Rani Maa's(Reena Roy) husband is killed by the neighboring kingdom's evil Prime Minister Man Singh (Naseeruddin Shah). The Prime Minister absolves himself from this killing and blames it on the king, the father of Rajkumari Vishaka (Madhuri Dixit). Rani Maa swears to avenge the death against the Rajkumari. Man Singh also has a twin brother, Surjan Singh (also Naseeruddin Shah) who is not evil at all albeit a little naive. Rani Maa is shocked and aghast when she finds out that her only son, Rajkumar (Anil Kapoor) is in love with Rajkumari. She sets out to oppose this marriage, while Rajkumar will leave no stone unturned to marry Rajkumari. The stage is set for mother and son to decide whether it is in their best interest to include someone in the family, who has killed a husband and a father respectively.
Acting
Naseeruddin Shah's delicious double-duty as evil twin and doofus twin.
Costume
Madhuri's princess wardrobe is spectacular 90s fantasy camp.
Direction
Pankaj Parashar commits fully to every dramatic zoom.
Director
Pankaj Parashar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Naseeruddin Shah reportedly took both roles to challenge himself during a commercial phase, creating wildly different physicalities for each twin.
The film arrived as 90s Bollywood pivoted toward NRI romances, making this old-school royal revenge saga feel like a deliberate throwback even then.
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