Judaai (1997 film)

Judaai
Poster
Directed byRaj Kanwar
Written byPrakash Raj
S.V. Krishna Reddy
Jainendra Jain
Based onSubhalagnam by S. V. Krishna Reddy
Produced bySurinder Kapoor
Boney Kapoor
StarringAnil Kapoor
Sridevi
Urmila Matondkar
Narrated byAmitabh Bachchan
CinematographyHarmeet Singh
Edited byWaman Bhonsle
Music byNadeem-Shravan
Distributed byS.K. Film Enterprises
Eros Entertainment
Release date
  • 28 February 1997 (1997-02-28)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹6.30 crore[1]
Box office₹28.77 crore[2]

Judaai (transl. Separation) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Raj Kanwar. It stars Anil Kapoor, Sridevi and Urmila Matondkar. Kader Khan, Farida Jalal, Johnny Lever, Paresh Rawal, Upasana Singh and Saeed Jaffrey feature in supporting roles. Poonam Dhillon makes a special appearance. A remake of the 1994 Telugu movie Subhalagnam which was inspired by the 1991 Kannada film Ajagajantara [3] and the 1993 American movie Indecent Proposal,[4] the plot revolves around the travails of a greedy wife Kajal (Sridevi), who lured by wealth, convinces her husband (Kapoor) to marry a second time.

Some portions of the movie were filmed in Thun, Switzerland. Upon release, the film was a major commercial success grossing ₹28.77 crores against its ₹6.30 crores budget, becoming the Eighth highest grossing Indian film of 1997. The film was widely praised for the performances of the lead actresses.[5]

  1. ^ "Judaai". boxofficeindia. BOI. Retrieved 7 April 2017. Budget: ₹6,00,00,000
  2. ^ "Judaai". boxofficeindia. BOI. Retrieved 7 April 2017. Worldwide Gross: 28,04,75,000
  3. ^ "Veteran Kannada film actor Kashinath passes away". The New Indian Express. 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  4. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B81QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LxUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5398%2C4058215
  5. ^ "Images '97". Screen. 2 January 1998. Archived from the original on 10 January 1998. Retrieved 18 May 2021.