Yes Boss (film)

Yes Boss is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Aziz Mirza starring Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, and Aditya Pancholi. Produced by Ratan Jain, Yes Boss was one of the most successful films of the year at the time of release, and was declared a super hit with a worldwide gross of 23 crore (US$3.2 million). It is based on the 1987 film The Secret of My Success starring Michael J Fox.

Yes Boss
Poster
Directed byAziz Mirza
Produced byRatan Jain
Umed Jain
Champak Jain
Screenplay byMangesh Kulkarni
Story byAziz Mirza
StarringShah Rukh Khan
Aditya Pancholi
Juhi Chawla
Music byJatin Lalit
CinematographyHarmeet Singh
Thomas A. Xavier
Edited byJaved Sayyed
Production
company
Distributed byB4U Films
Release date
  • 18 July 1997 (1997-07-18)
Running time
165 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget5 crore (equivalent to 21 crore or US$2.9 million in 2019)[1]
Box office23 crore (equivalent to 94 crore or US$13 million in 2019)[2]

The film partially inspired the 2005 Malayalam film Junior Senior and was remade in Tamil as Guru En Aalu (2009). The rights are owned by Khan's production company Red Chillies Entertainment. Yes Boss received seven nominations at the 43rd Filmfare Awards including Best Actor for Khan and Best Actress for Chawla. Pancholi was nominated under the Best Villain category as well.

Plot

Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) is an ambitious young, bright man who desires to become wealthy. He is lucky enough to find a job with extra earnings with his boss, Siddharth (Aditya Pancholi), who is a lustful person having extramarital affairs. Siddharth has deviously trapped a rich woman Sheela (Kashmira Shah) and Rahul earns overtime money in keeping his boss' affairs a secret.

Then comes along Seema (Juhi Chawla) an elegant and gorgeous young woman and an ambitious, aspiring model - also desiring a life of luxury. Siddharth is lustfully attracted to Seema and her heavenly beauty and charm and asks Rahul to help him trap her too. A helpless Rahul does so, but deep down somewhere in his heart, Rahul has a soft spot for Seema.

Anyway, due to Rahul's efforts, Seema is impressed by Siddharth's personality and business acumen. Gradually, Seema and Siddharth become friends and she discovers Siddharth's purity of heart and begins liking him when they go to Switzerland for a shooting schedule.

As their companionship blossoms, Rahul introduces Seema to his mother (Reema Lagoo), who is a heart patient and is sensitive to any shocking news or stress in life. Unfortunately, Bhushan (Gulshan Grover) uses this to his advantage and to mess with Rahul, and tells her that Rahul has married Seema. Rahul's mother is overjoyed with this news.

In order to avoid shocking his mother, Rahul and Seema have to put up an act as if they are a happily married couple, however, both slowly fall in love in the process.

When Siddharth learns that Rahul is in love with Seema (Siddharth's new pawn) he offers Rahul his dream office - with the unsaid implication that it was in return for Seema. Siddharth, however, has no intention of giving Rahul his dream office. Rahul realizes that he had been supporting Siddharth's lustful habits all along for his dream office by being a bootlicker to him.

Rahul replies to him and says that he does not want Siddharth as his boss, nor his dream office, and Seema joins him by resigning as well.

After this fiasco, true love triumphs as Seema decides to let a luxurious life go and spend the rest of her life with Rahul and his ailing mother who wholeheartedly accepts the relationship again, and Rahul decides that he'd have a luxurious life for him and Seema by his hard earned money and not by bootlicking anyone.

Cast

Music

Yes Boss
Soundtrack album by
Released1997
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length30:21
LabelVenus Records & Tapes
ProducerJatin-Lalit
Jatin-Lalit chronology
Tum Jiyo Hazaro Saal
(1997)
Yes Boss
(1997)
Badadin
(1998)

The movie soundtrack has 6 songs composed by Jatin-Lalit who also composed the background score, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Most of the songs are sung by Abhijeet Bhattacharya and won his first Filmfare Award Best Play Back singer (Male) for the song "Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon".The song " Suniye To" was copied from the song "Azhagiya Laila" from the Tamil movie Ullathai Allitha. Other contributing artists are Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik.

#TitleSinger(s)Length
1 "Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon" Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik 05:11
2 "Choodi Baji Hai Kahin" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 05:05
3 "Chaand Taare" Abhijeet Bhattacharya 04:48
4 "Suniye To" Abhijeet Bhattacharya 05:12
5 "Jaata Hai Tu Kahan" Abhijeet Bhattacharya 05:35
6 "Ek Din Aap" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik 04:30
7 "Ek Din Aap II" Babul Supriyo 04:27

Box office

Yes Boss grossed 19.48 crore (US$2.7 million) in India and $975,000 (3.48 crore) in other countries, for a worldwide total of 22.96 crore (US$3.2 million), against its 5 crore (US$700,000) budget. It had a worldwide opening weekend of 3.07 crore (US$430,000), and grossed 5.65 crore (US$790,000) in its first week.[2] It is the 12th-highest-grossing Indian film of 1997 worldwide.[3]

India

It opened on Friday, 18 July 1997, across 180 screens, and earned 57 lakh (US$80,000) nett on its opening day. It grossed 1.79 crore (US$250,000) nett in its opening weekend, and had a first week of 3.29 crore (US$460,000) nett. The film earned a total of 11.33 crore (US$1.6 million) nett, and was declared "Hit" by Box Office India.[2] It is the 14th-highest-grossing film of 1997 in India.[4]

Overseas

It earned $975,000 (3.48 crore) outside India.[2] It is the 3rd-highest-grossing film of 1997 behind Dil To Pagal Hai ($3.3 million (12.04 crore)) and Pardes ($1.7 million (6.12 crore)), which were also Shah Rukh Khan starrers.[5]

'Yes Boss' worldwide collections breakdown
Territory Territory wise Collections break-up
India Nett Gross:
11.33 crore (US$1.6 million)
Distributor share:
5.89 crore (US$830,000)
Total Gross:
19.48 crore (US$2.7 million)
International
(Outside India)
$975,000 (3.48 crore)
Worldwide 22.96 crore (US$3.2 million)

Filmfare Awards

Won

Nominated

References

  1. "Yes Boss Budget". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. "Yes Boss Box office". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  3. "Top Worldwide Grossers 1997". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. "Top India Total Nett Gross 1997". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  5. "Top Overseas Gross 1997". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
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