Chaand Kaa Tukdaa

{{Infobox film

| name = Chaand Kaa Tukdaa

| image = Chaand Kaa Tukdaa.jpg

| caption = Movie poster

| director = Saawan Kumar Tak

| writer = Anwar Khan (dialogues)

| screenplay = Sachin Bhowmick

| story = Saawan Kumar Tak

| starring = Sridevi
Salman Khan
Shatrughan Sinha

| producer = Saawan Kumar Tak

| distributor =

| cinematography = G. Shyam Kumar

| editing = Jawahar Razdan

| studio = Saawan Kumar Productions

| released = {{film date|df=y|1994|8|19}}

| runtime = 155 minutes

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| music = Mahesh-Kishor (songs),
Usha Khanna (BGM)

| budget = {{INR}}2.75 crore{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3087|title=Chaand Kaa Tukdaa – Movie|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=18 September 2022|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172336/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3087|url-status=live}}

| gross = {{INR}}3.88 crore

}}

Chaand Kaa Tukdaa ({{translation|A piece of the moon}}) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language film produced and directed by Saawan Kumar Tak starring Sridevi, Salman Khan and Shatrughan Sinha.{{Cite news |date=19 August 1994 |title=Chaand Ka Tukdaa – Details |work=Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/chaand-ka-tukdaa/cast/ |url-status=live |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702231841/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/chaand-ka-tukdaa/cast/ |archive-date=2 July 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Goyal |first=Divya |date=28 February 2018 |title=Pics: Sridevi's Chaand Kaa Tukdaa Co-Star Salman Khan At Anil Kapoor's Home |work=NDTV |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/pics-sridevis-chaand-kaa-tukdaa-co-star-salman-khan-at-anil-kapoors-home-1817967 |url-status=live |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704020042/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/pics-sridevis-chaand-kaa-tukdaa-co-star-salman-khan-at-anil-kapoors-home-1817967 |archive-date=4 July 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Basu |first=Nilanjana |date=15 March 2017 |title=Salman Khan Says Sridevi, A Legend, 'Cannot Be Compared' With The Khans And Akshay Kumar |work=NDTV |url=https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/salman-khan-says-sridevi-a-legend-cannot-be-compared-with-the-khans-and-akshay-kumar-1669762 |url-status=live |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703051635/https://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/salman-khan-says-sridevi-a-legend-cannot-be-compared-with-the-khans-and-akshay-kumar-1669762 |archive-date=3 July 2020}}

Plot

Shyam lives a wealthy lifestyle in London, England, and is considered one of the ten richest people in the world. His father, S.K. Malhotra, was killed, and his mother identified his killer, but before this person could be apprehended, she, herself passes away, but not before asking Shyam to return to India and marry a beautiful girl. Shyam does return to India, and once there does meet the girl, Radha, of his dreams, but does not know that Radha is a mere pawn in the hands of a group of people, including his father's killer, who are after his wealth and estate, and will do anything in their power to obtain it.

Cast

Salman Khan as Shyam Malhotra
Sridevi as Radha Malhotra
Shatrughan Sinha as SP Shatrughan Sinha / Zevago
Anupam Kher as Hasmukh Khurana
Raza Murad as Sohan Singh
Mehmood as Babumashay
Rakesh Hans as Rakesh H. Khurana
Zeba Khan as Minoo
Rama Vij as Mrs. Malhotra
Faiyyaz
Raviraaj
Hitesh Malhotra as Master Tintin
Gurbachan Singh as Babbar
Lalit Tiwari as Raja Saheb
Guddi Maruti as Babu's eldest daughter
Anil Nagrath as Cooper (doctor)
Sahila Chadha – Special appearance in "Aaja Dewaane"

Production

Recalling his pairing with Sridevi, actor Salman Khan said, he was scared to share the screen space with the actress, as she was capable of making the audience concentrate on herself, neglecting her co-stars.{{Cite news |last=Sameeksha |date=28 February 2018 |title=Watch: When Salman Khan Introduced Sridevi as 'The Ultimate Superstar' |work=News18 India |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/watch-when-salman-khan-introduced-sridevi-as-the-ultimate-superstar-1674741.html |url-status=live |access-date=2 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702202023/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/watch-when-salman-khan-introduced-sridevi-as-the-ultimate-superstar-1674741.html |archive-date=2 July 2020}}