Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai
Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (transl. It's My Friend's Wedding) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and produced by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra under the banner Yash Raj Films. The film starred Uday Chopra, Tulip Joshi, Jimmy Sheirgill and Bipasha Basu. The film was said to be partly inspired by My Best Friend's Wedding (1997).[3] The director Gadhvi, however, claims that he mainly drew from earlier Hindi films and that My Best Friend's Wedding only provided less than 1% of the inspiration for his film. The film did good business at the box office and was declared a hit. The film was originally offered to Amisha Patel. However she refused to do the film because she did not want to work with less successful actors in the beginning of her career after starring in back-to-back blockbusters - Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000) and Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001). Surprised and shocked by Amisha's attitude, Yash Raj banner decided not to work with her in any of the films produced under their banner.[4]
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| Directed by | Sanjay Gadhvi |
| Produced by | Yash Chopra |
| Written by | Screenplay: Mayur Puri Sanjay Gadhvi Dialogues: Mayur Puri |
| Story by | Aditya Chopra Sanjay Gadhvi |
| Starring | Uday Chopra Tulip Joshi Jimmy Sheirgill Bipasha Basu |
| Narrated by | Saurabh Shukla |
| Music by | Jeet-Pritam |
| Cinematography | Sunil Patel |
| Edited by | V.V. Karnik Ritesh Soni |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 159 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹57.5 million[1] |
| Box office | ₹165.4 million[2] |
Plot
Sanjay Malhotra (Uday Chopra) lives in Mumbai with his friend Riya (Bipasha Basu). He receives a phone call from his childhood friend Anjali Sharma (Tulip Joshi) who shocks him with the news that she is getting married. Unfortunately, Sanjay has loved Anjali for years. Jealous and frustrated Sanjay makes his way to Anjali with an intention to stop her marriage.
Sanjay goes to Anjali's home and soon meets her groom, Rohit Khanna (Jimmy Sheirgill). Sanjay, being constantly reprimanded and lovingly chided for his playboy behaviour and no one takes him seriously. Sanjay then begins to scheme. He organises a bachelor party for Rohit and all the men in the family. Rohit ends up completely drunk. He picks up on the fact that Sanjay is out to stop his marriage and vows to make sure that Sanjay fails in this. Sanjay and Riya try to make Anjali jealous to make her understand she loves him. At Anjali's Mehendi ceremony Riya tells Anjali that she and Sanjay were never lovers. Anjali reveals that she loved Sanjay all her life but the latter never understood it but considered her as only his best friend. Rohit is heartbroken when he comes to know of this. Rohit tells Anjali's mom that she and her daughter had the same choice for Anjali's groom, Anjali always wanted Sanjay to marry Anjali from deep within their heart. On knowing his absence in her wedding, Anjali leaves for Mumbai to meet Sanjay in her bridal dress. She asks him why he left. Sanjay expresses his love for her saying that he can't see her marrying anyone else. Finally, both express their love for each other. Even though Rohit fails in his challenge, he is happy for their love. Sanjay and Anjali get married, Rohit and Ria sing and dance in their best friend's wedding.
Cast
- Uday Chopra as Sanjay Malhotra (Sanju)
- Tulip Joshi as Anjali Sharma Malhotra (credited as Sanjana)
- Jimmy Shergill as Rohit Khanna
- Bipasha Basu as Ria, Sanjay’s roommate (Malavika Shivpuri for dubbing)
- Dina Pathak as Dadi
- Deven Verma as Hari Taya
- Tannaz Irani as Anu, Anjali’s sister
- Saurabh Shukla as Anjali's Mama
- Parikshit Sahni as Rohit's Dad
- Bindu as Kapila Tai
- Alok Nath as Vishnu Sharma, Anjali’s father
- Neena Kulkarni as Gayatri Sharma, Anjali’s mother
- Nitesh Pandey as Ajit
- Tushar Dalvi as Naren
- Shamita Shetty as an item number Sharara
Soundtrack
| Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai | ||||
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| Released | 9 May 2002 | |||
| Genre | Feature Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 27:34 | |||
| Label | YRF Music | |||
| Producer | Yash Chopra | |||
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The film's music is by the duo Pritam and Jeet Gannguli, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. The movie initiated Asha Bhosle's comeback to the Bollywood music scene. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 11,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's twelfth highest-selling.[5]
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Ek Ladki" | Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik | 05:37 |
| 2. | "Humne Suna Hai" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sudesh Bhonsle & Jaspinder Narula | 05:01 |
| 3. | "Sharara" | Sonu Nigam & Asha Bhosle | 04:56 |
| 4. | "Jaage Jaage (Resham Si Hai Yeh)" | Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik & Udit Narayan | 05:38 |
| 5. | "Hum Dono Jaise Kaun Yahan" | KK, Sunidhi Chauhan and Alka Yagnik | 05:41 |
| 6. | "Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai" | Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam & Alka Yagnik | 05:41 |
| 7. | "Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (Version 2)" | Sonu Nigam & Shweta Pandit | 01:19 |
References
- https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=616
- https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=616
- K. Jha, Subhash (10 June 2002). "Mere Yaar... is all about frothy fun at weddings". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- Bootie Cosgrove-Mather (4 June 2003). "Is Bollywood A Hollywood Clone? India's Bollywood Denies Stealing Shots, Plots, Dialogue". CBS News. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
- "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008.