Prithvi (1997 film)

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Prithvi
Directed byNitin Manmohan
Written by Anees Bazmee
Produced byNitin Manmohan
Mukul S. Anand
Sunil Manchanda
Starring Sunil Shetty
Shilpa Shetty
CinematographyHarmeet Singh
Edited byA. Muthu
Music by Viju Shah
Production
company
Neha Arts
Release date
  • 29 August 1997 (1997-08-29)(India)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget5 crore [1]
Box office7,68 crore [1]

Prithvi is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language mystery film starring Sunil Shetty, Shilpa Shetty (in double role), Shakti Kapoor, Suresh Oberoi, Faraaz Khan Shweta Menon. Actual director of the film was Deepak Shivdasani but Nithin Manmohan asked to leave the film between and Nithin took the place of director. First film of Suniel Shetty with Shilpa. Only film of Faraz Khan with Suniel Shetty as villain. Shilpa Shetty appeared second time in double role after Main Khiladi Tu Anari .

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Cast

Summary

Prithvi (Sunil Shetty), a famous photographer, and Neha (Shilpa Shetty) fall in love and soon get married. Prithvi and Neha both fly to America for their honeymoon, but when Neha uses the bathroom at a restaurant, she gets kidnapped. Prithvi is really worried and would do anything to get Neha back. He takes the help of Lucky (Shweta Menon). When Prithvi was near a hospital, he finds Neha, but she has fainted, but once she wakes up, she does not recognize Prithvi. The girl he found was, in fact, a duplicate of Neha, whose name was Rashmi. Neha was threatened by her kidnapper (Faraaz Khan) as she should prove him as innocent for a murder case. Prithvi and Rashmi rush to the court and say that he is not innocent and has gotten a duplicate of the girl. Prithvi finds Neha, and they both live happily ever after.

Soundtrack

"Jis Ghadi Tujhko Tere", Anuradha's version, was very popular, but this song is available only on the audio track, not in the movie. "Een Meen Sade Teen" is partly lifted from Rendezvous 2' by Jeanne Mitchell Jarre. The soundtrack also included 3 bonus songs composed by Sukhwinder Singh, none of which featured in the film.

TitleSinger(s)Music Director(s)Lyricist(s)
"Jis Ghadi Tujhko" Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam Viju Shah Jalees Sherwani
"Mera Dil De Diya"Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy Nitin Raikwar
"Een Meen Sade Teen"Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik Nitin Raikwar
"Jis Ghadi Tujhko"Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu Jalees Sherwani
"Jis Ghadi Tujhko" (Remix)Kumar SanuJalees Sherwani
"Hai Rabba" Anuradha Paudwal Deepak Chaudhury
"Chand Aadhi Raat Hai"Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal Sukhwinder Singh Azeez Jalandhar
"Prem Granth Mein Geet Hain" Nitin Mukesh, Anuradha PaudwalMadan Pal
"Rang Hai Pheeke Ghata Kya Hai" Sonu Nigam, Anuradha PaudwalMadan Pal

Critical reception

Anupama Chopra of India Today called it a "passable fare". [2] K.N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times opined that the film "is not all that bad". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Prithvi – Movie". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. Chopra, Anupama (8 September 1997). "Movie review: Prithvi, starring Sunil Shetty, Shilpa Shetty, Shakti Kapoor". India Today . Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  3. Vijiyan, K. N. (1 November 1997). "Another car chase and shootout movie". New Straits Times . pp. Arts 4. Retrieved 1 June 2023.