Aankhen (English: The Eyes) is a 1993 Bollywood action comedy directed by David Dhawan and starring Govinda in a double role and Chunky Pandey.It was a blockbuster at the box office and when adjusted for inflation stands as the third highest grossing hindi film of the 90s decade it was also remade into Telugu as Pokiri Raja in 1995, starring Venkatesh and Ali.
| Directed by | David Dhawan |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Pahlaj Nihalani |
| Written by | Anees Bazmee |
| Starring | Govinda Chunky Pandey Raj Babbar |
| Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
| Cinematography | Siba Mishra |
| Edited by | Nand Kumar |
| Distributed by | Chiragdeep International |
Release dates
| 9 April 1993 |
Running time
| 170 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | [ ₹ 1.96 crore] [$392,000 approximately][1] |
| Box office | [ ₹ 12.46 crore] [$2,492,000 approximately][1] |
Cast
| Actor | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Govinda | Bunnu saini/ Gaurishankar | Dual role / Nominated For Best Actor - Filmfare Awards |
| Chunky Pandey | Munnu | |
| Kader Khan | Hasmukh Rai / Neelkanth Rai | Dual role / Nominated Best Comic Actor - Filmfare Awards |
| Raj Babbar | Chief Minister / Sarang | Dual role |
| Shilpa Shirodkar | Chandramukhi 'Chanda' | |
| Ritu Shivpuri | Ritu | |
| Raageshwari | Priya Mohan | Inspector Pyare Mohan's daughter |
| Sadashiv Amrapurkar | Inspector Pyare Mohan | |
| Bindu | Anuradha | |
| Shakti Kapoor | Tejeshwar Singh | |
| Gulshan Grover | Natwar Shah | |
| Mahavir Shah | Pravin Shah | Natwar Shah's brother |
| Harish Patel | Monto | Hired principal / Hired father / Hired thief |
| Radha Seth | Moll | Tejeshwar gang's member |
| Dina Pathak | Dadi | |
| Rakesh Bedi | Gulshan Kapoor a.k.a. 'Gullu' | |
| Raza Murad | D.C.P. | |
| Mac Mohan | Tejeshwar's henchman | |
| Sudhir | Tejeshwar's henchman | |
| Gavin Packard | Tejeshwar's Henchman | |
| Vikas Anand | Doctor | |
| Govind Namdeo | Doctor Namdev | |
| Ghanshyam Rohera | House Servant | |
| Tinnu Verma | Tinnu | Tejeshwar's henchman |
| Arun Bakshi | Man who saves Bunnu | |
| Bob Christo | Tejeshwar's henchman | |
| Neena Gupta | Chief Minister's wife | Guest Role |
| Kamaldeep | St. Xavier's principal | |
| Yunus Parvez | Seth Sukhiram | |
| Guddi Maruti | Chabia | |
| Manmauji | Baba | Bald man who fools Gauri Shankar |
| Babbanlal Yadav | Man at railway station | Stranger who offers to pay 2.50 Rs per samosa |
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