Aa Ab Laut Chalen
Aa Ab Laut Chalen | |
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R.K. Films | |
Release date |
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Running time | 178 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹9−18 crore[1][2] |
Box office | ₹16.3 crore[1] |
Aa Ab Laut Chalen (translation: Come, Let's Go Back) is a 1999 Indian Hindi language
Plot
Rohan Khanna is a jobless graduate living in
At the airport in
Sardar rooms with another cab driver, a
Rohan asks Pooja to move in with him. Sardar Khan helps the couple to find jobs, but they don't pay well. Despite his hard work, Rohan has earned little money and has only four months left on his visa. On the advice of friends, Rohan decides to obtain citizenship by engaging in a
Pooja finds a job as a caretaker for a rich Indian man, Balraj, who is elderly and very ill. Unbeknownst to her, Balraj is Rohan's father and is not dead after all. Balraj has a son, Karan, who is spoiled and arrogant. Karan is often intimidated by Vikram, an associate of a dangerous drug dealer Marco who uses him as a courier to ship drugs in and around America in exchange for paying off his debts for his luxuries. Balraj starts to think of Pooja as a daughter and asks her to consider marrying Karan. Karan looks at this as an opportunity to get more money from his father so that he can pay off Marco's debts.
Rohan gets tired of Loveleen, realizing he is in love with Pooja. He goes back to his friends, who tell him where to find her. He begs for her forgiveness and asks her to return to India to marry him. Pooja agrees, and Rohan gives her a locket with a picture of his mother. Pooja tells this to Balraj, who encourages her, without realizing that Rohan is his son.
Karan has become interested in Pooja and tries to intimidate her into marrying him. After a confrontation with him, her locket breaks. Balraj is surprised to find his wife's photo when he looks inside. When Pooja explains that Rohan gave it to her, Balraj realizes that Rohan must be his son. He fears that Rohan might hate him, so he does not tell Pooja.
After hearing from Pooja that Rohan is struggling to make ends meet, Balraj asks Pooja to call Rohan to interview at his company. A grateful Rohan is offered a well-paying career and cash bonuses from the generous Balraj. Rohan uses his newfound wealth to pay for the care of Ranjit's parents. He also has Ranjit and his wife arrested for illegally possessing Ranjit's parents' passports and for their prostitution activities.
After some time, Pooja and Rohan decide to return to India. Before they leave, Balraj confesses to Rohan that he is his estranged father and explains why he never returned. Rohan is angry at first, but after his mother forgives Balraj over the phone, Rohan decides to as well. Karan gets to know about it and decides to retaliate by physically attacking him only to be interrupted by Rohan who has taken his father's side. Balraj disowns Karan and hands over the majority of his wealth to him. Balraj, Rohan and Pooja decided to head back to India. At the airport, they are surprised to see Karan along with NYPD officer Jack Patel who has turned a new leaf by getting Marco and his gang arrested and is officially pardoned by the law. Karan discards his wealthy status and also joins them in India, thus reuniting a broken family.
Cast
- Rajesh Khanna as Balraj Khanna, Rohan's father
- Akshaye Khanna as Rohan Khanna
- Aishwarya Raias Pooja Walia, Rohan's love interest
- Moushumi Chatterjee as Rama Khanna, Rohan's mother
- Navin Nischol as Dr. Ashwin Khurana
- Suman Ranganathan as Loveleen, Karan's girlfriend
- Kader Khan as Sardar Khan
- Paresh Rawal as Pandit Jai Kishan Patel / PC Jack Patel
- Satish Kaushik as Chaurasia
- Jaspal Bhatti as Iqbal Singh
- Vivek Vaswani as Vaswani
- Himani Shivpuri as Mrs. Chaurasia
- Alok Nath as Rohan's grandfather
- Aditya Hitkari as Karan Khanna, Rohan's half-brother
- Jatin Sial as Ranjit Kapoor aka Ronnie Cooper
- Vishwajeet Pradhan as Drug Dealer Vikram “Marco's Agent”
- laxman patelas drink dealer
- Sulbha AryaSwarno Kapoor, Ranjit's mom
- Achyut Potdar as Lekh Kapoor, Ranjit's father
Music
The music of this movie was composed by
Title | Singer(s) |
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"Aa Ab Laut Chalen" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik |
"O Yaaro Maaf Karna" | Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet, Shabbir Kumar, Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam, Saud Khan & Vijeta |
"Yeh Kaisi Mulaqat Hai" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
"Mera Dil Tera Deewana" | Alka Yagnik |
"Yehi Hai Pyar" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Narula |
"Tere Bin Ek Pal" | Udit Narayan, Jaspinder Narula |
"Pyar Hua Pyar Hua'" | Jaspinder Narula |
"O Yaaro Maaf Karna" (Sad) | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik |
Reception
Suparn Verma of
The box office performance of the film was classified as a "Flop" by Box Office India.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Aa Ab Laut Chalen". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Film review: 'Aa Ab Laut Chalen', starring Rajesh Khanna, Akshaye Khanna, Aishwarya Rai". India Today. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Rediff On The NeT, Movies: The review of Rishi Kapoor's Aa Ab Laut Chalen". www.rediff.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "BOX OFFICE INDIA". 2 April 2004. Archived from the original on 2 April 2004.
External links
- Aa Ab Laut Chalen at IMDb
- Aa Ab Laut Chalen at AllMovie