Raju Chacha

Siddhant Rai is a wealthy single father looking after his three children, Rohit, Rahul and Rani. Also living with them is the family butler, BBC. Because they have no mother, the three children are so naughty that they drive away any teacher or governess hired by their father.

Due to his work commitments, Siddhant arranges for a new governess much to the dismay of his children. Meanwhile, Shekhar and his friend Jadu have just robbed a bank and are evading police when Shekhar falls instantly in love with Anna who is on her way to work as the governess for Siddhant's children. Anna is introduced to the children - despite initially trying to drive her away, the children come to accept her as an older sister. After repeated attempts, Shekhar manages to win Anna's heart and with Siddhant's permission, the two are allowed to get married. However, on the wedding day, Shekhar is arrested for stealing the wedding rings and only marrying Anna to get to Siddhant's wealth. A devastated Anna decides to return to the orphanage where she works.

Siddhant is soon killed in an accident and his children are placed under the care of their cruel relatives who only have interest in Siddhant's fortune. Just as the magistrate is about to sign the adoption papers, a strange character enters the Rai household, claiming he is Rajit Rai, the long-lost brother of Siddhant (and therefore the true heir to his fortune) - he is none other than Shekhar. The magistrate is convinced that the man is truly Siddhant's brother so refuses to sign the adoption papers but sets a date for the hearing. The children are at first angry to have Shekhar back in their lives (due to him being a thief). However, BBC and Jadu explain that he is the only one who help save the children's fortune - the children warm up to their new 'Raju Chacha.'

Anna soons returns to the Rai household and is angry to see Shekhar back, believing he is attempting to rob the children. Another man soon enters the household, also claiming to be Rajit Rai - the relatives are confused because this man looks and acts more like Rajit Rai than does Shekhar. Shekhar makes a deal - if the relatives prove that he is the real Rajit Rai, he shall take only 25% of the share. The relatives agree but realise too late that Shekhar conned them and that the 'real' Rajit Rai is actually a fellow conman of his named Gafoor. The relatives are driven out of the house. Realising that Shekhar was helping the children, Anna starts to fall in love with him again.

Shekhar and Anna look after the children. However, their happiness is short lived when the relatives return and expose Shekhar as a fraud and have him sent back to prison. The children are shocked to learn that their father was murdered by his relatives for his money. Shekhar breaks out of prison and manages to kill the relatives, saving the children, BBC, Jadu, Anna and above all, Siddhant's fortune. Shekhar and Anna get married and are given custody over Rohit, Rahul and Rani. However, they are still looking for the real Raju Chacha.

• Ajay Devgan as Shekhar/Rajit Rai aka Raju Chacha
• Kajol as Anna/Sanjana
• Johnny Lever as Jaddu
• Rishi Kapoor as Siddhant Rai
• Sakshi Sem as Rani Rai
• Kinshuk Vaidya as Rahul Rai
• Harsh Lunia as Rohit Rai
• Tiku Talsania as Banky Bihari Chaturdevi (B.B.C.)
• Govind Namdeo as Vikram Sinha
• Pramod Moutho as Prabhakar Sinha
• Smita Jaykar as Mother Superior
• Shahbaz Khan (actor) as Babu
• Anil Nagrath as Magistrate
• Sanjay Dutt as Gafoor/Rajit Rai aka Raju Chacha (Special appearance)
• Kaivalya Chheda as Daddu, Pramod’s son

Manisha Koirala was signed for the lead role, but opted out due to her commitments to other films. Ajay Devgn approached Sunny Deol to play a special appearance as Real Raju Chacha in the film, but Sunny was busy with his other projects so Ajay decided to scrap the role from the film.

Raju Chacha premiered at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' theatres in the United States on 28 December 2000 and was released worldwide on the next day.[1]

The soundtrack of the film contains 7 songs. The music is composed by Jatin-Lalit, with lyrics authored by Anand Bakshi

1 ^ Bollywood Hungama. "Raju Chacha". bollywoodhungama.com. Retrieved 31 December 2000.

• Raju Chacha at IMDb