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Chandra Mukhi (चन्द्रमुखी)

Chandra Mukhi (चन्द्र मुखी) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language fantasy film directed by Debaloy Dey, starring Sridevi as a heavenly princess who comes to Earth in search of her lost magical leaf and Salman Khan as Raja Rai, the young man she encounters.¹^•² It was produced by Bubby Kent under the banner Karishma International and released in India on 22 October 1993.¹

Key fact	Detail
Release	22 October 1993 (India), Hindi language, color¹
Director / producer	Debaloy Dey; produced by Bubby Kent, Karishma International¹
Lead cast	Sridevi as Chandra Mukhi, Salman Khan as Raja Rai³
Writing	Story by Salman Khan; screenplay and dialogue by Anwar Khan³
Music	Anand-Milind, lyrics by Sameer³
Genres	Listed variously as comedy, fantasy, romance, drama, and sci-fi/fantasy¹^•³
Audience rating	4.0/10 on IMDb from about 999 votes¹

Spoilers

Plot

The film's premise combines a fairy-tale fantasy with a family melodrama. Raja Rai is a young boy whose greedy uncle Madan and stepmother mistreat him in order to acquire his wealth and estate.⁴ A woman from another world, who calls herself Chandra Mukhi, descends to Earth in search of her magical wand, which takes the form of a giant leaf possessing great powers.⁴

She falls in with Raja and decides to grow him to full manhood so that he can protect himself from his enemies.⁴ The complication is an invincible being named Dhola, who wants the leaf to master the universe, while Chandra Mukhi must secure it and return to her planet within a time frame; if she returns, Raja will be rendered back to square one.⁴ Shorter synopses describe her simply as an angel or a princess of a heavenly kingdom who must retrieve the wand before the devil Dhola lays hands on it.⁵

Cast and crew

Sridevi played the title role and Salman Khan played Raja Rai. The supporting cast included Pran as Rai, Raja's grandfather, Gulshan Grover as Madan, Mohnish Behl as Tony, Puneet Issar as Dhola, Tinnu Anand as Santala, Maya Alagh as Chandra Mukhi's mother, Asha Sachdev as Kamini Rai, Tej Sapru as Ghunga, Shiva Rindani as Bob, Avtar Gill as Yakimu, Kunika as Lily, and Razak Khan as Sumbha.⁶^•³

Behind the camera, W.B. Rao was the cinematographer, Mukhtar Ahmed the editor, and R. Verman the art director.⁷ The songs were choreographed by Prabhu Deva, Farah Khan, and Rekha Prakash, the action was coordinated by Veeru Devgan, and the playback singers included S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik, and Alisha Chinai.⁶

Music

The soundtrack was composed by the duo Anand-Milind, with lyrics by Sameer.³ Songs listed for the film include "Aa Paas Aa Toh Zara Chandramukhi", "Cha Raha Hai Pyar Ka Nasha", "Maine Pilayi Ki Tune Pilayi", "Mere Honthon Pe Ek Kahani", "Tere Dil Ki Baat Main Jaanu", "Teri Hi Aarzoo Hai", and "Tune Pakdi Kalai".⁸ The album was released on the Tips label and later reissued digitally.⁹

Release and reception

The film opened in India on 22 October 1993.¹ According to IMDb trivia, it marked, together with Dil Tera Aashiq, the first film of Salman Khan to release theatrically in Canada; Indian films had stopped releasing in Canadian theaters since 1982, and the two films, released the same day, were the first brand-new Salman Khan films to play Canadian cinemas.¹ A 1993 advertisement in the Kenyan paper Coastweek shows the film playing at Lotus Cinema in Mombasa, billed as "A Romantic Entertainment!".¹⁰

A contemporary Coastweek review found the first few reels extremely engrossing but said the narration loses its grip once the lead pair is shown and that the second half could do with trimming; it judged the film technically well presented but ordinary in content, praising Sridevi's performance, calling Salman Khan fresh and very good, and noting that the child artists were a delight.¹⁰ On IMDb the film holds a rating of 4.0 out of 10.¹

Runtime and availability

Sources disagree on the film's length. IMDb and Box Office India list 152 minutes (2h 32m),¹^•³ while JustWatch gives 2h 43m,⁵ the Times of India 2 hrs 14 mins,¹¹ and Rotten Tomatoes 3h 0m.¹²

The film is not currently available for streaming in India. JustWatch records that it was last available on Zee5 from June 2020 to January 2021.⁵ Digit Binge lists it as streaming on ZEE5.¹³

Salman Khan as story writer

Chandra Mukhi is one of the films for which Salman Khan received a story credit, listed alongside his acting credit in filmographies of his career.¹⁴ A Hindi-language news feature likewise states that Salman Khan wrote the story of the 1993 film, which Debaloy Dey directed and in which Khan starred opposite Sridevi.¹⁵

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Films and standalone screen works › Individual films by title and year › Indian films (individual works) › Hindi films of the 1990s › Romance and drama films

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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