Karobaar

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Karobaar
Karobaar, The Business of Love.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Rakesh Roshan
Written bySagar Sarhadi (dialogues)
Screenplay by Sachin Bhowmick,
Ravi Kapoor
Produced byGava [1]
Starring Anil Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor
Juhi Chawla
CinematographySameer Arya
Edited by Sanjay Verma
Music bySongs:
Rajesh Roshan
Background Score:
Surinder Sodhi
Production
company
TVM International
Release date
15 September 2000
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budgetest.₹6 crore (US$750,000)
Box officeest.₹2.84 crore (US$360,000)

Karobaar: The Business of Love is a 2000 Indian Hindi romantic thriller film directed by Rakesh Roshan. The film stars Rishi Kapoor (in a dual role), Anil Kapoor and Juhi Chawla in leading roles. Inspired by Indecent Proposal , the film began production in 1992 and was plagued by production problems and was finally released in 2000. [2]

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Plot

Wealthy Rajiv Sinha and middle class Amar Saxena are childhood friends with similar likes. Coincidentally they fall in love with the same girl Seema. Rajiv tries to dissuade Amar from marrying Seema using a pretext but Amar is adamant and marries Seema. Soon he learns Rajiv's pretext was a way of separating him and Seema. They become bitter enemies. Soon Rajiv is charged with killing a girl. Amar, now a lawyer, decides to retaliate against Rajiv.

Cast

Production

Rishi Kapoor completed his scenes for the film in May, 1998. [3]

Soundtrack

Karobaar
Soundtrack album by
Rajesh Roshan
Released17 June 2000
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Venus Records & Tapes

The music is composed by Rajesh Roshan, while all the songs are written by Javed Akhtar.

SongSinger
"Aao Aur Na Socho" Kumar Sanu
"Suno Na, Suno Na" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
"Chahiye Milne Ka Bahana" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik
"Arzoo Ki Rahon Mein" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
"Duniya Mein Sabse Jo Gehra Nasha Hai" Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Asha Bhosle
"Maujon Mein Ae Sanam" Alisha Chinoy

Reception

Indu Mirani wrote for Sify that the film had "nothing even remotely attractive about it". [4] In his review for The Tribune , Sanjeev Bariana wrote that the film's "storyline seems unconvincing and rather dragged". [5] Joginder Tuteja described the film as a "mega disaster". [2] Rishita Roy Chowdhury of India Today in a retrospective review in 2021, wrote that "the film tried to add desi twists to the Hollywood hit, Indecent Proposal, and failed miserably." [6]

It performed poorly at the box-office. [7] According to the Indian film trade website Box Office India, it was produced at an estimated budget of ₹6.00 crore (US$750,000) and had a worldwide gross of ₹2.84 crore (US$360,000), thus earning the label "Disaster". [8]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Tuteja, Joginder (15 April 2020). "The Top 10 Flops from 20 Years Ago". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Srinivasan, V S (20 May 1998). "'I will be back! But goodbye for now'". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Mirani, Indu (17 April 2003). "Karobaar". Sify . Retrieved 2 May 2020.[ dead link ]Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg
  5. ↑ Bariana, Sanjeev (16 September 2000). "Film Review : "Indecent" Borrowing". The Tribune . Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Anil Kapoor's Karobaar was an indecent desi version of Indecent Proposal. On Wahiyat Wednesday". India Today.
  7. ↑ "Anil Kapoor". Rediff.com . 5 January 2001. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Karobaar". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.


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