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{{Infobox film
| name = Karan Arjun
| image = Karan Arjun.jpg
| caption = Film Poster
| director = [[Rakesh Roshan]]
| producer = Rakesh Roshan
| writer = [[Sachin Bhowmick]] Ravi Kapoor Anwar Khan
| starring = [[Rakhee Gulzar]] [[Salman Khan]] [[Shah Rukh Khan]] [[Kajol]] [[Mamta Kulkarni]] [[Amrish Puri]]
| music = [[Rajesh Roshan]]
| cinematography = Kaka Thakur
| editing = Sanjay Verma
| studio = Film Kraft
| distributor = Digital Entertainment (DEI) [[Eros Entertainment]] Rapid Eye Movies
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1995|01|13|}}
| runtime = 175 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|5.50 crores}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Karan Arjun – Movie |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3032 |website=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR|45 crores}}<ref name="boi95" /> 
}}

'''''Karan Arjun''''' is a 1995 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[action film]] directed and produced by [[Rakesh Roshan]], starring [[Rakhee Gulzar]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Kajol]] and [[Mamta Kulkarni]] in lead roles. [[Amrish Puri]] portrays the main antagonist, while [[Johnny Lever]], [[Arjun (Firoz Khan)|Arjun]], [[Jack Gaud]], [[Ranjeet]] and [[Aasif Sheikh]] appear in supporting roles. The film revolves around the story of the two titular brothers who seek revenge from their greedy uncle for murdering their father, but are killed by him and are reincarnated to complete the revenge.

''Karan Arjun'' was theatrically released in India on 13 January 1995. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed {{INR|450 million|link=yes}}<ref name="boi95" /> ({{US$|{{#expr:640/32.418074 round 0}} million|long=no}}),<ref name="exchange95" /> emerging as a "blockbuster" and the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1995, behind ''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]'', which also featured Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Amrish Puri.

== Plot ==
In a village in [[Rajasthan]], Durga Singh is a poor woman raising her two beloved sons Karan and Arjun. When Munshiji of Thakur Sangram Singh, comes to talk to Durga, she tells her husband was the Thakur's son who married her against his father's wishes. Durjan Singh, a relative of Thakur killed Durga's husband to prevent him or his family from inheriting the Thakur's estate.

Durjan kills Thakur and when he learns of his plans to sign over the estate to Karan and Arjun, he brutally murders both with his brothers-in-law Nahar and Shamsher. Durga worships Goddess Kali to bring her sons back. Miraculously, her prayers are heard and the two are reincarnated, but are separated and grown into different families unaware of their past lives – Durga is unaware of this miracle.

=== 20 years later ===
Arjun is reincarnated as Vijay and falls in love with the wealthy Sonia Saxena; she also loves him but her wedding is fixed to Durjan's son Suraj. Meanwhile, Karan is reborn as Ajay. He is chased upon by tomboy Bindiya who loves him, and soon works for Govind—Sonia's father and Durjan's partner in his illegal arms trading business. Knowing that Sonia loves Vijay, Suraj attempts to kill him.

Vijay attacks him. Ajay is sent to kill Vijay; they start to fight, that is suddenly interrupted after a bolt of lightning strikes in between them. Govind tries to shoot Vijay; Ajay stops him whilst shouting for Vijay to run. This is something that Ajay said to Vijay in their past when he was attacked. Ajay is prisoned; Vijay escapes. Sonia is forcibly taken to Durjan's house to marry Suraj.

Vijay and his friend Linghaiyya travel to save Sonia. Everybody is stunned and calls him Arjun. He finally remembers his past life and reunites with Durga, where he gets to know about his brother Karan who is now Ajay. Vijay saves Ajay and explains the whole situation that they were brothers named Karan and Arjun. Meanwhile, Bindiya joins them.

Durjan hears about Karan and Arjun's return but refuses to believe it. Nahar and Shamsher attempt to bring them before him but instead get killed by Ajay and Vijay in a similar way as they killed the two brothers. Karan (Ajay) and Arjun (Vijay) frighten Durjan by convincing that they're back. Govind and Durjan have a falling out, in which Govind tells Sonia to run away with Vijay, but it's actually a trap.

