Main Aurr Mrs Khanna

Main Aurr Mrs Khanna

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Prem Soni
Produced by Sohail Khan
Ronnie Screwvala
Screenplay by Prem Soni
Story by Prem Soni
Starring Salman Khan
Kareena Kapoor Khan
Sohail Khan
Bappi Lahiri
Music by Sajid-Wajid
Cinematography Sudeep Chatterjee
Edited by Chirag Jain
Distributed by Sohail Khan Productions
Release dates
  • 16 October 2009 (2009-10-16)
Running time
 114 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹15 crore (US$2.2 million)[1]
Box office ₹25 crore (US$3.7 million)[2]

Main Aurr Mrs Khanna (English:Me and Mrs.Khanna) is a 2009 Indian romance film starring Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Sohail Khan in pivotal roles with Dino Morea, Nauheed Cyrusi, Yash Tonk and Bappi Lahiri in supporting roles while Preity Zinta and Deepika Padukone make a special appearance. Directed by debutant Prem Soni, the film, which revolves around the theme of extramarital affair, is a joint production of Sohail Khan Productions and UTV SpotBoy Pictures.[3] The film is produced by Sohail Khan and Ronnie Screwvala, and was released on 16 October 2009.[4]

Plot

The story is about an Indian couple Raina (Kareena Kapoor) and Samir (Salman Khan) who fall in love at the very first sight and decide to get married even after lack of acceptance from Samir’s parents, Raina being an orphan. Howsoever, they begin their lives together convincingly as they soon fly off to Melbourne where Samir works as a stockbroker while Raina decides to work in a restaurant. As usual it is in such love stories, their relationship becomes awry when Samir becomes unhappy on the professional front and faces problems when his businesses take a severe hit. Samir thus tries to find a solution to his problems when he decides to start everything afresh by wishing to settle in Singapore. At the same time, Samir tries to help Raina back to India where his parents were. Raina however decides exactly the opposite and stays in Melbourne.

Raina’s life finds a new companion in Aakash (Sohail Khan) who meets her accidentally at the airport. Knowing her problems, Aakash lends a helping hand using his friend’s (Mahek Chahal) help;  to Raina so that she could come up in her life. Now, Raina suddenly finds herself in the midst of a new airport job and in addition a good mansion to live in. Aakash, who already had got attracted towards Raina, now deeply falls in love with her when he gets to know her in close proximity. At this juncture, Raina is faced with the problem of her ending tenure in Melbourne. Not knowing what to do, Aakash with his friends suggest her the idea of faking a marriage with Aakash so that she can stay on. Even though Raina doesn’t agree at first, she confides when she realises Aakash had goodness in him. It is here where Mr. Khanna reappears after having done what he decided to in Singapore. However, on returning Samir finds that the scenario is not as he expected as he stumbles upon the court papers relating Raina’s and Aakash’ s marriage. However, the story goes on the line “happily ever after” with Samir and Raina deciding to start their life afresh, resolving the issues and Aakash lets Mrs. Khanna go for her good sake. The story though doesn’t end here. It stretches till Aakash finds another love in Mrs. Khan (Deepika Padukone) who coincidently has the same name as Raina and once had a failed relationship with a person, whose name again coincidently is Samir. The movie has its curtains drawn when Aakash is surprised by this astonishing coincidence.

Cast

Production

Pre-production work began in mid-2007 when actors Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra were signed on to essay the lead roles in the film.[5] However, Chopra later opted out of the film due to date problems and the director was in talks with actresses Preity Zinta and Ayesha Takia.[5]

In August 2007, producer Sohail Khan announced that the film's title was changed to Mr and Mrs Khanna, and was expected to go on floors in November 2007 with Lara Dutta being signed on for the female lead.[6] Unfortunately, Dutta was dropped from the film for unknown reasons and rumours had indicated that Khan was in talks with Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. The producer later confirmed the news to the media indicating that he had signed Kapoor for the film.[7]

