Dulhe Raja (1998 film)

Infobox Film
name = Dulhe Raja


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director = Harmesh Malhotra
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writer = Rajeev Kaul
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starring = Govinda
Raveena Tandon
Kader Khan
Prem Chopra
Johnny Lever
music = Anand-Milind
cinematography = Shyam Rao Shiposkar
editing = Govind Dalwadi
distributor = T-Series
released = 1998
runtime = 155 mins
country = India
language = Hindi
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imdb_id = 0210659

"Dulhe Raja" is a 1998 Indian film starring Govinda.citation|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980919/26250284.html|periodical=Indian Express|date=1998-09-19|accessdate=2008-02-28|title=Another ditty draws flak]

Plot

Poor Raja opens a fast foot 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. [citation|title=Dulhe Raja|periodical=The New York Times|date=1998|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/354242/Dulhe-Raja/overview|accessdate=2008-02-28] 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.

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. Another song, "Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare", would later become the inspiration for a film of the same name by director Harmesh Maholtra. [citation|title=Songs and Titles|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2522209,prtpage-1.cms|periodical=Times of India|date=2007-11-06|accessdate=2008-02-28|url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2522209,prtpage-1.cms]

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

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0210659|title=Dulhe Raja