Partner (2007)

A 'Love Guru' assists other males, woos a widowed single mother, but becomes embroiled in controversies.

Director:

David Dhawan

Writers:

Shabbir Ahmed (lyrics), Sanjay Chhel (dialogue),

Stars:

Salman Khan, Govinda, Lara Dutta

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Salman Khan	...	Prem 'Love Guru'
Govinda	...	Bhaskar Diwakar Chaudhry
Lara Dutta	...	Naina Sahani
Katrina Kaif	...	Priya R. Jaisingh
Rajpal Yadav	...	Chota Don
Ali Haji	...	Rohan Sahani (as Master Ali Haji)
Dalip Tahil	...	Raj Jaisingh
Aarti Chhabria	...	Nikki (as Aarti Chabria)
Puneet Issar	...	Rana
Deepshika	...	Pammi
Suresh Menon	...	Kiran Mulchandani
Atul Parchure	...	Assistant Cop
Tiku Talsania	...	Mumbai Masala's Editor
Ali Asghar	...	Ali (as Ali Asgar)
Rajat Bedi	...	Neil Bakshi

Storyline

The only male child in the family that sired six daughters, Prem has empathy towards the fair sex and decides to assist males to woo women so much so that he becomes popular as the 'Love Guru'. Amongst the men he assists are Bhaskar Chaudhry and Neil Bakshi. Klutz-like Bhaskar has fallen head over heels with his boss, a model and heiress, Priya Jaisingh. A disbelieving Prem refuses to assist him, but subsequently relents. Bhaskar uses his own charm to woo Priya successfully, and is introduced to her dad, Raj. Prem himself falls in love with a widowed single mother, Naina Shahani, a Journalist. Both men are satisfied with her respective lives not knowing that a scandalous secret will surface in the media - changing their lives forever.

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Plot Keywords:

single mother | wedding | honeymoon | secret | heiress | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

20 July 2007 (India)

Filming Locations:

Canada

Box Office

Budget:

INR 20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£236,766 (UK) (20 July 2007)

Gross:

£726,296 (UK) (3 August 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eros International, K Sera Sera, Sohail Khan Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

155 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The makers of HITCH sued the makers, as they felt the film copied scenes from the original film without taking copyright.

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Goofs

In the scene where Prem saves Naina from Chota Don, his bikes are swapped. Initially, when he rolls up in traffic, the bike has twin headlights. When he drops her off, the headlight is a single integrated one.

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Quotes

Prem: [to Lara] Girls like you see these macho stud-muffins, and go loopy over them... and leave simple-hearted and plain looking good guys like Bhaskar in the dust! And I help out these plain guys you can't be bothered with. I'm cupid, stupid!

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Connections

Spoofs Don (2006)

User Reviews

A Large Plagerized Version OF Hollywood's Own "Hitch"

As anyone can tell, Partner is just copied from Hitch. Some scenes were funny, but all I could think of was comparing "Hitch" with "Partner". Partner had all the scenes from "Hitch" and just extended it by adding some long songs. I'd say the movie is average, but "Hitch" is way above average. I like the originality in "Hitch", but I hated the plagiarism. Salman Khan/Love Guru is Will Smith/Hitch, Lara Dutta is Eva Mendez who both have the same job in the movies. Govinda is Kevin James/Albert Brennamin. Katrina Kaif is Amber Valetta/Allegra Cole. I definitely encourage people in India to see it only if they haven't seen Hitch. I encourage more for people to see Hicth. Hitch is 100% pure original and barely has any flaws.