Joru Ka Ghulam (lit. 'Wife's Slave') is a 2000 Indian Hindi comedy movie. The film is directed by Shakeel Noorani and stars Govinda, Twinkle Khanna, Kader Khan and Johnny Lever. The music is by Aadesh Shrivastava. The film was released on 16 June 2000. In an interview with Lehren, Khanna said that the film was completed quickly and it was "one of her best experiences".[2]

Joru Ka Ghulam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Shakeel Noorani
Written by	Ikram Akhtar
Produced by	Shakeel Noorani
Starring	Govinda Twinkle Khanna Kader Khan Johnny Lever Ali Asgar
Cinematography	Dinesh Telkar
Music by	Aadesh Shrivastava
Release date	16 June 2000 (2000-06-16)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	est. ₹5.5 crore (US$690,000)[1]
Box office	est. ₹13.10 crore (US$1.6 million)[1]

Story

Wealthy Dyaneshwarprasad Pitamber (Kader Khan) has a problem, to be precise four problems - his four uncontrollable daughters, named after four Goddesses: Lakshmi, Saraswati, Parvati, and Durga (Twinkle Khanna), who refuse to be disciplined, and be married. Pitamber arranges for Raju Patel (Ali Asgar) to come from the U.S. and marry at least one of his daughters. Unfortunately, Raju is waylaid at the airport by two con men, Raja (Govinda) and Kanhaiya (Johnny Lever), and his luggage, clothes, and id. is taken over by them, and he is left in barely basic clothing at the airport, mistaken for a beggar. Raja assumes the identity of Raju, and Kanhaiya accompanies him to Pitamber's house. Once there, they are welcomed with open arms by Pitamber, and Raja agrees to all conditions set up by Pitamber and his daughters in order to get married and inherent part of the vast wealth and fortune. Sensing something wrong somewhere, Pitamber asks Raja to locate three other grooms for his three daughters also, otherwise, no marriage will take place, as he wants all four daughters to be married at the same time. With all four refusing to marry anyone, looks like Raja and Kanhaiya have a lot on their hands, apart from hiding from notorious criminal Pappu Anna (Ashish Vidyarthi), who has sworn to kill them for making him suffer a huge financial loss.

Cast

• Govinda as Raja
• Twinkle Khanna as Durga
• Kader Khan as Dhaneshwar Pitamber
• Johnny Lever as Kanhaiya
• Ashok Saraf as Mama
• Ali Asgar as Raju Patel
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Annabela
• Razzak Khan as Pitambar's Secretary
• Ghanshyam Rohera as Warden at Mental Hospital
• Rakhi Sawant as Pinjara Bar Dancer
• Rajshree Solanki as Lakshmi (Durga's sister #1)
• Sonu Sagar as Saraswati (Durga's sister #2)
• Rushika Reikhi as Parvati (Durga's sister #3)

Soundtrack

The songs for the film were composed by Aadesh Shrivastava.

Khanna felt that the film's music was its strongest part.[3] In his review for Rediff.com, Syed Firdaus Ashraf opined that Srivastava's music was the "biggest disappointment" in the film. All songs except "Neeche Phoolon Ki Dukan" were unworthy of mention.[4]

Reception

Syed Firdaus Ashraf praised the performances of Govinda and Johnny Lever and called Khanna "passable", while noting that Razzak Khan's role was a "pleasant change from his earlier roles" and his character was hilarious.[4] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama wrote that the film belonged to Govinda and in one of her "better performances", Khanna looked "ravishing" and portrayed her emotions "very well".[5]

References

External links

• Joru Ka Ghulam at IMDb