Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

January 14th, 2009
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Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! is 2008 Bollywood film starring Abhay Deol, Neetu Chandra, Paresh Rawal,Manu Rishi and Archana Puran Singh and directed by, Dibakar Banerjee, who previously directed, critically-acclaimed Khosla ka ghosla.

Plot

Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye is a story of Lucky Singh who plays a loveable thief, someone whom even the Delhi police is extremely fond of. His modus operandi is to outsmart the people, chowkidars and policemen with his sharp mind and wit. He is an aspiring individual who loves the good things in life and is generally enamored by the lifestyles of the rich and affluent Delhi families.

Lucky’s journey from a middle class boy to a popular thief turns him into a flamboyant playboy who now wants more than just the riches. Now he needs the respect, the social standing of a city gentleman without sacrificing that reckless freedom he cherishes (the duality of having the freedom to steal).

Reviews

  • Oye Lucky! lucky Oye! garnered positive response from almost every critic. Rajeev Masand of IBN gave it 3 out of 5 and stated, “Watch it because it’s a film that respects your intelligence. And films like that are hard to find.”
  • Khalid Mohammad also gave it 3.5 and concluded that, “Granted Oye..oye has its downers but at least it has the guts to be zany-`n’-zappy.Way to balle balle, thumka maar ke.Manu Rishi, as the sidekick, is the surprise packet;he was also responsible for the dialogue that’s as delicious as chicken tikka.And you once again get lucky with Abhay Deol. This actor knows his acting mutton chops and does justice to a succulent role.”
  • Reviewer Noyon Jyoti Parasara too gave the film 3.5 out of 5 and expressed, “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! is one film which is going to leave you delighted. Although the ending is debatable.OLLO is well directed and Dibakar Banerjee can take a bow for that.Performance wise this is an Abhay Deol movie. But the highlight of the movie is definitely Paresh Rawal. Brilliant.Neetu Chandra has a smaller role but makes an impact.Manu Rishi is good as Abhay’s friend. Special mention is deserved by Manjot Singh, who plays the younger Lucky.Enjoy this one along with popcorns or coffee. The extra money spent will be justified!”

Cast

  • Abhay Deol …….. Lucky
  • Paresh Rawal …… Luckys Father / Gogi Bhai / Dr. Handa
  • Neetu Chandra ……Sonal
  • Archana Puran Singh…… Mrs. Handa
  • Manu Rishi…… Bangali
  • Manjot Singh……..Young Lucky
  • Richa Chadda……..Dolly
  • Anurag Chadda…… Devender Singh – Cop
  • Rajinder Sethi…….Criminal

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Om Shanti Om

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Om Shanti Om is a 2007 Bollywood film directed and choreographed by Farah Khan. It stars Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles as the protagonists while Shreyas Talpade, Arjun Rampal, and Kirron Kher feature in supporting roles. Arjun Rampal is the antagonist in the movie. More than forty two well-known Bollywood stars appear in the course of the film, including thirty of them (not including the stars of the film) in one song alone.

Production

As featured in the film: Shahrukh Khan, whom Farah Khan had earlier directed in the film Main Hoon Na (2004) was supposed to do Happy New Year but scrapped that project to do this film.

The film’s score and soundtrack are composed by the musical duo, Vishal-Shekhar with lyrics by renowned lyricist, Javed Akhtar. Composer A. R. Rahman opted out of this movie, as T-Series did not agree to share the copyrights of music with him and the lyricist.

The film is based on reincarnation. Shooting of the film began in January 2007 at various locations in India. 31 of the Bollywood’s stars put in a guest appearance for a special song in the film. The film was released on November 9, 2007.

Om Shanti Om is all set to create another record of sorts by going in for an unheard of 2000 prints (worldwide) release. This is the highest number of prints (including digital) for any Indian movie till date. Om Shanti Om has set a record of sorts as it has registered pre advanced booking of 18,000 tickets in a chain of theatres in national capital Delhi a couple of days before the advance booking was to start.

