Dulhe Raja

Dulhe Raja
Directed by	Harmesh Malhotra
Produced by	Harmesh Malhotra
Written by	Rajeev Kaul
Starring	Govinda Raveena Tandon Kader Khan Prem Chopra Johnny Lever
Music by	Anand-Milind
Cinematography	Shyam Rao Shiposkar
Editing by	Govind Dalwadi
Release date(s)	July 10, 1998
Running time	155 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Dulhe Raja is a 1998 Bollywood film starring Govinda.,^[1] Raveena Tandon, Kadar Khan, Johnny Lever, Prem Chopra and Asrani.

Plot

Poor Raja opens a fast food restaurant right opposite a five star hotel run by its owner Singhania, earning his wrath. The wealthy hotel owner uses all his influence to remove Raja, but in vain. Things get worse for the wealthy man, when his daughter Kiran wants to marry the poor hotelier.^[2] The wealthy man refuses, leading to a confrontation and a condition - which Raja fulfills, he becomes rich virtually overnight, and proposes for the hand of Kiran. The wealthy hotelier reluctantly accepts him as his son-in-law, only to have Kiran elope with a man named Rahul.

Cast

• Govinda - Raja
• Raveena Tandon - Kiran Singhania
• Kader Khan - K.K. Singhania
• Prem Chopra - Bishambar Nath
• Mohnish Behl - Rahul Sinha
• Johnny Lever - Bhankey
• Asrani - Inspector Ajgar Singh

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1	"Dulhan To Jayegi (Dulhe Raja)"	Vinod Rathod, Anuradha Paudwal	05:17
2	"Kaha Raja Bhoj"	Sonu Nigam, Vinod Rathod	08:09
3	"Ladka Deewana Lage"	Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal	06:00
4	"Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare"	Sonu Nigam, Jaspinder Narula	05:12
5	"Aayi Ban Ke Root"	Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Paudwal	05:35
6	"Kya Lagti Hai Hai Rabba"	Vinod Rathod	05:35
7	"Nighahen Kyon Churaati Hai"	Ram Shankar, Udit Narayan	06:16

Reception

One song from the movie, Kahan Raja Bhoj, Kahan Gangu Teli, provoked protests from a Nagpur-based organisation, the Vidarbha Teli Samaj Mahasangh, on the grounds that it offended the members of their community; they wrote a letter of protest to then-Chief Minister Manohar Joshi, condemning the approval given by the state government to the song and calling for it to be banned.^[1] Another song, Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare, would later become the inspiration for a film of the same name by director Harmesh Maholtra.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Another ditty draws flak", Indian Express, 1998-09-19, http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980919/26250284.html, retrieved 2008-02-28 
2. ^ "Dulhe Raja", The New York Times, 1998, http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/354242/Dulhe-Raja/overview, retrieved 2008-02-28 
3. ^ "Songs and Titles", Times of India, 2007-11-06, http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2522209,prtpage-1.cms, retrieved 2008-02-28 

External links

• Dulhe Raja at the Internet Movie Database