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Akele Hum Akele Tum
Film poster
Directed byMansoor Khan
Written byMansoor Khan
Nasir Hussain (dialogue)
Based onKramer vs. Kramer
Produced byChampak Jain
Ratan Jain
StarringAamir Khan
Manisha Koirala
Adil Rizvi
CinematographyBaba Azmi
Edited byZafar Sultan
Music byAnu Malik
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Seven Combines
Release date
  • 30 November 1995 (1995-11-30)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹4.50 crore[1]
Box office₹12.37 crore[1]

Akele Hum Akele Tum (transl. I'm Alone, You're Alone) is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film starring Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala, and Master Adil. It was directed by Mansoor Khan. The music is by Anu Malik and the lyrics are by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The film is loosely based on the 1979 American film Kramer vs. Kramer.[2] Both Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala's performances were acclaimed; the latter also received a nomination in the Best Actress category at the 41st Filmfare Awards. Although the film was well received with critics, it did not connect with the audience.[3]

Plot

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Rohit Kumar (Aamir Khan) is an aspiring playback singer while Kiran (Manisha Koirala) is an ambitious classical singer-in-training. They meet, relate to each other's sentiments, fall in love and get married shortly. When Kiran's parents oppose their marriage, they decide to lead a separate life.

After marriage, Kiran's ambitions take a backseat to her household responsibilities and looking after their son. Time fails to abate Kiran's frustration until she decides to leave Rohit and start a new life all over again. Now single, Rohit is forced to look after both his son and his own failing career. After some obvious teething troubles, Rohit succeeds in creating a separate world for himself and his son, Sunil.

Meanwhile, Kiran becomes a huge film star. She tries to reconcile with Rohit but Rohit is a proud man and misinterprets her support as her pity and things become worse. A court case is eventually filed for the custody of Sunil.

Rohit faces a tough time preparing for the case as his financial position is not as sound as Kiran's. He sells his best songs at a very low price so that he can fight the custody battle. During the court battle, Kiran's lawyer Bhujbal (Paresh Rawal) uses every possible trick to show that Rohit does not deserve the custody of his child. He even uses the information that Rohit had told Kiran only because he felt that she had a right to know about her son's life against him. Rohit instructs his lawyer to fight the case honestly as he does not wish to hurt Kiran and her reputation. In the end, the court rules in favour of the mother and Kiran is given custody of the child. During this time, common friends of Rohit and Kiran try to explain to Kiran that Rohit had changed for the better and that he is now very attached to his son. Kiran also realises that their son would never find happiness only with her. She tells Rohit that she will not take Sunil away and that she wants him to stay at his home to which Rohit replies that this was Kiran's home as well. Kiran seemingly moves to get out of the house but then closes the door and smiles.

Rohit and Kiran hug each other and their son as the movie ends.

Cast

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Music

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The music is given by Anu Malik and the lyrics were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri. Tracks like "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar Gaya", "Dil Mera Churaya Kyun", "Akele Hum Akele Tum" and "Dil Kehta Hai" became immensely popular. Anu Malik copied the song "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar Gaya" from the title track of Francis Ford Copolla's The Godfather. "Aisa Zakham Diya Hai" sampled the famous 70s psychedelic rock song "Child In Time", performed by the English rock band Deep Purple, while "Dil Mera Churaya Kyun" is inspired from "Last Christmas" by Wham!.[4] In existence is an unreleased version of the soundtrack, 'Dil Mera Churaya Kyun', sung by Udit Narayan, but never made it to the original soundtrack nor motion picture.

Title Singer(s) Length
"Aisa Zakham Diya Hai" Udit Narayan, Shankar Mahadevan & Aamir Khan 06:51
"Akele Hum Akele Tum" Udit Narayan & Aditya Narayan 04:48
"Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar" (Version I) Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik 06:12
"Dil Mera Churaya Kyun" Kumar Sanu & Anu Malik 04:38
"Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar" (Version II) Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik 06:14
"Dil Kehta Hai" Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik 06:44

Awards and nominations

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41st Filmfare Awards:

Nominated

References

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  1. ^ a b "Akele Hum Akele Tum – Movie". Box Office India.
  2. ^ Encyclopedia Britannica (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 437. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
  3. ^ I'll do It My Way: The Incredible Journey of Aamir Khan. Om Books International. 2012. ISBN 9789380069227.
  4. ^ "Kumar Sanu, daughter Shannon perform together for the first time". THE AMERICAN BAZAAR. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
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