Chandni
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| Directed by | Yash Chopra |
| Produced by | Yash Chopra T. Subbarami Reddy |
| Written by |
Kamna Chandra Umesh Kalbagh Arun Kaul Sagar Sarhadi |
| Starring |
Sridevi Rishi Kapoor Vinod Khanna |
| Music by | Shiv-Hari |
| Cinematography | Manmohan Singh |
| Edited by | Keshav Naidu |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
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187 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Chandni (Translation: Moonlight) is a 1989 Indian Hindi language romantic drama film, starring Sridevi in the titular character alongside Rishi Kapoor and Vinod Khanna as male leads. It was directed by Yash Chopra in a screenplay by Kamna Chandra , Arun Kaul , Sagar Sarhadi and Umesh Kalbagh
Chandni was a great success in 1989 and is considered one of the most successful films of all time. The profits of this musical brought an end to Chopra's lean phase. The platinum success of its music was also instrumental in bringing music back into Hindi films.
For the cast, the film reaffirmed Sridevi's position as the top female star of the 1980s. It prolonged Rishi Kapoor's fading career and showed that he was still profitable as a leading hero. Chandni provided a boost for Vinod Khanna's career and reunited Kapoor and Khanna, who last performed together in the popular Amar Akbar Anthony (1977). Sridevi's white costumes became popular as the 'Chandni Look,' and the songs of the film are still a rage. Though this was not the first time Yash Chopra shot a film in Switzerland, the extensive scenes shot there made it a popular tourist destination for Indians.
Chandni won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film of 1989 and is regarded as one of the Yash Chopra's best films.
Rohit (Rishi Kapoor) meets Chandni (Sridevi) at a wedding of her relative and falls instantly in love with her. He pursues her relentlessly until she agrees to date him. Eventually they become engaged to be married. His family is very much against this because of the difference in their social status, but Rohit doesn't care. One day, Rohit calls Chandni and asks her to wait for him on the terrace of her house. As she's waiting, the afternoon's silence is broken by the roaring blades of a helicopter. Rohit appears and proceeds to shower Chandni in red rose petals from the copter. When he disappears, she is surrounded again by silence, but she has a feeling something has happened.
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