Neal 'n' Nikki
Neal 'n' Nikki is a 2005 Indian romantic comedy film, starring Uday Chopra, Tanisha Mukherjee, Richa Pallod and Gaurav Gera, with Abhishek Bachchan in a special appearance. It was produced by Yash Chopra and directed by Canada-based director Arjun Sablok. The film was promoted with the tagline "Nice Is Out... Naughty Is In". The film was critically and commercially panned in India but did well at the overseas box office.
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| Directed by | Arjun Sablok |
| Produced by | Aditya Chopra |
| Written by | Arjun Sablok Anvita Dutt Guptan |
| Starring | Uday Chopra Tanisha Mukherjee Richa Pallod Gaurav Gera Abhishek Bachchan |
| Music by | Salim–Sulaiman |
| Cinematography | P.S. Vinod |
| Edited by | Ritesh Soni |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi English |
Plot
The film, as its name implies, centers on Gurneal "Neal" Ahluwalia (Uday Chopra) and Nikita "Nikki" Bakshi (Tanisha Mukherjee), two Canadians of Punjabi descent, born and raised in British Columbia. But Neal and Nikki are different in many ways.
Before getting married Neal wants to spend 21 days on vacation with 21 women. On his way, he meets Nikki in a club, where Neal is with his date Kristi. Nikki gets drunk and starts dancing. Neal leaves his date and takes Nikki to a hotel where he watches T.V. while Nikki falls asleep. The next morning, Nikki thinks that Neal raped her when he didn't. She uses this to blackmail him all the time. Nikki interrupts his romantic meetings with other women from time to time, including once when Nikki interrupts Neal while he is having sex with another woman.
When Neal tells Nikki the truth why he is in Canada, she gets mad and dumps him. Nikki then takes Neal to a resort town Whistler promising that she will make him meet other girls there. In reality, her ex-boyfriend Trish is there with his girlfriend Amanda, and she wants to make him jealous. When Neal learns this, he doesn't agree but eventually does. They are successful in making Trish jealous. He tells Nikki that he wants her back, but she dumps him. They later spend a night together at a campsite but are unable to express their love to each other.
Neal then returns since it is time for his wedding. Later he finds out that the girl to whom he is to be engaged, Sweety (Richa Pallod), is Nikki's cousin. At the engagement ceremony just when Nikki is approaching to stop the engagement, it is revealed that Nikki's cousin had exchanged vows on the internet with her true love Happy Singh (Gaurav Gera). Sweety proceeds to run away with Happy, while Neal proposes to Nikki because they realise that they are meant for each other.
Original casting
Ayesha Takia was offered the role of Nikki, but she refused because of the intimate scenes.
Cast
- Uday Chopra as Gurneal 'Neal' Ahluwalia
- Tanisha Mukherjee as Nikita 'Nikki' Bakshi
- Richa Pallod as Satwinder 'Sweety' Kaur
- Gaurav Gera as Happy Singh
- Abhishek Bachchan as Raj Singh (Special Appearance)
- Michelle Rae Wright as Vancouver police officer
- Kamini Khanna as Baldev
- Susheel Parashara as Gyaniji
- Sanaa Abdu Khazal as Katrina
- Zain Meghji as Friend 1
- Garry Saran as Friend 2
- Kristy McQuade as Kristy
- Samantha McLeod as Chanel
- Priya Sachdev as Karen
- Alexandre Montez as Trish
- Serinda Swan as Amanda
- Simmy Cheema as Nikki's mother
- Pawan Chopra as Nikki's father
- Kanika Dang as Sweety's mother
- Heather Johnson
- Bill Dhaliwal
- Atvinder Dhillon
- Miker Sunner
- Oliver Proudlock
- Jerry Gill
- Cameron Morris as Barista
- Rick MacKay
- Marie Penner
- Rabiah Shaikh
- Simone Grewal
- Natasha Pekurel
- Manraj Hothi
- Sonia Wahlla
- Sahar Biniaz as Teacher
- Carmelo Bottieri as Student (uncredited)
- Chander Mohan Khanna as (uncredited)
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Salim–Sulaiman. It consisted of 5 songs and 1 remix. Lyrics were penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan, Irshad Kamil and Asif Ali Beg.[1] The movie marked the entry of Yash Raj Films into music distribution, tentatively titled Yash Raj Music.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Neal 'n' Nikki" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | KK, Shweta Pandit | 5:16 |
| 2. | "Halla Re" | Irshad Kamil | Salim Merchant, Shweta Pandit | 5:08 |
| 3. | "I'm In Love" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | Sonu Nigam, Clinton Cerejo, Mahalakshmi Iyer | 5:24 |
| 4. | "Aankh Ladiye" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | Kunal Ganjawala, Javed Ali, Shweta Pandit | 4:24 |
| 5. | "I Just Wanna Spend My Life With You" | Asif Ali Beg, Pike Winchurkar | Clinton Cerejo, Dominique Cerejo | 5:25 |
| 6. | "Neal 'n' Nikki" (The Naughty Mix) | Anvita Dutt Guptan | KK, Shweta Pandit | 5:06 |