Aankhen (1993)
Plot
Aankhen (transl. Eyes) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action-comedy film directed by David Dhawan and written by Anees Bazmee. It stars Govinda (in a double role), Chunky Pandey, Raageshwari (in her debut film), Ritu Shivpuri (in her debut film), Shilpa Shirodkar, Kader Khan, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Shakti Kapoor and Raj Babbar. Along with Govinda, Kader Khan and Raj Babbar also play double roles. It was the highest-grossing Indian film of 1993. It was remade in Telugu as Pokiri Raja (1995). The film was reported to have been inspired by the 1977 Kannada movie Kittu Puttu which itself was inspired by the 1967 Tamil movie Anubavi Raja Anubavi which had earlier been remade in Hindi in 1973 as Do Phool. It is also adapted from Marathi film Changu Mangu released in 1990. At the 39th Filmfare Awards, the film received four nominations - Best Film, Best Director (Dhawan), Best Actor (Govinda) and Best Comedian (Khan) but failed to win in any category.
Aankhen details
| Industry | Bollywood (Hindi) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1993 |
| Genres | Action, Comedy |
| Runtime | 2h 50m |
| Rating | Not rated |
| Director | David Dhawan |
| Status | Released |
| Language | hi |
| Record verified | 2026-09-21 |
| Source | Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · images: TMDB |
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What is Aankhen about?
Aankhen (transl. Eyes) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action-comedy film directed by David Dhawan and written by Anees Bazmee. It stars Govinda (in a double role), Chunky Pandey, Raageshwari (in her debut film), Ritu Shivpuri (in her debut film), Shilpa Shirodkar, Kader Khan, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Shakti Kapoor and Raj Babbar. Along with Govinda, Kader Khan and Raj Babbar also play double roles. It was the highest-grossing Indian film of 1993. It was remade in Telugu as Pokiri Raja (1995). The film was reported to have been inspired by the 1977 Kannada movie Kittu Puttu which itself was inspired by the 1967 Tamil movie Anubavi Raja Anubavi which had earlier been remade in Hindi in 1973 as Do Phool. It is also adapted from Marathi film Changu Mangu released in 1990. At the 39th Filmfare Awards, the film received four nominations - Best Film, Best Director (Dhawan), Best Actor (Govinda) and Best Comedian (Khan) but failed to win in any category.
Who is in the cast of Aankhen?
Aankhen stars Govinda, Chunky Pandey, Raj Babbar, Shakti Kapoor, Raageshwari, Ritu Shivpuri and is directed by David Dhawan. The full credited cast is listed above.
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How long is Aankhen?
Aankhen runs 2h 50m (170 minutes).
Who directed Aankhen?
Aankhen was directed by David Dhawan.
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