Ek Tha Raja

1996 Indian film

12 January 1996 (1996-01-12)

Running time

163 minsCountryIndiaLanguageHindi

Ek Tha Raja is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Dayal Nihalani. It stars Aditya Pancholi, Sunil Shetty, Saif Ali Khan, Neelam, Pratibha Sinha, Indrani Banerjee in lead roles, with Kader Khan, Aruna Irani, Shakti Kapoor, Aloknath, Mohan Joshi, Avtar Gill in other supporting roles.^[1]

Plot

Lalchand Dogra lives in a palatial house with his wife, Anjana, and three sons, Sunny Dogra, Raj Dogra, and Jay Dogra. Due to circumstances beyond their control, all get separated, with Lalchand himself ending up serving time in prison for several years. Years later, Lalchand is released from jail and sets out to find his family and try to put the rest of his life together. What he does not know that Jay has been adopted by the Commissioner of Police, Paramjeet Singh, and is currently looking at ways to get Lalchand back in prison; Sunny has been hired as his bodyguard; and Raj has just received a contract to kill Lalchand at any cost. It looks like the Dogra family is headed for another separation - this time permanent. But, later the Dogra family gets reunited but at loss of Raj in quest to save his father and brothers.

Cast

Aditya Pancholi as Raj Dogra
Sunil Shetty as Jay Dogra
Saif Ali Khan as Sunny Dogra
Neelam as Shilpa
Pratibha Sinha as Kitty
Indrani Banerjee as Jyoti
Kader Khan as Lalchand Dogra
Aruna Irani as Anjana Dogra
Shakti Kapoor as Lakhpat
Aloknath as Police Commissioner Paramjeet Singh
Mohan Joshi as Baba
Avtar Gill as Iqbal
Shiva Rindani as Chhote
Rana Jung Bahadur as Minister

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Anand–Milind and the lyrics were penned by Sameer.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Dekh Zara Paas"	Abhijeet, Jyoti
2	"Sawan Ki Raaton Mein"	Abhijeet, Kavita Krishnamurthy
3	"Topi Topi"	Abhijeet, Jolly Mukherjee, Poornima
4	"Hum Hai Kahan"	Abhijeet, Sadhana Sargam
5	"Kaun Hai"	Usha Uthup
6	"Halka Halka Chhaya"	Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam
7	"Mere Khwabowale Raja"	Sunita Rao