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| editing = [[Renu Saluja]]
| distributor = SLB Films<br />[[Vinod Chopra Productions]]
| released = {{Film date|1994|
| runtime = 157 minutes
| country = India
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| gross = {{INR|69.9 million}}<ref name="box">{{cite web|title=1942: A Love Story (1994)| url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3095| url-status=live |website=[[Box office India]]|access-date=9 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223104310/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3095|archive-date=23 December 2016}}</ref>
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'''''1942: A Love Story''''', also known as '''''1942 A Love Story''''', is a 1994 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[patriotism|patriotic]] [[
The film's core plot was reported to be inspired by the 1992 [[Kannada (language)|Kannada]]-language film ''[[Mysore Mallige (film)|Mysore Mallige]]''
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
* [[Anil Kapoor]] as Narendra Singh "Naren", Rajjo’s love interest
*[[Jackie Shroff]] as Shubhankar, Pathak’s alias, secretly had a crush on Rajjo
*[[Manisha Koirala]] as Rajeshwari Pathak "Rajjo"
* [[Chandni (Bollywood actress)|Chandni]] as Chanda Bisht, Naren’s drama partner who secretly liked Naren
* [[Anupam Kher]] as Raghuveer Pathak, Rajjo’s father
* [[Danny Denzongpa]] as Major Bisht, Chanda’s Father
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Abid Ali Baig, Chanda’s, Rajjo’s and Naren’s drama teacher, Pathak’s alias in plotting General’s murder
* [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Ashutosh Pathak, Rajjo’s brother
* [[Raghuveer Yadav]] as Munna, Naren’s Driver and Rajjo’s neighbour
* [[Sushma Seth]] as Gayatri Singh, Naren’s Mother
* [[Manohar Singh]] as Diwan Hari Pratap Singh, Naren’s Father
* [[Brian Glover]] as General Douglas
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[[Kamna Chandra]], one of the script writers of the film, had gone to the United States to meet her daughters Tanuja and [[Anupama Chopra|Anupama]] (whom Vidhu Vinod Chopra would later marry) as they were studying there. Having watched Chopra's film ''[[Parinda]]'' on video and being impressed with it, both of them asked their mother to write a story and approach him to direct it. Chandra had previously written ''[[Prem Rog]]'' and ''[[Chandni (film)|Chandni]]''; both were love stories. She knew Chopra made "dark films", but decided to meet him.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=4 April 2012 |title=Movies: How 1942 A Love Story was made |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-part-of-the-cost-of-the-set-was-borne-by-jackie-shroff/20120404.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427112237/https://m.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-part-of-the-cost-of-the-set-was-borne-by-jackie-shroff/20120404.htm |archive-date=27 April 2021 |access-date=8 June 2022 |website=[[Rediff.com]] |language=en}}</ref>
After returning, Chandra met Chopra at Natraj Studios. She made him listen to two or three of her ideas, among which he liked one and asked her to develop it. Chandra finished the script and dialogues by a year, until a day when Chopra himself called her and suggested that they should make a love story set in another era instead of the present time. This provoked Chandra
===Casting===
[[Aamir Khan]] had initially been offered the role of Narendra
Chopra had crafted the role of
▲Chopra had crafted the role of ''Rajeshwari Pathak'' alias ''Rajjo'' in accordance to [[Madhuri Dixit]]; lyricist [[Javed Akhtar]] had also kept her in mind while penning the lyrics for "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To".<ref name=":1" /> By the time the film was launched, Dixit had packed schedules, which meant she couldn't do the film. [[Manisha Koirala]], who had given an audition for the role of Rajjo's sister (the role was later excluded from the film), was then asked by Chopra to give a screen test.<ref name=":1" /> But, after seeing Koirala enacting a scene, Chopra deemed her a "terrible actress". Koirala, however, asked him for a second chance. She went back home, practised her lines and came back prepared the next day. She pleased Chopra with her performance and was thereafter signed.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=3 January 2019 |title=When Manisha Koirala Almost Got Rejected for '1942: A Love Story' |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/when-manisha-koirala-almost-got-rejected-for-1942-a-love-story-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203122928/https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/entertainment/when-manisha-koirala-almost-got-rejected-for-1942-a-love-story-2 |archive-date=3 February 2019 |access-date=9 June 2022 |website=[[The Quint]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Ashwini Bhave]] was also one of those who had auditioned for the role. She was rejected on the spot.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=6 December 2020 |title=Revisiting 1942: A Love Story – 42 interesting facts about the epic romance |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/photos/slideshows/2020/dec/06/revisiting1942-a-love-story---42-interesting-facts-about-the-epic-romance-1206.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609064750/https://m.cinemaexpress.com/photos/slideshows/2020/dec/06/revisiting1942-a-love-story---42-interesting-facts-about-the-epic-romance-1206.amp |archive-date=9 June 2022 |access-date=9 June 2022 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref>
[[Nana Patekar]], who had previously worked with Chopra in ''[[Parinda]]'' (1989), was selected to portray Raghuvir Pathak. But he insisted on being cast as Shubankar, which caused a rift between him and Chopra. [[Anupam Kher]] was later signed for the role. [[Mithun Chakraborty]] had also been briefly considered for the role of Shubankar, when Shroff developed date issues. The distributors, however, somehow made Chopra retain Shroff in the film. Since the production started in the early 90s, it was speculated that [[Sanjay Kapoor]] was to replace his brother Anil as the latter's film ''[[Lamhe (1991 film)|Lamhe]]'' (1991) had not been successful. Nevertheless, it did not materialize.<ref name=":2" />
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== Music ==
The Music Director of the film was Rahul Dev Burman who died before the release of the film, with lyrics by [[Javed Akhtar]]. The background Score was By Manohari Singh and Babloo Chakraborty.[[R. D. Burman]] won his last [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director]] and Javed Akthar bagged the [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist]] for "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To". [[Kumar Sanu]] won his 5th consecutive [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer]] for "Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To" and [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]] won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] for "Pyar Hua Chupke Se", the first of her hat-trick feat. The soundtrack was #13 on the list of "100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks of All Time", as compiled by ''Planet Bollywood.'' The music in the introduction of the film is from [[Gustav Holst]]'s ''[[The Planets]] - Mars the bringer of war''.
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