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Karan Arjun is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language Fantasy film action thriller film directed and produced by Rakesh Roshan, starring Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rakhee Gulzar, Mamta Kulkarni and Kajol in lead roles. Amrish Puri portrays the main antagonist, while Johnny Lever, Arjun, Jack Gaud, Ranjeet and Aasif Sheikh appear in supporting roles. The film revolves around the story of the two titular brothers who seek revenge from their greedy uncle for murdering their father but are killed by him and are reincarnated to complete the revenge.
Karan Arjun was theatrically released in India on 13 January 1995. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed (), emerging as an "all-time blockbuster" and the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1995 after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (also starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Amrish Puri). It was the 6th highest-grossing film of the decade.
At the 41st Filmfare Awards, Karan Arjun received 10 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Roshan), Best Actor (Salman Khan) and Best Supporting Actress (Raakhee), and won 2 awards – Best Editing and Best Action.
The film was re-released worldwide on November 22, 2024.
After learning that Thakur plans to sign over the estate to Karan and Arjun, Durjan kills Thakur, before brutally murdering Karan and Arjun with his brothers-in-law Nahar and Shamsher. Durga worships Kali to bring her sons back. Miraculously, Durga's prayers are heard and the two are reincarnated but are separated and grown into different families unaware of their past lives. Durga is unaware of this miracle, but she still believes that her sons will return.
20 years later, Arjun, reincarnated as Vijay, falls in love with the wealthy Sonia Saxena. She also loves him but her wedding is fixed to Durjan's son Suraj. Karan, reborn as Ajay, starts working for Govind—Sonia's father and Durjan's partner in his Arms trafficking business. A tomboyish girl, Bindiya, who is in love with him, follows him around. Knowing that Sonia loves Vijay, Suraj attempts to kill him, but Vijay attacks him. Ajay is sent to kill Vijay; they start to fight, which is suddenly interrupted after a bolt of lightning strikes between them.
Govind tries to shoot Vijay, but Ajay stops him whilst shouting for Vijay to run, which leads to something that Ajay said to Vijay in their past when he was attacked. Ajay is imprisoned, while Vijay escapes. Sonia is forcibly taken to Durjan's house to marry Suraj. Vijay and his friend Linghaiyya travel to save Sonia, where everybody is stunned and calls him Arjun. He finally remembers his past life and reunites with Durga, where he gets to know about his brother Karan, who is now Ajay. Vijay saves Ajay and explains the whole situation, stating that they were brothers named Karan and Arjun.
Meanwhile, Bindiya joins them, and Durjan hears about Karan and Arjun's return but refuses to believe it. Nahar and Shamsher attempt to bring them before him but instead get killed by Ajay and Vijay in a similar way as they killed the two brothers. Karan (Ajay) and Arjun (Vijay) frighten Durjan by convincing him that they're back. Govind and Durjan have a falling out, and Govind tells Sonia to run away with Vijay, but it's actually a trap.
Ajay succeeds in creating chaos, letting Vijay and Sonia escape from the trap. Vijay shoots Suraj to death, and Durjan kills Govind in a fit of rage. He attempts to shoot Ajay and Vijay but instead, they beat him up. He begs forgiveness from Durga, but Ajay and Vijay take their revenge by killing him on her order. Later, Vijay marries Sonia, Ajay marries Bindiya, and the whole family is united.
Roshan's next choices for the leads were Aamir Khan and Salman Khan. While Salman agreed to do the film, Aamir could not do it. Shah Rukh then told Roshan that he wanted to return to the project. Thus, the casting of the film brought together Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan for the first time onscreen, two prominent actors of that time.
Hrithik Roshan assisted his father during this film, having assisted him in his previous movies.
| Best Editing | Sanjay Varma | rowspan="2" |
| Best Action | Bhiku Varma | |
| Best Film | Rakesh Roshan | rowspan="8" |
| Best Director | ||
| Best Actor | Salman Khan | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rakhee Gulzar | |
| Best Music Director | Rajesh Roshan | |
| Best Comedian | Johnny Lever | |
| Johnny Lever | ||
| Best Villain | Amrish Puri | |
| Best Actor | Salman Khan | |
| Best Music Director | Rajesh Roshan | |
| "Yeh Bandhan Toh" | Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik | Rakhee Gulzar, Salman Khan & Shah Rukh Khan | 05:40 | |
| "Yeh Bandhan Toh" (2) | Udit Narayan | Rakhee Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan & Mamta Kulkarni | 01:38 | |
| "Bhangra Paale" | Mohammed Aziz, Sudesh Bhosle & Sadhana Sargam | Rakhee Gulzar, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mamta Kulkarni & Johnny Lever | 07:07 | |
| "Ek Munda" | Lata Mangeshkar | Salman Khan & Mamta Kulkarni | 07:38 | |
| "Jai Maa Kaali" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik & Amrish Puri | Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Kajol & Amrish Puri | 07:07 | |
| "Gup Chup Gup Chup" | Alka Yagnik & Ila Arun | Mamta Kulkarni & Sheela R. | 06:02 | |
| "Jaati Hoon Main" | Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik | Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol | 06:24 |
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