Karan Arjun

Karan Arjun poster for sale.

Featured here is an original Bollywood poster of the 2024 re-release of the blockbuster 1995 Hindi film that featured two of the biggest superstars of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan together in double roles.

Produced and directed by Rakesh Roshan, Karan Arjun (1995) also starred Kajol, Mamta Kulkarni, Raakhee, Amrish Puri, Johnny Lever, Ranjeet, Ashok Saraf, Dinesh Hingoo, Raj Kishore, Anil Nagrath, Kishore Bhanushali and Suresh Chatwal in supporting roles, while Ila Arun and Salim Khan made guest appearances in the film.

Rakesh Roshan son’s Hrithik Roshan was the assistant director of Karan Arjun (1995) – his first major contribution to Bollywood. The film was the second biggest hit of the year 1995 after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) and starred the King Khans of Bollywood together, making this re-release Karan Arjun poster, highly collectible!

Karan Arjun (1995) told the story of brothers Karan (Salman Khan) and Arjun (Shah Rukh Khan) who are the children of a poor widow called Durga (Raakhee Gulzar). Durga’s husband Thakur was the son of a wealthy landlord called Thakur Sangram Singh who married her against his father’s wishes. To prevent Thakur from claiming the family estate, his evil brother Thakur Durjan Singh (Amrish Puri) murdered him. When Thakur Sangram Singh wills his estate to Karan and Arjun, Thakur Durjan Singh murders them as well. Durga is devastated and prays fervently to goddess Kali for justice. Her prayers are answered and Karan and Arjun, her two sons, are reincarnated as Ajay and Vijay respectively. Two decades later, Ajay and Vijay unite to avenge Durga and kill Thakur Durjan Singh, putting an end to his evil.

Actress Raakhee’s iconic dialogue from the film, “Mere Karan Arjun Aayenge” (My Karan Arjun Will Come) has become etched into Bollywood history and is the subject of countless spoofs and memes.

Karan Arjun (1995) was re-released worldwide on November 22, 2024.

Printed and circulated during this re-release of the film in theaters (somewhere in 2024), this Karan Arjun poster was originally designed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

This original Bollywood poster was designed using digital illustration techniques by movie poster design studio 24EightyOne and features stunning artwork.

The two lead stars, superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are seen in symmetrical illustrated portraits on the top. Both actors appear standing firm. The lead actresses who play their love interests in the film, Kajol and Mamta Kulkarni appear in dancing poses below. Kajol’s photo is taken from the smash hit song, “Jaati Hoon Mein, Jaldi Hai Kya?” while Mamta Kulkarni is seen dancing to the super hit track, “Gup Chup Gup Chup.” Burning orange flames are seen in the background behind the two actors, which change to a red hue as they move lower towards the actresses, suggesting the action romance genre of the film

Villain Amrish Puri is seen pointing a sten gun on the bottom left, while actress Raakhee appears holding broken bangles in her hand on the right in smaller illustrations. An announcement on the top of this original Karan Arjun poster declares, “The Greatest Epic Of All Time!” Typography used in this Bollywood poster is entirely in English, with the title appearing in stunning incremental 3D font in a mix of yellow, orange and red. The release date of the film, i.e. 22 November (2024) is mentioned at the bottom.

The blockbuster soundtrack album of Karan Arjun (1995) was composed by Rajesh Roshan. Songs from the film such as “Jaati Hoon Mein Jaldi Hai Kya” sung by Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik, “Yeh Bandhan Toh Pyar Ka Bandhan Hai” sung by Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik, “Bhangra Paale Aaja Aaja” sung by Mohammed Aziz, Sudesh Bhosle & Sadhana Sargam, “Jai Maa Kali” sung by Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik & Amrish Puri, as well as “Gup Chup Gup Chup” sung by Alka Yagnik & Ila Arun became instant hits and are still played today.