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Pardesi Babu

Raju Pardesi lives a poor lifestyle in a village with his cruel stepmother and decides to relocate to Mumbai to better his life. Upon arrival he is received by his friend, Happy Singh, who arranges for his accommodation with stern landlady Mai. Raju likes to help people, so much so that he even loses to a professional wrestler so he can use the money to help others. One day he returns to his room and finds it occupied by a runaway bride, Chinni Chopra, who refuses to marry Narendra, the man her dad has chosen for her. Eventually Raju and Chinni fall in love, much to the chagrin of Mr. Chopra, who meets with Raju and asks him to accumulate one Crore rupees in one year and then only can he marry Chinni. Raju accepts the challenge and leaves. Nearing the year's end Chinni receives Raju's letter that he has been able to accumulate the stipulated amount and he is returning to Mumbai for their marriage. But Raju does not arrive and she does not hear from him again. She travels to Darjeeling to look for him and she finds him--marrying another woman, Karuna.Chinni will also find out that Raju did not earn this money--he stole it. Mr. Chopra will also arrives and accuses Raju of using Chinni to steal 5 Crore rupees from him. Where did Raju get the money? Why is he marrying Karuna?

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Cast & Crew See All

Govinda
Raju Pardesi
Raveena Tandon
Karuna
Shilpa Shetty Kundra
Chinni Chopra

Awards

  • 1999 - Bollywood Movie Award - Best Supporting Actress - winner
  • 1999 - Bollywood Movie Award - Best Comic Actor - winner

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