Aa Ab Laut Chalen
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| Directed by | Rishi Kapoor |
| Produced by |
Rajiv Kapoor Randhir Kapoor Rishi Kapoor |
| Written by |
Sachin Bhowmick (screenplay) Rumi Jaffrey (story & dialogues) Raju Saigal (scenario) |
| Starring |
Rajesh Khanna Akshaye Khanna Aishwarya Rai Suman Ranganathan |
| Music by | Nadeem-Shravan |
| Cinematography | Sameer Arya |
| Edited by | Rajiv Kapoor |
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Release date
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January 22, 1999 |
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Running time
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178 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Aa Ab Laut Chalen (translation: Come, Let's Go Back) is a 1999 Bollywood romantic drama musical directed by Rishi Kapoor making his directorial debut and also remains the only film he had directed in his career. The film's script was written by Sachin Bhowmick and Rumi Jaffery. The film premiered in India and the United States on 22 January 1999. It starred Rajesh Khanna, Akshaye Khanna and Aishwarya Rai and was the last production of R. K. Films. The film performed poorly at the box office.
Rohan Khanna (Akshaye Khanna) is a jobless graduate living with his grandfather (Alok Nath) and his mother (Moushumi Chatterjee). Rohan has been tirelessly looking for a decent job without success. One day, Rohan's neighbour, Ranjit arrives. He lives in America, owns a motel, a perfect living and is married to an American woman. Ranjit wishes to keep his parents in America to live in peace. After listening to Rohan's desire for a job, he suggests that Rohan should also move to America. Looking at Ranjit's success, Rohan is immediately persuaded. He tells his mother and grandfather of his wish and they are abruptly reminded of Rohan's late father, Balraj Khanna (Rajesh Khanna) who left his wife and son for America after a bitter argument with his father. Prior to leaving for America though, Balraj died in a bus accident, leaving Rohan orphaned and his mother widowed. To avoid the same fate for Rohan as his father's, Rohan's grandfather prepares Rohan's visa for America.
Rohan arrives in America and immediately meets Sardar Khan (Kader Khan), a Pakistani man who drives a taxi. Rohan's good manners and friendly personality wins Sardar over as he drives Rohan to Ranjit's motel. Rohan did not have any spare cash to pay Sardar so he asked Sardar to wait while he asked Ranjit for the taxi fare. He is shocked when Ranjit does not pay his fare or give him a place to stay saying that Rohan should help himself. Rohan also discovers that Ranjit's parents are working at the motel and facing verbal abuse from his wife. Sardar offers Rohan a place to stay much to the dismay of his roommate, Iqbal Singh (Jaspal Bhatti), a Punjabi man from India. Rohan is allowed to stay with Iqbal and Sardar with the persuasion of Chaurasia (Satish Kaushik. Chaurasia runs an Indian restaurant and betel leaf shop. Rohan is given a job as a taxi driver. One day, he picks up a young Indian woman named Pooja (Aishwarya Rai) at the airport. She has just arrived in America to live with her older brother and his wife. To her shock, her brother only brought her because his boss had seen a picture her and had fallen for her. Pooja's brother insists that she should marry his boss. In anger, she leaves his house without money and nowhere to go. Rohan sees Pooja crying and offers her a place to stay with Iqbal and Sardar.
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