Rangeela (1995 film)

Rangeela
Poster
Directed byRam Gopal Varma
Written byRam Gopal Varma (Story & Screenplay)
Neeraj Vora
Sanjay Chhel
(Dialogues)
Produced byJhamu Sughand
Ram Gopal Varma
StarringAamir Khan
Urmila Matondkar
Jackie Shroff
CinematographyW. B. Rao
Edited byEeshwar Nivas
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
company
Varma Creations
Release date
  • 8 September 1995 (1995-09-08)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget4.5 crore[1]
Box office33.4 crore[1]

Rangeela (transl. 'Colourful') is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film co-written, directed and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It stars Aamir Khan, Urmila Matondkar and Jackie Shroff. The film was A. R. Rahman's first Hindi film with an original score and soundtrack, as his previous Hindi releases were dubbed versions of his Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films.[2]

Rangeela released on 8 September 1995, and proved to be a major box office success. The film received critical acclaim upon release, with particular praise directed towards the film's soundtrack and Matondkar's performance, thus proving to be a breakthrough for her. It was screened at the mainstream section of the International Film Festival of India.[3]

At the 41st Filmfare Awards, Rangeela received a leading 14 nominations, Best Film, Best Director (Varma), Best Actor (Khan) and Best Actress (Matondkar), and won 7 awards, including Best Supporting Actor (Shroff), Best Music Director (Rahman) and Special Jury Award (Asha Bhosle for "Tanha Tanha").[3]

  1. ^ a b "Rangeela – Movie – Box Office India". www.boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Box Office 1995". BoxOfficeIndia.Com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Filmfare Winners 1995". IndiaTimes.Com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2010.

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