''Shreemaan Aashique'' is a 1993 Indian

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film directed by

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and produced by Shakeel Noorani. The film stars

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in lead roles.

Plot

Dushyant Kumar Mehra promises his uncle Professor Vishwamitra who runs an association of confirmed single men that he will remain single forever. His stance is a cause for concern for his parents, Kalidas Mehra and Suman Mehra. Dushyant travels to a hill station on a holiday and runs into Shakuntala who falls in love with him. He rebuffs her but she persists and soon he reciprocates her love. Professor Vishwamitra is very upset when he learns of this. What complicates matters further is that the professor himself falls in love with Shakuntala. Eventually Dushyant and Shakuntala end up together.

Inspiration

This film's plot is strikingly similar to that of ''

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'' (1967).

Cast

as Dushyant Kumar Mehra *

as Shakuntala "Shaku" * Bindu as Menka *

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as Kalidas Mehra *

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as Suman Mehra * Anupam Kher as Professor Vishwamitra *

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as Menka's father *

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as Ashutosh Mukherjee *

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as Anand (Army Man) *

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as Masterji

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by

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. The song "Ladki Ladki" is copied from the Arabic song "

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" (1992) by Algerian musician Khaled.

References

External links

* 1993 films 1990s Hindi-language films Films scored by Nadeem–Shravan {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub