Aa Ab Laut Chalen

Aa Ab Laut Chalen
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Directed by	Rishi Kapoor
Written by	Rumi Jaffrey Raju Saigal
Screenplay by	Sachin Bhowmick
Produced by	Rajiv Kapoor Randhir Kapoor Rishi Kapoor
Starring	Akshaye Khanna Aishwarya Rai Rajesh Khanna
Cinematography	Sameer Arya
Edited by	Rajiv Kapoor
Music by	Nadeem-Shravan
Production company	R.K. Films
Release date	22 January 1999 (1999-01-22)
Running time	178 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹9 crore[1]
Box office	₹16.3 crore[1]

Aa Ab Laut Chalen (translation: Come, Let's Go Back) is a 1999 Indian Hindi language romantic drama directed by Rishi Kapoor, making his directorial debut and also remains the only film he had directed in his career. The film's script was written by Sachin Bhowmick and Rumi Jaffery. The film premiered in India and the United States on 22 January 1999. It starred Rajesh Khanna, Akshaye Khanna, and Aishwarya Rai and was the last production of R. K. Films.

Plot[]

Rohan Khanna is a jobless graduate living in India with his mother. Ranjit, a former neighbour who now runs a hotel in America with his American wife, suggests that Rohan should move to America and Rohan eagerly accepts. His mother disapproves because his father Balraj abandoned the family to move to America, where he died.

At the airport in New York, Rohan befriends Sardar Khan, a Pakistani taxi driver. Sardar drops Rohan at Ranjit's hotel. Rohan discovers that Ranjit and his wife mistreat his parents and use the hotel for prostitution. Rohan confronts Ranjit about this and is told to leave.

Sardar rooms with another cab driver, a Punjabi man from India, Iqbal Singh, and they offer Rohan a place to stay and a job. While working, Rohan meets a young Indian woman, Pooja. They become friends and eventually fall in love.

Rohan asks Pooja to move in with him. Sardar Khan helps the couple to find jobs, but they don't pay well. Despite his hard work, Rohan has earned little money and has only four months left on his visa. On the advice of friends, Rohan decides to obtain citizenship by engaging in a green card marriage. Rohan and Pooja meet the seductive and wealthy Loveleen, who agrees to the false marriage. After the marriage, Rohan becomes completely wrapped up in Loveleen, abandoning his friends and Pooja to move into Loveleen's mansion.

Pooja finds a job as a caretaker for a rich Indian man, Balraj, who is elderly and very ill. Unbeknownst to her, Balraj is Rohan's father and is not dead after all. Balraj has a son, Karan, who is spoiled and arrogant. Balraj starts to think of Pooja as a daughter and asks her to consider marrying Karan.

Rohan gets tired of Loveleen, realizing he is in love with Pooja. He goes back to his friends, who tell him where to find her. He begs for her forgiveness and asks her to return to India to marry him. Pooja agrees, and Rohan gives her a locket with a picture of his mother. Pooja tells this to Balraj, who encourages her, without realizing that Rohan is his son.

Karan has become interested in Pooja and tries to intimidate her into marrying him. After a confrontation with him, her locket breaks. Balraj is surprised to find his wife's photo when he looks inside. When Pooja explains that Rohan gave it to her, Balraj realizes that Rohan must be his son. He fears that Rohan might hate him, so he does not tell Pooja.

After hearing from Pooja that Rohan is struggling to make ends meet, Balraj asks Pooja to call Rohan to interview at his company. A grateful Rohan is offered a well-paying career and cash bonuses from the generous Balraj. Rohan uses his newfound wealth to pay for the care of Ranjit's parents. He also has Ranjit and his wife arrested for illegally possessing Ranjit's parents' passports and for their prostitution activities.

After some time, Pooja and Rohan decide to return to India. Before they leave, Balraj confesses to Rohan that he is his estranged father and explains why he never returned. Rohan is angry at first, but after his mother forgives Balraj over the phone, Rohan decides to as well, uniting the family at last.

Cast[]

• Rajesh Khanna as Balraj Khanna, Rohan’s father
• Akshaye Khanna as Rohan Balraj Khanna
• Aishwarya Rai as Pooja Walia, Rohan’s love interest
• Moushumi Chatterjee as Rama Khanna, Rohan’s mother
• Navin Nischol as Dr. Ashwin Khurana
• Suman Ranganathan as Loveleen, Karan’s girlfriend
• Kader Khan as Sardar Khan
• Paresh Rawal as Pandit Jai Kishan Patel / PC Jack Patel
• Satish Kaushik as Chaurasia
• Jaspal Bhatti as Iqbal Singh
• Vivek Vaswani as Vaswani
• Himani Shivpuri as Mrs. Chaurasia
• Alok Nath as Rohan's grandfather
• as Karan Khanna, Rohan’s stepbrother
• Jatin Sial as Ranjit “Rocky” Kapoor
• Vishwajeet Pradhan as Drug Dealer Vikram “Marco”
• drink dealer
• Sulbha Arya Swarno Kapoor, Ranjit’s mom
• Achyut Potdar as Lekh Kapoor, Ranjit’s father

Music[]

The music of this movie was composed by Nadeem–Shravan and the lyrics were written by Sameer. It was released on the label Saregama. The soundtrack was quite popular upon its release. All songs were popular among the masses.

Reception[]

Rediff noted "Maybe Rishi Kapoor was bowing to RK tradition, maybe he was trying to follow his heart, but he just has to get back to the drawing board and seriously plan that next venture".^[2]

The box office performance of the film was classified as a "Below Average" by Box Office India.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Aa Ab Laut Chalen at IMDb
• Aa Ab Laut Chalen at AllMovie