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Raja Hindustani
Directed by Dharmesh Darshan
Produced by Ali Morani
Karim Morani
Bunty Soorma
Screenplay by Robin Bhatt
Story by Dharmesh Darshan
Starring Aamir Khan
Karisma Kapoor
Music by Nadeem-Shravan
Cinematography W.B. Rao
Editing by Bharat
Release date(s) November 15, 1996
Running time 174 mins
Country India
Language Hindi

Raja Hindustani (which means 'Indian King' in English) is a popular Bollywood movie from 1996. It was directed by Dharmesh Darshan. The main actors in the film are Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor. The music for the movie was created by Nadeem-Shravan. This film was very successful, winning six Filmfare Awards and many other awards that year.

Meet the Cast

This section lists the main actors and the characters they played in the movie.

  • Aamir Khan as Raja Hindustani
  • Karisma Kapoor as Aarti Sehgal
  • Rajwinder Deol as Raju
  • Suresh Oberoi as Mr. Sehgal (Aarti's father)
  • Johnny Lever as Balvant Singh
  • Navneet Nishan as Kamal Singh / Kammo
  • Veeru Krishnan as Gulab Singh
  • Kunal Khemu as Rajnikant (as Master Kunal Khemu)
  • Pramod Moutho as Swaraj (Shalu's brother)
  • Mohnish Behl as Jai
  • Tiku Talsania as Chacha (Raja's uncle)
  • Farida Jalal as Chachi (Raja's aunt)
  • Archana Puran Singh as Shalini Sehgal / Shalu (Aarti's stepmother)
  • Kalpana Iyer as Guest appearance in the song "Pardesi Pardesi"
  • Pratibha Sinha as Guest appearance in the song "Pardesi Pardesi"

Movie Music

The music for Raja Hindustani was composed by Nadeem-Shravan. The songs were very popular. Many people consider this soundtrack to be one of the best Bollywood soundtracks ever. It was also the best-selling music album of 1996.

Song List

Here are the songs from the movie:

Track # Title Singer(s) Length
1 "Perdesi Perdesi (I)" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sapna Awasthi 07:31
2 "Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein (Male)" Udit Narayan 06:02
3 "Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein (Female)" Alka Yagnik 06:02
4 "Kitna Pyaara Tujhe Rab Ne" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 06:20
5 "Perdesi Perdesi (II)" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik 08:19
6 "Poocho Zara Poocho" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik 06:12
7 "Tere Ishq Mein Nachenge" Kumar Sanu, Alisha Chinai, Sapna Mukherjee 08:14
8 "Perdesi Perdesi (Sad)" Suresh Wadkar, Bela Sulakhe 02:40

Awards and Recognition

Raja Hindustani won many awards, showing how much people loved the film.

Filmfare Awards 1997

The movie won several important Filmfare Awards:

  • Best Actor Award — Aamir Khan
  • Best Actress Award — Karisma Kapoor
  • Best Movie Award — Dharmesh Darshan (for directing the film)
  • Best Music Director Award — Nadeem-Shravan
  • Best Male Playback Award — Udit Narayan for the song "Pardesi Pardesi"

Star Screen Awards

The film also won many Star Screen Awards:

  • Best Film
  • Best Director - Dharmesh Darshan
  • Best Actor - Aamir Khan
  • Best Comedian - Johnny Lever
  • Best Music Director - Nadeem Shravan
  • Best Male Playback - Udit Narayan for "Aaye Ho Meri Zindagi Mein"
  • Best Screenplay - Robin Bhatt
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