Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan (transl. This is Mumbai, My Sweetheart) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, starring Saif Ali Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Akshay Anand and Chunky Pandey. The film was flop at the box office. The film is a remake of Michael J. Fox's 1987 movie The Secret of My Success.
| Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan | |
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| Directed by | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Written by | John Bach Girish Dhamija |
| Produced by | Mukesh Bhatt |
| Starring | Saif Ali Khan Twinkle Khanna Chunky Pandey |
| Cinematography | Bhushan Patel |
| Edited by | Ketan Grover |
| Music by | Jatin–Lalit |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
editRaju Tarachand (Saif Ali Khan) a small-town guy who has come to Mumbai to try his luck in the corporate world. On his arrival he gets duped of his car and luggage by Chali (Chunky Pandey). He goes to Mr. Malhotra's office and convinces him to grant him a job. When he finds out that he has been hired as a lowly peon, he quits thinking this is beneath him. He changes his mind when he sees that the beautiful Jasmine (Twinkle Khanna) also works there, in hope of catching her eye.
Mr. Malhotra is having problems in his company that, unknown to anyone, are caused by his brother Papaji (Avtar Gill). He has placed a spy, M.R. Poplet (Girish Dhamija), to sabotage the company so that he (Papaji) can take it over. Malhotra hires a corporate P.I., David Rathod, to help him, but Rathod gets held up. Raju grabs this opportunity to get close to Jasmine and apply his training to set the company right while trying to maintain his job as the peon.
How this convoluted thing gets resolved is the story of the movie.
Cast
edit- Saif Ali Khan ... Raju Tarachand / Husna Bano / David Rathod
- Twinkle Khanna ... Jasmine Arora
- Chunky Pandey ... Chali D'Souza
- Saurabh Shukla ... Mr. Malhotra "Chhotey"
- Akshay Anand ... David Rathod / Jo Jo Vaswani
- Avtar Gill ... Malhotra's brother "Papaji"
- Girish Dhamija ... M.R. Poplet
- Sanjeeva Vatsa (as Sanjiva Vatsa)
- Savita Karle
- Ramesh Rai
- Gautam Saugat
- Krishna Bhatt
- Abbas Ali Moghul (as Abbas Ali)
- Tanuja Chandra ... Chachi Chunchi
- Sanjay Jha
- Khalid Siddiqui (as Khalid)
- Dolly Powari
- Deepak Tijori ... Dancer at Parsi party
- Shruti Ulfat ... Dancer at Parsi party
Soundtrack
edit| Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan | |
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| Film score by Jatin-Lalit | |
| Released | 16 October 1998 |
| Recorded | 1996 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 22:58 |
| Label | HMV |
One of the most popular song "Mera Chand Mujhe Aaya Hai Nazar" sang by Kumar Sanu
| # | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1 | "Mera Chand Mujhe Aaya Hai Nazar" | Kumar Sanu | 05:50 |
| 2 | "Teri Chahat Ke Deewane" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 05:33 |
| 3 | "Yeh Ghadi Sanam" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 06:16 |
| 4 | "Humko Aawaz De" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 05:58 |
| 5 | "Wada Kiya Humne" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 05:32 |
| 6 | "Tu Bada Gazab Ka Yaar Hai" ( not in the film) | Sonu Nigam, Abhijeet, Kavita Krishnamurthy | 04:54 |
| 7 | "Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan" | Sudesh Bhosle | 05:59 |
Trivia
editThe film was announced as Mr. Aashiq and the audio released under that name. When the film got delayed, its producers changed its title and released it as Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan.
This was another movie where Saif played a role originally played by Michael J. Fox. Earlier he had played Fox's role of the movie star from The Hard Way in his Main Khiladi Tu Anari.