Baba Films, production and distribution company, has offered a record Rs.110 million for the rights to the Mumbai Circuit, easily surpassing the highest amount ever paid for the territory of Rs.85 million for Jaan-E-Mann.

SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment has reportedly sold the world rights for the film to Eros International for an amount between Rs.720-750 million.

A book titled, The Making of Om Shanti Om written by Mushtaq Sheikh has been released after the release of the film. The book gives an insight about the production and happenings behind the camera of the film.

Cast

  • Shahrukh Khan … Om Prakash Makhija/Om Kapoor (“OK”)
  • Deepika Padukone … Shantipriya “Shanti”/Sandhya “Sandy”
  • Shreyas Talpade … Pappu Master
  • Kirron Kher … Bela Makhija
  • Arjun Rampal … Mukesh “Mike” Mehra
  • Javed Sheikh … Rajesh Kapoor
  • Bindu Desai … Kamini
  • Asawari Joshi … Lovely Kapoor
  • Yuvika Choudhary… Dolly
  • Shawar Ali…Shawar
  • Girija Sarangi…Taxi Driver

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Taare Zameen Par

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Taare Zameen Par (translation: Stars on Earth) is a 2007 award-winning film directed by Aamir Khan and produced by Aamir Khan Productions. The film was initially conceived of and developed by the husband and wife team, Amole Gupte (writer and creative director) and Deepa Bhatia (concept, research, and editing) and features music by the trio, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy with lyrics by Prasoon Joshi. CG animation is by Visual Computing Labs, Tata Elxsi Ltd., 2D animation is by Vaibhav Kumaresh’s Vaibhav studios,and title animation is by Dhimant Vyas.

Taare Zameen Par tells the story of eight year old Ishaan (Darsheel Safary) who suffers greatly until a teacher (Aamir Khan) identifies him as dyslexic. Both commercially and critically acclaimed, Taare Zameen Par won the 2008 Filmfare Best Movie Award as well as a number of other Filmfare and Star Screen Awards. It was declared tax free by the Government of Delhi. The Walt Disney Company has bought the home video rights for distribution of an international edition DVD for future release in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia. This is “the first time an international studio has bought the video rights of an Indian film.”

Taare Zameen Par is India’s official entry for the 81st Academy Awards Best Foreign Film category.

Production

Development

The husband and wife team of Amol Gupte and Deepa Bhatia initially conceived of the idea for Taare Zameen Par out of the desire to understand why some children cannot conform to an educational system. The screenplay began as a short story titled “High Jump” and developed into a full work seven years later. Deepa Bhatia later stated in an interview with The Hindu that her initial inspiration was not the subject of dyslexia. Instead, it was derived from the childhood of Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (who was a poor student in school), as she wanted to explore the story of “a child who did not fit into the school stream.” Bhatia referenced a specific moment when Kurosawa began to bloom only after meeting an art teacher who devoted time and attention to him. Bhatia further stated, “It was this scene that became the inspiration for how a teacher could transform the life of a student.”

In developing the character of a young boy based on Kurosawa, Bhatia and Gupte found themselves perplexed: “Amole kept posing issues like: what was wrong with the kid? Was he a slow learner? Was he disinterested, or incapable? All these questions kept coming up and we felt that there were not enough answers.” They became involved in intensive research which led them to groups such as the Maharashtra Dyslexia Association and PACE (Parents for a Better Curriculum for the Child). Eventually they decided to make dyslexia the central topic and theme of the film: “We thought this was the way to address Ishaan’s story, as a child who has learning disabilities and nobody understands what the problem is.” They began to spend time and work with dyslexic children in order to begin development of the screenplay, carefully protecting their identities in the final version of the screenplay. Gupte recalled that, “We began with a small workshop with eight or nine kids. A fun session, this became a space to observe their anxieties and the way their mind was working through art, paper and colours. And it was clear that their minds were thinking ‘out of the box’. This had to be respected, honoured and clapped for.”

