Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Achanak is a indian film of genre Drama directed by Naresh Malhotra with Govinda

Achanak (1998)

Achanak
If you like this film, let us know!
Length 2h39
Directed by
OriginInde
Genres Drama,    Thriller
Rating42% 2.136972.136972.136972.136972.13697

Achanak (Hindi: अचानक, Urdu: اچانک‎, English: Suddenly) is an Indian film directed by Naresh Malhotra in 1998.

Synopsis

Wealthy industrialist Yashpal Nanda (Saeed Jaffrey) is widowed, and lives with his daughter, Nisha(Pinky Singh), and two sons, Vijay (Rahul Roy), and Arjun (Govinda). He gets Nisha married to Nilesh (Dalip Tahil), while Vijay gets married to Madhu (Farha Naaz), and Yashpal is on the look-out for a suitable bride for Arjun . Arjun lives a charmed life, surrounded by the family he loves and working at his family's thriving business. Then he meets Pooja (Manisha Koirala), and his life gets even better. The two quickly fall in love. Yashpal is overjoyed and happy with Arjun's choice and cannot wait for them to get married. The Nanda family's world gets turned upside down when Nisha and then Vijay pass away suddenly, leaving the family devastated. Pooja is mistakenly convicted of murder, and Arjun must save her while he keeps up his family responsibilities, but his father soon meets a cruel end as well. The police arrive on the scene to arrest Arjun for murder. Now, on the run from both the police and the mysterious criminals, Arjun and Pooja work to expose the truth while evading a fate at the hands of either.

Actors

Trailer of Achanak

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to Achanak

There are 346 films with the same actors, 3 films with the same director, 67729 with the same cinematographic genres (including 8837 with exactly the same 2 genres than Achanak), 6745 films with the same themes (including 536 films with the same 3 themes than Achanak), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked Achanak, you will probably like those similar films :
Yeh Dillagi, 2h34
Directed by Naresh Malhotra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Kajol, Reema Lagoo, Saeed Jaffrey, Deven Varma
Rating59% 2.950362.950362.950362.950362.95036
Sapna (Kajol), the daughter of the Saigal family's driver, is a simple fun-loving girl, but she dreams about riches.
Dil Ka Rishta, 2h30
Directed by Naresh Malhotra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rai, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Isha Koppikar, Rakhee Gulzar, Paresh Rawal
Rating48% 2.4199652.4199652.4199652.4199652.419965
Dil Ka Rishta is about a young man named Jai (Arjun Rampal). He is very wealthy and supports many charities. One day, he accompanies his friend Anita (Ishaa Koppikar) to a school for the deaf. There, he meets Tia (Aishwarya Rai), a teacher, and falls in love with her. He helps her wherever he can and tries to be near her—and he believes that Tia feels something for him, too. When he finally admits his Tia. Tia marries Raj and they have a son named Anshu. The trio live a poor
Tum: A Dangerous Obsession
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Manisha Koirala, Rajat Kapoor, Natanya Singh, Priya, Bobby Darling, Aman Yatan Verma
Rating31% 1.5967951.5967951.5967951.5967951.596795
Kamini Gupta (Manisha Koirala) and Vinod Gupta (Rajat Kapoor) with their two children are happy family. Vinod, a CEO of a multinational corporation is very busy and has no time for the family. He is unable to make it to his wedding anniversary, leaving Kamini all alone. A young photographer, Jatin Pandey (Karan Nath) gives her company. He takes her pictures, they dine and dance together. In the morning when she wakes up she finds herself in Jatin’s bed. Jatin now craves and burns for Kamini who is the forbidden fruit in his life, leading from passion to a dangerous obsession. One day Jatin is found murdered. Inspector Yusuf Malik (Aman Veram) takes the bizarre case. A murder trail with obsession and passion.
Anjaam
Anjaam (1994)
, 2h50
Directed by Rahul Rawail
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Johnny Lever, Himani Shivpuri, Deepak Tijori, Tinnu Anand
Rating66% 3.3000553.3000553.3000553.3000553.300055
Vijay Agnihotri (Shah Rukh Khan) comes from a wealthy family and is very spoiled as well as psychopathic. He meets Shivani (Madhuri Dixit) in a disco club. He tries to get friendly but without any success. Later he meets Shivani in an airplane who is a flight attendant with whom he instantly falls in love but she shows no interest in him – this does not stop Vijay and he continues to pursue her, only to be rejected every time. Vijay informs his mother that he intends to marry Shivani. When they approach Shivani’s family with a proposal, they witness that Shivani had married another man named Ashok. Vijay is now heartbroken. Shivani and Ashok decide to move to America.
Muqabla
Muqabla (1993)

