Yaraana (1995) Online
Lalita (Madhuri Dixit) catches the eye of J.B. (Raj Babbar) and he immediately falls in love with her and decides he must marry her. He bribes Lalita's uncle Madanlal (Tej Sapru) into convincing Lalita to marry him. However, Lalita refuses and J.B. kidnaps her and forces her to marry him. One fateful night, Lalita manages to escape and she meets Raj (Rishi Kapoor) whose family consists of an olderly grandfather (Kader Khan) who dotes on him and wants him to get married at any cost. Raj and Lalita fall in love with each other and his grandfather also approves of Lalita. Raj and Lalita are about to get married. However, J.B. grows wise of Lalita's whereabouts and in no time he tracks her down. J.B. reveals to Raj and his grandfather about Lalita's true identity which was just one side of a coin. J.B. forcibly takes Lalita with him and Lalita agrees to stay with him forever to save her chastity and honour. But will she be able to live with an overpowering and cruel man like J.B.? Will ...
| Complete credited cast: | |||
 | Rishi Kapoor | - | Raj |
 | Madhuri Dixit | - | Lalita / Shikha / Kavita Krishnamurthy / Johnny |
 | Raj Babbar | - | J.B. / Inspector Pradhan (as Raaj Babbar) |
 | Kader Khan | - | Rai Saheb (as Kadar Khan) |
 | Shakti Kapoor | - | Bankhe |
 | Anil Dhawan | - | Dr. Rashid |
 | Tej Sapru | - | Madanlal |
 | Satish Kaul | - | Inspector |
 | Vikas Anand | - | Father of the girl who died in the accident |
 | Brij Gopal | - | Man brought mangoes for J.B. |
 | Babbanlal Yadav | - | Father of 6 kids |
 | Dina Pathak | - | Durga (as Deena Pathak) |
 | Sulabha Deshpande | - | Mrs. D'Souza (as Sulbha Deshpande) |
 | Sadashiv Amrapurkar | - | Beggar / Mungarilal |
 | Himani Shivpuri | - | Beggar / Champa |
The song "Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" was sampled from the song " Mera Piya Ghar Aaya" from the album Magic Touch by Bally Sagoo. Sung by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
The whole story line of Rishi Kapoor bringing Madhuri Dixit to act as his bride is taken from the 1977 film 'Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Mann Bhaye' starring Madan Puri.
After the film bombed, Reema Rakeshnath blasted David Dhawan in the print. She stated she kept giving suggestions but David kept turning them down. She gave in because he was a hit director and she thought he must know what he is doing. Midway thru the making he changed the script and made it inspired by Sleeping With The Enemy . This also bothered Madhuri Dixit. The film was meant to be a light hearted love comedy. David took it as a opportunity to attempt to rid himself of the tag "comedy director". She vowed never to work with him again..
The song Mere Piya Ghar Aaya was remixed in the album BMW 3 Bad Mad Wicked by DJ Jiten. This was the first time the song was remixed in 1996.
Yaraana released on the same day as Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. DDLJ instantly became an all time blockbuster while Yaraana tanked badly at the box office which made a serious effect to its business.
Yaraana was the first remake of the Hollywood film Sleeping with the Enemy starring Julia Roberts and is soon followed by other two remakes, Agni Sakshi and Daraar in the gap of a year.
This film was an remake of 2 mixed films, Rajshri's Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaaye and an english film. ' Sleeping with enemy ' which was released at that time. Even the tittle was taken from an Amitabh Bachchan film. But Yaarana was an enjoyable film.
Yaraana was released on the same day with two major big films, Yash Chopra's Dilwale Dujhaniyan Le Jayenge and Dev Anand's/ Navketan's Gangster.
When Madhuiri pretends to be a Caucasian woman, she uses the alias "Kavita Krishnamurthy". In real life, Kavita Krishnamurthy is a famous Bollywood playback singer who has sang for Madhuri in many films, including this one.
At the restaurant, Madhuri Dixit(as Kavita Krishnamurthy) mistakenly thinks that Kadar Khan is M. F. Hussain. In real life, M.F. Hussain was a famous Indian artist who was obsessed with Madhuri and did many paintings of the actress. He even made a cameo appearance in her film "Mohabbat" and cast her in his film "Gaja Gamini".
The film's soundtrack album sold 2 million units, making it that year's 11th best-selling Bollywood soundtrack album.
Kamal Hassan was offered Raj Babbar's role, but declined it because he did not want to play a villain.
Govinda was first approached as the lead opposite Madhuri Dixit, but things didn't work out. After Govinda rejected Jackie Shroff was approached, but his dates were blocked by other projects. This resulted in Rishi Kapoor being part of the movie.
The stanza of "Mera Piya ghar aaya O ramji..." "Mera Kangana Khanke Khan Khan, Mera Nikla Jaye Dum Dum", is exactly the same as "Teri baahon mein hai jaanam..." from the Silsila song "Yeh kahaan aa gaye hum".
The antra of "Rabbi Re Rali Gulaab Ki Kali" from YAARANA (1995) is exactly similar to the antra of "Dil Tera Deewana Hai Sanam" from DIL TERA DEEWANA (1962)
Yaraana was produced by Rakesh Nath who was Madhuri Dixit's personal assistant.
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