Casting

Gupte and Bhatia turned to Shiamak Davar’s Summer Funk workshops in order to find an actor to play Ishaan. In choosing Darsheel Safary, Gupte had a number of boys audition for a scene in which they would informally describe how they would bunk school after being given a few scenerios. He recalls, “It was a tough call. But Darsheel has the mischief in his eyes to be Ishaan. Everyone just naturally gravitated towards him.”

Cast

  • Aamir Khan as Ram Shankar Nikumbh
  • Darsheel Safary as Ishaan Awasthi
  • Tanay Cheda as Rajan Damodran
  • Sachet Engineer as Yohaan Awasthi/Dada
  • Tisca Chopra as Mrs. Awasthi/Ma
  • Vipin Sharma as Mr.Awasthi/Papa
  • Lalita Lajmi as herself (Painting competition judge)

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Welcome

January 14th, 2009
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Welcome is a 2007 Hindi film, directed by Anees Bazmee. The film stars Feroz Khan, Akshay Kumar, Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Malika Sherawat.

Box office

According to boxofficeindia.com, Welcome opened to a massive response locally, it grossed Rs. 353 million in its first week, which exceeded Dhoom 2’s opening, and is now only fourth to Race’s Rs.356 million and Om Shanti Om’s Rs.401 million and Singh Is Kinng’s all time high 431 million opening.

Within two weeks, Welcome grossed around 76 crores, despite facing competition from the highly successful, Aamir Khan’s Taare Zameen Par.

Crew

  • Director: Anees Bazmee
  • Story: Anees Bazmee
  • Dialogue: Abbas Tyrewala
  • Producer: Firoz Nadiawala
  • Music: Anand Raj Anand, Sajid & Wajid, Himesh Reshamiya
  • Art Direction: Sabu Cyril
  • Editor: Anees Bazmee
  • Lyrics: Sameer, Anand Raj Anand, Shabbir Ahmed
  • Photography:Sanjay F Gupta
  • Choreography:Ahmed Khan

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Partner

January 14th, 2009
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Partner is a Bollywood version of the hollywood movie Hitch, starring Salman Khan and Govinda. Salman is paired with Lara Dutta and Govinda with Katrina Kaif.

Soundtrack

The music has been composed by Sajid-Wajid. The music entered the top five on July 23, 2007.

  1. “Do U Wanna Partner” – Udit Narayan, Shaan, Wajid, Suzanne D’Mello, Clinton Cerejo
  2. “You’re My Love” – Shaan, Shweta Pandit, Suzanne D’Mello, Earl D’Soluza
  3. “Dupatta Tera Nau Rang Da” – Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, Suzanne D’Mello
  4. “Soni De Nakhre” – Labh Janjua, Sneha Pant, Naresh, Wajid
  5. “Maria Maria” – Sajid, Sonu Nigam, Shakib, Sunidhi Chauhan
  6. “You’re My Love (Remix)” – Shaan, Shweta Pandit, Suzanne D’Mello, Earl D’Soluza
  7. “Do U Wanna Partner (Remix)” – Udit Narayan, Shaan, Wajid, Suzanne D’Mello, Clinton Cerejo

Response

Box office

Although this was a complete rip-off of Hitch, Partner opened to a positive response, the film saw a 90%+ turn-out everywhere including the smaller centres. The film has done extremely well in Rajasthan where it broke several records. According to box-office source it is the first blockbuster of Bollywood in the year 2007. It has grossed 62 crores in India, $1.1 million in the U.S.A., and £837k in the U.K.

