Laadla (1994 film)

Laadla
Release poster
Directed by	Raj Kanwar
Produced by	Nitin Manmohan
Screenplay by	Anees Bazmee
Starring	Sridevi Anil Kapoor Raveena Tandon Farida Jalal Aruna Irani Paresh Rawal Prem Chopra Shakti Kapoor Mohnish Bahl
Music by	Anand-Milind
Cinematography	Harmeet Singh
Edited by	A. Muthu
Release date	25 March 1994 (1994-03-25)
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹11.8 crore (equivalent to ₹55 crore or US$7.7 million in 2017)[1]

Laadla (translation: The Beloved Son) is a 1994 Indian romantic drama film directed by Raj Kanwar, from a screenplay written by Anees Bazmee. The film stars Sridevi and Anil Kapoor in the lead roles. Raveena Tandon, Farida Jalal, Shakti Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Alok Nath, Mohnish Bahl and Prem Chopra appear in supporting roles. The film initially starred Divya Bharti as the female lead and she had shot most of the film. However, due to her untimely death in 1993, the film was reshot with Sridevi replacing her. The film is the remake of Kannada film Anuraga Aralithu (1986). In the film, a headstrong factory owner marries the union leader of the factory, to quell his spirit and teach him a lesson. In the process, she ends up learning a few lessons herself.

Laadla was released theatrically on March 25, 1994. The film, upon release, was a commercial success grossing ₹11 crore domestically, becoming the seventh highest grossing Indian movie of 1994.^[2] Sridevi's performance as Sheetal Jaitly was widely acclaimed and earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

Plot

Raju (Anil Kapoor) lives with his disabled mom (Farida Jalal). One day Raju on his way to a job interview saves the life of a rich textile mill owner (Anupam Kher), who offers him a job in his factory, which is run by his ambitious daughter Sheetal (Sridevi). Sheetal's competitive attitude and open insults result in her making several enemies in the industry as well as Shakti Kapoor from her own company, whom she often slaps and insults. Raju works as a mechanic in the mill and confronts Sheetal several times for the proper treatment of workers. He is also elected as the union leader, which enrages Sheetal who slaps Bhandhari (Shakti Kapoor). Raju meets Kaajal (Raveena Tandon), who also works in the textile mill, and they fall in love.

A competing textile mill owner Suryadev (Prem Chopra) tries to eliminate Sheetal. Raju saves her by pushing her. Though he saves her, Sheetal is enraged as Raju touches her and slaps him in front of all the workers. Later, Raju goes to Sheetal's cabin and slaps her five times. Sheetal cannot fire Raju as then she has to tell all of her workmen she was slapped by Raju. For taking revenge, Sheetal makes an offer to marry him. When Raju turns her down she forces his mom to agree to the marriage. Raju accepts his mom's wishes and decides to sacrifice his love for Kaajal. Sheetal expects Raju to move in with her after their marriage and live in luxury, but Raju refuses and continues to work in the mill. Raju starts to live in Sheetal's house upon his mother's order though he continues his job as a mechanic in the mill which is now his own.

Slowly Raju starts to like Sheetal and starts loving her. He again saves her when some henchmen of Suryadev try to kill her. However, tensions arise between Raju and Sheetal when she fires Kajaal out of jealousy as Sheetal sees Kaajal visiting Raju's house frequently, though Kaajal goes there to take care of Raju's lonely mother.

Labour issues cause the workers to go on strike. The competing mill owner plans to take advantage of the situation and hires hoods to set the mill on fire. Raju, in his attempt to stop the fire is mistakenly arrested. Raju's mom goes to Sheetal's house to clear matters, but is insulted and taunted by Sheetal, and collapses until Raju arrives to save his mother and slaps Sheetal and breaks his ties with her. A guilty Sheetal, who truly is in love with Raju decides to kill herself until the rival mill owners kidnap and decide to kill her themselves, until Raju arrives to save her life. Sheetal is remorseful for her behaviour towards her husband and family. She makes Kaajal managing director of the company and stops working to become a good wife to Raju and both of them lives happily ever after with them living in Raju's house.

Cast

• Sridevi as Sheetal Jetley or Verma
• Anil Kapoor as Raj Verma (Raju)
• Raveena Tandon as Kaajal
• Farida Jalal as Gayetri Verma
• Aruna Irani as Bannobi (Sheetal's Mother)
• Prem Chopra as Suryadev
• Paresh Rawal as Hiravat (Suryadev's brother)
• Mohnish Behl as Vikram (Suryadev's son)
• Anupam Kher as Laxminarayan Jetley
• Shakti Kapoor as Tilak Bhandari
• Alok Nath as Kaajal's dad
• Kalpana Iyer as Kamini
• Arun Bakshi as Mehtu
• Shawn Jhajj as Customs Officer
• Vaishnavi Mahant as Special Appearance in Item Song

Production

Divya Bharti was originally cast in the role of Sheetal and filmed most of her role, but due to her sudden demise on 5 April 1993, she could not complete the movie. Later, Sridevi was signed to play the role. Some footage of Divya's performance was later played on TV for her fans.

Soundtrack

Producer Nitin Manmohan repeated music directors Anand-Milind and lyricist Sameer after hits like Baaghi, Maha Sangram, Adharm and Bol Radha Bol. The music topped the charts when released. It was among the best selling albums of 1994.^[3]

Original Soundtrack label^[4]

Awards and Nominations

At the 40th Filmfare Awards, Sridevi and Raveena Tandon received nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.

Remakes

References

External links

• Laadla on IMDb