''Khel'' ( ''Game'') is a 1992 Indian

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film directed by

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. It stars Mala Sinha,

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, Anupam Kher as main cast. ''Khel'' is one of the almost dozen films that Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit have done together. The script was heavily inspired from 1988 Hollywood comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Khel was filmed in the beautiful locales of

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Synopsis

A rich widow Sulakshana Devi ( Mala Sinha) lives with her son Ravi ( Vijayendra Ghatge) and care-taker Balwant (

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). One day, she receives the news that her son has died in a car accident. Meanwhile, a lady named Kamini approaches her and informs her that she is carrying her dead son Ravi's, child. Sulakshana does not believe Kamini and turns her away. Sulakshana later learns from Ravi's friend Sanjay Gupta (

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) that Kamini is indeed the mother of Ravi's child. Sulakshana tries her best to look for Kamini and get her home but to no avail. Years later, Sulakshana comes across a young man Arun (

) who retrieves her purse from a thief. Happy with his honesty, Sulakshana offers Arun a job. Little does she know that Arun is, in fact, a crook with his eyes and heart set on her multi-crore property. While Arun gets busy hatching plots to seize her property, Seema (

) and her uncle ( Anupam Kher) enter the scene. Then follows a series of comic events and a love triangle between Arun, Seema and Tara Jaisingh (

). It is revealed that Ravi's death was not an accident in the first place. What is the truth that awaits Sulakshana?

Cast

* Mala Sinha as Sulakshana *

as Arun / Devdas *

as Seema *

as Tara Singh * Bharati as Kamini / Sharda * Anupam Kher as Seema's Uncle *

as Balwant *

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as Father / Principal * Vijayendra Ghatge as Ravi *

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as Hasmukh *

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as Mr. Sinha *

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as Vinod Mishra *

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as Shanti Mishra * Bharat Kapoor as Vinod's Elder Brother *

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as Seth Mangatram

Soundtrack

"Na Hai Zameen, Na Aasman" is lifted from "sending all my love" by The Linear whereas "Ek Baat Maan Lo Tum" is copied from "Minnie the Moocher" by Cab Calloway .

Awards

* Filmafare Award for Best Comedian - Anupam Kher

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khel (1992 Film) 1992 films 1990s Hindi-language films 1992 romantic comedy films Films directed by Rakesh Roshan Films scored by Rajesh Roshan Indian romantic comedy films Indian remakes of American films