In 2008, the director of the film David Dhawan announced that due to the overwhelming response to the film, a sequel to the film will be produced, ready for release in summer of 2008 the film is to either be entitled Tom and Jerry or Partner 2

Cast

  • Salman Khan- Prem aka Love Guru
  • Govinda – Bhaskar Diwakar Chaudhary
  • Lara Dutta – Naina
  • Katrina Kaif – Priya JaiSingh
  • Ali Haji – Rohan
  • Rajpal Yadav – Chhota Don
  • Dalip Tahil – Raj Jay Singh
  • Sohail Khan- Special appearance (as a portrait)
  • Deepshika – Paami (Love Guru’s sister)
  • Aarti Chabria – Nikki

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Bhool Bhulaiyaa

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Bhool Bhulaiyaa (English: The Maze) is a 2007 Indian Bollywood psychological thriller. The film constitutes the Hindi language release and the official remake of the 1993 Malayalam film, Manichitrathazhu, which was already remade into several Indian regional films. The film features Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Amisha Patel and Shiney Ahuja in pivotal roles with Paresh Rawal and Rajpal Yadav in supporting roles. The music of the film was composed by Pritam and authored by Sameer.

The film began shooting on February 18, 2007 for a 41-day schedule at Jaipur, India and was released on October 12, 2007.

Production

Casting

Originally Aishwarya Rai and Katrina Kaif were the first female choices for this film but they turned down the offer due to the film’s irksome comedy style and were replaced by Vidya Balan and Amisha Patel.[2] Vidya Balan had to take Kathak lessons for this film. Incidentally, Vineeth played the exact same character in the Rajnikanth-starrer Chandramukhi in 2005 which is one of the respective remakes of Manichithrathazhu. Here, he reprised his role.

The original story of the film was written by Madhu Muttam. Though he claimed this film as a violation of copyright, the High Court of Kerala allowed the violation of copyright, in light of the production cost. The film came under a cloud of controversy after a Buddhist organisation objected to the title song in the movie as disrespectful to venerated icons.

Box office

The film opened to a 85-95% response, which was the second best opening of the year after Partner. It was well-liked by cinema-goers for its mild comedy and psychological suspense. It was director Priyadarshan’s 8th successive super-hit movie. Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan were particularly praised by critics for their roles as Dr. Aditya and Avni.

Cast

  • Akshay Kumar as Dr. Aditya Shrivastav
  • Vidya Balan as Avni Siddharth Chaturvedi/Manjulika
  • Amisha Patel as Radha
  • Shiney Ahuja as Siddharth Chaturvedi/Raja Vibhuti Narayan
  • Paresh Rawal as Batukshankar Upadhyay
  • Rajpal Yadav as Chhote Pandit (Natwar)
  • Manoj Joshi as Badrinarayan Chaturvedi (Badri)
  • Vineeth as Professor Sharad Pradhan/Shashidhar
  • Asrani as Murari
  • Tareena Patel as Nandini Upadhyay
  • Rasika Joshi as Janaki Upadhyay
  • Vikram Gokhale as Shri Yagyaprakashji Bharti
  • Kaveri Jha as Girja Upadhyay (Uncredited)

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Heyy Babyy

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Heyy Babyy is a Hindi film starring Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Fardeen Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Boman Irani. It is the first full-length feature film directed by Sajid Khan and Fahad Karim helped directing the movie . It released on August 24, 2007. Its really similar to the American film Three Men and a baby.

Production

Some shooting took place in Australia and in Filmistan Studios in Mumbai.

An Australian features in a promotional video which was not to be in the film. The girl band from Sydney are called Australian Divas

This will be the first Hindi movie to be released on Blu-ray disc.

Reception

Reviews

The film opened to positive reviews, though many criticized the slow pace of the film in the second half. Taran Adarsh gave the film 4 out of 5 stars saying the film is an entertainer that has something for everyone. He also praised the performances of the lead stars. Critic, Aparajita Ghosh gave the film 3 out 5 stars saying Heyy Babyy packs in enough masala and emotion to keep you entertained throughout its running time. Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL India stated “Sajid Khan’s debut is one movie you can go and watch and leave your brains behind. Go laugh aloud!”

