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Karan Arjun
Karan Arjun.jpg
Film Poster
Directed by Rakesh Roshan
Written by Sachin Bhowmick
Ravi Kapoor
Anwar Khan
Produced by Rakesh Roshan
Starring Salman Khan
Shah Rukh Khan
Raakhee
Mamta Kulkarni
Kajol
Amrish Puri
Cinematography Kaka Thakur
Edited by Sanjay Verma
Music by Rajesh Roshan
Production
company

Film Kraft
Distributed by Digital Entertainment (DEI)
Eros Entertainment
Rapid Eye Movies
Release date

13 January 1995

Running time
175 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹6 crore[1]
Box office ₹43 crore[1]

Karan Arjun is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language fantasy action film directed and
produced by Rakesh Roshan, starring Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Raakhee Gulzar,
Mamta Kulkarni and Kajol in lead roles. Amrish Puri portrays the main antagonist,
while Johnny Lever, Arjun, Jack Gaud, Ranjeet and Aasif Sheikh appear in supporting
roles. The film revolves around the story of the two titular brothers who seek
revenge from their greedy uncle for murdering their father, but are killed by him
and are reincarnated to complete the revenge.

Karan Arjun theatrically released in India on 13 January 1995. The film received
positive reviews from critics and grossed ₹450 million[2] ($20 million),[3]
emerging as an "all time blockbuster" and the second highest-grossing Bollywood
film of 1995 after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. It was 6th highest-grossing film of
the decade.

At the 41st Filmfare Awards, Karan Arjun received 10 nominations, including Best
Film, Best Director (Roshan), Best Actor (Salman) and Best Supporting Actress
(Raakhee), and won 2 awards – Best Editing and Best Action.
Plot

In a village in Rajasthan, Durga Singh, a poor woman raises her two beloved sons
Karan and Arjun. When Munshiji of Thakur Sangram Singh, comes to talk to Durga, she
tells her husband was the Thakur's son who married her against his father's wishes.
Durjan Singh, a relative of Thakur killed Durga's husband to prevent him or his
family from inheriting the Thakur's estate.

After learning that Thakur plans to sign over the estate to Karan and Arjun, Durjan
kills Thakur, before brutally murdering Karan and Arjun with his brothers-in-law
Nahar and Shamsher. Durga worships Goddess Kali to bring her sons back.
Miraculously, Durga's prayers are heard and the two are reincarnated, but are
separated and grown into different families unaware of their past lives. Durga is
unaware of this miracle, but she still believes that her sons will return.

20 years later, Arjun is reincarnated as Vijay, where he falls in love with the
wealthy Sonia Saxena; she also loves him but her wedding is fixed to Durjan's son
Suraj. Karan is also reborn as Ajay, who is chased upon by tomboyish girlfriend
Bindiya, and soon works for Govind—Sonia's father and Durjan's partner in his
illegal arms trading business. Knowing that Sonia loves Vijay, Suraj attempts to
kill him, but Vijay attacks him. Ajay is sent to kill Vijay; they start to fight,
that is suddenly interrupted after a bolt of lightning strikes in between them.

Govind tries to shoot Vijay, but Ajay stops him whilst shouting for Vijay to run,
which leads something that Ajay said to Vijay in their past when he was attacked.
Ajay is prisoned, while Vijay escapes. Sonia is forcibly taken to Durjan's house to
marry Suraj. Vijay and his friend Linghaiyya travel to save Sonia, where everybody
is stunned and calls him Arjun. He finally remembers his past life and reunites
with Durga, where he gets to know about his brother Karan, who is now Ajay. Vijay
saves Ajay and explains the whole situation that they were brothers named Karan and
Arjun.

Meanwhile, Bindiya joins them, and Durjan hears about Karan and Arjun's return, but
refuses to believe it. Nahar and Shamsher attempt to bring them before him but
instead get killed by Ajay and Vijay in a similar way as they killed the two
brothers. Karan (Ajay) and Arjun (Vijay) frighten Durjan by convincing that they're
back. Govind and Durjan have a falling out, in which Govind tells Sonia to run away
with Vijay, but it's actually a trap.

Ajay succeeds in creating chaos, letting Vijay and Sonia escape from the trap.
Vijay shoots Suraj to death, and Durjan kills Govind in a fit of rage. He attempts
to shoot Ajay and Vijay but instead they beat him up. He begs forgiveness from
Durga, but Ajay and Vijay take their revenge by killing him on her order. Later,
Vijay marries Sonia, Ajay marries Bindiya, and the whole family is united.
Cast

Salman Khan as Karan Singh / Ajay (dual role)

Shah Rukh Khan as Arjun Singh / Vijay (dual role)
Raakhee as Durga Singh
Kajol as Sonia Saxena
Mamta Kulkarni as Bindiya
Amrish Puri as Thakur Durjan Singh, the main antagonist
 Johnny Lever as Linghaiyya Tripuri, Vijay's best friend
Ranjeet as Mr. Govind Saxena, Sonia's father and Durjan's crime partner
Aasif Sheikh as Suraj Singh, Sonia's former fiancé and Durjan's son
Ashok Saraf as Badal Munshi a.k.a. Munshiji
Jack Gaud as Shamsher Singh, Durjan's brother-in-law
Arjun as Nahar Singh, Durjan's brother-in-law
Gavin Packard as Surakwal Rishmore, the fighter with red pants
Ila Arun in "Gup Chup" song as Sunehrika Kalwani, Rajasthani Dancer
Kishore Bhanushali as Zakir Sahmed, Bindiya's lover
Suresh Chatwal as Girdhari Singhania, Ajay's alcoholic father
Salim Khan Ding-Dong as Fight Organiser
John Gabriel as Peter
Dinesh Hingoo as Peston
Raj Kishore as Jugal
Anil Nagrath as Fight Organiser
Ghanshyam Rohera as Ashu Bakshi
Babbanlal Yadav as Deepak Shukla
Vasanthi (special appearance)[4]

