One 2 Ka 4 (2001)

Javed Abbas (Jackie Shroff) is widowed Police Officer with four children. His partner is Arun Verma (Shahrukh Khan). Both Javed and Arun are honest, hard-working and diligent. And this ... See full summary »

Director:

Shashilal K. Nair

Writers:

Sanjay Chhel, Raaj Kumar Dahima (screenplay),

Stars:

Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Jackie Shroff

Cast

Credited cast:
Shah Rukh Khan	...	Arun Verma
Juhi Chawla	...	Geeta Choudhary
Jackie Shroff	...	Javed Abbas
Nirmal Pandey	...	Krishan Kant Virmani
Dilip Joshi	...	Champak
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sahila Chaddha	...	Bipasha
Suresh Chatwal	...	Inspector Rajendra
Bharat Dabholkar
Baby Gazala	...	(as Baby Ghazala)
Akash Khurana	...	Commissioner of Police
Madhur Mittal	...	Micheal
Fatima Sana Shaikh
Keith Stevenson	...	Chief Police Commisioner
Rajendranath Zutshi	...	Sawant (as Raj Zutshi)

Storyline

Javed Abbas (Jackie Shroff) is widowed Police Officer with four children. His partner is Arun Verma (Shahrukh Khan). Both Javed and Arun are honest, hard-working and diligent. And this leads to the "death" of Javed in mysterious circumstances. After Javed's death, Arun takes over the responsiblity of looking after his four children. He does run into several problems and decides to seek the help of Geeta Choudhary (Juhi chawla), who readily agrees and moves in with him and the four children. The children take an instant liking to Geeta, and things seem to settle down. One day Arun finds out that his former partner's death was really a homicide. When he attempts to investigate, charges of drug-trafficking, and bribery are brought out against him, He finds out that Geeta is not what she claims to be, and is living a double life.

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Plot Keywords:

number in title

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

30 March 2001 (India)

Also Known As:

One 2 Ka 4 - Der Babysitter-Cop

Filming Locations:

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Glamour Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was started in 1997. The film did not have a title for the longest time. PAGLA was chosen in 1999. One Two Ka Four was finally selected after a long delay.

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Quotes

School Kid: [a random kid smiles to Arun, who is sitting on a bike] Uncle, Uncle, you are a police officer, aren't you?
Arun Verma: [Smiles back] Yes, son.
School Kid: [the kid makes an angry face instantly] You guys have ruined the country!
[Walks away, pointing finger]
Arun Verma: [Shocked] Oye!

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Connections

References The Usual Suspects (1995)

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Soundtracks

"I'm Sorry"
Performed by Udit Narayan
Music by A R Rehman

User Reviews

Good performances, dodgy plot

One Two Ka Four starts out as a rather unoriginal, Hollywood inspired buddy-cop picture, but is saved from being totally mundane by the performances of its stars, and a couple of nice story twists. Just don't think too hard about the plot, or you might fall through some of the gigantic holes. Shah Rukh Khan is perfect as a kid-hating, shoot-first-ask-questions-later cop, and Jackie Shroff is excellent (as always) as his older partner. Juhi Chawla provides most of the comedy with her character.

Just when I started getting bored with the cliche'd Hollywood-style action, the story turned into a neat little family drama, with Shah Rukh and Juhi playing nursemaid to a bunch of bratty kids. I thought it was entertaining and charming.

The A.R. Rahman music is trite in places, but features some really outstanding numbers, too, especially the comic "I'm Sorry" number with SRK and Juhi and the kids, and the lovely and romantic "Sona Nahi Nah Sahi."

This isn't a great film, it's true, but it entertained me for two and a half hours. I can't ask for more than that!