Box office

Heyy Babyy opened to packed houses in over 650 cinemas in India The opening was at 90%+ and continued to do well in the days following. It has done a gross of Rs. 66 crores in India, $1.4 million in USA and £763k in UK

Overseas, the film opened to a huge response and has taken the second biggest opening in the UK after Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute to Love (2007). Heyy Babyy debuted at number 10 and made £289,761 at a screen average of £4,765.

Cast

  • Akshay Kumar … Arush
  • Fardeen Khan … Ali “Al”
  • Ritesh Deshmukh … Tanmay aka Eddy Teddy
  • Vidya Balan … Isha
  • Boman Irani  … Bharat
Special appearances by
  • Shahrukh Khan … Raj Malothra
  • Anupam Kher … Malhotra
  • Sindhura Gadde
  • Amisha Patel
  • Koena Mitra

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Guru

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Guru is a 2007 Hindi film directed by Mani Ratnam. It stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, R. Madhavan, Vidya Balan and Mithun Chakraborty in pivotal roles. The movie also has Mallika Sherawat in a guest appearance. The movie was also dubbed in Tamil and Telugu. The film was released on January 12, 2007, and premièred at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Production

Guru was written and directed by Mani Ratnam, while Vijay Krishna Acharya wrote the Hindi dialogues. Shooting for the film took place in Mumbai, Turkey, Badami and Melkote (both in Karnataka), as well as in Chennai, Pollachi,Madurai,Chettinad region Tamil Nadu, and Athirapilly in Kerala. The music is composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Gulzar. Cinematography for the film is handled by Rajiv Menon.

Guru has been described by Ratnam and others involved in the production as a film that is reflective of a man’s desire for ambition and success, and how times have changed from the period immediately after the country’s independence to the present. Some reports have speculated that this film is a biopic of, one of India’s biggest Industrial tycoon, Dhirubhai Ambani. Like Guru, Ambani also had roots in Gujarat as the son of a schoolteacher, went abroad to work for the gas company Shell, and returned to India to import polyester. There are also differences between the two stories. Ratnam has described Guru as inspired by stories both past and present.

Historical Similarities

In the film Abhishek Bachchan portrays Gurukant Desai, who resembles Dhirubhai Ambani, the owner of Reliance India. Dhirubhai traveled to Yemen in his early years to work from junjoi ; In the film, Gurubhai travels to Turkey to escape his father’s criticism.

Historically, the media war waged against Dhirubhai Ambani was fought by Ramnath Goenka’s newspaper The Indian Express. In the film, the paper is named the Swatantra Samachar, and is headed by Manik Das Gupta (Mithun Chakraborty). The reporter portrayed by Madhavan’s Shyam Saxena resembles S. Gurumurthy.

Another image that resonates historically are the Contractors mentioned in the film, who closely resemble the Wadias. The younger Contractor shares similarities with Nusli Wadia.

Trivia

  • In Telugu, it was released as Gurukanth.
  • During a scene, Aishwarya Rai fell and had a few bruises on her hands and feet. Filming had to be suspended for a few hours while she received first aid.
  • S. Bharathi, a lawyer in real life, plays the role of a marriage registrar in the movie.
  • For the Tamil release of Guru, Tamil actor Surya Sivakumar lent his voice for Abhishek Bachchan’s character and veteran actor Nassar has voiced for Mithun Chakraborty’s character. Actress Rohini has voiced lines for Aishwarya Rai, while Madhavan has voiced his own lines.
  • Guru is India’s first film to have a mainstream international premiere in Canada. Director Mani Ratnam as well as two of the film’s Indian stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai were extended a personal invitation by the Toronto mayor David Miller.
  • Guru is the only movie to be shot at the premises of the famed ‘Express Estates’, the 21-acre (85,000 m2) stretch in the heart of Chennai City (opp. to Spencer plaza), the home of The New Indian Express and Dinamani, as the film demanded a period look for their settings of a media house, which the old office buildings provided. Incidentally the buildings were brought down to dust weeks after the filming was over in the premises, since the Media Group moved to a new location in Ambattur.
  • The Helicopter used during the scene where Gurukanth Desai goes to Delhi to meet minister, has cleverly been scripted by the film makers to look like Reliance Industries aircraft (RLC) but the Bell 206 L3 (H) helicopter is actually registered to Raymond Ltd. a Singhania family company, it was put into service on June 1990.
  • In the version that was played out in theatres across the world, Gurukant Desai (Abhishek Bachchan) and his wife Sujatha (Aishwarya Rai) are shown to have twin daughters. But in the original version, Aishwarya first gives birth to a stillborn child. The birth takes place after she leaves Guru in the city, to go after her brother.
  • In the film, Sujatha visits Manikdas Gupta at his house with her daughters. Her intention is to bring peace between her warring husband and the newspaper tycoon. What is left out of the movie is this scene where Guru is angry with his wife for going to his nemesis’s house.
  • Vidya Balan and R. Madhavan’s roles were also chopped off to bring the film within the set duration.

