Top 10 Bollywood Movies That Ran For The Longest Time In Cinema Halls

8 RAJA HINDUSTANI (1 YEAR)

‘Raja Hindustani’, a film revolving around the story of an ordinary, poor cab driver developing a torrid love affair with an ultra-rich woman and then facing a string of issues after getting hitched, swept the Indian audience off their feet way back in 1996. The powerfully riveting performances of Aamir Khan and Karisma Kapoor made this film an instant tearjerker as the emotional audience of India could not keep itself away from its charm. Apart from its touching story and brilliant cinematography, the film had another big thing going for it – music. Composed by the music duo Nadeem-Shravan with lyrics provided by the very prolific Sameer, the soundtrack is one of the best-selling Bollywood soundtrack albums of all time and hence rightfully finds its place at 56 in its all-time top 100 greatest Bollywood soundtracks.

Directed by Dharmesh Darshan, the film also hit the headlines for featuring the longest and the steamiest kiss of the decade. The kissing scene, featuring Aamir and Karisma, has long been etched in the fans’ minds and is still remembered fondly as one of the most romantic scenes ever filmed in Indian cinema.

As far as box-office performance of the movie is concerned, the film ran for 50 weeks in theatres. Besides being widely hailed as one of the most romantic films of the 90s, it was also the third most commercially successful Hindi film of that decade. The film collected a staggering amount of Rs. 76.34 crores. Its total budget was just Rs. 5.75 crores.

TRIVIA: ‘Raja Hindustani’ brought Aamir Khan his first Filmfare award for Best Actor, after being nominated for the same consecutively eight times.