Yaraana (1995 film)

Yaraana
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Directed by	David Dhawan
Written by	Reema Rakesh Nath
Produced by	Yusuf Bhatt Reema Rakesh Nath
Starring	Rishi Kapoor Madhuri Dixit Raj Babbar Kader Khan
Cinematography	Rajan Kinagi
Edited by	A. Muthu
Music by	Anu Malik
Distributed by	Samna Films
Release date	20 October 1995 (1995-10-20)
Running time	126 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Yaraana (transl. "Friendship") is a 1995 Bollywood romantic thriller film directed by David Dhawan and starring Rishi Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Raj Babbar, Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor.^[1] It is loosely based on the American film Sleeping with the Enemy, starring Julia Roberts.^[2] The film is known for the hit song "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya".^[3]

Plot[]

Lalita (Madhuri Dixit) catches the eye of JB (Raj Babbar) and he immediately falls in love with her and decides that he must have her. Her uncle Madhi (Tej Sapru) arranges for them to get married but he is only doing this because JB is paying him to. When she refuses, JB kidnaps her and keeps her in his home until the day of the wedding. She is literally watched over by JB every day in case she tries to escape. On the day of the wedding, Lalita faints and uses this to escape. She also moves her mother away and barely escapes JB who assumes that she has been killed after he saw her being hit by a car. In fact, Lalita swapped her wedding dress with someone else, so the person that JB saw being hit by the car was not Lalita.

Lalita escapes the city and meets Raj (Rishi Kapoor) who at first she uses him as a cover but they both fall in love with each other. She uses the name Shikha instead. Raj's grandfather, Rai Saheb (Kader Khan) is happy that his grandson wants to marry Shikha and he arranges for a wedding. Unfortunately, JB finds out that Lalita is still alive through her mother and quickly traces her. JB tells Raj and his grandfather who Lalita really is with the help of her devious uncle. Lalita is taken away and is forced to be a dutiful wife, which in JB's terms means that she has to stay with him forever. After hiding and frustration, Lalita decides to take matters into her own hands...

Cast[]

• Rishi Kapoor as Raj
• Madhuri Dixit as Lalita/Shikha
• Raj Babbar as JB/Inspector Pradhan
• Kader Khan as Rai Saheb
• Shakti Kapoor as Banke
• Tej Sapru as Madhi Mama/Madanlal
• Anil Dhawan as Dr. Rashid
• Satish Kaul as Inspector
• Vikas Anand as Father of Girl Who Dies In Accident
• Brij Gopal as Man Who Brought Mangoes for JB
• Babbanlal Yadav as Father of 6 Kids
• Dina Pathak as Durga
• Sulabha Deshpande as Mrs. De'souza
• Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Beggar/Mungarilal (Special Appearance)
• Himani Shivpuri as Beggar/Champa (Special Appearance)

Awards and nominations[]

Won:

• Best Playback Singer- Kavita Krishnamurthy for Mera Piya Ghar Aaya

Nominations:

• Best Actress: Madhuri Dixit
• Best Villain: Raj Babbar

Trivia[]

Govinda was first approached as the lead opposite Madhuri Dixit, but things didn't work out. After Govinda rejected Jackie Shroff was approached, but his dates were blocked by other projects. This resulted in Rishi Kapoor being part of the movie.

Kamal Hassan was offered Raj Babbar's role, but declined it because he did not want to play a villain.

Soundtrack[]

• Music: Anu Malik
• Lyrics : Rahat Indori, Anwar Sagar, Rani Malik & Maya Govind
• Singers: Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Sapna Mukherjee, Vinod Rathod & Shankar Mahadevan

The soundtrack of the movie was composed by Anu Malik with lyrics written by Rahat Indori,^{[citation needed]} except for the track "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" which was written by Rani Malik based on the original ghazal by Bulleh Shah.^[4]

The song "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" was copied from Pakistani Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.^[3] The film's soundtrack album sold 2 million units, making it the year's 11th best-selling Bollywood soundtrack album.^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Yaraana at IMDb