Main Hoon Na

Main Hoon Na

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Farah Khan
Produced by Shahrukh Khan
Gauri Khan
Written by Abbas Tyrewala
(dialogue)
Screenplay by Farah Khan
Abbas Tyrewala
Rajesh Saathi
Story by Farah Khan
Starring Shahrukh Khan
Sunil Shetty
Sushmita Sen
Zayed Khan
Amrita Rao
Naseeruddin Shah
Kabir Bedi
Murali Sharma
Boman Irani
Satish Shah
Bindu
Kirron Kher
Rakhi Sawant
Cinematography V. Manikandan
Edited by Shirish Kunder
Distributed by Red Chillies Entertainment
Eros International
Venus Records & tapes Pvt Ltd
Release dates
 30 April 2004
Running time
 173 mins
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹25 crore (equivalent to ₹43 crore or US$6.5 million in 2013)[1]
Box office ₹68 crore (equivalent to ₹118 crore or US$18 million in 2013)[2]

Main Hoon Na is a 2004 Indian action comedy drama film co-written and directed by Farah Khan in her directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Farah Khan and Abbas Tyrewala based on the story by Anvita Dutt Guptan. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Shetty, Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khan and Amrita Rao in the main cast. It was remade into Tamil as Aegan starring Ajith Kumar, Nayantara, Pia Bajpai.

The film is the story of Indian army Major Ram Prasad Sharma (Shah Rukh Khan) who becomes embroiled in the events to ensure that "Project Milap" - the releasing of civilian captives on either side of the borders of India and Pakistan - can take place as a sign of trust and peace between the two nations.[3] Main Hoon Na is one of the most successful Indian films discussing the Indo-Pakistani conflict from a neutral point of view. The film was shot at St. Paul's school, Darjeeling.

It is the first film of Shah Rukh Khan's production company Red Chillies Entertainment and choreographer Farah Khan's directorial debut film. It was released on 30 April 2004 and was declared a hit in India by Box Office India.

Plot

The movie is about the relationship between India and Pakistan. The governments of India and Pakistan have launched, "Project Milaap", where both the governments will release the POWs from the previous wars.Major Raghavan (Sunil Shetty), a rogue ex-para commando-turned-militant does not want the peaceful operation to turn to reality and makes an attempt on Gen. Amarjeet Bakshi (Kabir Bedi)'s life. While trying to rescue Gen. Bakshi, Brigadier Shekhar Sharma (Naseeruddin Shah) falls prey to a stray bullet. While on deathbed he confesses to his son Major Ram Prasad Sharma (Shahrukh Khan) that his wife and son had left him many years ago due to his infidelity. He tells Ram his last wish: his family be reunited under one roof, and dies. Meanwhile, Gen. Bakshi tells Ram that his teenage daughter Sanjana's life is in danger, and asks him to go undercover to Darjeeling and pose as a student in Sanjana's class in front of her own eyes. As the fate would have it, Ram learns that his younger brother Laxman "Lucky" (Zayed Khan) is studying at the same college. So Maj. Ram starts off on his dual mission: personal and national. While at the college he falls in love the new chemistry teacher but, keeps making a fool of himself when singing. He meets Sanju (Amrita Rao), who has a very hard time impressing Lucky since she has a crush on him. Since one of the aims of the mission is to provide protection to Sanju, he tries getting close to her but she has only one thing on her mind, impressing Lucky. Sanju is constantly being irritated by Ram because of his attempts at friendship and she eventually complains to Lucky about him. Since he is the coolest guy on campus and Ram is the uncle type they don't get along at all. Lucky, being the mischievous guy he is, ends up in a competition of getting to the roof of the school and in a sudden turn of events ends up hanging from the roof. Ram saves him. This causes all barriers to collapse between them and they become best of friends. Automatically, Sanju also gets close to Ram. Soon thereafter, Ms. Sharma (Kirron Kher), Lucky's mother, advertises for a paying guest in their house in order to make ends meet and thus Maj. Ram ends up in their house. Sanju soon starts wearing new kinds of clothes after visiting Ms. Chandini (Sushmita Sen) the chemistry teacher, along with Ram.Soon, when Ram expresses his feelings to Ms. Chandini, she tells him she feels the same way.In addition, Lucky falls in love with Sanju because of her new look. Lucky and, Ms.Sharma find out that Ram is actually Shekar's son and kicks him out of their house when he is about explain. But Ms. Sharma later asks Ram why he came to them as he's about to leave, he tells them of Brig. Sharma's death and his final wish for Ram to reunite the family together which saddens her and Lucky. She and Lucky aso start to think of Ram as their own and love him and realize their mistake of not reuniting with Brig. Sharma when he was alive. Ram discovers Raghavan has kidnapped Sanjana.Raghavan and Ram have a deadly fight. But, surprisingly Ram wins the fight even though he is wounded by a bullet shot inflicted by Raghavan. Later it shows everybody at college having a party. There it is revealed that it was Ram's graduation party. It shows Lucky and Sanju expressing their feelings to each other.

