Amerian Dreams Indian Soul
1997; COL; Hindustani; 35mm; 5236.45 Mtrs; 17181 Fts; 191 Mins; 21 Reels; CC.No.MU-26 Dated:15/07/97; Catg: U

BANNER
Mukta Arts P. Ltd.
6, Bashiron, TPS III, 28th Road,
Bandra (W), Mumbai - 400 050

CREDIT TITLES
Production, Direction, Story & Screenplay: Subhash Ghai
Dialogue: Javed Siddiqui
Cinematography: Kabir Lal
Audiography: Rakesh Ranjan
Song Recording: Vikram Joglekar
Editing: Renu Saluja
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Art Direction: R. Verman
Music: Nadeem-Shravan
Make-Up: Kiran Naik
Costumes: Masculine, Madhav's Men's Modes, Gabbana Fashions Pvt. Ltd.
Spl.Effects: Ramesh Meer
Choreography: Saroj Khan, Ahmed Khan
Stills: Sterling Publicity
Processed At: Ad Labs Pvt. Ltd.,
Records: Tips Cassettes & Records Company

PLAYBACK SINGERS
Alka Yagnik, Chitra Datta, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Sabri Jaipuri, Aditya Narayan, Sonu Nigam, Hema Sardesai

CAST
Shah Rukh Khan (Arjun)
Amrish Puri (Kishorilal)
Mahima Chaudhry (Kusum Ganga)
Apurva Agnihotri (Rajiv)
Alok Nath (Father of Ganga)
Himani Shivpuri (Mother of Ganga)
Padmavati Rao
Pawan Malhotra
Madhuri Bhatia
Dina Pathak
Benu Kalsi
Smita Jayakar
Aditya Narayan
Prachi
Deepak Qazir
Anand Balraj
Sukhwinder
Shashi Sharma

SYNOPSIS
Kishorilal (Amrish Puri), who emigrated from India to the US 35 years ago, is a billionaire today. But he still retains his Indian values and roots. So he comes to India looking for a bride for his only son Rajiv (Apurva Agnihotri) and finds his childhood friend's daughter, Kusum Ganga (Mahima Chaudhry).

When he returns to the US, he sends Rajiv along with his adopted son Arjun (Shah Rukh Khan) to India to approve the girl. Both come to India, approve the girl and Arjun gets Rajiv engaged to Ganga.

Ganga comes to America with dreams in her eyes but her dreams are soon shattered as she finds herself unable to adapt to the American style of living and to her Americanized to-be-husband's casual flirtations. As the tensions increase, she draws closer to the 'matchmaker', Arjun (Shah Rukh), who seems to be the only one who loves her unconditionally and understands her plight. Her growing friendship with Arjun irks the other members of Rajiv's family and they begin to sow the seeds of suspicion in Kishorilal's mind.

Kishorilal gives Arjun a promotion and his expensive sports car and sends him away from the city on the pretext of a meeting. In the meanwhile, Ganga and Rajiv go for a pre-marital honeymoon to Las Vegas. There, drunk and abusive, Rajiv tries to rape her when she does not entertain his advances.

The soft corner that she always had for Arjun now develops into love as she sees the difference between her suitor and him. After the incident in Las Vegas, Ganga flees from Rajiv and Arjun ends up helping her. Both parents are against the match, but in an emotionally-charged finale shot at the Fatehpur Sikri the truth is exposed and the parents finally relent.