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Movie poster for Neal 'n' Nikki |
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| Directed by | Arjun Sablok |
| Produced by | Aditya Chopra Yash Chopra |
| Written by | Arjun Sablok Anvita Dutt Guptan |
| Starring | Uday Chopra Tanisha Richa Pallod |
| Music by | Salim-Sulaiman |
| Cinematography | P.S. Vinod |
| Editing by | Ritesh Soni |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
| Release date(s) | 9 December 2005 |
| Running time | 123 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi English |
Neal 'n' Nikki is a Bollywood film, released in 2005 in film starring Uday Chopra, Tanisha Mukherjee, Susheel Parashara, Richa Pallod. It was produced by Yash Chopra and his son Aditya, and directed by Canadian-based director Arjun Sablok. The film was critically panned and also was a failure at the box office in India though it did well overseas. This film created quite a stir, as this was a major film that dealt with intimate scenes. This film, along with Salaam Namaste, were controversial in that the characters were seen engaging with the topic of sexual behavior, which was not approached before in any major film.
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The film, as its name implies, centers on Gurneal 'Neal' Ahluwalia (Uday Chopra) and Nikkita "Nikki" Bakshi (Tanisha Mukherjee), two Canadians of Punjabi descent, born and raised in British Columbia. But Neal and Nikki are different in many ways. Before getting married Neal wants to spend 21 days on vacation with 21 women, going to clubs, and sleeping with different women. On his way, he meets Nikki in a disco club, where Neal is with his date Kristi. Unfortunately Nikki gets drunk and starts dancing. Neal leaves his date and takes Nikki to a hotel where he watches T.V. while Nikki falls asleep. Following morning, Nikki thinks that Neal raped her when he didn't. She uses this to blackmail him all the time. Nikki also interrupts his romantic meetings with other women from time to time, including one time when Nikki interrupts Neal while he is having sex with another woman.
When Neal tells Nikki the truth why he is in Canada the woman gets mad and dumps Neal. Nikki then takes Neal to a resort town Whistler promising that she will make him meet other girls there. In reality, her ex-boyfriend Trish is there with his current girlfriend Amanda, and she wants to make him jealous. When Neal comes to know this, initially he doesn't agree but finally agrees to it. They are successful in making Trish jealous, who tells Nikki that he wants her back but she dumps him. They later spend a night together at a camp site but are unable to express their love to each other.
Neal then returns since by then it is time for his wedding. Later he finds out that the girl to whom he is to be engaged Sweety (Richa Pallod), who is Nikki's cousin. At the engagement ceremony just when Nikki is approaching to stop the engagement, it is revealed that Nikki's cousin had exchanged vows on the internet with her true love Happy (Gaurav Gera). Nikki's cousin then proceeds to run away with Happy, while Neal propose Nikki to marry him.
Ayesha Takia was offered the role of Nikki, but she refused because of intimate & kissing scenes.
Salman Khan was Neal but left half way during the special screening of the movie at Yash Raj Studios.
The music of the film is composed by Salim-Sulaiman. It consisted of 5 songs and 1 remix. Lyrics were penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan, Irshad Kamil and Asif Ali Beg.[1] The movie marked the entry of Yash Raj Films into music distribution, tentatively titled Yash Raj Music.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Neal 'n' Nikki" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | KK, Shweta Pandit | 5:16 |
| 2. | "Halla Re" | Irshad Kamil | Salim Merchant, Shweta Pandit | 5:08 |
| 3. | "I'm In Love" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | Sonu Nigam, Clinton Cerejo, Mahalakshmi Iyer | 5:24 |
| 4. | "Aankh Ladiye" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | Kunal Ganjawala, Javed Ali, Shweta Pandit | 4:24 |
| 5. | "I Just Wanna Spend My Life With You" | Asif Ali Beg | Clinton Cerejo, Dominique Cerejo | 5:25 |
| 6. | "Neal 'n' Nikki - The Naughty Mix" | Anvita Dutt Guptan | KK, Shweta Pandit | 5:06 |