Yaraana

Awards

Song Awards:
• 1995 - Filmfare Awards - Best Female Playback Singer - Mera Piya Ghar Aaya O Ram Ji - Kavita Krishnamurthy

Trivia

Album

• This film was inspired by the Hollywood thriller "Sleeping with the Enemy" (1991) starring Julia Roberts. The film's plot also had elements of the Hindi film "Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaaye" (1977). Two other films released at around the same time also had storylines seemingly inspired by "Sleeping with the Enemy" - "Daraar" (1996) and "Agni Sakshi" (1996).[1][2][3]
• This was the only film in which writer Reema Rakesh Nath was credited as a producer. However, according to her husband, Rikku Rakesh Nath, it was he who produced the film. Rakesh Nath was actress Madhuri Dixit's personal assistant from the beginning of her career.[4]

Song

• Dil Loye Loye Aaja Aaja Mahi - This song was an adaptation of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's song with the same title.[5]
• Rabbi Re Ralli - The song may have been inspired by the song "Hafanana" (1975) by the Mozambican singer Afric Simone. Anu Malik used the tune again for the song "Kalyug Ki Laila Hain Hum" ("No Entry", 2005). R.D. Burman had also used the tune for the song "Kal Kya Hoga Kisko Pata" ("Kasme Vaade", 1978).[6][7][8]
• Mera Piya Ghar Aaya O Ram Ji - This song, which won Kavita Krishnamurthy the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, was Anu Malik's adaptation of a popular Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan qawwali.

1. ^ Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaaye (1977)
2. ^ Daraar (1996)
3. ^ Agni Sakshi (1996)
4. ^ Rikku Rakesh Nath interview
5. ^ Aaja Mahi - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
6. ^ Hafanana - Afric Simone
7. ^ Kal Kya Hoga Kisko Pata (Kasme Vaade, 1978)
8. ^ Kalyug Ki Laila Hain Hum (No Entry, 2005)