Raja Jani
Raja Jani (transl. "Raja and His Sweetheart") is a 1972 Bollywood film, produced by Madan Mohla, directed by Mohan Segal, and written by S. Ali Raza. The film stars Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Premnath, Prem Chopra, Johnny Walker, Durga Khote, Sajjan, Helen and Bindu.[1] The music is by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. It was the fourth highest-grossing film of the year. It was loosely based on the 1956 American movie Anastasia.[2] It was remade in Tamil in 1983 as Adutha Varisu.[3]
| Raja Jani | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Mohan Sehgal |
| Written by | S. Ali Raza |
| Screenplay by | Nabendu Ghosh |
| Story by | Nabendu Ghosh |
| Produced by | Madan Mohla |
| Starring | Dharmendra Hema Malini Premnath Prem Chopra Johnny Walker |
| Cinematography | Madan Sinha |
| Edited by | Lachchmandas |
| Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
Production company | Seven Art Pictures |
| Distributed by | Seven Art Pictures |
Release date | 17 November 1972 |
Running time | 155 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
Raj Kumar Singh "Raja"(Dharmendra) who tries to find a girl who would be a perfect impostor to take the place of the missing princess Ratna. During an assassination of her parents she disappeared, and during the last ten years her grandmother, queen Rajmata(Durga Khote) has been looking for her. Raja finds a street dancer named Shanno(Hema Malini), and finally, after extensive training of teaching the etiquettes so they can disguise and present her as the long lost princess so they can get the reward money from finding her, she enters the house as the long-awaited princess. What he does not know is something that may spoil his intentions to get the money through her, and it is that Shanno turns out to be the real princess her grandmother was searching for.
Cast
- Dharmendra as Raj Kumar Singh "Raja"
- Hema Malini as Ratna / Shanno
- Premnath as Diwan Gajendra Singh
- Prem Chopra as Pratap Bahadur Singh
- Johnny Walker as Imartilal
- Durga Khote as Rajmata
- Sajjan as Khairati
- Nadira as Shanno's foster mother
- Jankidas as Dr. Nigam
- C. S. Dubey as Bagla Seth's Servant
- Helen as Item Dancer (Guest Appearance)
- Suresh
- Manmohan as Latpat Seth (Guest Appearance)
- Bindu as Raja's Ex-Girlfriend (Guest Appearance)
- Rajan Haskar
Soundtrack
The music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jani O Jani" | Kishore Kumar | |
| 2. | "Aa Aaja Aaja" | Lata Mangeshkar | |
| 3. | "A B C D Chhodo" | Lata Mangeshkar | |
| 4. | "Duniya Ka Mela" | Lata Mangeshkar | |
| 5. | "Kitna Maza Aa Raha Hai" | Lata Mangeshkar | |
| 6. | "Mubarak Ho Tujhe Ae Dil" | Lata Mangeshkar |
References
- "Raja Jani Movie". gomolo. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- "Karthi and Jyotika Twist Themselves up in Knots in Jeethu Joseph's Underwhelming Thriller Thambi". 21 December 2019.
- "Raja Jani". bollywoodmoviefashion. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2017.