Maharaja
Kohinoor is 5 yrs old, and has the ability to speak to animals. He lives with his mother (Aparajita Bhushan) and dad Devkaran (Ishrat Ali) (the Maharaja of the kingdom). Hanuman Baba (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) is a confidant of the King and has witnessed Kohinoor's unique powers. Devkaran is working to convert the Kingdom's vasts lands into a designated sanctuary for wild animals. Ranbir Singh (Salim Ghouse) & his wife (Kunika) want to exploit the natural forests for the wood and the antlers of deer, and growing opium. Ranbir is the manager of the Kingdom's vast estates and plans to take possession of the whole Kingdom, by marrying Devkaran's sister and pressing his claim to the Kingdom. Suryamani (Prem Chopra) is the cousin brother of Kohinoor's mom. Amina Bi (Aruna Irani) is Kohinoor's nanny. Ali (Raj Babbar) & Aslam are Amina's own sons. A fortune teller, who is also Ranbir's mother (Shashikala) tells Ranbir that Kohinoor will be his death. Fearing his death, Ranbir Singh (Salim Ghouse) decides to kill Kohinoor when he is a child. Ranbir attacks the palace in collusion with Suryamani. Ranbir kills his wife, Devkaran, his wife and his 2 daughters. Amina escapes with Kohinoor and Ali, sacrificing her other son Aslam (by making him pose like Kohinoor, whom Ranbir kills) Amina hands over Kohinoor to Hanuman Baba, and promises to send Ali 20 yrs later to take Kohinoor back to the Kingdom. But Amina is captured and tortured for 20 yrs by Ranbir. Ali grows up to be a resistance fighter against Ranbir's plan to grow opium in the cleared forest lands. Meanwhile Kohinoor grows up in the jungle and uses his powers to protect animals against poachers and hunters. Hanuman Baba protects Kohinoor's magical powers from being exposed to the outside world. Shaili Mathur (Manisha Koirala) is a reporter and runs a segment on people with unique abilities in India. Bhalu Prasad Bihari Orey (Shakti Kapoor) is her future fiance and the son of the owner of the channel. Shaili is ordered to track down the story on Kohinoor and verify its facts and bring it in front of the people. At the railway station, Shaili runs into Ali, who says that he is also headed to the Madhuban jungle to meet Kohinoor. Shaili gets Ali arrested for entering the wrong class of carriage (first class when he had a general ticket) Shaili heads to a village fair where all young men from the neighboring areas arrive in the hope to meet their life partner. She hopes that Kohinoor might also be there. Kohinoor indeed comes and falls in love with Shaili. He wants to marry Shaili, but she is offended that an uneducated villager wants to marry her. a policeman tries to fraud Shaili of Rs 5000 by passing off a random guy as Kohinoor and Shaili thinks the story has no merit. But there is no train till the next day. They decide to spend the time in a jungle safari. They are attacked by a herd of elephants, who end up overturning their jeep. Kohinoor arrives in time and saves them. Shalini decides to play a damsel in distress to seduce Kohinoor. Shalini says she loves him, since he saved her life. Kohinoor reciprocates the love when Shalini confirms that Orey is not her fiance.. Kohinoor introduces Shaili to Hanuman Baba, who advises Kohinoor against marrying this girl from the city. The news of Kohinoor's find reaches the papers and Ali rushes to Madhuban to stop him before he leaves with Shaili. But before he can get there, Kohinoor leaves with Shaili for the city. Ali meets Hanuman Baba, who sends Ali after Kohinoor to the city. Ali and Hanuman Baba intercept the train before it reaches the city and tell the truth to Kohinoor. Hanuman Baba tells Kohinoor about his past and how Ranbir slaughtered his entire family. Kohinoor leaves. Hanuman, Ali and Kohinoor reach the Kingdom. Ranbir dangles Amina's freedom if Kohinoor agrees to meet him alone. Kohinoor agrees since Amina sacrificed her own son to save Kohinoor once. Meanwhile Shaili reaches Devpur with Orey. Kohinoor and Ranbir meet and trade insults. Ranbir has chained Amina in a circular cage structure, and unleashes lions on her. The lions are blind and hence cannot be hypnotized by Kohinoor. Turns out the lions are the ones that Kohinoor played with when he was a kid. The lions refuse to attack him or Amina. Ranbir reneges on his promise and attacks Kohinoor with his army. But Ali arrives in time to thwart the attack and rescue Amina and Kohinoor. Ranbir and Suryamani take refuge in a local police station as Ali's forces surround the village. Kohinoor and Ali rescue all the animals in Ranbir's farm and set fire to his opium fields.. Shaili pursues Kohinoor, but he continues to ignore her due to her betrayal. Shaili tries to commit suicide, Kohinoor saves her but is still unconvinced about her proposed love for him. Eventually though Kohinoor relents and reciprocates her love. Meanwhile the village kids have withdrawal symptoms due to lack of opium as Ranbir had them addicted on the stuff. The doctors give up as they have no anesthetics. The only solution is to put all the kids to sleep.. If Kohinoor uses his powers to hypnotize kids, he will loose them, but he does so anyways, as he wants to save the kids of the village. Kohinoor loses his powers (unknown to him, this was all planned by a mole planted by Ranbir) and promptly Ranbir's forces attack. Hanuman is shot and Kohinoor withdraws to save him. Meanwhile Ranbir captures the entire village including Ali and Shaili. Ranbir's mother tells him that marrying Shaili would make him immune to Kohinoor. Shaili uses this to her advantage and drive a rift between Ranbir and his wife existing wife Lady Helen (Kunika). Kohinoor assembles his forces around Ranbir's palace. By the grace of God, Kohinoor retains the love of all animals, who come to his aid during the attack. In the end the animals and Kohinoor defeat Ranbir, rescues Amina, Ali and Shaili.. Kohinoor kills Ranbir by throwing him off the roof.
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