Aankhen (1993 film)
Aankhen | |
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Chunky Pandey Raj Babbar | |
Cinematography | Siba Mishra |
Edited by | Nand Kumar |
Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
Distributed by | Chiragdeep International |
Release date |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | ₹25 crore (US$7.95 million)[1] |
Aankhen (transl. Eyes) is a 1993 Indian
The movie was reported to have been inspired by the 1977 Kannada movie Kittu Puttu [3] which itself was inspired by the 1967 Tamil movie Anubavi Raja Anubavi which had earlier been remade in Hindi in 1973 as Do Phool. It is also adapted from Marathi film Changu Mangu released in 1990.
At the 39th Filmfare Awards, the film received 4 nominations - Best Film, Best Director (Dhawan), Best Actor (Govinda) and Best Comedian (Khan), but failed to win in any category.
Synopsis
Hasmukh Rai (
Reception
The movie was
Aankhen was responsible for jump-starting or re-energizing the careers of a few actors. Govinda, for example, struggling at the time, appeared in a number of comedy hits such as
Cast
- Govinda as Gulshan "Bunnu" / Gauri Shankar (dual role)
- Chunky Pandeyas Munnu
- Ritu Shivpuri as Ritu
- Raageshwarias Priya Mohan
- Shilpa Shirodkar as Chandramukhi
- Bindu as Anuradha
- Harish Patel as Monto (Hired Principal / Hired father / Hired Thief)
- Shakti Kapoor as The Main Antagonist, Tejeshwar
- Mahavir Shah as Pravin Shah
- Gulshan Grover as Natwar Shah
- Raza Murad as D.C.P
- Mac Mohan as Tejeshwar's henchman
- Sudhiras Tejeshwar's henchman
- Tinu Verma as Tejeshwar's henchman
- Gavin Packard as Tejeshwar's henchman, Man Shot Mistakenly for Bunnu.
- Dina Pathak as grandmother
- Vikas Anand as Distinguished Doctor
- Govind Namdeoas Distinguished Doctor
- Kader Khan as Hasmukh Rai
- Raj Babbar as Chief Minister / Sarang (dual role)
- Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Inspector Pyare Mohan
- Arun Bakshi as a Man who saved Bunnu
- Rakesh Bedi as Gulshan Kapoor "Gullu"
- Bob Christo as Tejeshwar's henchman
- Neena Gupta as Chief Minister's wife
- Kamaldeep as St. Xavier's Principal
- Manmauji as Baba
- Guddi Maruti as Chabia
- Yunus Parvez as Seth Sukhiram
- Kedarnath Saigal as Judge
Soundtrack
The lyrics were written by Indeevar. The songs are as follows:
Song | Singer |
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"O Lal Dupattewali" | Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik
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"Bade Kaam Ka Bandar" | Kumar Sanu, Mohammed Aziz, Arun Bakshi |
"Chaukhat Pe Tumhari Hum" | Kumar Sanu, Mohammed Aziz, Sapna Mukherjee |
"Angna Mein" | Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam |
"Ek Tamanna" | Kumar Sanu, Asha Bhosle |
Accolades
Category | Nominee | Result |
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Best Film | Pahlaj Nihalani | Nominated |
Best Director | David Dhawan | |
Best Actor | Govinda | |
Best Comedian
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Kader Khan |
References
- ^ a b "Box Office 1993". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
- ^ "Box Office 1993". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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- ^ "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average)". World Bank. 1993. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
External links
- Aankhen at IMDb