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This film is set in India throughout the tumultuous 1930's when nationalists fighting for the country's independence rose up as one, urging the British to quit. At this time, a young Indian, Kisna befriends and then shields a British girl Katherine, from and enraged mob of nationalists including Kisna's own uncle and brother. Katherine is the young daughter of a ruthless British collector. Kisna takes it upon herself to escort Katherine to the safety of the British High Commission in New Delhi, who will arrange for her to board a ship home.
A tender attraction develops between Kisna and Katherine during the journey, a love story that is storn between 'Karma' emotional triangle involving the Indo-British romantic pair.
With item numbers in film being the call of the day, Kisna too has one. But one may wonder how Ghai will incorporate an item number in this period drama. After all item numbers were not a thing of the past. But qawalli sure was!
And Ghai has roped in the sensuous Sushmita Sen to gyrate on this qawalli composed by music meastro Ismail Darbar and choreographed by Ghai favourite Saroj Khan. The qawalli is picturized on palatial sets created by Samir Chanda on the backdrop of a rich haweli in beautiful blue shades. Sushmita's costumes designed by Bhanu Athaiya are such that they balance out the grandoise of the backdrop, A.R.Rehman (who earlier worked with Ghai in Taal) has also composed 3 tracks for this film. Subhash Ghai who is known for his rich sense of music seems to have drawn the best of both worlds from his music composers.
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