Shola Aur Shabnam (transl. Flame and Dew drops) is a 1992 Indian Hindi-language action romantic comedy film directed and edited by David Dhawan and written by Anees Bazmee, Rajeev Kaul and Praful Parekh. It stars Govinda, Divya Bharti, with Gulshan Grover, Mohnish Behl, Aloknath, Bindu, Anupam Kher. The film revolves around the travails of a NCC student Karan (Govinda).
Initially titled Khiladi, the film was meant to be the debut film of Divya Bharti. But it was delayed owing to censorship problems. She then made her acting debut with the Telugu film Bobbili Raja. Siba Mishra handled the cinematography, while David Dhawan directed as well as edited the film. Anees Bazmee, Praful Parekh and Rajiv Kaul penned the screenplay. Bappi Lahiri composed the music. Govinda made his singing debut with this film. He sang the song “Gori Gori O Banke Chhori” in this film and he also wrote the lyrics himself. It was distributed by Nihalani's banner, Chiragdeep International.
Juhi Chawla was first to be signed in this film. But Divya Bharti was signed in this film only at the behest of Govinda.
The film became the huge commercial success and fourth highest-grossing Indian film of 1992, it grossed about ₹10.7 crore (US$9.3 million) and provided breakthrough to its cast members. Anupam Kher received acclaim for his portrayal of Major Indramohan Lathi and was nominated for Best Comic Actor at the 38th Filmfare Awards, but won for Khel instead.
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