Henna is a 1991 Indian romance drama film, written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, produced and directed by Randhir Kapoor.
It stars Rishi Kapoor, along with Pakistani actress Zeba Bakhtiyar in the title role and Ashwini Bhave.
[3] Chandar Prakash (Rishi Kapoor), who lives in Srinagar, is due to be engaged and married to Chandni Kaul (Ashwini Bhave), whom he calls Chand.
A native girl, Henna (Zeba Bakhtiar), falls in love with him; this is amidst the India-Pakistan tensions in Kashmir, which leads to him being suspected, by the Pakistani police, of being an Indian spy.
Khan Baba, Gul Bibi (the village doctor) and Henna take this stranger in and nurse him back to health, only to find out that he has lost his memory.
[9][10] Zeba Bakhtiar's performance in the title role was much acclaimed, garnering her a nomination under the Best Actress category at the 37th Filmfare Awards.
Henna marked the Hindi film debut of actress Ashwini Bhave, who played one of the prominent roles in the story.