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Bachna Ae Haseeno
File:Bachna Ae Haseeno.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySiddharth Anand
Screenplay byDevika Bhagat
Story byJaideep Sahni
Produced byAditya Chopra
StarringRanbir Kapoor
Bipasha Basu
Deepika Padukone
Minissha Lamba
Kunal Kapoor
CinematographySunil Patel
Edited byRitesh Soni
Music byVishal-Shekhar
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 15 August 2008 (2008-08-15)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹160 million (US$1.9 million)
Box office₹627.5 million (US$7.5 million)

Bachna Ae Haseeno (Template:Lang-hi) is an Indian romantic comedy film released on 15 August 2008. It stars Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone and Minissha Lamba. The film was directed by Siddharth Anand whose previous films include Salaam Namaste (2005) and Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007). It was the eight highest grossing film of 2008.

Plot

The film follows the journey of a young man named Raj Sharma (Ranbir Kapoor) who meets three young women at different stages of his life: Mahi (Minissha Lamba), a small-town girl from Punjab; Radhika (Bipasha Basu), a model in Mumbai; and Gayatri (Deepika Padukone), a non-resident Indian student in Australia. Its the story of a man who goes from one love affair to another, only to run into true love.

In 1996, Raj runs into Mahi on Eurorail, during a Europe trip. Mahi is a dreamy girl who believes in true love and is sure she will meet her "Raj" (the lead character from the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, released in 1995), who will sweep her off her feet. Mahi misses her train after getting off at a station in Switzerland. Raj, a passenger on the same train, sees this and gets off the train to woo her. He pretends he has missed the train, too, consoles her and offers to help her reach the airport in time for her return flight. On the way, Mahi falls in love with Raj. They share a kiss after Raj reads her a poem he has written about his feelings for her. Raj gets Mahi to the airport where she meets her family and friends again. Mahi tells her friends what happened between Raj and her. When she opens the piece of paper on which Raj had written the poem, she finds it blank. She goes in search of Raj, overhears him boasting to his friends about the "stuff" the pair did, and is shocked and heartbroken on hearing his lies. Raj realises she overheard the conversation and goes away shamefacedly, leaving the crying and heartbroken Mahi behind.

It is 2002. Raj has moved to Mumbai and found a job with Microsoft as a game designer. He is in a live-in relationship with Radhika, an aspiring model. Raj narrates how he met Radhika, who was his neighbour and with whom he shared a mutual attraction. Raj gets an offer to move to Sydney for a Halo 3 game launch. He expects to be able to leave Radhika and move on to a new life, assuming that she is a modern girl who would be able to handle a break-up. However, Radhika unexpectedly announces that she intends to sacrifice her career as a model to marry Raj and join him in Australia. After failing on several occasions to have Radhika dump him, he boards a flight to Sydney on the day he is to marry Radhika. Radhika learns this while waiting for him at the registrar's office, heartbroken.

It's 2007. Raj now has a successful career in Sydney. One day, he meets Gayatri, an intelligent, independent girl who drives a taxi at night and studies at a business school during the day. She also works part-time in a supermarket. Raj befriends her and learns that, like him, she does not believe in marriage. However, he realises that he is falling in love with her and proposes. Gayatri turns him down, saying that she is happy with her life as it is. Rejection cuts him deep. As he stands alone watching his true love walk away, he remembers when he broke the hearts of Mahi and Radhika, realising how they must have felt. He returns to India to apologise to them.

On his return in 2008, he first seeks out Mahi, who is now married and has two sons. He runs into her husband Joginder (Kunal Kapoor), who expresses his anger at first, as he had heard about Raj from Mahi's sister and how Mahi had been hurt. He explains that, while Mahi is the perfect housewife and perfect mother of his perfect children, she is scared of love and romance. Raj apologises to Mahi and makes her realise how much her husband loves her and that her husband is the "Raj" she has been waiting for. Mahi forgives Raj and expresses her love for Joginder.

Raj then searches for Radhika. When he finds her, he sees that she has changed her name to Shreya and has become a highly successful supermodel. After much effort, he manages to meet her and apologises. Shreya refuses to accept his apologies and tells him that if he really wants her forgiveness, he will have to work hard for it. To do this, she offers him the job of her personal assistant. Once Raj starts his job, Shreya makes him do all sorts of tasks, from cleaning to serving at parties to holding tons of shopping bags. She tries to humiliate him on every occasion, but Raj remains firm in his resolve and continues to serve without complaint. She finally gives up and tells him how hurt she felt, sitting alone outside on the day that was supposed to be their wedding. She refuses to accept his apologies and tells Raj to give up and return home. While Raj is waiting for his flight to Sydney, Shreya arrives and tells him how she has realised that the root of her frustration was the bottled-up hate against Raj. She thanks him and forgives him. Content, Raj returns to Australia, having completed what he had set out to do.

On his return, Raj finds a pile of letters from Gayatri, written over the six months Raj was gone. While he has been away, Gayatri has had second thoughts and regretted turning down Raj. He seeks her out and reunites with her. They declare their love for each other and share a kiss, living happily ever after.

