Raja Jani

Raja Jani
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

Raja Jani (transl. Raja and His Sweetheart) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language 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. The music is by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Raja Jani was the fourth highest-grossing film of the year. It is loosely based on the 1956 American film Anastasia and was itself remade in Tamil in 1983 as Adutha Varisu.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Raj Kumar Singh "Raja" 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 has been looking for her. Raja finds a street dancer named Shanno, and finally, after extensive training concerning the etiquette, they can disguise and present her as the long lost princess in order to get the reward money for finding her. Shanno enters the house as the long-awaited princess. What Raja does not know is that Shanno is in fact the real princess.

Cast

Dharmendra as Raj Kumar Singh "Raja"^[3]
Hema Malini as Ratna / Shanno
Premnath as Diwan Gajendra Singh^[3]
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.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)
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

^ Rangan, Baradwaj (30 July 2016). "How do you solve a problem like Rajini?". Baradwaj Rangan. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
^ Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
^ ^a ^b Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (25 February 2021). Bollygeek: The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood. Hachette India. ISBN 978-93-89253-46-7.

External links

Raja Jani at IMDb

[1] Rangan, Baradwaj (30 July 2016). "How do you solve a problem like Rajini?". Baradwaj Rangan. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2024.

[2] Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.

[:0-3] Chaudhuri, Diptakirti (25 February 2021). Bollygeek: The Crazy Trivia Guide to Bollywood. Hachette India. ISBN 978-93-89253-46-7.

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