Andaz Apna Apna

Andaz Apna Apna
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Directed by	Rajkumar Santoshi
Produced by	Vinay Kumar Sinha
Screenplay by	Rajkumar Santoshi (screenplay & dialogues) Dilip Shukla (dialogues)
Story by	Rajkumar Santoshi
Starring	Aamir Khan Salman Khan Raveena Tandon Karisma Kapoor Paresh Rawal Shakti Kapoor
Music by	Tushar Bhatiah
Cinematography	Ishwar Bidri
Editing by	V. N. Mayekar
Distributed by	Vinay Pictures
Release date(s)	11 April 1994
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi Urdu

Andaz Apna Apna (English: To Each, His Own Style) is a 1994 Hindi film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, starring Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Raveena Tandon, Karisma Kapoor and Paresh Rawal in the lead roles. Govinda and Juhi Chawla make guest appearances.

The film was released on 11 April 1994. Even though it was a box office disaster when it released, it has since gained a strong cult following over the years. The film was nominated for the 1995 Filmfare Awards in four categories; Best Film (Vinay Kumar Sinha), Best Director (Rajkumar Santoshi), Best Actor (Aamir Khan) and Best Comedian (Shakti Kapoor).^[1]

Plot

Amar (Aamir Khan) and Prem (Salman Khan) are two daydreamers with a common aim: getting rich by marrying a rich heiress, Raveena Bajaj(Raveena Tandon), daughter of Ram Gopal Bajaj(Paresh Rawal). The guys run into each other on a bus and soon realize that they have a common goal. The duo fail at various attempts to woo the lady, but fail.

Finally, they decide to insinuate themselves in her house. Amar pretends to be a guy who has no memories of his life after getting hit by Raveena, while Prem pretends to be a doctor. The boys themself don't know that Raveena's secretary Karishma(Karisma Kapoor) is real Raveena. She switched her identity because she wanted to find a boy who will love her, not her money.

But nobody is aware that Ram Gopal has a twin brother called Shyam Gopal Bajaj aka Teja. Teja is a criminal who has taken lots of money from Crime Master Gogo(Shakti Kapoor). Teja hopes to land the riches himself by kidnapping his brother and posing as Ram. He has also planted his cronies Robert(Viju Khote) and Bhalla(Shehzad Khan) in the household.

Ram arrives in India & Teja plans to steal Ram's money converted in diamonds. Here, Ram sees through the real nature of Amar & Prem, thus declining Raveena's marriage to anyone of them. The duo plan to fake a kidnapping where they will heroically "rescue" Ram. Unknown to them, Teja has planned to kidnap Ram as well.

Teja succeeds in having Ram kidnapped. The boys go to release Ram, but Teja makes them believe that he is Ram and finally enters Ram's household. Initially, nobody suspects a thing, but the girls soon smell a rat. The boys have discovered real identities of the girls. Prem has fallen for real Raveena while Amar has fallen for real Karishma.

The girls tell their suspicions to the boys. The boys tail Teja and soon find out the truth. Here, Ram tricks Teja and escapes the prison. However, the boys mistake him for Teja, resulting Ram to be imprisoned again - with Amar & Prem. However, Amar & Prem succeed in convincing Robert & Bhalla that Ram is actually Teja.

The boys, alongwith Robert & Bhalla, stop Teja. However, Ram is kidnapped alongwith Raveena & Karishma. The climax takes place in Gogo's lair, where the boys try to control the situation alongwith Ram. In a comic standoff, the real motives of each villain are revealed. However, due to the smartness of the boys, police raid Gogo's lair, thus rounding up all the criminals. Ram finally decides to give the girls to Amar & Prem.

Cast and crew

Cast

• Aamir Khan as Amar
• Salman Khan as Prem
• Raveena Tandon as Raveena/Karishma
• Karisma Kapoor as Karishma/Raveena
• Paresh Rawal as Teja aka Shyam Gopal Bajaj/Ram Gopal Bajaj
• Shakti Kapoor as Crime Master Gogo (Nephew of Mogambo)
• Viju Khote as Robert (pronounced as Raabert in the film)
• Shehzad Khan as Bhalla/Vinod
• Jagdeep as Bankelal Bhopali (Prem's Dad)
• Deven Verma as Murli Manohar (Amar's Dad)
• Mehmood as Johnny from Wah-Wah Productions
• Javed Khan as Anand Akela
• Tiku Talsania as Inspector
• Harish Patel as SevaRam ji
• Sanjay Batra
• Suresh Bhagwat
• Juhi Chawla.. Guest appearance
• Govinda .. Guest appearance

Crew

• Singers - Asha Bhosle, Sadhana Sargam, Sapna Mukherjee, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, S.P. Balasubramaniam, Vicky Mehta, Mangal Singh
• Lyricist - Majrooh Sultanpuri
• Music Director - Tushar Bhatia
• Choreography - Saroj Khan

Reception

The film was a box office failure when released, but has since achieved a cult status among Indian audiences. The film was also nominated for the Filmfare Best Film Award.

Soundtrack

The film has four songs composed by Tushar Bhatia with lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

^* This song was not included in the movie though it appears on the soundtrack.

References

External links

• Andaz Apna Apna at the Internet Movie Database

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