Main Hoon Na Movie poster

Main Hoon Na Movie (2004) Details :

Main Hoon Na Movie is a 2004 Indian Bollywood masala film writter and directer is Farah Khan in her directorial debut. The film stars Shahrukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Sunil Shetty, Zayed Khan and Amrita Rao, whereas Kirron Kher, Boman Irani, Kabir Bedi and Satish Shah feature in supporting roles. Shahrukh Khan plays Major Ram Sharma, an army officer who becomes embroiled in the events to ensure that “Project Milap”, the releasing of civilians captives on either side of the India–Pakistan border, can take place as a sign of trust and peace between the two nations.

Main Hoon Na is one of the most successful Indian films discussing the Indo-Pakistani conflict from a neutral point of view. The shooting of the film took place at St. Paul’s School, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. Made on a budget of 210 million, it was also the first production of Shahrukh Khan’s then-new established banner Red Chillies Entertainment.

The film was released worldwide on 30 April 2004 to overall positive reviews from critics and audience. It went on to become the second highest-grossing Hindi film of 2004 behind Veer-Zaara (another Shahrukh Khan starrer) at the box-office. The film received 12 nominations at the 50th Filmfare Awards and won Best Music for Anu Malik. The nominations included Best Film, Best Director for Farah Khan, Best Actor for Shahrukh Khan, Best Supporting Actor for Zayed Khan, Best Supporting Actress for Amrita Rao, Best Villain for Sunil Shetty and Best Comedian for Boman Irani. The film was remade in Tamil as Aegan in 2008.

  • Directer : Farah Khan
  • Producer : Gauri Khan
  • Writter : Abbas Tyrewala
  • Screenplay : Farah Khan,Abbas Tyrewala,Rajesh Saathi
  • Story : Farah Khan
  • Starring : Shah Rukh Khan,Sunil Shetty,Sushmita Sen,Amrita Rao,Zayed Khan
  • Music : Anu Malik
  • Cinematography : V. Manikandan
  • Edited : Shirish Kunder
  • Production Company : Red Chillies Entertainment,Venus Films
  • Distributor : Eros Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.,Eros International,Cinedrome Entertainment AG ,Rapid,Eye Movies
  • Casting : Vishal Punjabi
  • Art Direction : Sabu Cyril
  • Costume Design : Manish Malhotra,Sanjeev Mulchandani
  • Makeup Department : Pravin Banker,Namrata Soni
  • Production Management : Sameer Khan,Sunil Dolamani Panda
  • Special Effects : Haresh Hingorani,Keitan Yadav
  • Visual Effects : Avik Banerjee,Haresh Hingorani,Summit Jaiswal,Vikram Kulkarni
  • Stunts : Allan Amin,Shah Rukh Khan
  • Genres : Action,Comedy,Drama,Musical,Romance,Thriller
  • Release date : 30 April 2004
  • Running time : 182 minutes
  • Country : India
  • Language : Hindi

Main Hoon Na Movie Trailer :

Story of the film :

When India and Pakistan decide to end their hostilities, there is one army person in India who is unhappy, because of his son’s death in the Indo-Pak war. He decides to launch terror attacks and bring an end to peace, and for this purpose he shoots and gravelly injures an Indian army officer. After the death of this officer, Raghavan then decides to do away with the army officer’s daughter, Sanjana, who is studying in hostel. Raghavan and his men descend on the hostel and hold over 100 students hostage. There is only one student who can save them, and his name is Ram, he claims he is a student, but is here on a mission – a mission that when told will reveal his real identity and two plans which he must carry out simultaneously.

Star Cast of the film :

