Kartavya (1995 film)

Kartavya (English: Duty) is a 1995 Indian action film directed by Raj Kanwar, starring Sanjay Kapoor and Juhi Chawla. Divya Bharti was chosen as the female lead, she completed some 30 percent of the movie, but due to her sudden death she was replaced by Juhi. Rediff.com found the film "embarrassing".[1]

Kartavya
Directed byRaj Kanwar
Produced byRahul Gupta
Written byKamlesh Pandey (dialogues)
Screenplay byRanbir Pushp
StarringSanjay Kapoor
Juhi Chawla
Amrish Puri
Aruna Irani
Music byDilip Sen-Sameer Sen
CinematographyHarmeet Singh
Edited byA. Muthu
Production
company
Prime International
Release date
  • 29 July 1995 (1995-07-29) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Synopsis

Karan (Sanjay Kapoor) and Kajal (Juhi Chawla) are in love and ready to settle down and lead a happy life. But tragedy strikes as Karan's mother has a heart attack and before she dies, Karan discovers that she wasn't his real mother. He is told that his actual mother is an heiress, Gayatri Singh (Aruna Irani), who lives in Sundernagar. Karan sets out for Sundernagar to confront her and on reaching there, comes to know the tragic story of his mother's life. Her stepbrother, Ugranarayan Singh (Amrish Puri) had killed her husband and had her thrown in a mental asylum so that he can inherit all the wealth. Karan must now punish the people responsible for his mother's morbid state. Will Ugranarayan Singh be brought to justice? Can Karan and Kajal's love survive the fury of vengeance?

Cast

Music

Music was by Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen and lyrics were penned by Sameer.

  1. "Dhadakta Tha Pehle Dil Mera" - Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
  2. "Pyar Me Dil Kaa Murga" - Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
  3. "Ye Dil Ki Dhadkan Kya" - Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu
  4. "Paradesiyon Se Puchh" - Pankaj Udhas
  5. "Ek Baar Beta Mujhe" - Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam
  6. "Pardesiyo Se Puchh Puchh Royee Mai" - Sadhana Sargam, Sukhwinder Singh
  7. "Meri In Ankhon Mein" - Udit Narayan
  8. "Hame Kya Khabar Thee" - Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik
  9. "Roop Nagar Ki Rani" - Poornima
  10. "Ye Desi Mem Hai" - Vinod Rathod, Kavita Krishnamurthy
  11. "Ye Dil Ki Dhadkan" - Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik

Divya Bharti's death

Divya Bharti was scheduled to play the role of Kaajal, but due to her sudden death in April 1993, she was replaced by Juhi Chawla. Divya Bharti had done 30% of the shooting. Some images of Bharti which were taken during the shoot are available on the Web. Shahrukh Khan was supposed to play the hero opposite Divya Bharti. Dimple Kapadia has also signed the film to play the role of the mother, but she later refused due to Divya's Death. She had signed the role considering Divya as female lead, but after her death, Chawla was signed and Kapadia refused to play her mother-in-law, due to their age difference.

References
  1. "What made Raj Kanwar A Director To Reckon With : Jaan, 1996". Rediff.com. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2020.


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