: अचानक, Nastaliq: اچانک,Suddenly) is an Indian film directed by Naresh Malhotra in 1998.

Plot

Arjun (Govinda) lives a charmed life, surrounded by the family he loves and working at his family's thriving business. Then he meets Pooja (Manisha Koirala), and his life gets even better. The two quickly fall in love. But when a mysterious attempt to kill the happy couple alerts them to the presence of danger, their troubles have only begun, and soon Arjun's brother (Rahul Roy) is killed in an accident no one could have foreseen. Pooja is mistakenly convicted of murder, and Arjun must save her while he keeps up his family responsibilities, but his father soon meets a cruel end as well. Now, on the run from both the police and the mysterious criminals, Arjun and Pooja work to expose the truth while evading a fate at the hands of either.

Wealthy industrialist Yashpal Nanda is widowed, and lives with his daughter, Nisha, and two sons, Vijay, and Arjun. He gets Nisha married to Nilesh, while Vijay gets married to Madhu, and Yashpal is on the look-out for a suitable bride for Arjun. Arjun makes the task easy for him when he introduces a young woman by the name of Pooja. Yashpal is overjoyed and happy with Arjun's choice and cannot wait for them to get married. The Nanda family's world gets turned upside down when Nisha and then Vijay pass away suddenly, leaving the family devastated. Then Yashpal, too, suddenly passes away. The police arrive on the scene to arrest Arjun for murder. The question to be asked is are the Nandas a victim of fate, or are they targets of a conspiracy?

Characters

• Govinda
  Govinda (actor)
  Govinda is a Filmfare award-winning Indian actor and politician. He has appeared in over 120 Hindi language films. At the start of his career, his acting and dancing skills gained him widespread attention among film viewers. He later gained worldwide fame as a Bollywood icon through comedy films...
  
   ... Arjun
• Manisha Koirala
  Manisha Koirala
  Manisha B. Koirala is a Nepali-Indian actress who works in Indian films, as well as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador and social activist. Koirala has primarily worked in Hindi cinema, though she has appeared in several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films as well...
  
   ... Pooja
• Farha Naaz ... Madhu
• Rahul Roy
  Rahul Roy
  Rahul Roy Kapoor is an Indian film actor, who works in Bollywood films. He debuted in the hit Mahesh Bhatt production Aashiqui for which he is famous. His popularity increased with the 1992 film Sapne Saajan Ke, in which he was helped by having the music of Nadeem Shravan, with Kumar Sanu's...
  
   ... Vijay
• Johnny Lever
  Johnny Lever
  John Prakasa Rao Janumala famously known as Johnny Lever is an Indian film actor and comedian. He was born to Prakash Rao Janumala and Karunamma Janumala and brought up in Mumbai. He started his career in 1984 and has acted in over 350 Bollywood films...
  
   ... Joni/Moni/Toni Kapoor
• Paresh Rawal
  Paresh Rawal
  Paresh Rawal is an Indian actor of Gujarati background.Making his film debut in 1984, he mainly played supporting and villain roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Since 2000 he has mostly played comic roles.- Family and early life :...
  
   ... Sagar
• Sanjay Dutt
  Sanjay Dutt
  Sanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...
  
  ... Himself
• Shahrukh Khan
  Shahrukh Khan
  Shahrukh Khan , often credited as Shah Rukh Khan, is an Indian film actor, as well as a film producer and television host. Often referred to as "the King of Bollywood", Khan has acted in over 70 Hindi films....
  
  ... Himself