Awards

Filmfare Awards

  • Best Playback Singer (Female) – Shreya Ghoshal – Barso Re
  • Best Music – AR Rahman
  • Best Background Score – AR Rahman

Cast

  • Abhishek Bachchan as … Gurukant Desai
  • Aishwarya Rai as … Sujata Desai
  • Mithun Chakraborty as … Manik Dasgupta
  • Vidya Balan as … Meenakshi ‘Meenu’ Saxena (Jalkukdi)
  • R. Madhavan as … Shyam Saxena
  • Arya Babbar as … Jignesh
  • Roshan Seth as … Judge
  • Mallika Sherawat as … Jumpa – The Dancer (Guest appearance)

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Lage Raho Munna Bhai

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Lage Raho Munna Bhai (English: Carry on Munna Bhai) is a 2006 Indian musical comedy film directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It is the second film in the popular Munna Bhai series of Bollywood. Sanjay Dutt stars in this film as Munna Bhai, a Mumbai (Bombay) underworld don, who begins to see the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi. Through his interactions with the image of Gandhi, Munna Bhai begins to practice what he calls Gandhigiri (Satyagraha, non-violence, and truth) to help ordinary people solve their problems. His sidekick, Circuit, is portrayed by Arshad Warsi.

Lage Raho Munna Bhai has had a strong cultural impact in India, popularising Gandhism under Munna Bhai’s notion of Gandhigiri. As noted by critics, the film has “stirred the popular imagination”, leading to a number of Gandhigiri protests in India and in the United States: “For generations born after Gandhi’s assassination, Munnabhai, the eponymous hero of the film, has rendered “Gandhism” passé and “Gandhian” arcane. The new buzzword is “Gandhigiri”, a value, and valuable, addition to the lexicon of a culture suffused with every abominable kind of “Dadagiri” and “Goondagiri”.

The film was generally well received by both the critics and mass audience. It was a box office success and was elevated to a blockbuster rating (grossing over 720 million Indian Rupees),. The film received a number of awards, including four National Film Awards of India. It is the first Hindi film to be shown in the United Nations. and won popular accolades at various International film festivals including Cannes Film Festival, 2007 edition . It was praised by the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, who stated (using Gandhi’s nickname, “Bapu” or father) that the film “captures Bapu’s message about the power of truth and humanism.”

Influences and allusions

Rather than follow the traditional sequel format, each film in the Munna Bhai series features Munna and Circuit in a story which is comprehensive unto itself and is not continued or referred to in another film in the series. Indeed, director Rajkumar Hirani has compared this format to the films of Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, as well as to the James Bond series. Others have also likened the series to the work of Laurel and Hardy.[25] Some, however, have negated this comparison, stating that the series is more akin to the Road to… “buddy films” of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.[26] Director Rajkumar Hirani admitted that his work was deeply inspired by the films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

Cinematic works by Vidhu Vinod Chopra (such as Parineeta) often contain allusions to other important films and works of music or literature. In Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Jahnavi’s opening line for her radio show, “Gooooooood Moooooooorninnnng Mumbai!”, resembles Robin Williams’ opening for his radio show (“Gooooooooood morning, Vietnaaaaaaaaammm!”) in the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam. Critics have also noted similarity with the 1977 film Oh, God!, in which God appears as a kindly old man to the protagonist.