  • Shah Rukh Khan as Major Ram Prasad Sharma: A Para Commando whose objective is to protect Sanjana and reconcile with his half-brother and step-mother
  • Suniel Shetty as Ex-Major Raghavan Singh Dutta: A rogue ex-para commando who was court-martialed when he started killing innocent Pakistani citizens and stating that they were spies
  • Sushmita Sen as Miss Chandni Chopra: Chemistry Teacher and Ram’s love interest
  • Amrita Rao as Sanjana “Sanju” Bakshi: General Bakshi’s daughter and Lucky’s love interest (Few lines as Mona Ghosh Shetty)
  • Zayed Khan as Lakshman “Lucky” Prasad Sharma: Ram’s half-brother and Sanju’s love interest
  • Kirron Kher as Mrs. Madhu Sharma: Ram’s step-mother and Lucky’s mother
  • Kabir Bedi as General Amarjeet Bakshi: Sanju’s father and Ram’s superior officer
  • Naseeruddin Shah (cameo) as Brigadier Shekhar Prasad Sharma: Ram and Lucky’s father
  • Murli Sharma as Ex-Captain Khan: Raghavan’s second in command
  • Kunal Kumar as Baman: A student who helps Ram hack into university’s students’ list to search for Lucky
  • Bindu as Mrs. Sonali Kakkad, the Hindi teacher, who is very bad at speaking English
  • Boman Irani as Yogant Kumar: College Principal, who is very forgetful
  • Satish Shah as Professor Rasai, the Physics teacher, who spits while speaking, and is very short-tempered
  • Rakhi Sawant as Mini, a student
  • Praveen Sirohi as Vivek, a student
  • Rajeev Punjabi as Percy, a student
  • Tabu (cameo) as Aparna: A girl watching Ram dancing

Production :
Development :

The film was planned to Farah Khan and Shahrukh Khan in 2001. The shooting of the film had to Started in October 2001 but later that year, Shahrukh Khan got badly injured while shooting an action sequence for his 2002 film Shakti: The Power due to which he suffered pain in filming for his other projects. He was later sent to England for treatment and the film was subsequently shelved. The film was later revived in 2003 after Shahrukh Khan came back from England; Farah Khan wanted to name it The Outsider. After some of her friends suggested that the title she wants matches to a Hollywood title film, she finalized the title Main Hoon Na for the film though Shahrukh Khan was unhappy at that time with the title as he was thinking this is an incomplete title but later disagreed after listening the recording the film’s title song.

Casting :

At a time when the film was revived in 2003, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar and Sohail Khan were considered for Lucky’s role. Due to unknown reasons, none of the three did not connected to the film; Zayed Khan was later signed. Ameesha Patel was offered Sanju’s role but rejected the character due to date issues, as did then-newcomer Ayesha Takia when she was also approached, after which Amrita Rao was finalized for the role.

Critical response :

Film analyst Taran Adarsh praised the film for being funny, emotional and full of action, describing it as “a wholesome entertainer that has something for everyone.”

Jamie Russell wrote in his review in the BBC, “A bonkers ‘masala’ movie, Main Hoon Na could be the mutant offspring of Grease and The Matrix. Part thriller, part high school comedy and all Bollywood musical, it’s the directorial debut of Farah Khan.”

Main Hoon Na Movie Songs / Music :

The music was Music composer is Anu Malik. The lyrics Writer is provide to Javed Akhtar. Anu Malik won his third Filmfare Award for Best Music Director. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 2.1 million units sold, the film’s soundtrack album was the 5th highest selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year. Sonu Nigam received several award nominations and an MTV Immies Best Male Singer Award.

A snippet from the song ‘Lament’ by artist Light of Aidan from the compilation album Café del Mar, Vol. 12 is used throughout the film.

  • “Main Hoon Na” – Shreya Ghoshal, Sonu Nigam
  • “Tumse Milke Dilka Hai Jo Haal” – Sonu Nigam, Altaf Sabri, Hashim Sabri
  • “Tumhe Jo Maine Dekha” – Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Shreya Ghoshal
  • “Gori Gori” – Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal, KK, Anu Malik
  • “Chale Jaise Hawayein” – Vasundhara Das, KK
  • “Main Hoon Na (Sad Version)” – Abhijeet Bhattacharya
  • “Yeh Fizayein” – KK, Alka Yagnik
  • “Main Hoon Na (Remix)” – Ranjit Barot
  • “Chale Jaise Hawayein (Remix)” – Vasundhara Das, KK

“Main Hoon Na” Full Video Song :

  • Song – Main Hoon Na
  • Singer – Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghosal
  • Lyricist – Javed Akhtar
  • Music Director – Anu Malik
  • Music On – T-Series

“Tumse Milke Dilka Hai Jo Haal” Full Video Song :

  • Song : Tumse Milke Dilka Jo Haal
  • Singer : Sonu Nigam, Altaf Sabri, Hashim Sabri
  • Music Director : Anu Malik
  • Lyricst : Javed Akhtar
  • Music Label : T-Series