Ajay succeeds in creating chaos, letting Vijay and Sonia escape from the trap. Vijay shoots Suraj to death, and Durjan kills Govind in a fit of rage. He attempts to shoot Ajay and Vijay but instead they beat him up. He begs forgiveness from Durga but Ajay and Vijay take their revenge by killing him on her order. Later, Vijay marries Sonia, Ajay marries Bindiya and the whole family is united.

== Cast ==

* [[Shahrukh Khan]] as Arjun Singh / Vijay
* [[Salman Khan]] as Karan Singh / Ajay
* [[Mamta Kulkarni]] as Bindiya
* [[Kajol]] as Sonia Saxena
* [[Raakhee Gulzar]] as Durga Singh
* [[Amrish Puri]] as Thakur Durjan Singh, the main antagonist
* [[Johnny Lever]] as Linghaiyya Tripuri, Vijay's best friend
* [[Ranjeet]] as Mr. Govind Saxena, Sonia's father and Durjan's crime partner
* [[Aasif Sheikh]] as Suraj Singh, Sonia's former fiancé and Durjan's son
* [[Ashok Saraf]] as Badal Munshi a.k.a. Munshiji
* [[Jack Gaud]] as Shamsher Singh, Durjan's brother-in-law
* [[Arjun (Firoz Khan)|Arjun]] as Nahar Singh, Durjan's brother-in-law
* [[Gavin Packard]] as Surakwal Rishmore, the fighter with red pants
* [[Ila Arun]] in "Gup Chup" song as Sunehrika Kalwani,Rajasthani Dancer
* [[Kishore Bhanushali]] as Zakir Sahmed, Bindiya's lover
* [[Suresh Chatwal]] as Girdhari Singhania, Ajay's alcoholic father
* [[Salim Khan]] Ding-Dong as Fight Organiser
* [[John Gabriel (actor)|John Gabriel]] as Peter
* [[Dinesh Hingoo]] as Peston
* [[Raj Kishore]] as Jugal
* [[Anil Nagrath]] as Fight Organiser
* [[Ghanshyam Rohera]] as Ashu Bakshi
* [[Babbanlal Yadav]] as Deepak Shukla

== Production ==
=== Casting ===
[[Rakesh Roshan]] originally wanted to make the film with [[Shah Rukh Khan]] and [[Ajay Devgn]] as the titular characters. However, both wanted to play different roles to the ones offered to them; Khan wanted to play Karan, while Devgn wanted to play Arjun. Roshan did not agree, and, as a result, both backed out of the film. Roshan's next choices for the leads were [[Aamir Khan]] and [[Salman Khan]]. While Salman agreed to do the film, Aamir could not do it. Shah Rukh then told Roshan that he wanted to do the film.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Seta|first=Fenil|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|title=25 Years Of Karan Arjun EXCLUSIVE: "Shah Rukh came back to me when he found out that Salman and Aamir Khan have shown interest" – Rakesh Roshan|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/25-years-karan-arjun-exclusive-shah-rukh-came-back-found-salman-aamir-khan-shown-interest-rakesh-roshan/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Republic World}}</ref> Thus, the casting of the film brought together Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan for the first time onscreen, two prominent actors of that time.

[[Hrithik Roshan]] assisted his father during this film, having assisted him in his previous movies .<ref name="production2">{{cite web|title=Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan & Hrithik Roshan on the sets of Karan Arjun in 1995|url=http://www.oneshotoneplace.com/2011/09/13/shah-rukh-khansalman-khan-and-hrithik-roshan-in-1995/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102005032/http://www.oneshotoneplace.com/2011/09/13/shah-rukh-khansalman-khan-and-hrithik-roshan-in-1995/|archive-date=2 January 2012|work=One Shot One Place|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== Filming ===
The whole film was shot in [[Rajasthan]]. More specifically, the village which is portrayed in the film is one of the villages of [[Alwar]] District of Rajasthan, named [[Bhangarh]].<ref name="production2" /> The Durga temple where Karan Arjun pray in the song is located at [[Pushkar]] near [[Ajmer]].<ref name="production2" /> Sariska Palace was used as Thakur Durjan Singh's house.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bollylocations.com/movies/Karan-Arjun|title=Bollywood Movie Karan Arjun Shooting Location|website=www.bollylocations.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-05-25}}</ref>