Cast

Release

Jamie Russell wrote in his review in the BBC, "A bonkers 'masala' movie, Main Hoon Na could be the mutant offspring of Grease and The Matrix. Part thriller, part high school comedy and all Bollywood musical, it's the directorial debut of Farah Khan."[4]

Box office

Main Hoon Na was the second highest grossing Indian movie of 2004 behind Veer-Zaara (also a Shahrukh Khan starrer).[5] It made ₹480 million (US$7.1 million) in India and an additional ₹19 million (US$280,000) in the overseas market. Box Office India declared it a "hit" in India and a "blockbuster" overseas.[2]

Character map of remakes

Aegan (2008 film) Tamil Main Hoon Naa (2004 film)Hindi
Ajith Kumar Shah Rukh Khan
Nayantara Sushmita Sen
Suman Sunil Shetty

Music

Main Hoon Na
Soundtrack album by Anu Malik
Recorded YRF Studios (Mumbai)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 40:25
Language Hindi
English
Label T-Series
Producer Anu Malik
Anu Malik chronology
Krishna Cottage
(2004)		 Main Hoon Na
(2004)		 '’Fida
(2004)

The music was composed by Anu Malik. The lyrics were provided by Javed Akhtar. Anu Malik won his third Filmfare Award for Best Music Director

Song Singer(s) Duration Notes
"Main Hoon Na" Sonu Nigam & Shreya Ghoshal 06:03 Pictured on Shahrukh Khan, Zayed Khan & Amrita Rao;
Sonu Nigam received several award nominations and an MTV Immies Best Male Singer Award
"Tumse Milke" Sonu Nigam, Aftab Sabri & Alisha Chinai 06:02 Pictured on Shahrukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khan & Amrita Rao;
Sonu Nigam received several award nominations
"Tumhe Jo Maine Dekha" Abhijeet Bhattacharya & Shreya Ghoshal 05:44 Pictured on Shahrukh Khan & Sushmita Sen
"Gori Gori" KK, Anu Malik, Sunidhi Chauhan & Shreya Ghoshal 04:31 Pictured on Shahrukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khan, Amrita Rao, Sunil Shetty, Boman Irani & Bindu
"Chale Jaise Hawayein" KK & Vasundhara Das 05:26 Pictured on Zayed Khan & Amrita Rao
"Main Hoon Na (Sad Version)" Abhijeet Bhattacharya 04:18 Pictured on whole cast without Zayed Khan & Kirron Kher
"Yeh Fizayein" KK & Alka Yagnik 05:19 Pictured on whole cast and crew during end credits
"Main Hoon Na" (Remix) Ranjit Barot 02:31 Not in film

Awards

Main Hoon Na received many awards and nominations. The awards it won are highlighted in bold:[6]

Filmfare Awards

Won
Nominated

Zee Cine Award

Star Screen Award

References

  1. ↑ "Main Hoon Na". IBOS Network. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Rajinder Dudrah, Rajinder Kumar Dudrah Bollywood Travels: Culture, Diaspora and Border Crossings in Popular Hindi Cinema Routledge (2012) p. 18
  4. ↑ Jamie Russell Main Hoon Na (2004) 28 April 2004 BBC Movies
  5. ↑ "Box Office 2004". Boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Awards for MHN 2004". BollywoodHungama.com. Retrieved 2005.

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