Muskurahat is a 1992

1992 in film

The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards...

 Hindi-language Indian

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 feature film

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 directed

Film director

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 by Priyadarshan

Priyadarshan

Priyadarshan is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. In a career spanning over two decades, Priyadarshan has directed over 80 films in several Indian languages including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu...

, starring Jay Mehta, Revathi

Revathi

Revathi is an award-winning Indian actress and film director. She has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi movies, directed several feature-length films, and has acted in and produced multiple television programs, totaling over twenty years of experience in the entertainment...

, Amrish Puri

Amrish Puri

Amrish Singh Puri , ; 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005 was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad...

, Anil Dhawan, Sharat Saxena

Sharat Saxena

Sharat Saxena is an Indian actor working in Bollywood films. He has acted in nearly 160 Bollywood films.Saxena started his career in the early 70s and has mainly played either supporting roles of a father, uncle or villainous roles....

, Annu Kapoor

Annu Kapoor

Annu Kapoor is an Indian film actor and television presenter, best remembered for hosting the singing reality show Antakshari.-Career:Annu Kapoor made his debut in the film Mandi directed by Shyam Benegal in 1979. His career has spanned nearly 31 years including a distinctive presence in...

 and Jagdeep

Jagdeep

Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry, better known as Jagdeep, is an Indian film actor known for his comic roles. He played Soorma Bhopali in Sholay , Gabbar in Purana Mandir , Chief Zabardast in Tehkhana , Hotel Receptionist in Veerana , Salman Khan's father In Andaaz Apna Apna and later directed a movie...

. The film is the remake of Priyadarshan's own Malayalam blockbuster Kilukkam

Kilukkam

Kilukkam is a 1991 Malayalam musical comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Venu Nagavalli...

starring Mohanlal

Mohanlal

Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...

 and Revathi

Revathi

Revathi is an award-winning Indian actress and film director. She has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi movies, directed several feature-length films, and has acted in and produced multiple television programs, totaling over twenty years of experience in the entertainment...

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Plot

Muskurahat is a romantic comedy, featuring Jay Mehta, Revathi

Revathi

Revathi is an award-winning Indian actress and film director. She has acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi movies, directed several feature-length films, and has acted in and produced multiple television programs, totaling over twenty years of experience in the entertainment...

 and Amrish Puri

Amrish Puri

Amrish Singh Puri , ; 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005 was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad...

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Summary

Gopichand Verma is a retired Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Pritam is close to him as he is the son of his late friend. Pritam works as an guide. His selfish friend is Annu Kapoor. One day Nandini lands in Ooty and Pritam befriends her and becomes her guide, but later he finds out that, Nandini is mad. so he had to take care of her as no other option was left. But it is revealed that, Nandini is not mad and she arrived in Ooty in search of her father and she believes that, Gopichand Verma is her father. Would nandini finds out her father? What happens to Pritam ? All these questions are revealed in the climax.

Cast

• Jay Mehta...... Pritam
• Revathi...... Nandini
• Amrish Puri...... Former Justice Gopichand Verma
• Anil Dhawan...... Gopal Srivastava
• Jagdeep...... Badriprasad Chaurasia
• Mahesh Anand...... K.C. (Verma's son-in-law)
• Arif Khan...... Verma's son
• Asha Sharma...... Mrs. Gopichand Verma
• Sabah
• Annu Kapoor
• Lalita Pawar
• Sharat Saxena
• Anju Mahendru

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Gun Gun Karta Aaya Bhanwra"	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.... , Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam Sadhana Sargam is an acclaimed Indian playback singer. She is a recipient of the prestigious National Film Award and Filmfare Awards.Sargam has sung in many Indian languages for films, television serials and music albums. She is well known for her 90s Hindi songs and recent South Indian songs. She...
2	"Banda Nawaz Izzat Nawaz"	Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam
3	"Apni Jeb Mein Lakhon Honge"	Udit Narayan Udit Narayan -Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B... , Kavita Krishnamurthy, M.G Shreekumar
4	"Soja Soja Chandni"	M.G Shreekumar
5	"Apne Dil Mein Ae Logo"	Udit Narayan
6	"Phool Ki Patti Sa Tan Iska"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik Alka Yagnik Alka Yagnik is an Indian singer who is ranked among the best Hindi playback singers of all time. She is a seven-time winner of the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award as well as a two-time recipient of the prestigious National Film Awards...

Trivia

This is the first hindi film of Priyadarshan. He chose Kilukkam

Kilukkam

Kilukkam is a 1991 Malayalam musical comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Venu Nagavalli...

, the biggest blockbuster of Malayalam films, which collected Rs.3 crores gross in 1991, to be remade for his Hindi

Hindi

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 debut. Bollywood

Bollywood

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 expected a lot from Priyadarshan as he already delivered numerous hits in Malayalam and Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

film industry. Unfortunately Muskurahat became the biggest commercial disaster for Priyadarshan at the box-office.