Welcome (2007)

A man falls in love with a beautiful woman, but later discovers that her brothers are gangsters.

Director:

Anees Bazmee

Writers:

Anees Bazmee, Rajeev Kaul

Stars:

Akshay Kumar, Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Akshay Kumar	...	Rajiv Saini
Nana Patekar	...	Uday Shankar Shetty
Anil Kapoor	...	Sagar 'Majnu' Pandey
Mallika Sherawat	...	Ishika / Isha
Katrina Kaif	...	Sanjana S. Shetty
Feroz Khan	...	Ranvir 'RDX' Dhanraj Xaja
Paresh Raval	...	Dr. Ghunghroo (as Paresh Rawal)
Malaika Arora	...	Dancer / Singer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Asrani	...	Bollywood Producer
Charlie	...	Municipal worker
Snehal Dabi	...	Sagar's goon
Paresh Ganatra	...	Municipal officer
Adi Irani	...	Uday's lawyer
Supriya Karnik	...	Mrs. Ghungroo
Mushtaq Khan	...	Balu

Storyline

After the passing away of his dark-skinned wife, from who they sired Uday, Dubai-based criminal don, Shankar Shetty re-married a fair-skinned woman, who gave birth to fair-skinned Sanjana. After the couple's passing, Uday takes over in his dad's footsteps, and takes it upon himself to try and get Sanjana married - in vain, as no one wants to be associated with a crime family. Then Uday's associate, Sagar Pandey, aspiring live-action painter, who had loved Iravati, got beat-up by her brothers, and was re-named Majnu, assists in finding a young man, Rajiv, who lives with his maternal uncle, Dr. Ghunghroo and aunt, and through extortion compels Ghunghroo to accept this alliance. But Ghunghroo, at the very first opportunity, gets Rajiv to fall in love with another young woman in Sun City, South Africa. When the time comes to get Rajiv formally engaged to this woman, he finds out that Sanjana and she are the very same woman. With no escape from this predicament, the wedding is planned, ...

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Plot Keywords:

engagement | painter | acting | freeze frame | presumed dead | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

21 December 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Добро пожаловать

Filming Locations:

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Company Credits

Production Co:

A.G. Films, Indian Film Company (II)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

159 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Its sequel is titled Welcome Back to be released in 2015.

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Connections

Followed by Welcome Back (2015)

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Soundtracks

Kola Laka Vellari
Written by Sameer
Composed by Himesh Reshammiya
Performed by Himesh Reshammiya
Courtesy of Junglee Music

User Reviews

Depends on how you look at it...

What can I say about "Welcome!" ( I added the exclamation mark at the end because it fit so well) other than the fact that it rocked my socks off. It was hilarious, and yes, silly hilarious. Yet I know that it would not have been so entertaining if it weren't for the brilliant actors (Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar were amazing) and pretty good songs. Anyways, it would take a lot of talent to explain the plot to anyone because it's one of those chaotic slapstick comedies that you just have to check out for yourself, and only watch once. But in a nutshell, it is about this really decent man (Paresh Rawal tearing it up as the timid doctor) that would like his decent nephew, Rajiv (Akshay Kumar) to get married. Now comes in the hot Katrina Keif (who cares what her name was?) who, after a medley of hilarious situations, falls in love with Rajiv. There's only one problem with this, her brothers are big shots in the underworld…and are not very modest. "Welcome" is welcoming if you allow yourself to be invited. Don't go watching it with expectations that it will be the cleverest and most sophisticated movie you will see…and when it's not, don't restrict yourself from laughing away to glory…