Henna Movie is a 1991 Indian romance drama film, writer Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, producer and directer Randhir Kapoor, and starring his brother Rishi Kapoor, along with Pakistani actress Zeba Bakhtiyar in the title role and Ashwini Bhave. It was shot in Kashmir. This film was planned and started by legendary director Raj Kapoor, but due to his demise during the filming, the remaining portions were directer is his eldest son Randhir.
It is considered as the last film of Raj Kapoor. The dialogues of the film were written by the acclaimed Pakistani writer Haseena Moin. The film was a critical and a commercial success and was also India’s submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
- Directer: Randhir Kapoor,Raj Kapoor
- Producer: Randhir Kapoor,Rajiv Kapoor
- Writer: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas,Jainendra Jain,V.P. Sathe,Hasina Moin
- Starring: Rishi Kapoor,Zeba Bakhtiar,Ashwini Bhave
- Narrater: Shammi Kapoor
- Music: Ravindra Jain
- Cinematography: Radhu Karmakar
- Editer: Jeethu Mandal
- Production company: R.K. Studios Chembur
- Distributer: R.K. Films Ltd.Digital Entertainment
- Art Direction: Suresh Sawant
- Makeup Department : Milind Chauhan,Prashant Chavan
- Production Management: Balaram Bhardwaj,V.S. Mahadevan
- Special Effects: S.A. Azim,Syed Galib
- Action Director: Veeru Devgan
- Genres: Drama,Romance,Musical
- Release date: 28 June 1991
- Running time: 184 minutes
- Country: India
- Language: Hindi
- Budget : 4 crore
Henna Movie Story:
Chander Prakash (Rishi Kapoor), who lives in Srinagar, is about to get engaged to Chandni (Ashwini Bhave) (whom he calls Chand) On the day of his engagement, he meets with an accident and mistakenly strays into the Pakistani side of Kashmir. A native girl, Henna (Zeba Bakhtiar), falls in love with him, amidst the controversial Indian-Pakistani tension on Kashmir, which leads him to be suspected by the Pakistani police of being an Indian spy.
Beautiful Henna Khan lives the life of a gypsy near the river Jhelum, in Pakistan with her widowed dad, Khan Baba and three brothers, Ashraf, Razzak, and Zaman. One day she comes across an unconscious man who has been washed ashore. Khan Baba, Bibi Gul, and Henna take this male in, nurse him back to health, only to find out that he has lost his memory. The man, in his sleep, cries out the name of “Chand”, and everyone starts calling him by that name. Soon he is well enough to walk around and starts working for Bibi and helping her make clay pots. Henna falls in love with him and would like to marry him, much to the chagrin of Daroga Shahbaaz Khan (Raza Murad), who has already been married twice, but according to Shariat law, he can marry twice more. Khan Baba arranges the marriage of Henna and Chand and a day is set for the marriage. On the day of marriage Chand regains his memory. The trio finds out that Chand is neither a Muslim nor from Pakistan. In fact, he is from India and strayed over to Pakistan during a car accident. The tribe decides to create safe passage for Chand to get back home.
The first attempt is foiled due to one of the brothers colluding with Shahbaaz Khan. The second attempt succeeds, but Henna is killed in the climax.The film ends with Chander asking why war happens.
Star Cast Of The Movie:
- Rishi Kapoor as……. Chander Prakash
- Zeba Bakhtiar as………… Henna Khan
- Ashwini Bhave as…………. Chandni Kaul
- Saeed Jaffrey as……….. Khan Baba
- Farida Jalal as…………. Bibi Gul
- Kiran Kumar as……….. Ashraf
- Dilip Dhawan as………… Razzaq
- Arun Verma as……….. Zaman
- Arun Bakshi as………… Constable Nawabdin
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as……….. Mr. Kaul
- Reema Lagoo as…………. Mrs. Kaul
- Raza Murad as………… Daroga Shahbaz Khan
- Shafi Inamdar as………… Superintendent
- Mohnish Behl as……….. Capt. Surendra
Henna Movie Songs / Music :
- “Bedardi Tere Pyar Ne”……… Lata Mangeshkar
- “Vash Malle”…….. Mohammed Aziz
- “Anar Dana”………… Lata Mangehskar
- “Marhaba Sayyedi”………….. Mohammed Aziz
- “Main Hoon Khushrang Henna”…… (Happy) Lata Mangeshkar
- “Main Der Karta Nahin”………. Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar
- “Chitthiye Ni Dard Firaaq Valiye”…………… Lata Mangeshkar
- “Der Na Ho Jaye Kahin”………….. Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar, Mohd. Sayeed, Farid Sabri, Satish
- “Janewale O Janewale”……………. Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar
“Der Na Ho Jaye Kahin” Song :
- Singer : Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar, Mohd. Sayeed, Farid Sabri, Satish
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