Raju Chacha
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Directed by	Anil Devgan
Produced by	Ajay Devgan
Written by	Anees Bazmee Robin Bhatt
Starring	Ajay Devgan Kajol Rishi Kapoor Sanjay Dutt
Music by	Jatin-Lalit Anand Bakshi (lyrics)
Cinematography	Nirmal Jani
Editing by	Chandan Arora
Distributed by	Ajay Devgn Films
Release date(s)	20 December 2000
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Raju Chacha is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Anil Devgan, released on 20 December 2000. The film stars Ajay Devgan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt in lead roles.

Plot[link]

Siddhant Rai (Rishi Kapoor) is a rich widower who lives with his three mischievous children. Siddhant had a younger brother named Rajit, who had a fallout years ago & left Siddhant. Nobody, not even Siddhants children & his dead wife's crafty relatives know what Rajit looked like. A young girl who works in an Orphanage named Anna (Kajol) applies for the job of nanny for the children. The kids try to get her to leave the job, but things get too far when they send her a fake telegram telling of her parents death. She is hurt by this prank, but relents when the kids are really ashamed.

Meanwhile a thief and conman named Shekhar (Ajay Devgan) and his friend Jadu (Johnny Lever) are on run. They see Anna & mistake her to be a relative of Siddhant. Shekhar cons Anna & the children with his charm, hoping to marry Anna & become rich. Siddhant, who thinks that Shekhar is a decent boy, permits the marriage. Just when Shekhar really falls in love with Anna, Siddhant exposes Shekhar on the wedding day. A shattered Anna leaves the household. Siddhant sends Shekhar to jail.

Siddhant's relatives, who are sapping Siddhant's money behind his back, decide to kill Siddhant & his children in an accident. Siddhant dies, but the children are saved. Their custody goes to Siddhant's relatives. Since Rajit has not tried to contact Siddhant for 14 years, he is considered dead. The villains make the children's lives miserable.

Shekhar learns of Siddhant's death & children's plight. He decides to do a good turn & re-enters the home posing as Rajit Rai. Anna too has returned after learning about Siddhant's death. She, along with the children, have an uneasy truce with Shekhar as he is their only hope now. The villains try to discredit Shekhar, but the whole game turns topsy turvy when real Rajit Rai(Sanjay Dutt) shows up.

Seeing their last chance to usurp Siddhant's money vanish, the villains now side with Shekhar, prove him to be the real Rajit Rai aka Raju Chacha. The deal is simple:Shekhar will be their partner & get an equal share in the estate. However, Shekhar stuns the villains after being proved as Rajit Rai by letting them know that the "real" Rajit Rai is his fellow conman Gafoor.

Shekhar helps the kids get their rightful legacy back. Anna reconciles after seeing the change in Shekhar, but the joy is short lived when the villains succeed in sending Shekhar back to jail. Meanwhile, the truth of Siddhant's death is revealed to the children. Shekhar escapes again & kills the villains same way they killed Siddhant. The end credits comes up as the kids sing in hope of Raju Chacha one day coming back...

Cast[link]

• Ajay Devgan ... Shekhar/Rajit Rai aka Raju Chacha
• Kajol ... Anna
• Rishi Kapoor ... Siddhant Rai
• Johnny Lever ... Jaddu
• Sanjay Dutt ... Gafoor
• Tiku Talsania ... B.B.C
• Govind Namdeo ... Vikram Sinha
• Pramod Moutho ... Prabhakar Sinha
• Smita Jaykar ... Mother Superior
• Shahbaaz Khan ... Babu
• Anil Nagrath ... Magistrate
• Kaivalya Chheda...Daddu(Son of Prabhakar Sinha)

Crew[link]

• Producer: Ajay Devgan
• Director: Anil Devgan
• Story: Anees Bazmee
• Screenplay: Robin Bhatt
• Dialogues: Javed Siddiqui
• Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
• Music: Jatin-Lalit
• Choreography: Raju Khan
• Editing: Chandan Arora

Awards[link]

Star Screen Awards[link]

Won

• Best Special Effects

Nominated

• Best Action Director - Jaisingh Nijjar
• Best Art Direction - Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Music[link]

The soundtrack of the film contains 7 songs. The music is composed by Jatin-Lalit, with lyrics authored by Anand Bakshi

External links[link]

• Raju Chacha at the Internet Movie Database

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