Aaina (1993 film)

Aaina
Release poster
Hindi	आईना
Directed by	Deepak Sareen
Produced by	Pamela Chopra and Yash Chopra
Written by	Honey Irani Shanker Iyer Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza
Starring	Jackie Shroff Amrita Singh Juhi Chawla Deepak Tijori
Music by	Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen
Cinematography	Romesh Bhalla Nazir Khan
Edited by	Keshav Naidu
Release dates	18 May 1993 (India)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Aaina (English: Mirror), is a 1993 film directed by Deepak Sareen and produced by Yash Chopra and independently produced by his wife Pamela Chopra. The film starred Juhi Chawla, Jackie Shroff and Amrita Singh in lead roles with Deepak Tijori in a guest appearance. The film is about narssist person, played by Amrita Singh. The film was a blockbuster hit in India, and solidified Juhi Chawla's career as a leading lady in the 1990s. The film was remade in Telugu as Aayanaki Iddaru, in Tamil as Kalyana Vaibhogam and in Kannada as Yare Nee Abhimani.

Plot

Roma (Amrita Singh) and Reema Mathur (Juhi Chawla) are the daughters of Mr. Mathur (Saeed Jaffery), a wealthy businessman. Roma, the older one, has always been spoiled, gets everything she desires, and is very competitive. Reema is quite reserved and usually lets her sister take the spotlight. Both grow up to be entirely different. The only similarity is that the sisters fall in love with the same man, Ravi Saxena (Jackie Shroff).

Always the center of attention, Roma catches his eye first. Reema is heartbroken but puts on a brave face. Ravi and Roma decide to get married. Unfortunately, Roma is ambitious to be a star in a film and gets an offer on the day of her wedding. She accepts and abandons Ravi minutes before their wedding. Ravi is furious and, in turn, marries Reema to save the honor of her family.

At first, Ravi and Reema's relationship is quite uncomfortable. But, as time passes, Ravi falls in love with Reema. Unfortunately, Roma comes back home in a rage and tells them that they will never be happy because she has been betrayed. Determined to get Ravi back Roma is willing to do anything including ruining her sister's life. She creates a lot of trouble like pretending to commit suicide etc. In the end Reema gives in and leaves her house, so Ravi furiously makes Roma understand what's the difference between her and Reema. Roma realises her mistake and reunites Ravi and Reema.

Cast

• Jackie Shroff as Ravi Saxena
• Juhi Chawla as Reema Mathur Saxena
• Amrita Singh as Roma Mathur
• Saeed Jaffrey as Mr. Mathur
• Dina Pathak as Grandma
• Maya Alagh as Mrs. Mathur
• Deepak Tijori as Vinay Saxena (guest appearance)
• Rajesh Khattar as Sunil

Soundtrack

All the songs were composed by Dilip Sen & Sameer Sen and lyrics were penned by Sameer.

Awards

• Amrita Singh won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance.

External links

• Aaina at the Internet Movie Database