Chaahat (1996 film)
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Cinematography Ashok Behl | 5.4/10 IMDb Release date 6 June 1996 (India) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Robin BhattViral Lakhia Written by Robin BhattAkash KhuranaJaved Siddiqui Starring Shah Rukh KhanPooja BhattNaseeruddin ShahAnupam KherRamya Krishna Cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chaahat (Hindi: चाहत, Urdu: چاہت, translation: Desire) is a 1996 Bollywood romantic musical film by director Mahesh Bhatt. The cast of this film is Shahrukh Khan, Pooja Bhatt, Naseeruddin Shah, Ramya Krishna and Anupam Kher. Red Chillies acquired right of this film from Mahesh Bhatt in October 2013.
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Synopsis
Roop Rathore (Shahrukh Khan) is a singer in Bombay just like his father (Anupam Kher), who is now sick and needs immediate medical care. One day, while he is singing at Ajay Narang's (Naseeruddin Shah) hotel, Ajay's sister Reshma (Ramya Krishnan) falls in love with Roop. Reshma is a spoiled girl and Ajay looks through all of her wishes. Unfortunately, Roop is in love with a doctor named Pooja (Pooja Bhatt). Meanwhile, Reshma is obsessed with Roop, and asks her brother to call him again to sing in their hotel. But when she sees that all the girls are flattered over Roop, she gets very angry, and asks him to sing only for her now onwards. However Roop prefers to work for the rival, Patel (Shri Vallabh Vyas) than take this offer. Ajay's obsession with keeping his sister happy at all costs comes into play and Patel is brutally beaten by him until he agrees to throw Roop out of his hotel. Desperately in need of money for his father's operation, Roop has no option but to agree with Reshma. Roop breaks up with Pooja.
The operation of his father is successful, but his father is saddened by his situation and decides to leave Bombay. Roop later tries to leave Bombay himself, along with his father and Pooja, but his plans are interrupted when Reshma tries to commit suicide. Nevertheless, Pooja and Roop get married. Frustrated with such turn of events, Reshma and her brother Ajay devise many plans to make their life miserable. At the end of the movie, Roop's father is killed by Ajay, and when Roop tries to save Pooja, he and Ajay get involved in a fight. Reshma threatens to kill Pooja if Roop won't stop fighting with her brother.
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Box office
Chaahat grossed ₹11.61 crore (US$1.7 million) in India and $250,000 (₹87.50 lakh) in other countries, for a worldwide total of ₹12.48 crore (US$1.9 million), against its ₹5.25 crore (US$780,000) budget. It had a worldwide opening weekend of ₹2.99 crore (US$440,000), and grossed ₹5.16 crore (US$770,000) in its first week. It is the 14th-highest-grossing film of 1996 worldwide.
India
It opened on Friday, 21 June 1996, across 190 screens, and earned ₹61 lakh (US$91,000) nett on its opening day. It grossed ₹1.77 crore (US$260,000) nett in its opening weekend, and had a first week of ₹3.05 crore (US$450,000) nett. The film earned a total of ₹6.87 crore (US$1.0 million) nett, and was declared "Below Average" by Box Office India. It is the 15th-highest-grossing film of 1996 in India.
Overseas
It grossed $250,000 (₹87.50 lakh) outside India. Overseas, It is the 4th-highest-grossing film of 1996.
Songs
1Chaahat Na HotiAlka Yagnik - Vinod Rathod
2Dil Ki Tanhai KoKumar Sanu7:29
3Kabhi Dil Se Kam MohabbatKumar Sanu - Sadhana Sargam5:23