Kareeb
Encyclopedia
Kareeb is a 1998 Bollywood
film directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
. It stars Bobby Deol
and Neha.
. His father insists on him being responsible, while Birju is interested in petty thievery, lies, and romancing a beautiful young woman named Neha. Neha is a simple, beautiful, and responsible girl from a poor family. Birju sees Neha for the first time on a river bank during a 'Sandhya Aarti' with lots of 'diyas' lit around her. Birju falls in love with Neha from that very moment. Neha also starts liking birju but she hides her feelings. Birju tries everything to impress Neha but every effort and Neha accepts that she loves Birju and can't live without him.
Birju's father is interested in getting Birju married to a poor family but Birju lies that Nehas's uncle is rich and arranges their wedding. Birju steals money from his home and pretends that the money has been sent by Neha's uncle. However on the night of the wedding, Birju's father discovers the truth and calls off the wedding.
Neha's mother, unable to withstand this emotional setback, suffers a heart attack and is transferred to a hospital in Shimla
. When Birju meets Neha, but she is very sad for her mother and also very angry on birju for his habit of lying. Neha takes an oath from birju that he would never show his face again. Then neha takes her mother to a shimla hospital in an ambulance. Birju follows her and eventually does find Neha and the hospital where Neha's mother is hospitalized. Birju spends that night sleeping on the footsteps of a laundry shop owned by Bhigelal (Johnny Lever
). Bhigelal is an interesting character as well. He has a dream of visiting England one day and the fellow has a collection of antique coins to sell it to some diwanji. He earns hard and with the money earned by coins and his hard work, he plans to visit England (which also was his father's dream). He hires birju and birju starts working as a laundry boy. This is birju's first job and he does that to stay near neha and to earn some money to support the treatment for neha's mother. One day birju meets uncle and aunty (Shammi Kapoor
and Sushma Seth
). They treat Birju as their own son and tells him to meet them whenever he needs help.
Once when Birju makes inquiries about neha's mother, he is told by the receptionist that neha's mother needs an immediate operation and the operation for Neha's mother will be very expensive and will cost in lakhs of rupees. On the other hand, neha tries to contact birju for help but is not able to contact him. There comes doctor Abhay in the scene. He is very fond of neha and proposes her for marriage as if she marries Dr. Abhay then her mother's operation can be done for free as doctors have their free quota for their relatives.
Here Birju goes to uncle and aunty and they suggests him to buy a lottery ticket and they will make him win by corrupting some government officials and asks birju to get them some amount to bribe the officials. Birju buys the ticket, works hard day and night and gathers the amount for bribing and gives it uncle and aunty but eventually comes to know that uncle and aunty were a fraud and they took money from many other people and ran away. finally helpless birju robs the money from bhigelal to pay for the surgery. He returns to the hospital with the money and gives it to the doctor and asks the doctor to keep that secret to Neha.
On the other side, birju's family realizes birju's loves for neha and decides to support their son in simla. They reach simla and handle things with bhigelal who goes mad on seeing his robbed drawer with Birju's note consisting of a promise to return back the money. Neha comes to know that birju helped her in the operation money required and wants to meet him. They both meet again on staircase of hospital and times stops again to see them completely in love with each other.
penned the lyrics. The pair was sued by Syed Mohammed Hasan Imam who alleged that they had used his lyrics without permission in Haan Judai Se Darta Hai Dil.
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
film directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Vidhu Vinod Chopra is an Indian director and producer. Chopra is the head of his own company, Vinod Chopra Productions, and is particularly known for producing the Munna Bhai films and 3 Idiots.-Early life:Born in a Punjabi family of Kashmir,...
. It stars Bobby Deol
Bobby Deol
Bobby Deol is a Bollywood actor. Deol is the son of the acclaimed Bollywood actor Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Mumbai based Indian film industry....
and Neha.
Plot
Birju is a young man from an upper middle class family in Himachal PradeshHimachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...
. His father insists on him being responsible, while Birju is interested in petty thievery, lies, and romancing a beautiful young woman named Neha. Neha is a simple, beautiful, and responsible girl from a poor family. Birju sees Neha for the first time on a river bank during a 'Sandhya Aarti' with lots of 'diyas' lit around her. Birju falls in love with Neha from that very moment. Neha also starts liking birju but she hides her feelings. Birju tries everything to impress Neha but every effort and Neha accepts that she loves Birju and can't live without him.
Birju's father is interested in getting Birju married to a poor family but Birju lies that Nehas's uncle is rich and arranges their wedding. Birju steals money from his home and pretends that the money has been sent by Neha's uncle. However on the night of the wedding, Birju's father discovers the truth and calls off the wedding.
Neha's mother, unable to withstand this emotional setback, suffers a heart attack and is transferred to a hospital in Shimla
Shimla
Shimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British...
. When Birju meets Neha, but she is very sad for her mother and also very angry on birju for his habit of lying. Neha takes an oath from birju that he would never show his face again. Then neha takes her mother to a shimla hospital in an ambulance. Birju follows her and eventually does find Neha and the hospital where Neha's mother is hospitalized. Birju spends that night sleeping on the footsteps of a laundry shop owned by Bhigelal (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...
). Bhigelal is an interesting character as well. He has a dream of visiting England one day and the fellow has a collection of antique coins to sell it to some diwanji. He earns hard and with the money earned by coins and his hard work, he plans to visit England (which also was his father's dream). He hires birju and birju starts working as a laundry boy. This is birju's first job and he does that to stay near neha and to earn some money to support the treatment for neha's mother. One day birju meets uncle and aunty (Shammi Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor was an Indian film actor and director. He was a prominent lead actor in Hindi cinema from the late 1950s until the early 1970s....
and Sushma Seth
Sushma Seth
Sushma Seth is an Indian film, television, and stage actress. She started her career in the late 1970s, and has been known for playing the mother and the grandmother in movies and television. She is most known as the role of Dadi in pioneering TV soap Hum Log . She is also a theatre actor and...
