Diagonaldi Very well executed

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

sunny one Do not get mislead by those nostalgic fans of Bollywood who refer to 90''s Bollywood as some sort of golden age. 90's Bollywood was abysmal fare and Raja Hindustani typifies how bad it was. Low budget, amateur, formulaic, melodramatic, artless, badly directed, loud, badly acted, bad writing, slapstick. It pains me to admit but RH is Best film material of 90's Bollywood, having won 9 awards for god awful acting. Johnny liver won for acting in a comic role playing the parody of a Punjabi sardar, supported by two jokers playing the parody of a gay man and a tomboy who pass of cheap slapstick as comedy. Karisma Kapoor won best actress for an extremely loud performance and awful acting. Her melodramatic scenes are loud and her attempts at looking beautiful and cute are borderline porn movie standard. There is not an ounce of subtlety or art, every actor is loud, shouts and screams. The characters are one dimensional, unrealistic and seem like they are written by a village bumkin. It's like every character is a parody, but what is sad this is not satire, it is suppose to be serious. Production values are awful, camera work is shaky, colour and print are cheap, lighting is worse than a wedding video, sound effects are poorly dubbed. In general this is a terrible and amateur production. The only respites are Aamir Khan who is able to give life to an otherwise stupid character and the songs are melodious and iconic.The standards of contemporary 21st century Bollywood cinema compared to 90's Bollywood is literally a quantum jump.

Ibuk I saw Raja Hindustani way way back in 96 when it first came out. It was a huge blockbuster and made Karisma Kapoor a major star. The songs became imensely popular, especially Pardesi Pardesi. In my opinion the songs are the only reason the movie became such a huge blockbuster because the story is pretty appalling and clichéd. The story as it is involves Aamir Khan, a cab driver who falls in love with a rich girl who comes to stay with him. They get married but then the rich girl's parents try to cause problems in their relationship and the couple eventually split. The movie's main problem is that it can't decide whether it wants to be a remake of Jab Jab phool kile or Akele hum akele tum and it ends up as an uneasy mix of both. The movie can't even be saved by the wonderful songs. An awful awful movie and the fact that the movie did so well simply astounds me.

S20WAR I remember watching this film in the theatres and coming out confused whether I liked the film or not.There were good points and bad points in the film.Good: Finally Karishma Kapoor has transformed from a childish and annoying girl from prem qaidi (debut film) to Sapoot (last film before Raja Hindustani) to a very beautiful and mature women. She moved away from those pink flowery frocks to stylish dresses and sari's.The songs were fantastic and very catchy, especially "Pardesi, Pardesi".The kiss – Although the kiss has been tried before in Vardi (Madhuri and Jackie) and Dayavan (Madhuri and Vinod), this one is something special.Bad: The story is the same old rich boy/girl falls in love with poor girl/boy and rich family is against and conspire to separate them, etc, etc, etc.I didn't feel any chemistry between Raja and Aarti and the story moved quickly to them getting married. It was obvious to see that Raja adored Aarti, but she thought of him as a very close friend and there was no indication that she loves him until they kiss.I'm a huge fan of Aamir Khan, however, I don't believe this film did anything for him, like his earlier films such as Baazi, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander and Rangeela.All in all I will have to say you watch this film for the music and Karishma Kapoor only, nothing else.5/10.

aambika sharma A weird same old stories. When will bollywood learn to change their minds. They make millions of movies on same topic. Same old type story a rich girl loves the poor chap. Or they will switch rich boy falls in love with poor girl. Same old stories told again and again. Rich girl played by Karisma Kapoor and poor chap played by Aamir Khan. As always they create situations how a rich girl meets the poor guy and always opposite attracts. The situations are created and they will fall in love and then the parent of rich girl doesn't agree. Always rich parent doesn't agree one person goes ahead and marries that person then what more a step mother, step uncle play tricks. Same junk old stories. Suneel Darshan probably had earned money from that film but its a stupid movie. As far as performance its brilliant by Amir, Karisma and Archana. Nadeem Sharwan music is brilliant. I watched the film just for its hit music. Otherwise its just waste of money. Same old stories retold but they just make different situations and at end happy climax as always. I would give Amir 5 out of 10 and Karisma 6 out of 10. Music is 8 out of 10. story wise its 0 out of 10. Same old based stories. Singers had done their job fine. All movie is just waste of time and if you are fan of Aamir then watch him in Andaz apna apna and sweet karishma in that film. She changed her name so she could get more. Weird people. Watch it if you like bollywood music and dances that sit. darshans makes movies so people can dance only.