Mujhse Dosti Karoge!

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Mujhse Dosti Karoge!
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
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.

Due to the piracy problems, that a couple of Yash Raj Films, especially Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) faced, the film's DVD released right away.

[edit] Synopsis

Raj Khanna (Hrithik Roshan), Pooja Sahani (Rani Mukerji) and Tina Kapoor (Kareena Kapoor) 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 (Kiran Kumar) 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 (Sachin Khedekar) 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 of Raj, Rohan Verma (Uday Chopra). 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
• Satish Shah ... Mr. Sahani
• Kiran Kumar ... Mr. Khanna
• Smita Jaykar ... Mrs. Khanna
• Himani Shivpuri ... Mrs. Sahani
• Sachin Khedekar ... Mr. Kapoor
• Maya Alagh ... Mrs. Verma
• Parikshat Sahni ... Mr. Verma
• Uday Chopra ... Rohan Verma (Guest Appearance)

[edit] Soundtrack

Mujhse Dosti Karoge
Studio album by Rahul Sharma
Released	July 5, 2002
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Saregama-HMV
Producer	Yash Chopra
Rahul Sharma chronology
TBA Mujhse Dosti Karoge 2002 TBA

[edit] The Medley

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.

To make the song "The Medley", Rahul Sharma chose 18 songs from a possible 250. 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 Machaye 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 ( Brahmchari)

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)

[edit] Box Office

The film was heavily hyped before release due to the A list cast resulting in excessive media focus on the film. It however failed to do well at the Indian box office.^[1] This was attributed to lacklustre reviews and to a certain extent the competition it faced from Devdas which was still strong in its third week. The film however performed better overseas.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website: Mujhse Dosti Karoge
• Mujhse Dosti Karoge at the Internet Movie Database