Mujhse Dosti Karoge!
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| Directed by | Kunal Kohli |
| Produced by | Aditya Chopra Uday Chopra Pamela Chopra Yash Chopra Mahen Vakil |
| Written by | Aditya Chopra Kunal Kohli |
| Starring | Hrithik Roshan Rani Mukerji Kareena Kapoor |
| Music by | Rahul Sharma; Babloo Chakravorty |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films Pvt. Ltd |
| Release date(s) | August 9, 2002 |
| Running time | 149 min. |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | INR 170,000,000 (estimated) |
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Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (Hindi: मुझसे दोस्ती करोगे, Urdu: مجھسے دوستی کروگے, translation: "Will you be my friend?") is an Indian Bollywood movie released on August 9, 2002 directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra. It is about the love triangle of three friends played by Hrithik Roshan, Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor .
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[edit] Synopsis
Raj, Pooja and Tina are childhood friends. While Raj has always been attracted to the vivacious Tina, he is completely unaware of the quiet Pooja's feelings for him.
Raj's father decides to move to England with his family to take up a new job, so Raj has to go away from his friends. He makes Tina promise to write to him via e-mail. But Tina soon becomes occupied with other things, so it's the loyal Pooja who writes to Raj; but she always signs with Tina's name to help Tina keep her promise, sometimes coming close to signing her own name. Raj and Pooja have many things in common, and their e-mails bring them very close to each other. A decade and a half later, Raj returns to India for a short vacation. By now, he's in love with the girl he has been writing to, and believes he can recognise her at first sight.
When the three of them finally meet, Raj, to Pooja's disappointment, completely ignores her and is besotted with Tina, who is as vivacious as ever. However, during the two weeks of his vacation, he cannot help but notice that the real Tina is completely different compared to the Tina he knew from the e-mails. He also starts to like Pooja, without realising she is the one he is really in love with.
He returns to London, where Pooja coincidentally arrives for an interview, and there he discovers that it was Pooja who wrote all the letters. They confess their love for each other and decide to get married, but fate plays an unexpected trick on them. Back in India, Tina's father has died, leaving Tina all alone in the world. By now, she is in love with Raj as well.
Pooja now refuses to marry Raj, since she does not want to break Tina's heart. Raj is the only one Tina has left now. Raj's parents also agree to the marriage, but Raj wants to tell them that he really loves Pooja. Pooja however, still refuses to marry Raj and so he angrily vows to her that he will only marry Tina if Pooja marries someone else on the same day.
Enter a friend Raj's, Rohan Verma. Rohan is greatly attracted to Pooja and the families are all for the match. Pooja bows to the inevitable and agrees to marry Rohan on the same day as Raj and Tina. That way, she hopes to satisfy Raj's condition and ensure Tina's happiness. Rohan realises something is wrong and that Pooja does not love him, but keeps up the charade nevertheless. On the day of the marriage, Tina realises that Raj is really in love with Pooja, so she gives him up and finally Pooja and Raj get married.
[edit] Cast
- Hrithik Roshan ... Raj Khanna
- Rani Mukerji ... Pooja Sahani
- Kareena Kapoor ... Tina Kapoor
- Uday Chopra ... Rohan Verma
- Satish Shah ... Mr. Sahani
- Kiran Kumar ... Mr. Khanna
- Sachin Khedekar ... Mr. Kapoor
- Smita Jaykar ... Mrs. Khanna
- Himani Shivpuri ... Mrs. Sahani
- Maya Alagh ... Mrs. Verma
- Parikshat Sahni ... Mr. Verma
[edit] Critical Response
The movie generated much hype due to Hrithik's starring in his first Yashraj film since Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Hype was also growing because of a previous successful Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai. Hype also generated because the movie was also bringing the Hrithik-Kareena jodi. Also part of the cast was Rani Mukherjee. The songs were quite successful, and all fans wanted to see was Hrithik.
The film was a major flop in India, despite being a success overseas. Fans complained that the movie used too many old formulas which made the movie completely predictable.
[edit] Medley Song
The film featured a medley of eighteen songs which was a major hit with the audience. The songs contained mostly old songs with a few modern songs. Most of the songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar were sung in her earlier years.
The eighteen songs (and their films) were:
1. Mere Dil Mein Aaj Kya Hai (Daag)
2. Na Mangun Sona Chandi (Bobby)
3. Jhoot Bole Kauva Kaate (Bobby)
4. Le Jayenge Le Jayenge (Chor Machaaye Shor)
5. Yeh Galiyan Yeh Chaubara (Prem Rog)
6. Bachna Ae Haseeno (Hum Kisise Kum Naheen)
7. Aap Yahan Aaye (Kal Aaj Aur Kal)
8. Main Nikla Gaddi Leke (Gadar: Ek Prem Katha)
9. Chup Chup Khade Ho (Badi Bahen)
10. Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (Aah)
11. Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche (Brahmachaari)
12. Pardesiya (Mr. Natwarlal)
13. Uden Jab Jab Zulfen Teri (Naya Daur)
14. Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai)
15. Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh (Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi)
16. Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana (Andaz)
17. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Kuch Kuch Hota Hai)
18. Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna (Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge)