Sources had indicated that Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone will be making guest appearances in the film whereas Preity Zinta will be appearing in an item number but nothing was confirmed as of March 2008.[8][9] However, in June 2008, the latter confirmed the news to the media explaining, "...it's not an item song, really. It's an interesting cameo and I’ve agreed to be in the film because the director Prem Soni is a dear friend."[10]

On 19 March 2008, the cast began filming for the project at Film City in the outskirts of Mumbai[11] and later continued shooting in Melbourne, Australia, where a pivotal scene was shot at the Sydney Airport.[12][13] Upon shooting in Melbourne Australia, the cast later returned to film in Mumbai on 15 June 2008.[13] In March 2009, director Prem Soni announced that the film had been completed.[14]

Box office

The movie had a dismal performance at the box office, eventually collecting only Rs.6.6 crores in its first week of domestic theatrical run.[15][16] The film didn't open well, moreover the word of mouth publicity couldn't help since it garnered negative reviews. However, the film was a huge success at the DTH platform and had the highest viewership rating, grossing 21 crores. The satellite rights of the film were sold three days before its release in theatres.[17]

Soundtrack

Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
Soundtrack album by Sajid-Wajid
Released 9 September 2009
Genre Film soundtrack
Label T-Series
Producer Sohail Khan
Ronnie Screwvala
Sajid-Wajid chronology
Wanted
(2009)		 Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
(2009)		 Veer
(2010)

The music had been composed by Sajid-Wajid.

Tracklist
No. TitleArtist(s) Length
1. "Don't Say Alvida"  Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Suzanne D'Mello 5:02
2. "Don't Say Alvida (Remix)"  Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Suzanne D'Mello 4:28
3. "Don't Say Alvida (Sad)"  Shreya Ghoshal 1:31
4. "Happening I Am Happening"  Sunidhi Chauhan, Wajid, Raja Mushtaq 5:25
5. "Happening I Am Happening (Remix)"  Sunidhi Chauhan, Wajid, Raja Mushtaq 3:48
6. "Mrs. Khanna"  Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Bappi Lahiri, Suzanne D'Mello, Neuman Pinto 4:12
7. "Rabba"  Rahat Fateh Ali Khan 5:13
8. "Tumne Socha"  Wajid, Shreya Ghoshal 5:50

References

  1. ↑ Kazmi, Nikhat (12 October 2009). "Bollywood's Diwali blast: A blockbuster weekend?". Times of India. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  2. ↑ http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=288&catName=MjAwOQ==
  3. ↑ Bollywood Hungama News Network (16 April 2008). "Sohail Khan and UTV Spotboy tie up for Main Aur Mrs. Khanna". IndiaFM. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
  4. ↑ Adarsh, Taran. "Authentic and Up to date Release Dates of Bollywood.Movies". IndiaFM. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  5. 1 2 "Preity to replace Priyanka?". The Times of India. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  6. ↑ IndiaFM News Bureau (21 August 2007). "Salman, Lara to become Mr and Mrs Khanna". IndiaFM. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  7. ↑ Deshmukh, Ashwini (29 December 2007). "Bhai the way!". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  8. ↑ Dalal, S. & Dubey, B. (21 January 2008). "Star struck". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  9. ↑ Kelkar, Reshma (22 March 2008). "Priety's item number in Salman starrer!". Indiatimes. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  10. ↑ Jha, Subhash K (18 June 2008). "Preity for ‘Prem’". MiD DAY. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  11. ↑ Jha, Subhash K (19 March 2008). ""I always get nervous working with Salman" – Kareena". IndiaFM. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  12. ↑ KBR, Upala (17 May 2008). "Here's looking at you, Bebo". MiD DAY. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  13. 1 2 Sharma, Amul (26 May 2008). "Main Aur Sydney!". MiD DAY. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  14. ↑ Adarsh, Taran (17 March 2009). ""Salman in sp. app.? Not at all" – Prem Soni". IndiaFM. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  15. ↑ "First Week Comparison – Dabangg 2 Vs Main Aurr Mrs Khanna". boxofficeindia. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  16. ↑ "Box Office 2009". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
  17. ↑ Sampurn Wire (17 November 2009). "Main Aur Mrs Khanna a super hit on with Rs.21 crore gross". Retrieved 2011-06-11.

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