Rahul (film)

Rahul
DVD cover
Directed by	Prakash Jha
Produced by	] Subhash Ghai
Screenplay by	Anuradha Tiwari
Starring	Jatin Grewal Neha Rajeshwari Sachdev
Music by	Anu Malik
Cinematography	Arvind K.
Edited by	Onir
Distributed by	Mukta Arts
Release dates	6 April 2001
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	$32,000

Rahul is an Indian film directed and produced by Prakash Jha.^[1] The film stars Neha, Neena Kulkarni and Gulshan Grover are in leadroles.

Synopsis

Mira (Neha) comes from a very wealthy family, however, she wants to get married to Akash Sharma (Jatin Grewal), who is not so wealthy. Against the wishes of her mother (Neena Kulkarni) and brother, Mira gets married to Akash. Akash and Mira start a life full of love. Once Rahul (Yash Pathak) is born Mira's family forgives them. Akash has his own small business of travel. He is dedicated towards work but would not earn money by cheating. On Rahul's first birthday Akash gives Mira the permission of inviting her family. At the venue Mira's family comes along and Mira's brother (Manish Wadhwa) insults Akash to the core. This infuriates Akash and he hits Mira's brother. Mira asks Akash to ask forgiveness from his brother which the former refuses. Mira's family forcibly takes her away from Akash. She is also forced to leave behind her son Rahul. Akash and Mira get divorced in the court and fearing that Akash might take her life in absence of Rahul, Mira is forced to give the custody of her only child to Akash, until he is at least 5 years old.

Rahul who had been so long living with his father misses his mother very much. His father has infiltrated the idea in him that his mother is very bad. However, he finds out from John uncle (Gulshan Grover) that Mira is very good and that she lives in Mahabaleshwar with her parents. Rahul secretly goes and meets her, after which he finds out that his mother is very loving and caring towards him. Rahul and Mira continue to meet each other secretly. Meanwhile Rahul falls ill quite often, which leads others including the family doctor to suggest that Akash goes for a second marriage with Shiela (Rajeshwari Sachdev). Shiela too cares for Rahul. Akash initially refuses but eventually agrees for the sake of Rahul. Rahul likes Shiela but cannot take her to be his mother. Mira comes to know the fact that Akash is getting ready for a second marriage. Mira's family also wants her to get married to Naveen (Mahesh Thakur).

One day Akash finds out that Mira and Rahul are in touch. He forces the kid to tell Mira that he hates her. This creates a tremendous pressure on Rahul's mind who gets drenched in rain and falls sick. This leads Akash and Mira to come to the hospital and confront each other. Mira then realizes that her family had been selfish all along and that Akash wasn't at fault. After Rahul is saved, the two get united for the sake of Rahul.

Cast

• Yash Pathak as Rahul Sharma
• Jatin Grewal as Akash Sharma
• Shabana Raza (Screen name: Neha) as Mira Singh
• Rajeshwari Sachdev as Sheila
• Mahesh Thakur as Naveen Malhotra
• Gulshan Grover as Uncle John
• Parikshat Sahni as Doctor Uncle
• Manish Wadhwa as Rohit
• Neena Kulkarni as Mrs. Singh
• Anil Nagrath
• Eesha Koppikhar as Special Appearance in item number
• Tanvi Hegde as Isha
• Meghna Tiwari
• Umaji Rane
• Vilas Manohar Paranjape
• Siddharth Sharma
• Sumeet Kumar
• Rita Joshi
• Rachana Acharya
• John Phanse
• Hemanth Gadkar
• Sudhir Mishra
• Surendra Sathi
• Suresh Sinha
• Mr. Dorrabji
• Ramji Gautam

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Anu Malik while the lyrics are penned by Anand Bakshi.

Track listing

References

External links

• Rahul at the Internet Movie Database