== Box office ==
''Karan Arjun'' was the [[List of highest-grossing Indian films|second-highest-grossing Indian film of 1995]], before ''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]'', which also starred [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Kajol]] and [[Amrish Puri]].<ref name="boi95">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=201&catName=MTk5NQ==|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130220613/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=201&catName=MTk5NQ==|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2009|title=Box Office 1995|website=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> Worldwide ''Karan Arjun'' grossed {{INR|450 million}}.<ref name="boi95" /><ref name="exchange95">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/ |title=32.418074 INR per USD in 1995 |access-date=3 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713183556/https://www.ofx.com/en-gb/forex-news/historical-exchange-rates/yearly-average-rates/ |archive-date=13 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Overseas, the film grossed $500,000 ({{INR|15.8 million}}).<ref>{{cite web|title=TOP OVERSEAS GROSSERS 1995|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/overseas-total-gross.php?year=1995|website=[[Box Office India]]|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref>

== Home Media ==
The film has also been released on VHD, VCD and DVD formats for home media. It has not seen a release on Blu-ray Disc or subsequent media formats, apart from YouTube.

== Awards ==

=== [[Filmfare Awards]] ===
{|class="wikitable"
! Category || Recipient's and Winners || For || Results
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|Sanjay Varma
|Best Editor
|rowspan="2"{{won}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Action|Best Action]]
|Bhiku Varma
|Best Actions
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Movie|Best Movie]]
|[[Rakesh Roshan]]
|Best movie
|rowspan="8"{{nom}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|[[Rakesh Roshan]]
|Best film director
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|[[Salman Khan]]
|Best Actor in lead role
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
|[[Rajesh Roshan]]
|Best music direction
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Performance in a Comic Role]]
|[[Johnny Lever]]
|Best actor in comic role
|-
|Nominated—[[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role]]
|[[Ashok Saraf]]
|Best actor in comic role
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|[[Rakhee Gulzar|Rakhee]]
|Best actress in supporting role
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role|Best Performance in a Negative Role]]
|[[Amrish Puri]]
|Best actor in nagative role
|-
|}

=== [[Screen Awards]] ===
{|class="wikitable"
! Category || Recipient's and Winners || For || Results
|-
|[[Screen Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
|[[Rajesh Roshan]]
|Best film direction
|rowspan="2"{{won}}
|-
|[[Star Screen Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|[[Salman Khan]]
|Best actor in lead role
|-
|}

== Music ==
The music and background score were composed by [[Rajesh Roshan]] and lyrics for all the songs were penned by [[Indeevar]]. The music rights were originally bought by Time Magnetics (now [[Tips Industries|Tips Music]]). Song "Bhangra Paale" remake 2020's movie [[Bhangra Paa Le]]
{| class="wikitable"
! Title !! Singer(s) !! Featuring !! Length
|-
| "Yeh Bandhan Toh"
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Udit Narayan]] & [[Alka Yagnik]]
|[[Rakhee Gulzar]], [[Salman Khan]] & [[Shah Rukh Khan]]
| 05:40
|-
| "Yeh Bandhan Toh" (2)
| [[Udit Narayan]]
| [[Rakhee Gulzar]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]] & [[Mamta Kulkarni]]
| 01:38
|-
| "Bhangra Paale"
| [[Sadhana Sargam]], [[Mohammed Aziz]] & [[Sudesh Bhosle]]
| [[Rakhee Gulzar]], [[Salman Khan]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Mamta Kulkarni]] & [[Johnny Lever]]
| 07:07
|-
| "Ek Munda"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| [[Salman Khan]] & [[Mamta Kulkarni]]
| 07:38
|-

| "Jai Maa Kaali"
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Alka Yagnik]] & [[Amrish Puri]]
| [[Salman Khan]], [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Mamta Kulkarni]], [[Kajol]] & [[Amrish Puri]]
| 07:07
|-
| "Gup Chup Gup Chup" For [[Mink Singh]]
| [[Alka Yagnik]] & [[Ila Arun]]
| [[Mamta Kulkarni]] & Sheela R.
| 06:02
|-
| "Jaati Hoon Main"
| [[Kumar Sanu]] & [[Alka Yagnik]]
| [[Shah Rukh Khan]] & [[Kajol]]
| 06:24
|}

Additionally, the themes from ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day|The Terminator 2]]'' and ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' were featured throughout the film, especially during fight & jail scenes.

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0113526}}

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