HindiLamhe is a 1991 Indian musical romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra and written by Honey Irani, with Rahi Masoom Raza. The film stars Sridevi and Anil Kapoor in the lead roles, along with Waheeda Rehman and Anupam Kher in pivotal supporting roles. In the film, Viren falls for Pallavi, but she marries Siddharth. The couple dies, leaving behind their daughter, who grows up to look just like her mother and falls in love with Viren.
Produced by Chopra under his production banner Yash Raj Films, Lamhe was shot in 2 schedules in Rajasthan and London. Over the years, it has been hailed as a classic and possibly Chopra’s finest film. Although the film did average business domestically, it became an huge success overseas, bringing in a worldwide gross of ₹20.5 crores on a ₹6 crores budget; thus becoming the 10th highest grossing Indian film of 1991. It received numerous accolades and featured on Outlook’s list of Bollywood’s Best Films. It has been cited as Yash Chopra’s personal favourite of the movies he has made. This was one of the last films that Masoom Raza scripted. He died a couple of months after its release. On the occasion of the Centenary of Indian Cinema in 2013, Lamhe featured among the Top Ten Romantic Movies Of 100 Years. At the 39th National Film Awards, the film won Best Costume Design. At the 37th Filmfare Awards, the film received a leading 13 nominations and won a leading 5 awards – Best Film, Best Actress (Sridevi), Best Comic Actor (Kher), Best Story (Irani) and Best Dialogue (Masoom Raza).
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