Judwaa


Judwaa is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film, directed by David Dhawan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and starring Salman Khan in a dual role opposite Karisma Kapoor and Rambha. Released on 7 February 1997, the film was successful at the box office. The film is a remake of the Telugu film Hello Brother, which in turn was a remake of the Jackie Chan film Twin Dragons.

Plot

Jayantilal "Ratan" is a dacoit. Inspector SP Malhotra arrests him. Ratan wounds himself and is taken to the hospital, where Malhotra is waiting for his wife Geeta, who is in labour. She gives birth to twins and the doctor explains that both babies have a reflection mentality, which means that "what happens with one baby might be felt and reflected by another" depending on the proximity between them. Ratan escapes and takes one of the twins with him, injuring Geeta. Malhotra goes behind him, but unable to find his son, shoots escaping Ratan to stop him. The kid grows up as Raja and finds a girl child, who he adopts as his sister. He finds another orphan, Rangeela and becomes his friend. They both together take care of the girl and become thieves. On the other hand, Geeta goes into depression and gets paralysed. Malhotra takes her to the US for her treatment, where the other twin Prem is brought up. He comes to India as a rock star for a show. He is received by Kader Khan who wishes to marry his daughter Mala to him. But Mala is in love with Raja. At the airport, Prem finds Roopa, daughter of Sundari Batwani, the organizer of his public shows. Prem falls in love with Roopa. Tony, Sundari's nephew also wishes to marry Roopa. Meanwhile, Mala misunderstands Prem for Raja and starts flirting with him. One day, in a restaurant, both Twins see each other and find out that they are identical, which leads to hilarious misunderstandings.
Meanwhile, Raja's sister Neelam sees local goon Ratanlal Tiger , killing an Inspector on the road and becomes a key witness of the murder in court. Enraged Tiger molests her and Raja fights with him to save his sister. Tiger, again to get his revenge from Raja, sends his henchman named Tommy as the groom of Neelam, but Raja finds out his plan and marries his sister to somebody else. The court announces the death sentence to Tiger for the murder of Inspector he shot earlier. Days pass, Neelam becomes pregnant and she is admitted to a hospital for her delivery. Raja asks Prem to stay at the hospital as he is going in search of money, Prem visits his father Malhotra. At the same time, Tiger escapes from jail to kidnap Neelam and recognises Malhotra, who shot his father Ratan and finds out that Raja is his son. He blackmails Raja to get him Malhotra to free Neelam. Raja who doesn't know that Malhotra is his father goes to his house where Geeta also comes out from the paralysis by Raja's touch and he comes to know the truth that they are his parents. Finally, Raja and Prem come together to protect their father from Tiger and the story ends with the duo marrying their respective ladies.

Cast

According to Box Office India, the film had an excellent opening in 1997. The film's domestic gross was , equivalent to when adjusted for inflation. Its domestic nett was 13.14crore, equivalent to when adjusted for inflation. It was the ninth highest-grossing film of the year at the Indian box office, where it sold tickets.
Its overseas gross was US$250,000. Worldwide, the film grossed , equivalent to when adjusted for inflation.

Music

The soundtrack of the film contains six songs. The music was composed by Anu Malik, with lyrics authored by Dev Kohli and Nitin Raikwar. Background score is by Koti, the tune "Judwa" is a copy of "White Whisper" by Deep Forest.
#TitleSingerLength
1"Duniya Mein Aaye"Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy06:02
2"Go East Or West India Is The Best"Anu Malik07:04
3"Oonchi Hai Building"Anu Malik, Sushma Shreshta05:10
4"Tan Tana Tan Tan Tan Tara"Abhijeet, Poornima06:39
5"Tera Aana Tera Jaana"Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy04:53
6"Tu Mere Dil Mein Basja"Kumar Sanu, Poornima04:46

Reboot

On 9 February 2016, a reboot to the film, titled Judwaa 2, was announced. The film is once again directed by Dhawan and produced by Nadiadwala, but features Dhawan's son, Varun Dhawan in the leading double role. The trailer of Judwaa 2 was unveiled to audiences on 21 August 2017 and the film was released on 29 September 2017. The only cast members from the original Judwaa appearing in Judwaa 2 are Anupam Kher, albeit in a different role, and Salman Khan in a cameo appearance, while the only songs recreated from the original "Judwaa" were the famous "Oonchi Hai Building " and "Tan Tana Tan Tan Tan Tara ".