Akele Hum Akele Tum
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Akele Hum Akele Tum
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| Directed by | Mansoor Khan |
| Written by | Mansoor Khan |
| Starring | Aamir Khan Manisha Koirala |
| Music by | Anu Malik |
| Cinematography | Baba Azmi |
| Editing by | Zafar Sultan |
| Distributed by | United Seven Combines |
| Release date(s) | November 30, 1995 |
| Running time | 160 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Akele Hum Akele Tum is a 1995 Hindi musical drama released in 1995. The film starred Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala and Master Adil, and was directed by Mansoor Khan. The music is by Anu Malik and the lyrics are by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The plot of this film is based on 1979 Academy Award winning film Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman. The movie is regarded as one of the most sensitive and real portrayals of husband-wife relationship in Indian cinema. The film did not fare as expected at the box office.[1]
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Plot
Rohit Kumar (Aamir Khan) is an aspiring playback singer while Kiran (Manisha Koirala) is an ambitious classical singer-in-training. They meet, relate to each other's sentiments, fall in love and get married. 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 her son's look after. 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, Sonu.
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 Sonu.
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 (Paresh Rawal) 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 (only because he felt that she had a right to know about her son's life) 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
- Aamir Khan as Rohit Kumar
- Manisha Koirala as Kiran Kumar
- Adil Rizvi as Sunil 'Sonu' Kumar
- Deven Verma as Kanhaiya
- Tanvi Azmi as Farida (as Tanvi Aazmi)
- Rohini Hattangadi as Mrs. Dayal (as Rohini Hatangadi)
- Paresh Rawal as Advocate Bhujbal
- Anjan Srivastava as Ram Dayal (as Anjan Srivastava)
- Rakesh Roshan as Paresh Kapoor
- Shafi Inamdaar as Kaushik
- Satish Shah as Gulbadan Kumar
- Harish Patel as Amar
- Navneet Nishan as Sunita (Kiran's Friend)
- Neeraj Vora as Moolchand (Grocer)
- Mushtaq Khan as Mr. Bhatija (Rohit's Lawyer)
- Dinesh Hingoo as Jamshed (Grocer)
- Anant Mahadevan
- Shashi Kiran as Ravinder Kapoor
- Suresh Bhagwat as Prakash (Tailor)
- Razzak Khan as Babulal
- Hiralal as Hira Lal
- Jennifer Winget (child actress playing role of Tanu)
- Viju Khote (actor playing role of a NRI)
- Ayesha Jhulka (presenting award)
- Viju Khote (actor playing role of a NRI)
- Yunus Parvez as Mehra (uncredited)
- Ghanshyam (actor playing role to insult a NRI)
Box Office
Akele Hum Akele Tum grossed 
8,25,00,000. The movie was declared a flop.[2]
Music
The music was given by Anu Malik and the Udit Narayan's song "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar" went on to become a big hit.
| Title | Singer(s) | Related Information |
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| "Aisa Zakham Diya Hai" | Udit Narayan, Shankar Mahadevan & Aamir Khan | Background music taken from "Child in Time" (1970) by Deep Purple |
| "Akele Hum Akele Tum" | Udit Narayan & Aditya Narayan | Song taken from "But you Love Me Daddy" (Recorded in 1959) by Jim Reeves |
| "Raja Ko Rani Se" | Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik | Taken from "Speak Softly Love" of The Godfather by Nino Rota |
| "Dil Mera Churaya Kyun" | Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik | Taken from "Last Christmas" by Wham |
| "Dil Kehta Hai" | Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik |
References
- ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=201&catName=MTk5NQ==
- ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=201&catName=MTk5NQ==
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