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1942: A Love Story

1942: A Love Story is a 1994 Indian Hindi patriotic romance
film, directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, starring 1942: A Love Story
Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Manisha Koirala, Anupam Kher,
Danny Denzongpa and Pran. The first Indian film to use Dolby
Stereo,[1] it was highly acclaimed for its music, songs,
picturization, cinematography, lyrics and the portrayal of leading
lady Manisha Koirala, a turning point for her career.[2] The film
received thirteen nominations at the 40th Filmfare Awards,
winning nine.

The core plot of the movie was reported to be inspired by the

1992 Kannada movie Mysore Mallige based on the 1942 work of
same title by K. S. Narasimhaswamy.[3][4]

Contents
Plot
Film poster
Cast
Directed by Vidhu Vinod
Location
Chopra
Soundtrack
Written by Sanjay Leela
Release Bhansali
Box office Kamna
Accolades Chandra
Vidhu Vinod
Notes
Chopra
References
Produced by Vidhu Vinod
External links
Chopra
Starring Anil Kapoor

Plot Jackie Shroff

Manisha Koirala

The film is set in 1942, when the British Raj was declining. It was Anupam Kher
a time when many Indians were either working for the British or Cinematography Binod Pradhan
rallying in underground meetings and protests against them. In
Edited by Renu Saluja
this atmosphere, Naren Singh (Anil Kapoor) falls in love with
Rajeshwari "Rajjo" Pathak (Manisha Koirala). Their romance is Music by Songs:

shown developing in spite of the political and social unrest at the R. D. Burman

time. Score:

Manohari Singh

Naren's father Diwan Hari Singh (Manohar Singh) is a loyal

Babloo
British employee, while Rajjo's father Raghuvir Pathak (Anupam
Chakravorty
Kher) is a revolutionary fighting against British rule. When
Naren asks Raghuvir for Rajjo's hand in marriage, Raghuvir Distributed by SLB Films

becomes livid. Naren declares that he is willing to sacrifice Vinod Chopra

everything for Rajjo, and convinces Raghuvir of his love for her. Productions
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Pathak relents and tells Naren to talk to his father. When Naren Release date 15 April 1994
does so, Hari is angry that his son has chosen Rajjo, the daughter
Running time 157 minutes
of a revolutionary, but pretends that he will do anything for
Naren's happiness. Country India
Language Hindi
Hari eventually tricks Naren into revealing Pathak's secret
location, and leaks the information to the British authorities. Box office ₹896.4 million
Soon, police barge into Pathak's hideaway and try to kill him,
only to find him waiting to light a bomb, killing both himself and the men. Rajjo, who was out at that
time, realizes what has happened and runs away. She is taken into refuge by Shubhankar (Jackie
Shroff), a compatriot of Pathak who has learned of his death. Under Shubhankar's tutelage, Rajjo
follows her father's revolutionary path. Meanwhile, Naren is angry with his father for using him as a
pawn in the ambush and killing of Pathak and driving Rajjo away. Promising to make up with Rajjo
and help her cause, he pledges to become a protester or a revolutionary.

Naren severs all ties with his father and stands up against British rule, in particular General Douglas,
in front of the city. He is convicted and sentenced to hang for attempted murder. Moved by Naren's
actions, Rajjo tells Shubhankar about him. Shubhankar saves Naren from being hanged and the two
finish off Hari and many of the British loyalists. They are helped by Major Bisht (Danny
Dengzongpa), who has a change of heart after having witnessed the killing of his daughter Chanda, a
revolutionary, by the gunshots of British loyalists upon General Douglas' orders. With the loyalists
dead, Shubhankar hangs General Douglas by the same noose that was intended for Naren.
Shubhankar, Rajjo and Naren, together with Major Bisht and the citizens are shown at the end of the
movie saluting the Indian flag being hoisted by Shubhankar.

