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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Achanak<br />
| image = Achanak (1998 film).jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = Naresh Malhotra<br />
| producer = [[Vijay Galani]]<br />
| writer = [[Sachin Bhowmick]] <br>Anwar Khan (dialogues)<br />
| starring = [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]]<br />[[Manisha Koirala]]<br />[[Farha Naaz]]<br/>[[Rahul Roy]] <br />
| music = Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen<br />
| cinematography = Raju Kaygee<br />
| editing = Naresh Malhotra<br />
| studio = Film Folks <br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|1998|6|12|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 159 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = {{INR}}4.25 crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2560|title=Achanak – Movie|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=20 June 2022|archive-date=20 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620232145/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2560|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
| gross = {{INR}}7.26 crore<ref name="auto"/><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Achanak''''' ({{langx|en|Suddenly}}) is a 1998 Indian [[Action film|action]] [[thriller film]] directed by Naresh Malhotra starring [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] and [[Manisha Koirala]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/1998/aug/29sh.htm|title=Manisha graph goes down|author=V S Srinivasan|date=29 August 1998|website=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=10 September 2022|archive-date=10 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910023106/https://www.rediff.com/movies/1998/aug/29sh.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was a box office failure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/09hit.htm|title=The Star Test|website=Rediff.com|date=9 January 1999|access-date=10 September 2022|archive-date=11 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911000001/https://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/09hit.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
Wealthy industrialist Yashpal Nanda is widowed and lives with his daughter, Nisha, and two sons, Vijay, and Arjun . He gets Nisha married to Nilesh, while Vijay marries Madhu, and Yashpal is on the look-out for a suitable bride for Arjun. Arjun lives a charmed life, surrounded by the family he loves and working at his family's thriving business. Then he meets Pooja, and his life gets even better. The two quickly fall in love. Yashpal is overjoyed and happy with Arjun's choice and cannot wait for them to get married. The Nanda family's world gets turned upside down when Nisha and then Vijay pass away suddenly, leaving the family devastated. Pooja is mistakenly convicted of murder, and Arjun must save her while he keeps up his family responsibilities, but his father soon meets a cruel end as well. The police arrive on the scene to arrest Arjun for murder. Now, on the run from both the police and the mysterious criminals, Arjun and Pooja work to expose the truth while evading a fate at the hands of either.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] as Arjun Nanda<br />
*[[Manisha Koirala]] as Pooja<br />
*[[Farha Naaz]] as Madhu Nanda<br />
*[[Rahul Roy]] as Vijay Nanda<br />
*[[Johnny Lever]] as Joni / Moni / Toni Kapoor<br />
*Pinky Singh as Nisha Nanda<br />
*[[Saeed Jaffrey]] as Yashpal Nanda <br />
*[[Paresh Rawal]] as Sagar Srivastav <br />
*[[Dalip Tahil]] as Nilesh<br />
*[[Tinnu Anand]] as Police Inspector Pandey <br />
*[[Vishwajeet Pradhan]] as Jackson, Sagar Srivastav's henchman<br />
*[[Navneet Nishan]] as Anjali<br />
*[[Dinesh Hingoo]] as P.K Sharma<br />
*[[Viju Khote]] as Veternity Dr. M.Dasturi<br />
*[[Sanjay Dutt]] as Himself (Cameo)<br />
*[[Shahrukh Khan]] as Himself (Cameo)<br />
*[[Raj Babbar]] as Himself (Cameo)<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Achanak<br />
| type = [[Soundtrack album]]<br />
| artist = Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen<br />
| cover = <br />
| alt = <br />
| released = 11 May 1998<br />
| recorded = <br />
| venue = <br />
| studio = <br />
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length = <br />
| label = [[Venus Records & Tapes]]<br />
| producer = <br />
| prev_title = <br />
| prev_year = <br />
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| next_year = <br />
}}<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! # !! Songs !! Singers<br />
|-<br />
|1 || "Dil Le Gaya Chor Pakdo" || [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya|Abhijeet &]] [[Johnny Lever]]<br />
|-<br />
|2 || "Duniya Bhulake" || [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Alka Yagnik]]<br />
|-<br />
|3 || "Ek Soni Kudi Dila De" || Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik<br />
|-<br />
|4 || "Jaane Jaana" || Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik<br />
|-<br />
|5 || "Na Koi Awaaz De Humko" || [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], Alka Yagnik<br />
|-<br />
|6 || "Oonchi Oonchi Deewaron Mein" || Hariharan, Alka Yagnik<br />
|-<br />
|7 || "Jhoomle" || Abhijeet, [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0286421|title=Achanak}}<br />
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[[Category:1998 Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1998 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen]]<br />
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Shah Rukh Khan]]<br />
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