In addition, parts of the melody of the song “Pal Pal…Har Pal” are reminiscent of the Cliff Richard song “Theme for a Dream”.

Cast

  • Sanjay Dutt as Murli Prasad Sharma, known affectionately as Munna Bhai
  • Arshad Warsi as Circuit, Munna’s loyal sidekick
  • Dilip Prabhavalkar as Gandhi, or rather, the image of Gandhi that Munna sees
  • Vidya Balan as Jahnavi, radio-jockey and Munna’s love-interest
  • Boman Irani as Lucky Singh
  • Dia Mirza as Simran, Lucky’s daughter
  • Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Kkhurana, the father of Simran’s fiancee
  • Saurabh Shukla as Batuk Maharaj, his astrologer
  • Jimmy Shergill as Victor D’Souza, who having lost his father’s money, heeds Munna’s advice
  • Parikshat Sahni as Victor’s father

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Krrish

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Krrish is a 2006 Bollywood science fiction superhero film directed by Rakesh Roshan. Released on June 23, 2006, the film is a sequel to Koi… Mil Gaya. It is considered the first major superhero movie to be produced in Bollywood as well as first major superhero movie produced in Cinema of Malaysia, Cicak Man. The movie stars Rekha, Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Naseeruddin Shah. Preity Zinta makes a special appearance.

Reaction

Krrish was generally met with positive reaction in its homeland India but with a mixed reaction overseas. In India, Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM.com wrote that “Krrish is a terrifically exciting and compelling experience”, and even considered it superior to Superman, Batman and Spider-Man. B4U TV also gave a generally positive review, praising the second half of the film.

Overseas, Leo Goldsmith of notcoming.com criticized the special effects and for “wearing its corporate sponsorship on its sleeve” in “its dialogue” and “every other shot of the film.” Jaspreet Pandohar of BBC criticized the script for being “low on originality” but praised Hrithik Roshan’s performance and the action scenes choreographed by Tony Ching Siu-Tung. According to Richard James Havis of The Hollywood Reporter, “This Bollywood epic crunches together romance, comedy, extraterrestrials, martial arts, dancing and action to tell an entertaining story about a reluctant Indian superhero” but said it may be “far too crazed for foreign viewers.” David Chute of L.A. Weekly said it was a “hearty pulp cinema that really sticks to your ribs.” Ronnie Scheib of Variety said it was an “enjoyable, daffily improbable escapist romp.” Laura Kern of The New York Times said it was a blend of “carefree romance, show-stopping action and sci-fi.”

Box office

In India, Krrish is one of the highest-grossing movies of this decade and is the second worldwide highest-grossing movie of 2006 after Dhoom 2. Considering the overdone superhero genre in Hollywood, it still did good business Overseas.

  • India (20-Sept,08) : Rs 65,53,00,000 Net
  • Overseas (20-Sept,08) : Rs 19,00,00,000
  • Total (20-Sept,08) : Rs 84,53,00,000

Cast

  • Hrithik Roshan … Krishna Mehra (“Krrish”)/Rohit Mehra
  • Priyanka Chopra … Priya
  • Rekha … Sonia Mehra
  • Naseeruddin Shah … Dr. Siddhant Arya
  • Manini Mishra  … Honey
  • Archana Puran Singh  … Boss
  • Kiran Juneja … Priya’s mother
  • Sharat Saxena … Vikram Sinha
  • Puneet Issar … Komal Sir
  • Hemant Pandey … Bahadur
  • Preity Zinta … Nisha Mehra (Special Appearance)
  • Bin Xia  … Kristian Li
  • Akash Khurana  … Krishna’s School’s Principal

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