Review of Raja Hindustani (1996)
A rich, sophisticated girl travels to a simple city because that’s where her father met her late mother. She and an illiterate taxi driver called Raja Hindustani—which I believe means “King of the land of the Hindus”—fall in love. Cue song and dance numbers, paternal estrangement, evil stepmother plotting and so forth.
Typical masala: Lengthy Indian consolidation of many other genres, including musical, slapstick comedy, romance and action, designed to appeal to all ages and sexes. The only source of amusement I see in this is camp. Translated lyrics might have helped.