). They treat Birju as their own son and tells him to meet them whenever he needs help.
Once when Birju makes inquiries about neha's mother, he is told by the receptionist that neha's mother needs an immediate operation and the operation for Neha's mother will be very expensive and will cost in lakhs of rupees. On the other hand, neha tries to contact birju for help but is not able to contact him. There comes doctor Abhay in the scene. He is very fond of neha and proposes her for marriage as if she marries Dr. Abhay then her mother's operation can be done for free as doctors have their free quota for their relatives.
Here Birju goes to uncle and aunty and they suggests him to buy a lottery ticket and they will make him win by corrupting some government officials and asks birju to get them some amount to bribe the officials. Birju buys the ticket, works hard day and night and gathers the amount for bribing and gives it uncle and aunty but eventually comes to know that uncle and aunty were a fraud and they took money from many other people and ran away. finally helpless birju robs the money from bhigelal to pay for the surgery. He returns to the hospital with the money and gives it to the doctor and asks the doctor to keep that secret to Neha.
On the other side, birju's family realizes birju's loves for neha and decides to support their son in simla. They reach simla and handle things with bhigelal who goes mad on seeing his robbed drawer with Birju's note consisting of a promise to return back the money. Neha comes to know that birju helped her in the operation money required and wants to meet him. They both meet again on staircase of hospital and times stops again to see them completely in love with each other.
Soundtrack
Anu Malik wrote the film's music and Rahat IndoriRahat Indori
Rahat Indori is an eminent Urdu language poet and a bollywood lyricist, prior to this he was a pedagogist of Urdu literature at Indore University.-Early life and education:...
penned the lyrics. The pair was sued by Syed Mohammed Hasan Imam who alleged that they had used his lyrics without permission in Haan Judai Se Darta Hai Dil.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chura Lo Na Dil Mera" | Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born in Kolkata, is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009.... , Sanjeevani Sanjivani (singer) Sanjivani Bhelande, better known by her first name as Sanjivani is year 1995 Zee TV voice talent hunt popular TV show Sa Re Ga Ma winner and Bollywood songs Playback singer. Sanjivani sang all the songs of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hindi movie Kareeb which was her first movie as playback singer for... |
| 2 | "Chori Chori Jab Nazrein Mili" | Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born in Kolkata, is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009.... , Sanjeevani Sanjivani (singer) Sanjivani Bhelande, better known by her first name as Sanjivani is year 1995 Zee TV voice talent hunt popular TV show Sa Re Ga Ma winner and Bollywood songs Playback singer. Sanjivani sang all the songs of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hindi movie Kareeb which was her first movie as playback singer for... |
| 3 | "Chori Chori Kismat Ne Awaaz Di" | Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born in Kolkata, is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009.... , Sanjeevani Sanjivani (singer) Sanjivani Bhelande, better known by her first name as Sanjivani is year 1995 Zee TV voice talent hunt popular TV show Sa Re Ga Ma winner and Bollywood songs Playback singer. Sanjivani sang all the songs of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hindi movie Kareeb which was her first movie as playback singer for... |
| 4 | "Haan Judai Se Darta Hai Dil" | Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu Kumar Sanu (alias Kedarnath Bhattacharya , born in Kolkata, is a leading Indian Bollywood playback singer. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award over five consecutive years. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2009.... , Sanjeevani Sanjivani (singer) Sanjivani Bhelande, better known by her first name as Sanjivani is year 1995 Zee TV voice talent hunt popular TV show Sa Re Ga Ma winner and Bollywood songs Playback singer. Sanjivani sang all the songs of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hindi movie Kareeb which was her first movie as playback singer for... |
| 5 | "Tum Juda Ho Kar Hamen" | Roop Kumar Rathod Roop Kumar Rathod -Personal life:Roopkumar is the son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod, the classical luminary – an exponent of the rare and arguably the oldest style of singing i.e. Dhrupad. He belonged to the “Aditya Gharana of Jamnagar”. Pandit Rathod has trained and groomed many well known names like... , Sanjeevani Sanjivani (singer) Sanjivani Bhelande, better known by her first name as Sanjivani is year 1995 Zee TV voice talent hunt popular TV show Sa Re Ga Ma winner and Bollywood songs Playback singer. Sanjivani sang all the songs of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hindi movie Kareeb which was her first movie as playback singer for... |
| 6 | "Reet Yahi Jag Ki" | Jaspinder Narula Jaspinder Narula Jaspinder Narula is a noted Punjabi singer and Bollywood playback singer, who shot to fame after the duet "Pyar to hona hi tha" with Remo Fernandes from the 1998 film Pyar To Hona Hi Tha for which she won the 1999 Filmfare Best Female Playback Award. Her other notable films are Mission Kashmir,... , Sanjeevani Sanjivani (singer) Sanjivani Bhelande, better known by her first name as Sanjivani is year 1995 Zee TV voice talent hunt popular TV show Sa Re Ga Ma winner and Bollywood songs Playback singer. Sanjivani sang all the songs of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hindi movie Kareeb which was her first movie as playback singer for... |
| 7 | "Tera Ghussa" | Abhijeet |
| 8 | "Haan Judai Se Darta Hai Dil (II)" | Sanjeevani Sanjivani (singer) Sanjivani Bhelande, better known by her first name as Sanjivani is year 1995 Zee TV voice talent hunt popular TV show Sa Re Ga Ma winner and Bollywood songs Playback singer. Sanjivani sang all the songs of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hindi movie Kareeb which was her first movie as playback singer for... |