Om Jai Jagadish (2002)

Widowed Mrs. Saraswati Batra (Waheeda Rehman) has brought up three sons with a lot of care and love. Her eldest son Om (Anil Kapoor) is very honest and diligent; her two other sons Jai (... See full summary »

Director:

Anupam Kher

Writers:

Rumi Jaffery (dialogue), Rahul Nanda

Stars:

Waheeda Rehman, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Waheeda Rehman	...	Saraswati Batra
Anil Kapoor	...	Om Batra
Fardeen Khan	...	Jai Batra
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Jagadish Batra
Mahima Chaudhry	...	Ayesha (as Mahima Chaudhary)
Urmila Matondkar	...	Neetu
Tara Sharma	...	Puja
Parmeet Sethi	...	Shekhar Malhotra
Annu Kapoor	...	KK (as Anu Kapoor)
Rakesh Bedi	...	Ram Prasad 'RP'
Raju Kher	...	Giri
Lillete Dubey	...	Neetu's mom
Shishir Sharma
Arun Bali
Rajesh Khera

Storyline

Widowed Mrs. Saraswati Batra (Waheeda Rehman) has brought up three sons with a lot of care and love. Her eldest son Om (Anil Kapoor) is very honest and diligent; her two other sons Jai (Fardeen Khan), and Jagdish (Abhishek Bachchan) also live in the same house. Om looks after the family, and also looks after the business and the estate. Jai's interest is fast cars, and to the much disappointment of his family, decides to re-locate the United States of America, and gets married to a rich and snobish girl, Neetu (Urmilla Matondkar). Her mother (Lilette Dubey) strongly disapproves of Jai, and vehemently, though in vain, opposes the marriage. To make matters worse, Jai gets a job in the U.S. in a vehicle junkyard, much to the horror of his wife and his family. Jai must use this junkyard so that he can make the fastest car in the world. Jagdish is the spoiled brat of the family. He gets into trouble with the law, when he starts hacking computer data. This brings shame on the entire family,...

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Plot Keywords:

brother | family relationships | boss | music executive | hacker | 

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Taglines:

A prayer for togetherness

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Genres:

Drama | Musical

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Details

Official Sites:

Puja Entertainment

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

8 July 2002 (India)

Filming Locations:

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Puja Entertainment (India)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Diya Mirza signed for the part of Puja in the movie; however, due to the failure of her previous films, Anupam Kher gave her a condition of working on the film for free, which she did not agree to.

User Reviews

Combines the style of yesteryear cinema, with the cool factor of today...

Mr Kher is widely known all over for his acting - now he has shown us his directing ability too, and I'm happy to say he has done a very good job.

He put together a large star cast, all talented, and they have all done well. My favourite would be Waheeda Rehman, she was brilliant in OJJ. There is nice music, an average script, an entertaining story, and super cool direction.

Om Jai Jagdish may not have been commercially successful, but it is certainly decent cinema. It is a very unique film, in the sense that it has combined the style of yesteryear and maturer cinema, with the modern and glamour factor of today. I applaud Mr Kher for this, its very difficult and he has done it well.

Underrated!