Chaahat (1996 film)
| Chaahat चाहत چاہت |
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| Directed by | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Produced by |
Robin Bhatt Viral Lakhia |
| Written by |
Robin Bhatt Akash Khurana Javed Siddiqui |
| Starring |
Shah Rukh Khan Pooja Bhatt Naseeruddin Shah Anupam Kher Ramya Krishna |
| Music by | Anu Malik |
| Cinematography | Ashok Behl |
| Edited by | Bharat Singh |
| Distributed by | Bhatt Productions |
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Release date
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7 June 1996 |
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Running time
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146 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹5.25 crore (equivalent to ₹20 crore or US$3.0 million in 2016) |
| Box office | ₹12.48 crore (equivalent to ₹48 crore or US$7.1 million in 2016) |
Chaahat (Hindi: चाहत, Urdu: چاہت, translation: Desire) is a 1996 Bollywood romantic musical film by director Mahesh Bhatt. The cast of this film is Shahrukh Khan, Pooja Bhatt, Naseeruddin Shah, Ramya Krishna and Anupam Kher. Red Chillies acquired right of this film from Mahesh Bhatt in October 2013.
Roop Rathore (Shahrukh Khan) is a singer in Bombay just like his father (Anupam Kher), who is now sick and needs immediate medical care. One day, while he is singing at Ajay Narang's (Naseeruddin Shah) hotel, Ajay's sister Reshma (Ramya Krishnan) falls in love with Roop. Reshma is a spoiled girl and Ajay looks through all of her wishes. Unfortunately, Roop is in love with a doctor named Pooja (Pooja Bhatt). Meanwhile, Reshma is obsessed with Roop, and asks her brother to call him again to sing in their hotel. But when she sees that all the girls are flattered over Roop, she gets very angry, and asks him to sing only for her now onwards. However Roop prefers to work for the rival, Patel (Shri Vallabh Vyas) than take this offer. Ajay's obsession with keeping his sister happy at all costs comes into play and Patel is brutally beaten by him until he agrees to throw Roop out of his hotel. Desperately in need of money for his father's operation, Roop has no option but to agree with Reshma. Roop breaks up with Pooja.
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