Cast
Anil Kapoor as Narendra “Naren” Singh
Jackie Shroff as Shubhankar
Manisha Koirala as Rajeshwari "Rajjo" Pathak, Naren's love interest
Anupam Kher as Raghuvir Pathak, Rajeshwari's father
Danny Denzongpa as Major Bisht
Pran as Abid Ali Baig
Chandni as Chanda
Ashish Vidyarthi as Ashutosh
Raghuvir Yadav as Munna
Sushma Seth as Gayatridevi Singh
Manohar Singh as Diwan Hari Singh
Brian Glover as General Douglas

Location

The location was mostly chosen from Himachal Pradesh, District Chamba and its small town
Dalhousie, Khajjiar and Kala Top was filmed to depict pre-independence India.

Soundtrack
The film's original songs were composed by R.D. Burman with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. R.D. Burman
won his last Filmfare Award for Best Music Director and Javed Akthar bagged the Filmfare Award for
Best Lyricist. Kumar Sanu won his 5th consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer and

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Kavita Krishnamurthy won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, the first of her hat-
trick feat. The music in the introduction of the film is from Gustav Holst's The Planets - Mars the
bringer of war.

# Song Singer(s) Duration

1 "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To" Kumar Sanu 4:37
2 "Kuchh Na Kaho" (Sad) Lata Mangeshkar 6:23
3 "Kuchh Na Kaho" (Chorus) 2:06
5 "Kuchh Na Kaho" (Happy) Kumar Sanu 6:06
4 "Pyar Hua Chupke Se" Kavita Krishnamurthy 5:15
6 "Rim Jhim Rim Jhim" Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy 5:18
7 "Rooth Na Jaana" Kumar Sanu 3:27
8 "Yeh Safar" Shibaji Chatterjee 5:41

Release
The film was released after the death of music director Rahul Dev Burman.

Box office

The film's adjusted gross amounts to Rs 896.4 million[5] Average

Accolades

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Date of
Award[a] Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
ceremony[b]
1942: A Love Story – Vidhu Vinod
Best Film Nominated
Chopra
Best Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra Nominated
Best Actor Anil Kapoor Nominated
Best Actress Manisha Koirala Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Jackie Shroff Won
Best Music Director R. D. Burman Won
Javed Akhtar – (for "Ek Ladki Ko [6]

Filmfare 25 February Best Lyricist Won

Dekha To") [7]
Awards 1995
Best Male Playback Kumar Sanu – (for "Ek Ladki Ko
Won
Singer Dekha To")
Best Female Kavita Krishnamurti – (for "Pyar Hua
Won
Playback Singer Chupke Se")
Best Art Direction Nitin Chandrakant Desai Won
Best Cinematography Binod Pradhan Won
Best Editing Renu Saluja Won
Best Sound Design Jitendra Chaudhary, Namita Nayak Won
Best Supporting Actor Anupam Kher Won
Best Music Director R. D. Burman Won
Javed Akhtar – (for "Ek Ladki Ko
Best Lyricist Won
Dekha To")
Screen [8]
1995 Best Male Playback Kumar Sanu – (for "Ek Ladki Ko
Awards Won
Singer Dekha To")
Best Art Direction Nitin Chandrakant Desai Won
Best Cinematography Binod Pradhan Won
Best Sound Design Jitendra Chaudhary, Namita Nayak Won

Notes
a. Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.
b. Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

References
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slid3.htm). Rediff.com. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20110607014733/http://www.rediff.c
om/entertai/2001/sep/07slid3.htm) from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20180701165115/http://prekshaa.in/contributions-of-kannada-cinema-
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4. https://vijaykarnataka.indiatimes.com/state/vk-special/k-s-narasimhaswamy-a-prominent-indian-
poet-in-the-kannada-language/articleshow/50700135.cms
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6. "40th Filmfare Awards 1995 Nominations" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070708210420/http://fil

mfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/368622.cms). Indian Times. The Times
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8622.cms) on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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eawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/368623.cms). Indian Times. The Times Group. Archived
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External links
1942: A Love Story (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109010/) at IMDb

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