Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1994 film)

Aa Gale Lag Jaa
Poster
Directed byHamid Ali Khan
Written bySalim Akhtar
Santosh Saroj (Dialogue)
Produced bySalim Akhtar
StarringJugal Hansraj
Urmila Matondkar
Paresh Rawal
Ashok Saraf
Ajit
Arjun
CinematographyAnwar Siraj
Edited byWaman Bhonsle
Gurudutt Shirali
Music byAnu Malik
Production
company
Aftab Pictures
Release date
  • 13 May 1994 (1994-05-13)
Running time
158 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Aa Gale Lag Jaa (transl. Come, embrace me) is a 1994 Indian Hindi language romantic thriller film directed by Hamid Ali Khan[1] and starring Jugal Hansraj, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal, Ashok Saraf, Ajit, Reema Lagoo, Raza Murad, Arjun and Gulshan Grover.[2]

The film marked the first leading role for Jugal Hansraj, who previously was a child artist in several films in the 1980s. Coincidentally, he was paired with Urmila Matondkar who had played his sister in his debut film Masoom (1983).[3]

Plot

Suraj (Jugal Hansraj) is a poor boy raised by his father Mamtaram (Paresh Rawal). Roshni (Urmila Matondkar) is a rich girl raised by her widowed mother Shakuntala Devi (Reema Lagoo). Roshni & Suraj fall in love, but Shakuntala opposes the marriage on knowing that Suraj is the son of the driver of Roshni's father, who also happened to be his murderer. Mamtaram confirms that his real father was indeed in prison, but he was killed on release by a speeding truck.

Suraj's dreams are shattered. Suddenly, someone starts killing Roshni's father's business partners. Suspicion points towards Suraj. The murder cases are assigned to a weird Police Inspector Ram Bhajan Singh (Gulshan Grover). After realizing that killer is some third person nobody knows about, the Inspector arranges a trap for him.

It is found that the killer is Suraj's supposedly dead father. He tells everybody that the real killers were Roshni's father's business partners who were afraid that her father would expose their frauds. They framed Suraj's father who tried to remove the knife out of his masters body. Before the Inspector can arrest him, Suraj's father finds the last partner in the hospital and kills him. He cut face off Plasic surgery. Suraj's father surrenders to the police and the film ends.[4]

Cast

Soundtrack

The film is remembered for its melodious songs by Anu Malik.[5]

# Title Singer(s) Lyricist(s)
1 "Aa Gale Lag Jaa" Abhijeet, Kavita Krishnamurthy Nawab Arzoo
2 "Aaj Humein Malum Hua" Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy Anwar Sagar
3 "Hum Na Honge Juda" Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam Anwar Sagar
4 "Jis Jeevan Mein" Udit Narayan, Sujatha Goswami Zameer Kazmi
5 "Tere Baghair" Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam Gauhar Kanpuri
6 "Yaad Teri Aati Hai" Kumar Sanu Anwar Sagar
7 "Main Aashiq Hoon" Kumar Sanu, Sujatha Goswami Rani Malik

References

  1. ^ "Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1994) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Aa Gale Lag Jaa - Movie - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. ^ Madan, D. B. (2020). Movies, Cricket & Politics. Blue Rose Publishers.
  4. ^ "MX Player". www.mxplayer.in. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ^ Arunachalam, Param. BollySwar: 1991 - 2000. Mavrix Infotech Private Limited. ISBN 978-81-938482-1-0.