Cast

Production

In April 2007, sources indicated that director Siddharth Anand had signed [2] for the main lead in his next film. However, after indicating that the news was "mere speculation" and "absolutely untrue,"[1] he later confirmed that Kapoor was starring in his film.[2]

The director was in talks with actresses Preity Zinta, Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone and Amrita Rao for the roles in question but indicated that "it wouldn't be right to reveal their names till we sign them on the dotted line."[2] In June 2007, Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone were finalised to play two of leading ladies,[3] but the former's role was later removed due to the film's story becoming too long.[4] Actress Amrita Rao was considered to play one of the leading ladies but opted out.[5]

The heroines share very limited time on screen together and therefore most of their parts were filmed separately. Deepika Padukone's portions were filmed in Sydney, Australia while the song "Khuda Jaane" was shot at locations in Italy, including Venice and Capri.[6] Minissha Lamba's portions, inspired by Yash Chopra's Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, were filmed in the similar locales of Amritsar and Switzerland. Bipasha Basu's portions were filmed in Mumbai, India and Capri, Italy.[7] Ranbir Kapoor's look in the film was styled by Aki Narula, which changed with time. In title track Ranbir had at least 10 wardrobe changes in one shot.[8] Though he found styling for three lead actresses' characters exciting and challenging, as all play different types who enter into Ranbir's life at different times. So he ensured that the styling was unique without any overlapping.[9]

Continuing the tradition of showcasing the first look of their upcoming films with their latest release, Yash Raj Films showcased the first trailer of the film on 25 April 2008 with the release of Vijay Krishna Acharya's Tashan and a second trailer was shown on 27 June 2008 with the release of Kunal Kohli's Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic.[10] Yash Raj Films usually does not spend much money on promotion. However, it made an exception with Bachna Ae Haseeno. Instead of the usual promotion 2–3 weeks before a movie release, the production house planned a new strategy with promotion over two months.[11]

Since two of the film's characters work for Microsoft Game Studios, plenty of video games released by them are referenced. In addition, nearly all of the movies referenced are releases from Yash Raj Films, with the notable exception of Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (1977).[12]

Reception

Critical Reception

The film opened to mixed response from critics. Indiafm.com gave it 2.5 stars out of 5, with Taran Adarsh commenting, "On the whole, [it] has an interesting first half, but a weak second hour spoils the show."[13] AOL India gave it 3 out of 5, with Noyon Jyoti Parasara saying, "Overall, Siddharth Anand seems to have hit the bull's eye this time after a not-so-great Ta Ra Rum Pum. At least the first half of the film looked like it would pull out Yash Raj out of the rot!"[14]

Box Office

The box office collections were good.It was declared as a hit.

Soundtrack

Untitled

There are a total of seven tracks in the movie including a remix version. The album entered the Top 3 of the music charts within a couple of days of its arrival on the stands.[11] The lyrics of all the songs are written by Anvita Dutt Guptan.

Track # Song Singer(s) Duration Picturized On
1 "Khuda Jaane" KK, Shilpa Rao 5:35 Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone
2 "Lucky Boy" Sunidhi Chauhan, Hard Kaur, Raja Hasan 4:15 Bipasha Basu
3 "Aahista Aahista" Lucky Ali, Shreya Ghoshal 5:52 Ranbir Kapoor, Minissha Lamba
4 "Jogi Mahi" Sukhwinder Singh, Shekhar Ravjiani, Himani Kapoor 4:54 Ranbir Kapoor, Minissha Lamba, Kunal Kapoor
5 "Small Town Girl" Shankar Mahadevan 3:49 Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha Basu
6 "Khuda Jaane – Revisited" KK, Shilpa Rao 4:43 Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone
7 "Bachna Ae Haseeno" Kishore Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Vishal Dadlani 3:31 Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu, Minissha Lamba

Awards and Nominations

Won

Nominated

References

  1. ^ Adarsh, Taran. "Yash Raj signs Ranbir?". Indiafm.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Adarsh, Taran. "Fantastic four". Indiafm.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2007. Retrieved 29 May 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Jha, Subhash K. "Siddharth Anand's Ranbir starrer is not The Bachelor". Indiafm.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Upala, KBR. "Alvida Ranbir, Hello John!". MiD DAY. Archived from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Adarsh, Taran. "Kissa kiss ka". Indiafm.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Patel, Devansh. """I am not in charge of casting for Bachna Ae Haseeno" – Deepika Padukone". Indiafm.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Patel, Devansh. ""Ranbir is very shy but once he opens up, he's a riot" – Minissha Lamba". Indiafm.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Style and the man". The Hindu. 9 August 2008.
  9. ^ "Ranbir simply rocks in Bachna Ae Haseeno". NDTV Movies. 13 August 2008.
  10. ^ Adarsh, Taran. "Bachna Ae Haseeno promo with Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic". Indiafm.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ a b Tuteja, Joginder. "YRF overhauls Bachna Ae Haseeno's promotions". OneIndia. Archived from the original on 12 July 2008. Retrieved 11 July 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182972/trivia
  13. ^ [1]
  14. ^ AOL India review
  15. ^ "Winners". Retrieved 30 July 2011.

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