Directed by Rama Rao Tatineni
Genres Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Karisma Kapoor, Govinda, Paresh Rawal, Farah Naaz, Aditya Pancholi, Aruna Irani
Rating46% 2.321132.321132.321132.321132.32113
Suraj and Deepak live a poor lifestyle in a village along with their widowed father, who has always taught them to be honest. Both re-locate to the city and find employment with the Police Force, while Suraj is a Havaldar, Deepak is a Traffic Constable. Suraj does his job honestly and diligently and is often reprimanded by Inspector Waghmare. Then differences arise between Suraj and Deepak when the later comes to testy in favor of an accused, Narendra Khanna, who was arrested by Suraj for killing a man. Things come to a boil when Soni's husband is brutally murdered in broad daylight, and when officers of both Shaitaan Chowki and Kala Chowki refuse to investigate nor even register this homicide, she decides to take matters into her own hands
Agni Sakshi, 2h22
Directed by Kailasam Balachander
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about domestic violence, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, Manisha Koirala, Divya Dutta, Alok Nath, Ravi Behl
Rating62% 3.1008653.1008653.1008653.1008653.100865
Suraj Kapoor is a single, wealthy young man. One day he meets Shubangi, and they fall in love. Shortly thereafter they marry and settle down to enjoy a harmonious married life. During their stay at a hotel, the couple are approached by a man who claims that Shubangi is his wife and her real name is Madhu. Suraj and Shubangi are shocked and ask him to leave, which he does.
Kunwara
Kunwara (2000)
, 2h14
Directed by David Dhawan
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Govinda, Urmila Matondkar, Nagma, Om Puri, Kader Khan, Johnny Lever
Rating51% 2.557662.557662.557662.557662.55766
Raju (Govinda) and Urmila (Urmila Matondkar) meet in New Zealand and fall in love. They plan to meet again very soon in India. On the way, Raju meets a woman named Sharmila (Naghma), a heartbroken, suicidal pregnant woman who tells Raju of her cruel boyfriend. In order to save her respect, Raju decides to play her husband and they return together Sharmila's home, where he meets her family. However, soon enough, Raju finds out that Urmila is none other than Sharmila's sister.
Gupt: The Hidden Truth, 2h53
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Bollywood
Actors Bobby Deol, Manisha Koirala, Kajol, Raj Babbar, Paresh Rawal, Sadashiv Amarapurkar
Rating72% 3.6467153.6467153.6467153.6467153.646715
Governor Jaisingh Sinha (Raj Babbar) is a popular and prominent political figure of the state, besides being well known as an upright person. One day, Gov. Sinha presides over a meeting on the issue of "Open Door Policy", a scheme which will pave the way for foreign companies to operate in India, by implementing usage of computer, industrial machinery etc. The meeting is attended by influential industrialist Meghnad Chaudhry (Dalip Tahil), Union leader Vilas Rao (Sharat Saxena) and minister Mantriji (Prem Chopra), among others. While Chaudhry is in favour of the policy because it would generate foreign investment in India, Vilas Rao strongly opposes the policy which would bring with it the unemployment of a large number of workers because of the utilization of computers and industrial machinery. The difference of opinion of Chaudhry and Vilas Rao leads to a heated argument between the two for which Gov. Sinha terminates the meeting without arriving at any decision on the policy.
Koyla
Koyla (1997)
, 2h46
Directed by Rakesh Roshan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Musical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Amrish Puri, Johnny Lever, Deepshikha Nagpal, Salim Ghouse
Rating62% 3.100853.100853.100853.100853.10085
Raja Saab (Amrish Puri) is a powerful and greedy elderly owner of a coal mine. Some years ago he discovered diamonds in his mine and became rich, turning himself into the self-proclaimed king of the area and ruling over the workers with the help of his sadistic and cruel brother, Brijwa (Salim Ghouse). In addition to the rest of the household, Raja has a mute slave named Shankar (Shahrukh Khan) who is completely loyal to him.
Dil Se..
Dil Se.. (1998)
, 2h31
Directed by Mani Ratnam
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Films about terrorism, Rape in fiction, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta, Jiah Khan, Raghubir Yadav, Zohra Sehgal
Rating74% 3.74813.74813.74813.74813.7481
Amar Kant Varma (Shahrukh Khan) is a Program executive for All India Radio. He is dispatched from New Delhi to cover festivities in Northeast India. On his way there, during a rainy night, Amar stops at Haflong train station to catch Baraks Valley express, as the train runs late, Amar meets a mysterious woman by herself who asks him for a cup of tea. When he returns with the tea, he watches her board the next train with three male passengers. Later, Amar spots the same woman in Silchar. He attempts to talk to her but she says she cannot recall meeting him before. As part of his news reporting assignment, for the occasion of fifty years of Indian Independence, Amar interviews many citizens of Barak Valley, and an extremist leader, who claim that the reason behind human rights violations, and poverty in the region is due to Indian Government, and that the Liberationists do not wish to enter into any dialogue with the government, and further justify their resistance in Utthar Purv.