Akele Hum Akele Tum


Akele Hum Akele Tum is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film starring Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala and Master Adil, and directed by Mansoor Khan. The music is by Anu Malik and the lyrics are by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The film was based on the American film Kramer vs. Kramer. Both Aamir and Manisha's performance were acclaimed, the latter also received a nomination under the Best Actress Category at the Filmfare Awards. The film was also nominated in the Best Film Category. The poster is a reference to the 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle.

Plot

Rohit Kumar is an aspiring playback singer while Kiran is an ambitious classical singer-in-training. They meet, relate to each other's sentiments, fall in love and get married prematurely. When Kiran's parents oppose their marriage, they decide to lead a separate life.
However, after marriage, Kiran's ambitions take a back seat as she feels suppressed by her household responsibilities and looking after her son. Time fails to abate Kiran's frustration until she decides to leave Rohit and start a new life all over again. Now a loner, Rohit is forced to look after both his son and his own falling career. After some obvious teething troubles, Rohit succeeds in creating a separate world for himself and his son, Sunil.
Meanwhile, Kiran becomes a huge film star. She tries to reconcile with Rohit but as luck would have it, Rohit is a proud man and misinterprets her support as her pity and things become worse. A court case is eventually filed for the custody of Sunil.
Rohit faces a tough time preparing for the case as his financial position is not as sound as Kiran's. He sells his best songs at a very low price so that he can fight the custody battle. During the court battle, Kiran's lawyer Bhujbal uses every possible trick to show that Rohit does not deserve the custody of his child. He even uses the information that Rohit had told Kiran against him. Rohit instructs his lawyer to fight the case honestly as he does not wish to hurt Kiran and her reputation. In the end, the court rules in favor of the mother and Kiran is given custody of the child. During this time, common friends of Rohit and Kiran try to explain to Kiran that Rohit had changed for the better and that he was now very much attached to his son. Kiran also realises that their son would never find happiness only with her. She tells Rohit that she will not take Sonu away and that she wants him to stay at his own home to which Rohit replies that this was Kiran's home as well. Kiran seemingly moves to get out of the house but then closes the door and smiles.
Rohit and Kiran hug each other and their son and the movie ends.

Cast

The music is given by Anu Malik and the lyrics were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri. For this, he received a nomination for Filmfare Best Music Director Award. Tracks like "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar", "Dil Mera Churaya Kyun", "Akele Hum Akele Tum" and "Dil Kehta Hai" became immensely popular.
The song Aisa Zakham Diya Hai sampled the famous 70s psychedelic rock song "Child In Time", performed by the English rock band Deep Purple.

TitleSingerLength
"Aisa Zakham Diya Hai"Udit Narayan, Shankar Mahadevan & Aamir Khan06:51
"Akele Hum Akele Tum"Udit Narayan & Aditya Narayan04:48
"Raja Ko Rani Se Py
aar "		Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik06:12
"Dil Mera Churaya Kyun"Kumar Sanu & Anu Malik04:38
"Raja Ko Rani Se Py
aar "		Kumar Sanu & Anu Malik06:14
"Dil Kehta Hai"Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik06:44