Judwaa

Judwaa
File:Judwaa poster.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	David Dhawan
Produced by	Sajid Nadiadwala
Story by	E. V. V. Satyanarayana
Based on	Hello Brother (1994 film)
Starring	Salman Khan Karisma Kapoor Rambha Shakti Kapoor Kader Khan Dalip Tahil Anupam Kher Deepak Shirke Mukesh Rishi Satish Shah
Music by	Anu Malik Koti (Background score)
Cinematography	W. B. Rao
Distributed by	Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Release date	07 February 1997 (07 February 1997)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹62.5 million
Box office	₹242.8 million

Judwaa (transl. Twins) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film, directed by David Dhawan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and starring Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor and Rambha with Kader Khan, Dalip Tahil, Shakti Kapoor, Deepak Shirke, Anupam Kher, Satish Shah and Mukesh Rishi in supporting roles. Released on 7 February 1997, the film was successful at the box office. The film is a remake of the Telugu film Hello Brother (1994), which in turn is inspired from the Hong Kong action comedy film Twin Dragons (1992) starring Jackie Chan.

Plot

Jayantilal "Ratan" Pandey (Deepak Shirke) is a ruthless criminal. ACP Sanjay Path "S. P." Malhotra (Dalip Tahil) arrests him. Ratan wounds himself and is taken to the hospital, where ACP Malhotra is waiting for his wife Geeta Malhotra (Reema Lagoo), who is in labor. She gives birth to twins. The doctor explains that both babies have a reflection mentality, which means that "what happens with one baby might be felt and reflected by another," depending on the proximity between them. Ratan escapes and takes one of the twins with him, injuring Geeta. ACP Malhotra goes behind him, but unable to find his son, shoots fleeing Ratan to stop him. The kid grows up as Raja (Omkar Kapoor, then Salman Khan) and finds a girl, Neelam whom he adopts her as his sister. He finds another orphan, Rangeela Prakash (Siddhanth Kapoor, then Shakti Kapoor) and becomes his friend. They both together take care of the girl and become small time thieves.

On the other hand, Geeta goes into depression and gets paralyzed. ACP Malhotra takes her to the US for her treatment, where the other twin named Prem Malhotra (also Salman Khan) is brought up. He comes to India as a rock star for a show. He is received by Kishan Sharma (Kader Khan), who is his father's friend and wishes to marry his daughter Mala Sharma (Karisma Kapoor) to him. But Mala is in love with Raja. At the airport, Prem finds Roopa Batwani (Rambha), daughter of Sundari Batwani (Bindu), the organizer of his public shows. Prem falls in love with Roopa. Tony (Jack Gaud), Sundari's nephew, also wishes to marry Roopa. Meanwhile, Mala misunderstands Prem for Raja and starts flirting with him. One day, Raja and Prem see each other in a restaurant and find out that they are identical, which leads to hilarious misunderstandings.

Meanwhile, Raja's sister Neelam (Sheetal Joshi) sees local goon Ratanlal "Tiger" Pandey (Mukesh Rishi) who is the son of Ratan, killing an Inspector on the road and becomes a vital witness of the murder in court. Enraged, Tiger assaults and threatens her to not report his crime to the police. But as the consequence, Tiger was badly beaten up by Raja, making him more vengeful against Raja and Neelam. To fulfil his revenge, he sends his henchman named Tommy (Shashi Kiran) to be the groom of Neelam but Raja and Rangeela finds out his plan and marries Neelam to somebody else. The court announces the death sentence to Tiger for the murder of the Inspector he shot earlier. Days pass, Neelam becomes pregnant, and she is admitted to a hospital for her delivery. Raja asks Prem to stay at the hospital as he is searching for money. Prem visits his father, ACP Malhotra. At the same time, Tiger escapes from jail to kidnap Neelam and recognizes ACP Malhotra, who shot his father Ratan and finds out that Raja is his son. He blackmails Raja to get ACP Malhotra to free Neelam. Raja, who doesn't know that ACP Malhotra is his real father goes to his house where Geeta also comes out from the paralysis by Raja's touch, and he comes to see the truth that they are his real parents and Prem is his twin brother. Finally, Raja and Prem come together to protect their father from Tiger, and the story ends with the duo marrying their respective ladies.

