| Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho
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The film begins in a village somewhere in North India. The 'Thakur' of the village still lives in his past glory. Now he has nothing. The govt. has taken away his land. He has two sons Rohit & Mohit.
Rohit is living in Bombay with his wife and 3 children. He is not allowed to come to the village because he married a christian girl in Bombay. Mohit (Arvindswamy) has never left the village at all. Mohit is very childish. He spent his entire childhood listening to stories from his grandmother. So he lives in a fairy tale world of his own. Even though he has grown up now, he still plays with children and listens to his grand mother's stories. He always imagines himself in the role of the prince in her stories. He always argues with her, modifies the stories and makes sure the prince never fails! There is a small carved wooden elephant in the thakur's house. It is a family symbol and has been passed on through generations. Grandmother feels that one day their elephant god will arise, all their wealth and glory will come back to them.
The grand village fair is on. Manisha and her friends have come from Bombay to see the fair. Manisha sits on a horse. Suddenly the horse goes wild and runs. Manisha is screaming and no one is able to stop the horse. The horse stops at the edge of the river and she falls into the river. Mohit is underwater and the kids are on the riverbank counting out loud. Mohit sees Manisha underwater. He is sure that this is a mermaid from grandmother's story. He carries her out of the water. She is unconscious. Her friends come and take her away. Mohit cannot stop thinking about her.
This is the first time he has touched a girl. When he reaches back home, he finds out that the girls have left for Bombay. Now, he decides he has to see her again. He decides to go to Bombay! The Thakur will never allow him to do so.
The next day the whole Thakur house is worried. Someone has stolen their family symbol, the wooden elephant. Mohit convinces his father that the girls from Bombay must have taken the elephant. And he promises Thakur that he will not sleep unless their family prestige symbol is bought back. He has to go to Bombay now. That night Mohit feels guilty. He slowly discloses to grandmother that the elephant is not stolen. He has it with him. He did this so that he could go to Bombay. Grandmother knows it already! She tells Mohit that it is not the elephant that the girl took away. She took away Mohit's heart!
Mohit comes to his brother's house in Bombay. The 3 children are delighted to see their uncle for the first time! Mohit soon mixes well with the kids. He tells them all grandmother’s stories. Then he slowly discloses that he has come in search of his princess. The smart city kids say that it is no problem. Just give them the address and they will find her in one day. But Mohit has no address, no photograph and he doesn’t even know her name! Mohit then describes her. The children cut out pictures from magazines and make a photo collage. Then they start searching for her!!
Finally they find her. But uncle Mohit is too shy too express his love. The children decide to get Manisha home and leave her alone with uncle Mohit. They train Mohit to say ‘I love you’. Then they warn him that this is his last chance or he has to go back to the village. They get Manisha to the house and leave her with Mohit. Mohit is stuck! Manisha walks around the living room and sees the carved wooden elephant. She lifts it to see it closely. Suddenly the elephant slips out from her hand and hits the floor…. The elephant statue is now in pieces. Mohit suddenly starts yelling and crying saying that he can’t go back to the village now. This is their prestige and glory. Manisha is shocked and she runs out….
The next day Mohit receives a courier delivery. The courier people ask him to come downstairs and collect it. He goes down and finds a live baby elephant!! He doesn’t know what to do with it. Finally he pushes it up to the lift and takes it to the house on the 4th floor. He wonders who has sent him an elephant?? Slowly the kids come in and Mohit discloses the fact that they have an extra resident in the house. The children are thrilled. Slowly all the children know about the elephant.
Imagine the fun - children and a baby elephant inside a flat in Bombay!! The Thakur in the village is slowly coming out of his debts. He gets some land back from the govt. Appu is like grandmother’s elephant god, who had come back now. They discover that Manisha has sent Mohit this gift. Manisha comes to visit them. The elephant has already become a member of their family! He lifts phones, opens doors, cleans the house, dances around!! Mohit trains Appu, the elephant to write ‘I Love You’. He conveys his love thru Appu!!
In all the fun and enjoyment, suddenly one day Manisha disappears. She can’t be traced at all. Mohit, the children and the elephant and all sad. Mohit decides that now there is nothing left for him here. He plans to return to his village. He calls up grandmother to tell her that he is coming back without his princess. Grandmother then tells him that now it is time for him to modify her fairy tale. He is the prince and he should not fail in getting his princess….
Mohit then finds out that Manisha has gone back to her mother. Her mother is the queen of a princely state in the north. They have no son and she is supposed to be crowned as the next princess! Her uncle wants her to get married to his son, so that they can get all her wealth. So she had decided to come and live in Bombay for some time, far away from all her relatives. She was then warned that if she did not return, they would kill Mohit. So for Mohit’s safety and happiness, she decided to leave. Now she is back in her palace, where she belongs. Her marriage has been fixed with the boy. She is to be crowned as the next queen. Appu was their royal elephant in the palace. Like the prince in grandmother’s story, Mohit decides to go to the palace to get her princess. He heads to the palace with Appu….
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