| Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Aziz Mirza |
| Written by | Manoj Lalwani |
| Produced by | G. P. Sippy Vivek Vaswani (co-producer) |
| Starring | Shah Rukh Khan Amrita Singh Juhi Chawla Nana Patekar |
| Cinematography | Binod Pradhan |
| Edited by | Javed Sayyed |
| Music by | Jatin–Lalit |
Production company | Sippy Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 152 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹3.44crore (India) |
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (transl. Raju became a Gentleman) is a 1992 IndianHindi-languageromantic comedy-drama film directed byAziz Mirza starringShah Rukh Khan,Amrita Singh,Juhi Chawla andNana Patekar. Khan plays Raju, a young Diploma Holder in Civil Engineering fromDarjeeling who comes toBombay hoping to become a successful engineer.[1] The film emerged as a commercial success. The movie plot is loosely inspired by the 1987 movieThe Secret of My Success,[2] theRaj KapoorclassicShree 420 (1955) andAnari (1959). The rights to this film are owned by Khan'sRed Chillies Entertainment.
At the38th Filmfare Awards,Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman wonBest Screenplay (Mirza and Lalwani), in addition to aBest Supporting Actor nomination for Patekar.
Raj Mathur is a young diploma holder in civil engineering from Darjeeling who comes to Bombay with only one ambition — to become a big engineer. In Bombay, he arrives in a lower-middle-class locality in search of a distant relative, only to discover the relative has left years ago. He spends the night at a temple, where he meets a philosophical streetside performer Jai, who becomes a close friend and gives him a place to stay.
With no connections and no experience, he finds it hard to get a job in the city until a beautiful girl Renu, finds him a job as a trainee with the construction company where she works as a secretary to Chabbria. They eventually fall in love with each other.
As he becomes successful he gets the attention of Chhabria's daughter Sapna. They spend more and more time together and he soon gets caught up in the rich and glamorous lifestyle. Sapna has fallen in love with Raju, but when she finds out that he loves Renu, she is heartbroken.
In the meantime, Raju's enemies are conspiring against him and they collapse a bridge which was under Raju's supervision. He gets the blame and soon realizes that the glamorous world of the rich is not what he wants. In the end, Raju decides to leave. Most people were asking Jai when Raju would come back. Jai told them when Raju turns his head around and looks at Renu, he will have no choice but to come back. Just a second later, Jai says "Palat" (meaning turn) then Raju turns and looks at Renu. He and Renu are finally reunited.
The entire composition and background score was composed byJatin–Lalit. Audio is available onTips Music Films. The music of this album was a hit with songs like "Loveria Hua", "Dil Hai Mera Deewana" and "Seene Mein Dil Hai". The film'ssoundtrack album sold 1.8 million units in India, making it the eleven top-sellingBollywood music album of 1992. Most of the songs are sung byKumar Sanu, along withAlka Yagnik,Sudesh Bhonsle,Sadhana Sargam andJolly Mukherjee.
| # | Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kya Hua-Loveria Hua" | Kumar Sanu,Jolly Mukherjee,Alka Yagnik | Vinod Mahendra |
| 2 | "Dil Hai Mera Deewana" | Kumar Sanu | Dev Kohli |
| 3 | "Kehti Hai Dil Ki Lagi" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | Vinod Mahendra |
| 4 | "Seene Mein Dil Hai" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | Madan Pal |
| 5 | "Tu Mere Saath Saath" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | Mahendra Dehlvi |
| 6 | "Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman" | Kumar Sanu, Jolly Mukherjee,Sudesh Bhonsle,Sadhana Sargam | Dev Kohli |
| 7 | "Tham Tham Tham" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | Manoj Darpan |
| 8 | "Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman" (Sad) | Sadhana Sargam | Dev Kohli |
G. P. Sippy initially wanted to cast a better-known actor thanShah Rukh Khan who was still a newcomer at the time. Original choices for the male lead includedAamir Khan andVivek Mushran.[3] But the co-producerVivek Vaswani eventually convinced him. However, Sippy decided to cap the budget of the film at only ₹0.6 crore. Vaswani talked toJuhi Chawla into playing the female lead. Chawla was an established actress at the time. Vaswani convinced her to take the role by promising that Khan was the "next Aamir Khan". Chawla had heard of Khan but had never met or seen him. She was taken aback by his skinny frame and untidy hair when they first met on the sets. That night, she called Vaswani and yelled, "Eeek! Is this the next Aamir?!"[4]
Khan got married during the making of the film. Still struggling financially, he borrowed suits from the film's costume department for the wedding.Aziz Mirza and Vaswani attended the ceremony.[4]
In India, the film grossed₹3.44crore. This made it 1992's 22nd highest-grossing film in India.[5]
Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman was released inJapan on 17 May 1997. While Indianparallel cinema, includingSatyajit Ray'sBengali films such asThe Apu Trilogy, was known in Japan,Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman introduced the commercialmasala film style, which was well received by Japanese audiences, with the film becoming a commercial success in the country. This sparked a short-lived boom in Indian films released in Japan, for the next two years, paving the way for the Japanese success ofRajinikanth'sMuthu (1995) in 1998.[6]
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