Judwaa

Judwaa

Year: 1997

Runtime: 148 mins

Language: Hindi

Director: David Dhawan

RomanceComedyAction

Twin brothers separated at birth, meet in adulthood and join forces to defeat their common enemy, a notorious criminal.

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Timeline – Judwaa (1997)

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1

Ratan's arrest and hospital birth setup

ACP Sanjay Path Malhotra arrests Jayantilal 'Ratan' Pandey, a ruthless criminal. During the arrest, Ratan wounds himself and is rushed to the hospital, where Geeta Malhotra is in labor.

City Hospital
2

Twins born; reflection mentality explained

Geeta gives birth to twins. The doctor explains that the twins share a reflection mentality: what happens to one may be felt by the other, depending on proximity.

City Hospital
3

Ratan abducts a twin and Geeta is wounded

Ratan escapes from custody with one twin, injuring Geeta in the process. ACP Malhotra continues the pursuit to recover the child.

City
4

Malhotra shoots to stop the escape

Unable to catch the fleeing Ratan, ACP Malhotra shoots at him in an attempt to stop the escape. The incident leaves Geeta hospitalised and the fate of the second twin uncertain.

City outskirts
5

Raja grows up in India with Rangeela and Neelam

Raja grows up in India after the abduction, befriending Rangeela Prakash and treating Neelam as his sister. Together they form a small-time thieves’ circle, looking after Neelam while trying to survive.

India
6

Geeta and Prem in the United States

Geeta becomes depressed and paralysed. Malhotra takes her to the United States for treatment, where the other twin Prem Malhotra is brought up.

United States
7

Prem returns to India as a rock star; Mala's alliance

Prem Malhotra returns to India as a celebrated rock star and is welcomed by Kishan Sharma, his father’s friend. Kishan arranges a match with Mala Sharma, but Mala is secretly in love with Raja.

India
8

Prem meets Roopa at the airport; love triangle begins

Prem meets Roopa Batwani at the airport and falls in love with her. Meanwhile Mala flirts with Prem, mistaking him for Raja, while Tony pursues Roopa as well.

Airport
9

Raja and Prem discover they are identical

One day, Raja and Prem see each other in a restaurant and realise they are identical, triggering a cascade of humorous misunderstandings. The revelation unsettles their plans and complicates relationships with Mala and Roopa.

Restaurant
10

Tiger murders an Inspector and Neelam witnesses

Tiger kills an Inspector on the road, and Neelam becomes a key witness. Tiger threatens her to stay silent, escalating the danger for Raja and his circle.

City street
11

Tiger escapes jail, targets Neelam; father revealed

Tiger escapes from jail to kidnap Neelam and encounters ACP Malhotra, discovering that he shot his own father and learning Raja is Malhotra's son. He uses this knowledge to blackmail Raja into pressuring ACP Malhotra to release Neelam.

City
12

Revelation and final confrontation

Raja discovers that ACP Malhotra is his father and that Prem is his twin brother, along with their shared reflex. The brothers unite to protect their father from Tiger; in the climax, Raja beats Tiger and Neelam is saved, and both couples marry their beloveds.

India

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