shakti Kapoor]] and [[Mohnish Bahl]] played supporting roles in the film. The film opened to negative reviews and failed to do well at the box office.

==Plot==
Wealthy, powerful, and influential Thakur Digvijay Singh ([[Raj Babbar]]) come to a Village and fall in love with beautiful Naina ([[Twinkle Khanna]]). They are betrothed and are to be married soon. But Naina has fallen in love with the son, Karan ([[Ajay Devgn]]), of Thakur's employee, Balwant ([[Amrish Puri]]). When Thakur finds out about this, he instructs his men to bring in Naina alive, and Karan dead. Karan and Naina run from this community all the way to Bombay. The Thakur announces a hefty reward, and soon bounty hunters are all over Bombay looking for the hapless couple. When Balwant hears about this, he too goes to Bombay and does locate Karan and Naina. Karan is relieved to see his dad, but his relief soon turns to disbelief, as Balwant instructs him to let go of Naina, as he himself has come as an agent of the Thakur, not as his father.

==Cast==
* [[Ajay Devgn]] as Karan
* [[Twinkle Khanna]] as Naina
* [[Amrish Puri]] as Balwant
* [[Raj Babbar]] as Thakur Digvijay Singh
* [[Shakti Kapoor]] as Navlakhi / Dholu
* Sapna Bedi as Anjali
* [[Aruna Irani]] as Rukmani
* [[Mohnish Bahl]] as Inspector Ujagar Pandey
* Neelima Azim as Naveli

==Production==
''Itihaas'' was the first attempt of Kanwar at producing a film and was highly publicised. He repeated the pairing of Devgn and Khanna who had previously starred in his 1996 film ''[[Jaan (film)|Jaan]]''.<ref name="Rediff">{{cite web |last1=Verma |first1=Suparn |title=The hit squad |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/jul/18grad.htm |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=27 March 2020 |date=18 July 1997}}</ref> ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' noted that the film had been "lavishly produced".<ref name="Outlook">{{cite news |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Saibal |last2=Akhtar |first2=Shameem |title=Beefcake To Meaty Roles |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/beefcake-to-meaty-roles/205347 |access-date=7 April 2020 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=13 April 1998}}</ref> Xavier Marquis also helped in the film's finances.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Suri |first1=Sanjay |last2=Akhtar |first2=Shameem |last3=Menezes |first3=Saira |title=Settling Scores |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/settling-scores/204236 |access-date=7 April 2020 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=15 September 1997}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
Lyrics by [[Sameer Anjaan]], Music by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Chori Chori Dil Diya"
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
| 2
| "Dil Ke Qalam Se"
| [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]]
|-
| 3
| "Achko Machko"
| [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
| 4
| "Bol Bol Bol Raja"
| [[Vinod Rathod]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]], Alka Yagnik
|-
| 5
| "Ja Re Ja Ud Ja Panchhi"
| Shankar Mahadevan, Alka Yagnik
|-
| 6
| "Pyar Ka Dushman"
| Shankar Mahadevan, Alka Yagnik
|-
| 7
| "Yeh Ishq Bada"
| Pappu A K, Anuradha Paudwal
|-
| 8
| "Saathi Mere Tere Bina"
| Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal
|}

The audio cassette of the film was released at the Sun & Sand Hotel in Juhu.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Audio cassettee of ''Itihaas'' released|journal=Rashtriya Sahara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8iNuAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Sahara India Mass Communication|page=166}}</ref>

==Reception==
Reportedly made on the successful pairing of Devgn and Khanna in ''Jaan'', [[Rediff.com]] rated it #8 in its Ten Worst Films of Ajay Devgn list while calling it a "dreadful action romance".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ten Worst Films of Ajay Devgn : ''Itihaas'' |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-the-worst-films-of-ajay-devgn/20121109.htm#7 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=27 March 2020 |date=14 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What made Raj Kanwar A Director To Reckon With : Jaan, 1996 |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-what-made-raj-kanwar-a-director-to-reckon-with/20120203.htm#3 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |access-date=27 March 2020 |date=3 February 2012}}</ref>

Supran Verma of [[Rediff.com]] wrote that the film had "turned to be just a rehash of [''Jaan''] and other Kanwar films" and Khanna and Devgn's pairing was the "film's biggest fault".<ref name="Rediff" /> A review in ''[[India Today]]'' called the film a "clichéd story" and "painfully regressive" "by Bollywood standards" before labelling it a "torturous experience".<ref>{{cite news |title=Latest movie releases |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/19970707-movie-review-of-michael-collins-directed-by-neil-jordan-starring-liam-neeson-aidan-quinn-832598-1997-07-07 |access-date=7 April 2020 |work=[[India Today]]|date=7 July 1997}}</ref>

The film performed poorly at the box office, becoming the first flop of Raj Kanwar. Devgn took the Bombay territory as fees.<ref name="Rediff" /><ref name="Outlook" />
==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite web |title=The Making of Itihaas |url=http://www.screenindia.com/jun13/cover.htm |website=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]] |access-date=14 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030829072526/http://www.screenindia.com/jun13/cover.htm |archive-date=29 August 2003}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0286724}}

[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Robin Bhatt]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Akash Khurana]]
[[Category:Films directed by Raj Kanwar]]
[[Category:1990s action drama films]]

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