Yaraana (1995 film)

Yaraana (transl. "Friendship") is a 1995 Bollywood romantic thriller film directed by David Dhawan and starring Madhuri Dixit, Rishi Kapoor, Raj Babbar, Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor.[3][4] It is loosely based on the American film Sleeping with the Enemy, starring Julia Roberts.[5] The film is known for the hit song "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya".[6]

Yaraana
Poster
Directed byDavid Dhawan
Written byReema Rakesh Nath
Produced byYusuf Bhatt
Reema Rakesh Nath
StarringRishi Kapoor
Madhuri Dixit
Raj Babbar
Kader Khan
CinematographyRajan Kinagi
Edited byA. Muthu
Music byAnu Malik
Distributed bySamna Films
Release date
  • 20 October 1995 (1995-10-20)
Running time
126 mins[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹4.75 crore[2]
Box office₹9.08 crore[2]

At the 41st Filmfare Awards, Yaraana won Best Female Playback Singer (Kavita Krishnamurthy for "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya"), in addition to a Best Actress for Dixit.

Plot

Lalita catches the eye of JB and he immediately falls in love with her and decides that he must have her. Her uncle Madhi arranges for them to get married but he is only doing this because JB is paying him to. When she refuses, JB kidnaps her and keeps her in his home until the day of the wedding. She is literally watched over by JB every day in case she tries to escape. On the day of the wedding, Lalita faints and uses this to escape. She also moves her mother away and barely escapes JB who assumes that she has been killed after he saw her being hit by a car. In fact, Lalita swapped her wedding dress with someone else, so the person that JB saw being hit by the car was not Lalita.

Lalita escapes the city and meets Raj who at first she uses as a cover but they both fall in love with each other. She uses the name Shikha instead. Raj's grandfather, Rai Saheb is happy that his grandson wants to marry Shikha and he arranges for a wedding. Unfortunately, JB finds out that Lalita is still alive through her mother and quickly traces her. JB tells Raj and his grandfather who Lalita really is with the help of her devious uncle. Lalita is taken away and is forced to be a dutiful wife, which in JB's terms means that she has to stay with him forever. After hiding and frustration, Lalita decides to take matters into her own hands.

Cast

Trivia

Govinda was first approached as the lead opposite Madhuri Dixit, but things did not work out. Upon Govinda's rejection, Jackie Shroff was approached, but his dates were blocked by other projects. This resulted in Rishi Kapoor being part of the movie.

Kamal Hassan was offered Raj Babbar's role, but declined it because he did not want to play a villain.

Awards
41st Filmfare Awards:[7][8]

Won

Nominated

Soundtrack
Yaraana
Soundtrack album by
Anu Malik
Released20 October 1995[9]
Recorded1995
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length43:06
LanguageHindi
LabelZee Music Company
Official audio
Yaraana- Full Album on YouTube

The music was composed by Anu Malik with lyrics written by Rahat Indori, Anwar Sagar, Rani Malik & Maya Govind. The songs are sung by Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Sapna Mukherjee, Vinod Rathod and Shankar Mahadevan. This music album is heavily plagiarized from the work of legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's work. "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" and "Loye Loye" are a complete rip-off of Nusrat's compositions of same title.[10][11]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1.""Jaadu Jaadu""Rani MalikAnu MalikUdit Narayan & Sapna Mukherjee5:50
2.""Mera Piya Ghar Aaya""Maya GovindNusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Uncredited)Kavita Krishnamurthy5:58
3.""Noorani Chehrewale""Anwar SagarAnu MalikKavita Krishnamurthy5:22
4.""Mohabbat Ki Nazrein Karam""Anu Malik , Rani MalikAnu MalikKavita Krishnamurthy, Vinod Rathod5:42
5."Loye Loye"Rahat IndoriNusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Uncredited)Kavita Krishnamurthy5:09
6.""Rabbi Re Ralli""Rahat IndoriAnu MalikKavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan5:21
7.""Jaane Wo Kaisa Chor Tha""Anwar SagarAnu MalikKavita Krishnamurthy5:36
Total length:43.06

References
  1. "Yaraana". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  2. "Yaraana – Movie". Box Office India.
  3. "Madhuri Dixit recalls working with Rishi Kapoor, Saroj Khan as 'Yaraana' clocks 25 years". timesofindia.Indiatimes.com. 21 October 2020.
  4. "Yaraana (1995)". Yahoo movies.
  5. Bose, Sushmita (10 September 2010). "Hollywood Bollywood". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  6. Amit Baruah, R. Padmanabhan (6 September 1997). "The stilled voice". The Hindu, Frontline. Archived from the original on 30 December 2001.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. "Filmfare winners of the year 1996". filmfare. Com. 19 January 2022.
  8. "Madhuri Dixit remembers Rishi, dancing to Mere Piya Ghar Aaya with Saroj Khan on 25 YO Yaraana". indiatoday.in. 21 October 2020.
  9. "Yaraana – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jiosaavn. 20 October 1995.
  10. "Mehfil-e-Sama Vol.29 - Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan". www.emipakistan.com. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  11. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Unki Gali Mein Aana Jana, 9 August 1996, retrieved 20 June 2022
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