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Wikipedia article
'Judwaa' is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film, directed by David Dhawan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and starring Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor and Rambha with Kader Khan, Dalip Tahil, Shakti Kapoor, Deepak Shirke, Anupam Kher, Satish Shah and Mukesh Rishi in supporting roles. Released on 7 February 1997, the film was successful at the box office. The film is a remake of the Telugu film 'Hello Brother' (1994), which in turn is inspired from the Hong Kong action comedy film 'Twin Dragons' (1992) starring Jackie Chan.
Plot
Jayantilal "Ratan" Pandey (Deepak Shirke) is a ruthless criminal. ACP Sanjay Path "S. P." Malhotra (Dalip Tahil) arrests him. Ratan wounds himself and is taken to the hospital, where ACP Malhotra is waiting for his wife Geeta Malhotra (Reema Lagoo), who is in labor. She gives birth to twins. 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. ACP Malhotra goes behind him, but unable to find his son, shoots fleeing Ratan to stop him. The kid grows up as Raja (Omkar Kapoor, then Salman Khan) and finds a girl, Neelam whom he adopts her as his sister. He finds another orphan, Rangeela Prakash (Siddhanth Kapoor, then Shakti Kapoor) and becomes his friend. They both together take care of the girl and become small time thieves.
On the other hand, Geeta goes into depression and gets paralyzed. ACP Malhotra takes her to the US for her treatment, where the other twin named Prem Malhotra (also Salman Khan) is brought up. He comes to India as a rock star for a show. He is received by Kishan Sharma (Kader Khan), who is his father's friend and wishes to marry his daughter Mala Sharma (Karisma Kapoor) to him. But Mala is in love with Raja. At the airport, Prem finds Roopa Batwani (Rambha), daughter of Sundari Batwani (Bindu), the organizer of his public shows. Prem falls in love with Roopa. Tony (Jack Gaud), Sundari's nephew, also wishes to marry Roopa. Meanwhile, Mala misunderstands Prem for Raja and starts flirting with him. One day, Raja and Prem see each other in a restaurant and find out that they are identical, which leads to hilarious misunderstandings.
Meanwhile, Raja's sister Neelam (Sheetal Joshi) sees local goon Ratanlal "Tiger" Pandey (Mukesh Rishi) who is the son of Ratan, killing an Inspector on the road and becomes a vital witness of the murder in court. Enraged, Tiger assaults and threatens her to not report his crime to the police. But as the consequence, Tiger was badly beaten up by Raja, making him more vengeful against Raja and Neelam. To fulfil his revenge, he sends his henchman named Tommy (Shashi Kiran) to be the groom of Neelam but Raja and Rangeela finds out his plan and marries Neelam to somebody else. The court announces the death sentence to Tiger for the murder of the 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 searching for money. Prem visits his father, ACP Malhotra. At the same time, Tiger escapes from jail to kidnap Neelam and recognizes ACP Malhotra, who shot his father Ratan and finds out that Raja is his son. He blackmails Raja to get ACP Malhotra to free Neelam. Raja, who doesn't know that ACP Malhotra is his real father goes to his house where Geeta also comes out from the paralysis by Raja's touch, and he comes to see the truth that they are his real parents and Prem is his twin brother. Finally, Raja and Prem come together to protect their father from Tiger, and the story ends with the duo marrying their respective ladies.
Cast
*Salman Khan as Raja Patekar / Prem Malhotra (dual role)
*Karishma Kapoor as Mala Sharma, Raja's girlfriend and Kishan's daughter.
*Rambha as Roopa Batwani, Prem's girlfriend and Sundari's daughter.
*Dalip Tahil as Sanjay Path "S. P." Malhotra, Raja & Prem's father.
*Reema Lagoo as Geeta Malhotra, Raja & Prem's mother.
*Kader Khan as Kishan Sharma, Mala's father and Sanjay's friend.
*Shakti Kapoor as Rangeela Prakash, Raja's sidekick.
*Siddhanth Kapoor as young Rangeela
*Bindu as Sundari Batwani, Roopa's mother.
*Anupam Kher as Inspector Vidyarthi / later Hawaldar Vidyarthi.
*Satish Shah as Hawaldar Rajesh / later Inspector Rajesh.
*Mukesh Rishi as Ratanlal "Tiger" Pandey, Ratan's son.
*Tiku Talsania as Sameer, Kishan's brother-in-law.
*Dinesh Hingoo as a Jeweller (special appearance)
*Ram Sethi as a Waiter at hotel (special appearance)
*Jack Gaud as Tony
*Sheetal Joshi as Neelam Patekar, Raja's sister.
*Shashi Kiran as Tommy
*Kamaldeep as the Police commissioner
*Vikas Anand as Police Inspector at the college.
*Deepak Shirke as Jayantilal "Ratan" Pandey
*Mahavir Shah as Inspector Sharma
*Syed Khurshid
*Ishrat Ali as Tau, Ratan's brother & Tiger's uncle.
*Divya Bharti in a photo tribute in the starting of the film.
*Omkar Kapoor as young Raja
Production
Sajid Nadiadwala planned to make a film on twins in 1996 and hired David Dhawan to direct this project. Initially, Govinda was offered the lead role but he rejected the offer. Then, the role was offered to Salman Khan who accepted it. Shooting commenced on 19 December 1996 and was wrapped in March 1997.
Box office
According to Box Office India, the film had a Bumper 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 ( 89.4lakh). Worldwide, the film grossed , equivalent to when adjusted for inflation.
Soundtrack
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.
Remake
On 9 February 2016, a remake to the film, titled 'Judwaa 2', was announced. The film is once again directed by David Dhawan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and features David'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 (Lift Teri Bandh Hai)" and "Tan Tana Tan Tan Tan Tara (Chalti Hai Kya 9 Se 12)".
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