Production
Casting

Rakesh Roshan originally wanted to make the film with Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan
as the titular characters. However, both wanted to play different roles to the ones
offered to them; Khan wanted to play Karan, while Devgn wanted to play Arjun.
Roshan did not agree, and, as a result, both backed out of the film. Roshan's next
choices for the leads were Aamir Khan and Salman Khan.[a] While Salman agreed to do
the film, Aamir could not do it. Shah Rukh then told Roshan that he wanted to do
the film.[6] Thus, the casting of the film brought together Salman Khan and Shah
Rukh Khan for the first time onscreen, two prominent actors of that time.

Hrithik Roshan assisted his father during this film, having assisted him in his
previous movies.[7][unreliable source?]
Filming

The whole film was shot in Rajasthan. More specifically, the village which is
portrayed in the film is one of the villages of Alwar District of Rajasthan, named
Bhangarh.[7] The Durga temple where Karan Arjun pray in the song is located at
Pushkar near Ajmer.[7] Sariska Palace was used as Thakur Durjan Singh's house.[8]
Box office

Karan Arjun was the second-highest-grossing Indian film of 1995, only surpassed by
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, which also starred Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Amrish
Puri.[2] Worldwide, Karan Arjun grossed ₹450 million.[2][3] Overseas, the film
grossed $500,000 (₹15.8 million).[9]
Home Media

The film has also been released on VHD, VCD and DVD formats for home media. It has
not seen a release on Blu-ray Disc or subsequent media formats, apart from YouTube.
Awards

41st Filmfare Awards:

Category Nominee Results
Best Editing Sanjay Varma Won
Best Action Bhiku Varma
Best Film Rakesh Roshan Nominated
Best Director
Best Actor Salman Khan
Best Supporting Actress Raakhee
Best Music Director Rajesh Roshan
Best Comedian Ashok Saraf
Johnny Lever
Best Villain Amrish Puri

1996 Screen Awards:

Category Nominee Results
Best Actor Salman Khan Won
Best Music Director Rajesh Roshan
Music

The music and background score were composed by Rajesh Roshan and lyrics for all
the songs were penned by Indeevar. The music rights were originally bought by Time
Magnetics (now Tips Music). The song "Bhangra Paale" was remade for the 2020 film
Bhangra Paa Le.
Title Singer(s) Featuring Length
"Yeh Bandhan Toh" Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik Rakhee Gulzar,
Salman Khan & Shah Rukh Khan 05:40
"Yeh Bandhan Toh" (2) Udit Narayan Rakhee Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh
Khan & Mamta Kulkarni 01:38
"Bhangra Paale" Mohammed Aziz, Sudesh Bhosle & Sadhana Sargam Rakhee Gulzar,
Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mamta Kulkarni & Johnny Lever 07:07
"Ek Munda" Lata Mangeshkar Salman Khan & Mamta Kulkarni 07:38
"Jai Maa Kaali" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik & Amrish Puri Salman Khan, Shah Rukh
Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Kajol & Amrish Puri 07:07
"Gup Chup Gup Chup" Alka Yagnik & Ila Arun Mamta Kulkarni & Sheela R. 06:02
"Jaati Hoon Main" Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol 06:24

Additionally, the themes from The Terminator 2 and The Last of the Mohicans were
featured throughout the film, especially during fight & jail scenes.[citation
needed]
Notes

None of the three Khans are related.[5]

References

"Karan Arjun – Movie". Box Office India.

"Box Office 1995". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009.
Retrieved 26 August 2018.
"32.418074 INR per USD in 1995". Archived from the original on 13 July 2017.
Retrieved 3 November 2017.
"Calling Agent Tina: Vasanthi on her journey from dance assistant to Vikram's
ferocious spy". 7 June 2022.
Tipsheet (29 August 2004). "Essential Bollywood Musicals". The Washington Post.
Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
Seta, Fenil (13 January 2020). "25 Years of Karan Arjun EXCLUSIVE: "Shah Rukh came
back to me when he found out that Salman and Aamir Khan have shown interest" –
Rakesh Roshan". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
"Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan & Hrithik Roshan on the sets of Karan Arjun in 1995".
One Shot One Place. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012.
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May 2017.

"TOP OVERSEAS GROSSERS 1995". Box Office India. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

External links

Karan Arjun at IMDb

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Films by Rakesh Roshan

Director

Khudgarz (1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kala Bazaar (1989) Kishen Kanhaiya
(1990) Khel (1992) King Uncle (1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997) Kaho Naa...
Pyaar Hai (2000) Karobaar: The Business of Love (2000) Koi... Mil Gaya (2003)
Krrish (2006) Krrish 3 (2013) Krrish 4 (upcoming)

Producer

Aap Ke Deewane (1979) Kaamchor (1982) Jaag Utha Insan (1984) Bhagwaan Dada
(1986) Khudgarz (1987) Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) King Uncle
(1993) Karan Arjun (1995) Koyla (1997) Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000) Koi... Mil Gaya
(2003) Krrish (2006) Krazzy 4 (2008) Krrish 3 (2013) Kaabil (2017) Krrish 4
(upcoming)

Categories:

1995 films1990s fantasy action films1990s Hindi-language films1995 action

films1995 fantasy filmsFilms about reincarnationFilms directed by Rakesh
RoshanFilms scored by Rajesh RoshanFilms with screenplays by Sachin BhowmickIndian
fantasy action films1990s masala films

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