Karan Arjun

Karan Arjun
Release poster
करण अर्जुन
Directed by	Rakesh Roshan
Produced by	Rakesh Roshan
Written by	Sachin Bhowmick Ravi Kapoor Anwar Khan
Starring	Salman Khan Shah Rukh Khan Kajol Mamta Kulkarni Raakhee Amrish Puri Aashif Sheikh Arjun Ranjeet
Music by	Rajesh Roshan
Cinematography	Kaka Thakur
Edited by	Sanjay Verma
Production company	Film Kraft
Distributed by	Digital Entertainment (DEI) Eros Entertainment Rapid Eye Movies
Release date	13 January 1995
Running time	169 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹6 crore (US$890,000)
Box office	₹42.06 crore (US$6.3 million)

Karan Arjun is a 1995 Indian action thriller drama film starring Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Raakhee, Mamta Kulkarni, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Aashif Sheikh and Ranjeet. The film was directed by Rakesh Roshan and written by Ravi Kapoor and Sachin Bhowmick. Karan Arjun is a mix of an upbeat Bollywood musical, religious overtones and an action movie. The film was the second highest grossing Hindi film of 1995 after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge which also starred Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol.

Durga Singh (Raakhee) is a poor woman raising her two beloved sons Karan Singh (Salman Khan), the eldest and Arjun Singh (Shah Rukh Khan), the youngest. When Munim of an aging Thakur comes to talk to Durga, Karan and Arjun learn that their father is dead. Durga reveals that their father was the Thakur's son, who had married her against his father's wishes. Durjan Singh (Amrish Puri), a relative of Thakur, killed Durga's husband to prevent him, Durga, or their sons from inheriting the Thakur's estate. Karan and Arjun learn from her that the dying Thakur wants to give his estate to his grandchildren before dying as it is their birthright.

Durjan kills Thakur revealing him that he did kill his son all those years ago and when he learns of his plans to sign over the estate to Karan and Arjun. He then brutally murders both Karan and Arjun by ambushing them with the help of his brothers-in law Nahar (Arjun) and Shamsher (Jack Gaud) in front of Durga. Durga cannot accept that her sons have died and prays to Goddess Kali to bring them back. Miraculously, Durga's prayers are heard and her sons are reborn but into different families with no knowledge of their past lives – Durga is unaware of this miracle. For 20 years she keeps persuading the people of her village that Karan and Arjun will come back. Durjan and his family mockingly give her garlands to put on the picture of Karan and Arjun. Durga vows to place the garlands over their dead bodies.