Yaadein (2001-movie): Bollywood Hindi Film

Yaadein Movie Details

Yaadein is a 2001 Indian Hindi musical drama film written, directer, edited, and producer is Subhash Ghai. The ensemble cast cross-over film starring Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, and Jackie Shroff in lead roles, was released worldwide on 27 July 2001 to negative reviews. It was inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

Yaadein was a box office disappointment and the first flop for director Subhash Ghai. Jackie Shroff received a nomination for Best Performance in a Supporting Role, Male at the 47th Filmfare Awards. Despite its box office failure, the film was profitable due to ancillary revenues of 21 crore, including 8.2 crore from selling music rights to Tips.

The film shooting took place in locations such as the Cliveden House, which was used as Ronit’s family mansion, the Apex Bar and Restaurant, Radisson Hampshire, the Leicester Square, the Ascot, the King’s Arms Pub, the Thames Embankment, the Thorpe Park, the Tower Bridge, the Windsor Great Park, the Windsor and Eton Central railway station, the Windsor Castle, the Piccadilly Circus, the Queensmere Shopping Centre, Slough, in the U.K. The Eagle Square, and Langkawi Yacht Club Langkawi, Malaysia, the Lake Palace Hotel, Udaipur, Rajasthan, and Panchkula.

• Director: Subhash Ghai
• Producer: Subhash Ghai
• Screenplay: Subhash Ghai, Anuradha Tiwari, Aatish Kapadia
• Story: Subhash Ghai
• Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Amrish Puri, Kiran Rathod
• Music: Anu Malik
• Cinematography: Kabir Lal
• Edited: Subhash Ghai
• Casting: Shazia Quereshi
• Art Direction: Sharmishta Roy
• Costume Design: Neeta Lulla, Mohsin, Anna Singh
• Makeup Department : Kiran R. Naik
• Production Management: Terence A. Clegg, P.G. Jayapal, Ramesh Puthran
• Production Company: Mukta Arts
• Distributors: Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd.
• Genres: Musical, Drama, Romance
• Release date: 27 July 2001
• Running time: 180 minutes
• Country: India
• Language: Hindi

Yaadein Movie Trailer

Star Cast of The Film

• Hrithik Roshan as Ronit Malhotra
• Kareena Kapoor as Isha Puri
• Jackie Shroff as Raj Singh Puri
• Rati Agnihotri as Shalini Puri, Raj’s deceased wife
• Supriya Karnik as Nalini Malhotra, Ronit’s mother
• Amrish Puri as J.K. Malhotra, Ronit’s uncle
• Anang Desai as Lalit “L.K.” Malhotra, Ronit’s father
• Kiran Rathod as Monishka Rai
• Avni Vasa as Avantika Puri
• Himani Rawat as Saania Puri
• Madan Joshi as Mr. Ranvir Rai, Monishka’s father
• Dolly Bindra as Saania’s mother-in-law
• Kamya Panjabi as Pinky, Isha’s friend
• Subhash Ghai in a cameo (in the watch present scene)
• Suhas Khandke
• Rajan Kapoor as Sukant, Saania’s husband
• Rahul Singh
• Gargi Patel
• Suman Dutta
• Jennifer Kotwal as Preeti Sahai
• Kamal Adip
• Akhil Ghai

Story of The Film

Lalit Malhotra (Anang Desai), the younger brother of J.K. Malhotra (Amrish Puri), has Raj Singh Puri (Jackie Shroff) as his best buddy. The Malhotras are affluent London business magnates. Because of his hectic schedule and opposition to his family’s avarice, Ronit (Hrithik Roshan) views his late “aunt” Shalini and “uncle” Raj as surrogate parents. Lalit and his wife Nalini (Supriya Karnik) have little time for their kid. A few years ago, Raj’s spouse Shalini (Rati Agnihotri) passed away in an accident, leaving Raj to raise their three kids by himself. Having grown up with Raj and his daughters, Ronit has kept close relations with them.

Raj’s second daughter, Saania, marries her boyfriend Sukant against Raj’s advice and in spite of glaring disparities in family values and upbringing. Raj’s eldest daughter, Avantika, is content in her arranged marriage to Ronit’s college mate, Pankaj. The youngest and strongest-willed, Isha (Kareena Kapoor), says she doesn’t think in love. Saania goes home pleading for a divorce from her in-laws after enduring their abuse and taunting for a few weeks, but she eventually makes up with Sukant. As all is going on, Isha and Ronit are in Malaysia attending a sporting event where their friendship unintentionally turns into love.

