Aflatoon (1997 film)

Aflatoon (transl. 'Senseeless') is an Indian Hindi-language crime action film directed by Guddu Dhanoa. Loosely based on Bengali film Bhagya Debata (1995), the film stars Akshay Kumar in dual roles along with Urmila Matondkar and Anupam Kher in supporting roles.

Aflatoon
DVD cover
Directed by	Guddu Dhanoa
Produced by	Guddu Dhanoa Lalit Kapoor Raju Narula
Starring	Akshay Kumar Urmila Matondkar Anupam Kher
Cinematography	Sripad V. Natu
Edited by	A. Muthu
Music by	Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen
Production company	Bhagwan Chitra Mandir
Release date	19 December 1997 (1997-12-19)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	est.₹7.93 crore[1]

Plot

Raja (Akshay Kumar), a good-for-nothing loafer trying to get rich quick, impersonates Parimal Chaturvedi, a college professor and enters into a college full of beautiful rich women. He falls for a rich girl Pooja (Urmila Matondkar), and manages to win her heart.

Trouble comes when Pooja's father Prakash (Anupam Kher) mistakes Raja for Rocky (also Akshay Kumar), a ruthless and merciless criminal who extorts money from people by threatening to kill them. Prakash, who is being threatened by Rocky, asks Raja for help, so Raja decides to impersonate Rocky to get his secrets and Prakash's money. But the tables are turned when Rocky finds out about Raja's game and decides to return the favor.

Raja wakes up and finds himself kidnapped and held by Rocky and his goons. He then realizes he has been drugged for the past seven days, and in these seven days, Rocky has posed as Raja and has convinced Raja's friends, mother, and Pooja that he is Raja, and is all set to marry Pooja. Rocky sets up an elaborate scheme which ends with Raja framed and arrested under the name of Rocky. Raja manages to convince an officer to believe him, and is given 24 hours to prove himself. Raja ends up crashing the wedding, where he tells the truth; desperate, Rocky escapes and goes on the run with Pooja. Raja follows him to a multi-story building where the two fight brutally. Raja gains the advantage and knocks out Rocky and push Rocky off the building, who falls to his death. At the end Raja, marries Pooja.

Cast

• Akshay Kumar as Rocky / Raja (dual role)
• Urmila Matondkar as Pooja
• Shazia Malik as Sonia, Rocky's love interest.
• Farida Jalal as Raja's mother
• Harish Patel as the Police Commissioner Ibu Hatela
• Anupam Kher as Vidyaprakash, Pooja's father.
• Tiku Talsania as a Police Inspector Narayan Sinha
• Remo D'Souza as Raja's friend
• Subbiraj as College Principal Prithvi
• Sonia Sahni as College Professor Anita
• Sarad Sankla
• Brahmachari
• Dinesh Aanand
• Rajesh Joshi
• Anita Bhandi

Soundtrack

The song "We Love We Love Rocky" was inspired by Queen's song We Will Rock You.^[2] The song "Poster Lagwado Bazar Mein" was recreated by Tanishk Bagchi for 2019 film Luka Chuppi^[3]

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Aflatoon - Aflatoon"	Remo Fernandes
2	"Poster Lagwado Bazar Mein (Duet)"	Lalit Sen, Shweta Shetty
3	"Oye Oye Tere Si Ladki"	Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal
4	"Uee Maa Uee Maa Mar Gayi Re"	Abhijeet, Anuradha Paudwal
5	"We Love We Love Rocky"	Vinod Rathod
6	"Tu Mange Dil Main De Doon Jaan"	Hariharan, Chitra
7	"Poster Lagwado Bazar Mein (Male)"	Lalit Sen
8	"Gori Chori Chori"	Alisha Chinai