Awards and Nominations :

Main Hoon Na received many awards and nominations:

50th Filmfare Awards :

  • Category >Recipients >Nominees >Results
  • Best Music Director – Anu Malik – Won
  • Best Film Red Chillies Entertainment – Nominated
  • Best Director – Farah Khan
  • Best Actor – Shahrukh Khan
  • Best Supporting Actor – Zayed Khan
  • Best Supporting Actress – Amrita Rao
  • Best Villain – Suniel Shetty
  • Best Comedian – Boman Irani
  • Best Male Playback Singer – Sonu Nigam
  • Best Lyricist – Javed Akhtar
  • Best Action – Allan Amin

Global Indian Film Awards :

  • Category >Recipients >Nominees >Results
  • Best Actor – Shahrukh Khan – Won
  • Best Director – Farah Khan
  • Best Male Playback Singer – Abhijeet Bhattacharya
  • Best Art Director – Sabu Cyril
  • Best Action – Allan Amin
  • Best Villain – Suniel Shetty

International Indian Film Academy Awards :

  • Category >Recipients >Nominees >Results
  • Best Special Effects – Rajtaru Video Sonic, Eagle Video Films – Won
  • Best Debut Director – Farah Khan
  • Best Director – Farah Khan – Nominated
  • Best Supporting Actor – Zayed Khan
  • Best Performance in a Negative Role – Suniel Shetty
  • Best Music Direction – Anu Malik
  • Best Male Playback Singer – Sonu Nigam for “Main Hoon Na”

Star Screen Awards :

  • Category >Recipients >Nominees >Results
  • Best Music Director – Anu Malik Won
  • Best Male Playback – Sonu Nigam
  • Best Supporting Actor – Zayed Khan – Nominated
  • Best Action – Allan Amin
  • Best Background Music – Ranjit Barot
  • Best Choreography – Farah Khan
  • Best Lyricist – Javed Akhtar
  • Publicity Design – Rahul Nanda and Himanshu Nanda
  • Best Sound Recording – Shirish Kunder and Rakesh Ranjan

Zee Cine Awards :

  • Category >Recipients >Nominees >Results
  • Best Female Debut – Farah Khan – Won
  • Best Music Director – Anu Malik
  • Most Promising Director – Farah Khan
  • Best Director – Farah Khan Nominated
  • Best Actor – Male Shahrukh Khan
  • Best Supporting Actress – Sushmita Sen
  • Best Film Red Chillies Entertainment
  • Best Track of the Year – Tumse Milke Dilka Hai Jo Haal
  • Best Playback Singer – Male Sonu Nigam for “Main Hoon Na”
  • Best Art Direction – Sabu Cyril
  • Best Costume Design – Karan Johar and Manish Malhotra
  • Beset Background Score – Ranjit Barot

Main Hoon Na Movie Review :

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 7.0 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 31520.

I am not into Bollywood movies that much, but I really enjoyed watching Main Hoon Na ( I asked my friend, and she said it means “I’ll be there for you”). As you would expect from Bollywood movies, there is a mishmash of genres in this movie: romance, drama, comedy, action, political thriller, and the odd musical number now and then. Imagine True Lies meets Grease meets Toy Soldiers meets Never Been Kissed meets Matrix. I know it has been parodied so many times, but that slow-mo back ward flip when Shar Rukh Khan tried to evade the Spitty teacher’s bullets ala Matrix really cracks me up! I also liked the characterisation of the female characters in this movie. They really stand their ground against the male leads.They are not clingy and naive as I find some Bollywood movies portrays women… And no wonder… it was directed by a woman. I also enjoyed the soundtrack. Like the movie, it aims to sound contemporary while paying tribute to the traditional styles. With tongue firmly in cheek

Critics RatingBy HappyTimes User, from Times Of India give 4.8 star out of 5 Star.

Main Hoon Na Movie Box Office Collection :

INDIA

ScheduleAmount (in Crores)
Opening Day0.50 Crores
End of Opening Weekend1.45 Crores
End of Week 12.20 Crores
India box office Nett36.20 Crores
India box office Gross50.28 Crores
Overseas Gross19.99 Crores
Worldwide collections Gross70.27 Crores
Budget‎21.00 Crores

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