Joru Ka Ghulam (lit. 'Wife's Slave') is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language comedy film. The film is directed by Shakeel Noorani and stars Govinda, Twinkle Khanna, Kader Khan and Johnny Lever. The music is by Aadesh Shrivastava. The film was released on 16 June 2000.
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| Directed by | Shakeel Noorani |
| Written by | Ikram Akhtar |
| Produced by | Shakeel Noorani |
| Starring | Govinda Twinkle Khanna Kader Khan Johnny Lever Ali Asgar |
| Cinematography | Dinesh Telkar |
| Music by | Aadesh Shrivastava |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | est. ₹5.5 crore (US$660,000)[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹13.10 crore (US$1.6 million)[1] |
Story
editWealthy Dyaneshwarprasad Pitamber has a problem, to be precise four problems - his four uncontrollable daughters, named after four goddesses: Lakshmi, Saraswati, Parvati, and Durga, who refuse to be disciplined, and be married. Pitamber arranges for Raju Patel to come from the U.S. and marry at least one of his daughters. Unfortunately, Raju is waylaid at the airport by two con men, Raja and Kanhaiya, and his luggage, clothes, and ID are taken over by them, and he is left in barely basic clothing at the airport, mistaken for a beggar. Raja assumes the identity of Raju, and Kanhaiya accompanies him to Pitamber's house. Once there, they are welcomed with open arms by Pitamber, and Raja agrees to all conditions set up by Pitamber and his daughters in order to get married and inherent part of the vast wealth and fortune. Sensing something wrong somewhere, Pitamber asks Raja to locate three other grooms for his three daughters also, otherwise, no marriage will take place, as he wants all four daughters to be married at the same time. With all four refusing to marry anyone, it looks like Raja and Kanhaiya have a lot on their hands, apart from hiding from notorious criminal Pappu Anna, who has sworn to kill them for making him suffer a huge financial loss.
Cast
edit- Govinda as Raja / Raju Patel (Fake)
- Twinkle Khanna as Durga Pitamber
- Kader Khan as Dhaneshwarprasad Pitamber
- Johnny Lever as Kanhaiya
- Ashok Saraf as P. K. Girpade, Raja's Mama
- Ali Asgar as Raju Patel
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Pappu Anna
- Razzak Khan as Fida Hussain (Pitambar's Secretary)
- Ghanshyam Rohera as Warden at Mental Hospital
- Rakhi Sawant as Chandni, Pinjara Bar Dancer
- Rajshree Solanki as Lakshmi Pitamber (Durga's sister #1)
- Sonu Sagar as Saraswati Pitamber (Durga's sister #2)
- Rushika Reikhi as Parvati Pitamber (Durga's sister #3)
Soundtrack
editThe songs for the film were composed by Aadesh Shrivastava.
| Song | Singers | Length |
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| "Joru Ka Ghulam" | Abhijeet, Sunidhi Chauhan | 04:34 |
| "Khula Hai Mera Pinjra" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 05:05 |
| "Meri Nazar" | Jaspinder Narula, Rajesh Mishra | 04:54 |
| "Neeche Phoolon Ki Dukan" | Sonu Nigam, Aadesh Shrivastava | 04:23 |
| "Tumhare Bina Kuch" | Sonu Nigam, Hema Sardesai | 06:21 |
| "Woh Aayee" | Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam | 06:32 |
In his review for Rediff.com, Syed Firdaus Ashraf opined that Srivastava's music was the "good and different" in the film. All songs were good especially "Neeche Phoolon Ki Dukan" was chart-baster .[2]
Reception
editSyed Firdaus Ashraf of Rediff.com praised the performances of Govinda and Johnny Lever and called Khanna "passable", while noting that Razzak Khan's role was a "pleasant change from his earlier roles" and his character was hilarious.[2] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote that the film belonged to Govinda and in one of her "better performances", Khanna looked "ravishing" and portrayed her emotions "very well".[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Joru Ka Ghulam". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ a b Ashraf, Syed Firdaus (16 June 2000). "A sad, sad film". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ Adarsh, Taran (15 December 2000). "Joru Ka Ghulam Movie Review: 2.5/5". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.