Karan Arjun

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Karan Arjun
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Directed by Rakesh Roshan
Written by Sachin Bhowmick
Ravi Kapoor
Anwar Khan
Produced byRakesh Roshan
Starring Raakhee
Salman Khan
Shah Rukh Khan
Mamta Kulkarni
Kajol
Amrish Puri
CinematographyKaka Thakur
Edited by Sanjay Verma
Music by Rajesh Roshan
Production
company
Film Kraft
Distributed byDigital Entertainment (DEI)
Eros Entertainment
Rapid Eye Movies
Release date
  • 13 January 1995 (1995-01-13)
Running time
175 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget6 crore [1]
Box office43 crore [1]

Karan Arjun is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language fantasy action masala film directed and produced by Rakesh Roshan, starring Raakhee Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mamta Kulkarni and Kajol in lead roles. Amrish Puri portrays the main antagonist, while Johnny Lever, Arjun, Jack Gaud, Ranjeet and Aasif Sheikh appear in supporting roles. The film revolves around the story of the two titular brothers who seek revenge from their greedy uncle for murdering their father but are killed by him and are reincarnated to complete the revenge.

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Karan Arjun theatrically released in India on 13 January 1995. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed 450 million [2] ($20 million), [3] emerging as an "all time blockbuster" and the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1995 after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge . It was 6th highest-grossing film of the decade.

At the 41st Filmfare Awards, Karan Arjun received 10 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Roshan), Best Actor (Salman) and Best Supporting Actress (Raakhee), and won 2 awards – Best Editing and Best Action.

Plot

In a village in Rajasthan, Durga Singh, a poor woman raises her two beloved sons Karan and Arjun. When Munshiji of Thakur Sangram Singh, comes to talk to Durga, she tells her husband was the Thakur's son who married her against his father's wishes. Durjan Singh, a relative of Thakur killed Durga's husband to prevent him or his family from inheriting the Thakur's estate.

After learning that Thakur plans to sign over the estate to Karan and Arjun, Durjan kills Thakur, before brutally murdering Karan and Arjun with his brothers-in-law Nahar and Shamsher. Durga worships Goddess Kali to bring her sons back. Miraculously, Durga's prayers are heard and the two are reincarnated, but are separated and grown into different families unaware of their past lives. Durga is unaware of this miracle, but she still believes that her sons will return.

20 years later, Arjun is reincarnated as Vijay, where he falls in love with the wealthy Sonia Saxena; she also loves him but her wedding is fixed to Durjan's son Suraj. Karan is also reborn as Ajay, who is chased upon by tomboyish girlfriend Bindiya, and soon works for Govind—Sonia's father and Durjan's partner in his illegal arms trading business. Knowing that Sonia loves Vijay, Suraj attempts to kill him, but Vijay attacks him. Ajay is sent to kill Vijay; they start to fight, that is suddenly interrupted after a bolt of lightning strikes in between them.

Govind tries to shoot Vijay, but Ajay stops him whilst shouting for Vijay to run, which leads something that Ajay said to Vijay in their past when he was attacked. Ajay is prisoned, while Vijay escapes. Sonia is forcibly taken to Durjan's house to marry Suraj. Vijay and his friend Linghaiyya travel to save Sonia, where everybody is stunned and calls him Arjun. He finally remembers his past life and reunites with Durga, where he gets to know about his brother Karan, who is now Ajay. Vijay saves Ajay and explains the whole situation that they were brothers named Karan and Arjun.

Meanwhile, Bindiya joins them, and Durjan hears about Karan and Arjun's return, but refuses to believe it. Nahar and Shamsher attempt to bring them before him but instead get killed by Ajay and Vijay in a similar way as they killed the two brothers. Karan (Ajay) and Arjun (Vijay) frighten Durjan by convincing that they're back. Govind and Durjan have a falling out, in which Govind tells Sonia to run away with Vijay, but it's actually a trap.

Ajay succeeds in creating chaos, letting Vijay and Sonia escape from the trap. Vijay shoots Suraj to death, and Durjan kills Govind in a fit of rage. He attempts to shoot Ajay and Vijay but instead they beat him up. He begs forgiveness from Durga, but Ajay and Vijay take their revenge by killing him on her order. Later, Vijay marries Sonia, Ajay marries Bindiya, and the whole family is united.

Cast

Production

Casting

Rakesh Roshan originally wanted to make the film with Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan as the titular characters. However, both wanted to play different roles to the ones offered to them; Khan wanted to play Karan, while Devgn wanted to play Arjun. Roshan did not agree, and, as a result, both backed out of the film.

Roshan's next choices for the leads were Aamir Khan and Salman Khan. [lower-alpha 1] While Salman agreed to do the film, Aamir could not do it. Shah Rukh then told Roshan that he wanted to return to the project. [6] Thus, the casting of the film brought together Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan for the first time onscreen, two prominent actors of that time.

Hrithik Roshan assisted his father during this film, having assisted him in his previous movies. [7] [ unreliable source? ]

Filming

The whole film was shot in Rajasthan. More specifically, the village which is portrayed in the film is one of the villages of Alwar District of Rajasthan, named Bhangarh. [7] The Durga temple where Karan Arjun pray in the song is located at Pushkar near Ajmer. [7] Sariska Palace was used as Thakur Durjan Singh's house. [8]

Box office

Karan Arjun was the second-highest-grossing Indian film of 1995, only surpassed by Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge , which also starred Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Amrish Puri. [2] Worldwide, Karan Arjun grossed ₹450 million. [2] [3] Overseas, the film grossed $500,000 (₹15.8 million). [9]

Home Media

The film has also been released on VHD, VCD and DVD formats for home media. It has not seen a release on Blu-ray Disc or subsequent media formats, apart from YouTube.

Awards

41st Filmfare Awards:

CategoryNomineeResults
Best Editing Sanjay VarmaWon
Best Action Bhiku Varma
Best Film Rakesh Roshan Nominated
Best Director
Best Actor Salman Khan
Best Supporting Actress Raakhee
Best Music Director Rajesh Roshan
Best Comedian Ashok Saraf
Johnny Lever
Best Villain Amrish Puri

1996 Screen Awards:

CategoryNomineeResults
Best Actor Salman Khan Won
Best Music Director Rajesh Roshan

Music

The music and background score were composed by Rajesh Roshan and lyrics for all the songs were penned by Indeevar. The music rights were originally bought by Time Magnetics (now Tips Music). The song "Bhangra Paale" was remade for the 2020 film Bhangra Paa Le .

TitleSinger(s)FeaturingLength
"Yeh Bandhan Toh"Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik Rakhee Gulzar, Salman Khan & Shah Rukh Khan 05:40
"Yeh Bandhan Toh" (2) Udit Narayan Rakhee Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan & Mamta Kulkarni 01:38
"Bhangra Paale"Mohammed Aziz, Sudesh Bhosle & Sadhana Sargam Rakhee Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mamta Kulkarni & Johnny Lever 07:07
"Ek Munda" Lata Mangeshkar Salman Khan & Mamta Kulkarni 07:38
"Jai Maa Kaali" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik & Amrish Puri Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Kajol & Amrish Puri 07:07
"Gup Chup Gup Chup" Alka Yagnik & Ila Arun Mamta Kulkarni & Sheela R.06:02
"Jaati Hoon Main" Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol 06:24

Additionally, the themes from The Terminator 2 and The Last of the Mohicans were featured throughout the film, especially during fight & jail scenes.[ citation needed ]

Notes

  1. None of the three Khans are related. [5]

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