Judwaa

Judwaa
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Dhawan
Written byRumi Jaffery
Story byE. V. V. Satyanarayana
Based onHello Brother by E. V. V. Satyanarayana
Produced bySajid Nadiadwala
StarringSalman Khan
Karisma Kapoor
Rambha
CinematographyW. B. Rao
Music byAnu Malik
Koti (Background score)
Distributed byNadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Release date
  • 7 February 1997 (7 February 1997)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget6.25 crore[1]
Box office24.28 crore[1]

Judwaa (transl. Twins) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film, directed by David Dhawan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and starring Salman Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Rambha with Kader Khan, Dalip Tahil, Shakti Kapoor, Deepak Shirke, Anupam Kher, Satish Shah and Mukesh Rishi in supporting roles. It is a remake of the Telugu film Hello Brother (1994),[2] which in turn is inspired from the Hong Kong action comedy film Twin Dragons (1992) starring Jackie Chan.[3][2]

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  2. ^ a b "David Dhawan's blue-eyed boys". Rediff.com. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ Srinivas, S. V. (2005). "7. Hong Kong Action Film and the Career of the Telugu Mass Hero". In Morris, Meaghan; Li, Siu Leung; Chan, Stephen Ching-kiu (eds.). Hong Kong Connections: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 111–124 (112). ISBN 978-1-932643-19-0.