"American dreams, Indian soul."

1997

3h 11m

6.7(82 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

Kishorilal wants an Indian bride for his westernised son. He gets him engaged to Ganga, his friend's daughter, and brings her to USA. But she shares a deeper bond with Arjun, Kishorilal's foster son.

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15 members

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शाहरुख़ ख़ान

Arjun Sagar

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Amrish Puri

Kishorilal

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Mahima Chaudhry

Kusum Ganga

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Apurva Agnihotri

Rajiv

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Padmavati Rao

Narmada

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Alok Nath

Suraj Dev

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Himani Shivpuri

Kulwanti

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Madhuri Bhatia

Neeta

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Smita Jaykar

Paddy

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Prachi Save

Daksha

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Sound

Aditya Narayan

Potla

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Ajay Nagrath

Daboo

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Samta Sagar

Sonali

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Rakesh Thareja

Paul

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Pavan Malhotra

Sharafat Ali

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