Akele Hum Akele Tum

Akele Hum Akele Tum (transl. I'm Alone, You're Alone) is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film starring Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala, and Master Adil. It was directed by Mansoor Khan. The music is by Anu Malik and the lyrics are by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The film is loosely based on the 1979 American film Kramer vs. Kramer. Both Aamir Khan and Manisha Koirala's performances were acclaimed; the latter also received a nomination in the Best Actress category at the 41st Filmfare Awards. Although the film was well received with critics, it did not connect with the audience.

Plot

Rohit Kumar (Aamir Khan) is an aspiring playback singer while Kiran (Manisha Koirala) is an ambitious classical singer-in-training. They meet, relate to each other's sentiments, fall in love and get married shortly. When Kiran's parents oppose their marriage, they decide to lead a separate life.

After marriage, Kiran's ambitions take a backseat to her household responsibilities and looking after their son. Time fails to abate Kiran's frustration until she decides to leave Rohit and start a new life all over again. Now single, Rohit is forced to look after both his son and his own failing career. After some obvious teething troubles, Rohit succeeds in creating a separate world for himself and his son, Sunil.

Meanwhile, Kiran becomes a huge film star. She tries to reconcile with Rohit but Rohit is a proud man and misinterprets her support as her pity and things become worse. A court case is eventually filed for the custody of Sunil.

Rohit faces a tough time preparing for the case as his financial position is not as sound as Kiran's. He sells his best songs at a very low price so that he can fight the custody battle. During the court battle, Kiran's lawyer Bhujbal (Paresh Rawal) uses every possible trick to show that Rohit does not deserve the custody of his child. He even uses the information that Rohit had told Kiran only because he felt that she had a right to know about her son's life against him. Rohit instructs his lawyer to fight the case honestly as he does not wish to hurt Kiran and her reputation. In the end, the court rules in favour of the mother and Kiran is given custody of the child. During this time, common friends of Rohit and Kiran try to explain to Kiran that Rohit had changed for the better and that he is now very attached to his son. Kiran also realises that their son would never find happiness only with her. She tells Rohit that she will not take Sunil away and that she wants him to stay at his home to which Rohit replies that this was Kiran's home as well. Kiran seemingly moves to get out of the house but then closes the door and smiles.

Rohit and Kiran hug each other and their son as the movie ends.

Cast

• Aamir Khan as Rohit Kumar
• Manisha Koirala as Kiran Kumar (Rohit's wife)
• Adil Rizvi as Sunil "Sonu" Kumar (Rohit and Kiran's son)
• Deven Verma as Kanhaiya
• Tanvi Azmi as Farida
• Rohini Hattangadi as Mrs. Dayal
• Paresh Rawal as Advocate Bhujbal
• Aanjjan Srivastav as Ram Dayal
• Rakesh Roshan as Paresh Kapoor
• Shafi Inamdar as Kaushik
• Satish Shah as Gulbadan Kumar
• Harish Patel as Amar
• Navneet Nishan as Sunita (Kiran's Friend)
• Neeraj Vora as Moolchand (Grocer)
• Mushtaq Khan as Mr. Bhatija (Rohit's Lawyer)
• Dinesh Hingoo as Jamshed, Hotel Owner
• Shashi Kiran as Ravinder Kapoor
• Suresh Bhagwat as Prakash (Tailor)
• Razzak Khan as Babulal
• Hiralal as Hira Lal
• Viju Khote (actor playing role of an NRI)
• Ayesha Jhulka as award presenter
• Yunus Parvez as Mehra, Restaurant and Disco bar owner(uncredited)
• Ghanshyam (actor playing role to insult an NRI)
• Jennifer Winget as young girl

Music

The music is given by Anu Malik and the lyrics were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri. Tracks like "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar Gaya", "Dil Mera Churaya Kyun", "Akele Hum Akele Tum" and "Dil Kehta Hai" became immensely popular. Anu Malik copied the song "Raja Ko Rani Se Pyaar Gaya" from the title track of Francis Ford Copolla's The Godfather. "Aisa Zakham Diya Hai" sampled the famous 70s psychedelic rock song "Child In Time", performed by the English rock band Deep Purple, while "Dil Mera Churaya Kyun" is inspired from "Last Christmas" by Wham!. In existence is an unreleased version of the soundtrack, 'Dil Mera Churaya Kyun', sung by Udit Narayan, but never made it to the original soundtrack nor motion picture.

Awards and nominations

41st Filmfare Awards:

Nominated

• Best Film – Mansoor Khan
• Best Director – Mansoor Khan
• Best Actress – Manisha Koirala
• Best Supporting Actress – Tanvi Azmi
• Best Music Director – Anu Malik
• Best Lyricist – Majrooh Sultanpuri for "Raja Ko Rani Se"
• Best Male Playback Singer – Udit Narayan for "Raja Ko Rani Se"
• Best Female Playback Singer – Alka Yagnik for "Raja Ko Rani Se"

References

External links

• Akele Hum Akele Tum at IMDb