Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai
Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai | |
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DVD cover of Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai | |
Directed by | Sanjay Gadhvi |
Produced by |
Yash Chopra Aditya Chopra |
Written by | Mayur Puri (dialogue) |
Screenplay by |
Aditya Chopra Sanjay Gadhvi |
Starring |
Uday Chopra Tulip Joshi Jimmy Shergill 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 dates | 7 June 2002 |
Running time | 159 mins |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (English: It's My Friend's Wedding) is a 2002 Indian Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and produced by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film starred Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill, Bipasha Basu and Tulip Joshi. The film was said to be partly inspired by My Best Friend's Wedding (1997).[1] 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.[2]
Plot
Sanjay Malhotra (Uday Chopra) lives in Mumbai with his friend Ria (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 Shergill). 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 Ria try to make Anjali jealous to make her understand she loves him. Later Ria tells Anjali that she and sanjay were never lovers. Then Anjali tells them that she loves Sanjay. Rohit is heartbroken when he comes to know of this. Rohit tells Anjali's mom that she and her daughter, Anjali always wanted Sanjay to marry Anjali from deep within their heart. On Knowing his absence in her wedding, Anjali leaves to meet Sanjay in her bridal dress. She asks him why did 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 ... Sanjay (Sanju)
- Tulip Joshi ... Anjali Sharma (Anju)
- Jimmy Shergill ... Rohit
- Bipasha Basu ... Ria (Malavika Shivpuri for dubbing)
- Dina Pathak ... Dadi
- Deven Verma ... Hari Taya
- Tanaaz Irani ... Anu
- Saurabh Shukla ... Anjali's Mama
- Parikshit Sahani ... Rohit's Dad
- Bindu ... Kapila Tai
- Shamita Shetty ... Dancer (Special appearance in song Sharara)
- Alok Nath ... Anjali's Dad
- Neena Kulkarni ... Anjali's Mom
- Nitesh Pandey as Ajit
Soundtrack
Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Jeet-Pritam | ||||
Released | 9 May 2002 | |||
Genre | Feature Film soundtrack | |||
Length | 27:34 | |||
Label | YRF Music | |||
Producer | Yash Chopra | |||
Jeet-Pritam chronology | ||||
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The film's music is by the duo Pritam and Jeet Ganguly, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. The movie initiated Asha Bhosle's comeback.
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" | 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 |
References
- ↑ K. Jha, Subhash (10 June 2002). "Mere Yaar... is all about frothy fun at weddings". The Times of India. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
- ↑ Bootie Cosgrove-Mather (4 June 2003). "Is Bollywood A Hollywood Clone? India's Bollywood Denies Stealing Shots, Plots, Dialogue". CBS News. Retrieved 2009-05-31.