Prem (transl. Love) is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Satish Kaushik and cinematography by Baba Azmi and Chota K. Naidu. It stars Sanjay Kapoor and Tabu in dual roles, and deals with the concept of reincarnation. Shekhar Kapoor was initially attached to direct the film before Kaushik was contracted.[1] The film was a box office flop.[2]
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Directed by | Satish Kaushik |
Written by | Javed Akhtar |
Produced by | Boney Kapoor |
Starring | Sanjay Kapoor Tabu |
Cinematography | Baba Azmi Chota K. Naidu |
Edited by | Waman Bhonsle, Gurudutt Shirali |
Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
Production company | Narsimha Enterprises |
Release date | 5 May 1995 (1995-05-05) |
Running time | 247 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Sanjay Verma is an eligible young man, who has been having hallucinations of a past life as Shantanu. He travels to a small community and meets with Sonia Verma, and recognizes her as the girl named Lachi in his hallucinations. Convinced, that they were lovers from a past life, he attempts in vain to impress this upon Sonia, who is engaged, and is to be married to Vikram Minocha. However Sanjay finally wins her over and united at the end.
Mani Ratnam and Shekhar Kapur both turned down the chance to direct the film before Satish Kaushik was finalised.[3][4]
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