Both are unaware that Ronit’s parents are surreptitiously setting up his marriage to Monishka Rai (Kiran Rathod), the spoilt daughter of another business magnate, back in London with the goal of forming a business alliance between the two affluent families. The Malhotra family asks Raj, a longstanding friend of the Rai family, to assist them in arranging the marriage proposal. After being duped by the Malhotras into thinking Ronit would be content with the marriage, Raj accepts.

When Isha requests permission to marry Ronit, Raj is taken aback since he feels terrible about his allegiance to the Rai and Malhotra families. He hurts himself in an accident due to his overwhelming emotions, upsetting Isha. Raj, who acknowledges Isha’s emotions, tells her about Ronit’s upcoming engagement and adds that, because of the Malhotra family’s fixation with money, she would never be accepted as a daughter-in-law. Then, even though doing so severely wounds her, Isha breaks up with Ronit and acts as though she simply loves him as a friend. Both Raj and his parents put pressure on Ronit, who is distraught and furious, to wed Monishka.

After Ronit learns that Monishka and her parents’ lifestyles are completely at odds with the Malhotras’ own traditional Indian traditions, he bitterly agrees to the engagement. Raj then urges the Malhotras to reevaluate the arrangement. In the end, J.K. Malhotra accuses Raj of utilizing Isha as a means of gaining access to their affluent family and publicly insults him. Raj breaks off his relationship with the Malhotras, distraught.

Before the Malhotras and Rais announce their business merger on the eve of the engagement celebration, Ronit lashes out at his parents for having ignored his sentiments all his life. The Malhotras become alarmed when he and Isha make up and seem to elope. Ronit and Isha are persuaded to go back home by Raj when Nalini, who is the first to recognize their predicament, apologizes to him. At the engagement party, Ronit, with the help of Nalini and Monishka, makes a speech that exposes the families’ self-centered sacrifice of their children’s happiness for financial gain. The speech shocks the guests and forces the Rai family to call off the corporate merger. J.K. begs Raj and Isha’s pardon, and the Malhotras grant Ronit and Isha their blessing.

The movie concludes with a flashback that takes place a few years later, depicting an elderly Raj beside Avantika’s young daughter and suggesting that Raj’s three daughters are still close and have happy marriages.

Production

Ameesha Patel was first considered for the female lead role. She was unavailable for the movie, though. After that, Kareena Kapoor signed a deal, which led to her first of many roles opposite Hrithik Roshan. Later, Patel claimed that the movie was a box office bust and that she was fortunate not to have seen it.

Yaadein Movie Songs / Music

Music for the film’s soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik and the lyrics writer is Anand Bakshi. Subhash Ghai wanted A. R. Rahman to compose for the film, but the latter declined the offer since he was busy with the work of Bombay Dreams. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with 2.2 million units sold, the film’s soundtrack album was the year’s seventh highest-selling Bollywood music album. Tips, which distributed the album in the market, collected more than ₹6.5 crore from the sales.

• “Alaap” – Sunidhi Chauhan
• “Yaadein” – (Male)Hariharan
• “Jab Dil Miley” – Udit Narayan, Asha Bhonsle, Sukhwinder Singh
• “Chamakti Shaam Hai” – Sonu Nigam & Alka Yagnik
• “Eli Re Eli” – Kavita Krishnamurthy, Alka Yagnik, Hema Sardesai & Udit Narayan
• “Kuch Saal Pehle” – Hariharan
• “Aye Dil Dil Ki Duniya” – KK, Sneha Pant
• “Yaadein” – (Female) Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sunidhi Chauhan & Mahalaxmi Iyer
• “Chanda Taare” – Kavita Krishnamurthy & Sukhwinder Singh
• Theme Music – Instrumental

”Yaadein -Title Track” Full Video Song:

• Song: Yaadein -Title Track (Male Version)
• Singer: Hariharan
• Music Composer: Anu Malik

“Chamakti Shaam Hai” Full Video Song:

• Song : Chamakti Shaam Hai
• Singer : Sonu Nigam & Alka Yagnik
• Music Composer : Anu Malik

Yaadein Movie Review:

This film review are Mostly Positive from Critics, IMDB Public Reviewing site give 4.4 Star Out Of 10 Star with Reviewers are 3224.

I don’t think that this movie should come under such harsh criticism.

The hype has probably killed the movie.

I don’t think that the movie was that bad. It was a good movie but the first half was quite inadequate. And had some really absurd cliches. The second half was quite engrossing.

Hrithik’s performance was his best to date. He really showed his histronics in this movie. He is a very capable actor apart from a good looker and a fantastic dancer. Kareena also showed that she is star material. Jackie also played his role well.

I think in all the hype killed the movie which is otherwise quite an entertaining movie.

Forget the hype and go see it as a non-hyped movie and you may come out of the cinema quite pleased.

Critics Rating by David Parkinson, from RadioTimes give 3 star out of 5 Star.

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