Aa Gale Lag Jaa (transl. Come, embrace me) is a 1994 Indian Hindi language romantic thriller film directed by Hamid Ali Khan and starring Jugal Hansraj, Urmila Matondkar, Paresh Rawal, Ashok Saraf, Ajit, Reema Lagoo, Raza Murad, Arjun and Gulshan Grover.
The film marked the first leading role for Jugal Hansraj, who previously was a child artist in several films in the 1980s. Coincidentally, he was paired with Urmila Matondkar who had played his sister in his debut film Masoom (1983).
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Plot
Suraj (Jugal Hansraj) is a poor boy raised by his father Mamtaram (Paresh Rawal). Roshni (Urmila Matondkar) is a rich girl raised by her widowed mother Shakuntala Devi (Reema Lagoo). Roshni and Suraj fall in love, but Shakuntala opposes the marriage upon learning Suraj is the son of the driver who murdered Roshni's father. Mamtaram confirms Suraj's father was in prison and was killed by a speeding truck upon his release.
Suraj's dreams are shattered. Then, Roshni's father's business partners begin to be murdered. Suspicion points towards Suraj. The murder cases are assigned to a weird Police Inspector Ram Bhajan Singh (Gulshan Grover). After realizing that killer is some third person nobody knows about, the Inspector arranges a trap for him.
It is found that the killer is Suraj's supposedly dead father. He tells everybody that the real killers were Roshni's father's business partners who were afraid that her father would expose their frauds. They framed Suraj's father who tried to remove the knife out of his masters body. Before the Inspector can arrest him, Suraj's father finds the last partner in the hospital and kills him. Suraj's father surrenders to the police and the film ends.
Cast
Jugal Hansraj as Suraj
Urmila Matondkar as Roshni
Paresh Rawal as Mamtaram, Suraj's father
Ashok Saraf as Dhaniram
Ajit as Kalka Singh
Reema Lagoo as Shakuntala Devi, Roshni Mother
Arun Bali as Seth Mohanlal
Raza Murad as Advocate Jagatpal Sharma
Ranjeet as Dr. Avinash Mathur
Roopesh Kumar as Satish Khanna
Arjun as Sikander Khanna
Gulshan Grover as Police Inspector Ram Bhajan Singh
Dinesh Hingoo as Police Constable Baakelal
Ishrat Ali as Rakabh Singh
Kunickaa Sadanand as Mrs. Jagatpal Sharma
Soundtrack
The film is remembered for its melodious songs by Anu Malik. Anand-Milind were the original composers and even composed some of the songs (now available online) but their compositions were not included in the soundtrack.