Jamai Raja (film) explained

Jamai Raja
Director:A. Kodandarami Reddy
Producer:T. Trivikrama Rao
Screenplay:A. Kodandarami Reddy
Story:Satyanand
Based On:Athaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu by A. Kodandarami Reddy
Starring:Hema Malini
Anil Kapoor
Madhuri Dixit
Music:Laxmikant Pyarelal
Cinematography:V. S. R. Swamy
Editing:Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Studio:Vijayalakshmi Art Pictures
Country:India
Language:Hindi

Jamai Raja is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language masala film. The film stars Hema Malini, Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit. It is directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy and is a remake of the 1989 Telugu film Attaku Yamudu Ammayiki Mogudu.[1] The film was a commercial success.

Plot

Durgeshwari is a very rich and proud lady. She stays in her palatial house with her two sons Dheeraj and Neeraj, her daughter Rekha, her brother Dindayal Trivedi, and his close friend Banke Bihari Chaturvedi along with her personal secretary, Shakti . Rekha studies in a medical college in Bombay. Durgeshwari has full control over her home and company and is feared by all. Her ambitions of wedding Rekha in a rich family like hers seem to fail when Rekha falls in love with Raja. Raja is an unemployed, poor but smart and educated man. Durgeshwari, seeing him as a smart fellow, puts a condition for agreeing to the marriage which would humiliate him and thus make him back out. She asks Raja to live with them after the marriage and not another way round, where the bride goes to live at the groom's home.

Duregeshwari tries many tricks to humiliate, demean and even portray a false image of Raja in front of Rekha with help of all her aides. But it's all in vain, Raja outdoes her tricks and eventually also enters in her good books.

Cast

Soundtrack

The songs of the film were composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal and lyrics were by Javed Akhtar.

Song Singer
"Teri Pyari Pyari Baaten Mujhe Achhi Lagti Hai"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki
"Tere Pyar Mein Hum Doob Gaye Itne Sanam"
"Pyar Hua Hai Mujhe Aur Tujhe" Kavita Krishnamurthy, Amit Kumar
"Hum Aur Tum"Amit Kumar, Alka Yagnik
"Aag Lag Rahi Hai"Amit Kumar, Alka Yagnik

Notes and References

  1. Web site: When Anil Kapoor romanced Madhuri. Sukanya. Verma. Sukanya Verma. Rediff. 19 February 2019.
  2. Web site: Happy birthday Hema Malini: Here are 6 must-watch movies of 'Dream Girl'. 16 October 2021. Hindustan Times.