Cast

• Salman Khan as Raja Patekar / Prem Malhotra (dual role)
• Karishma Kapoor as Mala Sharma, Raja's girlfriend and Kishan's daughter.
• Rambha as Roopa Batwani, Prem's girlfriend and Sundari's daughter.
• Dalip Tahil as Sanjay Path "S. P." Malhotra, Raja & Prem's father.
• Reema Lagoo as Geeta Malhotra, Raja & Prem's mother.
• Kader Khan as Kishan Sharma, Mala's father and Sanjay's friend.
• Shakti Kapoor as Rangeela Prakash, Raja's sidekick.
• Siddhanth Kapoor as young Rangeela
• Bindu as Sundari Batwani, Roopa's mother.
• Anupam Kher as Inspector Vidyarthi / later Hawaldar Vidyarthi.
• Satish Shah as Hawaldar Rajesh / later Inspector Rajesh.
• Mukesh Rishi as Ratanlal "Tiger" Pandey, Ratan's son.
• Tiku Talsania as Sameer, Kishan's brother-in-law.
• Dinesh Hingoo as a Jeweller (special appearance)
• Ram Sethi as a Waiter at hotel (special appearance)
• Jack Gaud as Tony
• Sheetal Joshi as Neelam Patekar, Raja's sister.
• Shashi Kiran as Tommy
• Kamaldeep as the Police commissioner
• Vikas Anand as Police Inspector at the college.
• Deepak Shirke as Jayantilal "Ratan" Pandey
• Mahavir Shah as Inspector Sharma
• Syed Khurshid
• Ishrat Ali as Tau, Ratan's brother & Tiger's uncle.
• Divya Bharti in a photo tribute in the starting of the film.
• Omkar Kapoor as young Raja

Production

Sajid Nadiadwala planned to make a film on twins in 1996 and hired David Dhawan to direct this project. Initially, Govinda was offered the lead role but he rejected the offer. Then, the role was offered to Salman Khan who accepted it. Shooting commenced on 19 December 1996 and was wrapped in March 1997.

Box office

According to Box Office India, the film had a Bumper opening in 1997. The film's domestic gross was ₹28 crore ($6.607 million), equivalent to ₹225 crore (US$26 million) when adjusted for inflation. Its domestic nett was ₹13.14 crore, equivalent to ₹126.3 crore (US$15 million) when adjusted for inflation. It was the ninth highest-grossing film of the year at the Indian box office, where it sold 13.634 million tickets.

Its overseas gross was US$250,000 (₹89.4 lakh). Worldwide, the film grossed ₹24.284 crore ($6.857 million), equivalent to ₹233.42 crore (US$27 million) when adjusted for inflation.

Soundtrack

Judwaa
Soundtrack album by Anu Malik
Released	1997 (India)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Venus Records & Tapes
Producer	Anu Malik
Anu Malik chronology
Namak (1996) Judwaa (1997) Auzaar (1997)

The soundtrack of the film contains six songs. The music was composed by Anu Malik, with lyrics authored by Dev Kohli and Nitin Raikwar. Background score is by Koti.

#	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1	"Oonchi Hai Building"	Poornima, Anu Malik	05:10
2	"Tan Tana Tan Tan"	Abhijeet, Poornima	06:39
3	"Tu Mere Dil Mein Basja"	Kumar Sanu, Poornima	04:46
4	"Tera Aana Tera Jaana"	Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy	04:53
5	"Duniya Mein Aaye"	Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy	06:02
6	"East Aur West India Is The Best"	Anu Malik	07:04

Remake

Main article: Judwaa 2

On 9 February 2016, a remake to the film, titled Judwaa 2, was announced. The film is once again directed by David Dhawan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and features David's son Varun Dhawan in the leading double role. The trailer of Judwaa 2 was unveiled to audiences on 21 August 2017 and the film was released on 29 September 2017. The only cast members from the original Judwaa appearing in Judwaa 2 are Anupam Kher, albeit in a different role, and Salman Khan in a cameo appearance, while the only songs recreated from the original "Judwaa" were the famous "Oonchi Hai Building (Lift Teri Bandh Hai)" and "Tan Tana Tan Tan Tan Tara (Chalti Hai Kya 9 Se 12)".

External links

• Judwaa on IMDb