1996; COL; Hindustani; 35mm; 4243.43 Mtrs; 13923 Fts; 155 Mins; 16 Reels; CC.No.B-32 Dated; 06/06/96; Catg: U

BANNER
Bhatt Production

CREDIT TITLES
Production: Robin Bhatt, Viral Lakhia
Direction: Mahesh Bhatt
Story, Screenplay & Dialogue: Robin Bhatt, Akash Khurana, Javed Siddiqui
Cinematography: Ashok Behl
Audiography: Rakesh Ranjan
Editing: Bharat
Lyrics: Niraj, Nida Fazli, Dev Kohli, Maya Govind
Art Direction: Gappa Chakraborty
Music: Anu Malik Choreography: Saroj Khan, Raju Khan, Nimesh Bhatt,
Make-Up: Sadanand Shedge Costumes: Madhav's Men's Modes, Gauri Khan, Anna Singh, Masculine, Anja San, Neeta Lulla, Bada Saab
Action: Akbar Bakshi Make-up: Sadanand Shedge-Dattu, Ravi Indulkar (Shah Rukh Khan)
Stills: Exposure (Shirajbhai Shaikh) Processed At: Film Center Studio: Filmalaya, Chandivali Studio, Natraj Studio, Filmistan Studio
Records: Tips Cassettes & Records Company

PLAYBACK SINGERS
Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, Vinod Rathod, Sudesh Bhonsale, Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Devang Patel, Shankar Mahadevan

CAST
Naseeruddin Shah (Ajay Narang)
Shah Rukh Khan (Roop)
Pooja Bhatt (Zindagi)
Ramya Krishnan (Reshma)
Anupam Kher (Shambhu Rathod)
Mushtaq Khan (Friendly Appearance)
Avtar Gill Pankaj
Berry Rajni Bala
Gagan Gupta
Shrivallabh
Vyas Anant
Jog Razak Khan
Charlie
Nilofer
Amar Kuber
Basheer Khan
Ghansyam
Nayak Kanwar
Sen Yogi
Amrut Patel

SYNOPSIS
Shambhu Rathod (Anupam Kher) and his son Roop (Shah Rukh Khan) are two folk singers from Rajasthan who make their living by entertaining tourists at hotels in Jaipur. The father's complaint of a nagging cough turns out to be throat cancer and they leave for Bombay to find a cure.

They arrive in Bombay and admit Shambhu into the hospital. Roop goes looking for his friend from the village who is works in a five star hotel. On arriving there he finds the birthday bash of hotel owner Ajay Narang's (Naseerudin Shah) sister Reshma (Ramya) in progress. Roop gets a chance to sing and entertain them that night and Ajay Narang and his sister take a liking to Roop and even offer him a job as a singer in their hotel.

On his way back, Roop encounters a beautiful girl who saves him from getting knocked down by a speeding car. He forgets to ask her name so he names her 'Zindagi'. In hospital, Shambhu Rathod meets a lively nurse Pooja (Pooja Bhatt) and feels strongly that she is the right daughter-in-law. Meanwhile Roop is in love with his Zindagi (Pooja) and proposes marriage to her.

Reshma starts falling obsessively in love with Roop and she uses her brother's power to coerce him into loving her. Roop is forced to sell his heart, his voice and his love to Ajay Narang because he needs money to save his father's life.