Judaai (1997)

Original title

जुदाई

Directed by

Raj Kanwar

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 47m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A greedy wife pushes her husband to marry a wealthy woman so the family can enjoy a lavish lifestyle. This decision strains their marriage and leads to emotional turmoil for everyone involved.

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What happens

Judaai (transl. Separation) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Raj Kanwar and produced by Surinder Kapoor and Boney Kapoor. It stars Anil Kapoor, Sridevi and Urmila Matondkar. Kader Khan, Farida Jalal, Johnny Lever, Paresh Rawal, Upasana Singh and Saeed Jaffrey feature in supporting roles. Poonam Dhillon makes a special appearance. It is a remake of the 1994 Telugu flm Subhalagnam. The plot revolves around the travails of a greedy wife, Kajal (Sridevi), who, lured by wealth, convinces her husband (Kapoor) to marry a second time. Some portions of the film were filmed in Thun, Switzerland. Upon release, the film was a major commercial success, grossing ₹48.77 crore against its ₹6.30 crore budget, becoming the seventh highest grossing Indian film of 1997. The film was widely praised for the performances of the lead actresses. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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