Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993 film)
| Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja रूप की रानी चोरों का राजा |
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| Directed by | Satish Kaushik |
| Produced by | Boney Kapoor |
| Written by | Javed Akhtar |
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Anil Kapoor Sridevi Anupam Kher Paresh Rawal Jackie Shroff Ram Sethi |
| Music by |
Laxmikant-Pyarelal Lyrics: Javed Akhtar |
| Cinematography | Baba Azmi |
| Edited by | Waman Bhonsle Gurudutt Shirali |
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190 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹9.2 crore (equivalent to ₹47 crore or US$7.3 million in 2016) |
| Box office | ₹2.7 crore (equivalent to ₹14 crore or US$2.1 million in 2016) |
Roop ki Rani Choron Ka Raja is a 1993 Bollywood film starring Anil Kapoor, Sri Devi, Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher and Johnny Lever. It was the highest budget film of that time. The film was directed by Satish Kaushik and written by Javed Akhtar. The project was announced in 1987 and was initially being directed by Shekhar Kapur, who left the project halfway through, he was subsequently replaced by Satish Kaushik, despite its massive budget, escalated by the delay, it flopped at the box office upon its release in 1993.
Actor Arshad Warsi, then a dancer-choreographer choreographed the title track for the film.
Jagmohan Lal aka Jugran is a crime lord who wants to climb up the crime ladder. Once, when Customs Officer Verma tries to nab him, he escapes. To save his skin, Jugran kills his twin brother Manmohan Lal and takes the identity of latter. The world is led to believe that Jugran is still on the run. Meanwhile, Jugran kills Verma and a Dr. Ashok, destroying both the families in process. While Verma's orphaned sons Ramesh and Ravi are separated from each other, Dr. Ashok's daughter Seema is left with her distraught mother, who has lost her sanity.
Many years later, Jugran has become a big name in underworld. He lives a double life as his twin brother Manmohan, who is highly respected in society. Meanwhile, Ravi Verma has become an Inspector and Ramesh has become a crook and a safecracker by the name of Romeo. While both the brothers are unaware of each other's identities, there is one things that binds them together: one has a lock, other has the only key that can open the lock. Seema too has become a crook called Simmi and her path starts crossing with Romeo's. Romeo is now working for Seth Girdharilal, who mentors many thieves and goons like him.
Only Ravi knows that Jugran killed his father. One day, Seema runs into "Manmohan", who realizes that he had killed her father. Jugran himself needs somebody to pull a Rs. 100 crore heist. He meets her as Jugran and tells her that he will need her help to find Romeo for the heist. Simmi hesitates, until Jugran reveals that he knows her fathers murderers identity. She catches upon Romeo and tries to seduce him, but Romeo berates her. Now, Simmi reveals her story to him. Romeo is surprised to see Simmi's mother, since it means that Simmi is actually his childhood sweetheart Seema.
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