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Deewana (1992)

Deewana poster
Original title
दीवाना
Directed by
Raj Kanwar
Genre
action film, romance film
Country
India
Runtime
3h 05m
Rated
U
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman marries a man who then disappears. A new man falls obsessively in love with her and tries to win her heart as she copes with being a widow.

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What happens

Deewana (Hindi pronunciation: [diːwaːnaː], transl. Obsessed) is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language romantic action film directed by Raj Kanwar and written by Sagar Sarhadi. It stars Rishi Kapoor, Divya Bharti, and Shah Rukh Khan in his feature film debut. The film revolves around an effervescent girl Kajal (Bharti), depicting her travails as a widow after the disappearance of her husband Ravi (Kapoor) and how her obsessive lover Raja (Khan) wins her over. Sagar Sarhadi wrote the screenplay based on a story by Ranbir Pushp. Guddu Dhanoa, Lalit Kapoor and Raju Kothari co-produced the film under the banner, Mayank Arts. The cinematography was handled by Harmeet Singh with editing by A. Muthu. Nadeem-Shravan composed the soundtrack with lyrics penned by Sameer. The muhurat shot for the film took place on 14 July 1991. Upon its release on 26 June 1992, Deewana was well received by critics, and emerged as a major commercial success, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of the year, with a worldwide gross of about ₹162 million (US$1.7 million), surpassed only by Beta. The soundtrack album turned out to be a chartbuster and was the highest-selling soundtrack of the year. The success of the film consolidated both Khan and Bharti's foothold in the industry, and launched Kanwar's directorial career. At the 38th Filmfare Awards, it received 9 nominations, and won 5 awards including Best Male Debut (Khan) and Best Female Debut (Bharti). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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