Joy: The Real Love Story (2007)

A wealthy woman falls in love with a rock-star who will soon get arrested for Murder.

Director:

Prashant Chadha

Writers:

Prashant Chadha, Sameer (lyrics)

Stars:

Himesh Reshammiya, Hansika Motwani, Mallika Sherawat

Cast

Credited cast:
Himesh Reshammiya	...	Himesh 'HR' Reshammiya
Hansika Motwani	...	Riaa Bakshi (as Hannsikaa)
Mallika Sherawat	...	Advocate Ruby James
Shravan Rathod	...	Shravan - HR's friend (as Shravan)
Darshan Jariwala	...	Khurana - Ruby's client
Gurbani	...	Bani - Riaa's friend (as Bani)
Raj Babbar	...	Feroz Merchant
Sachin Khedekar	...	Mr. Bakshi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Souzan Alavi	...	Dancer
Frank Brandstätter	...	Man in the Crowd
Ishita Chauhan	...	Trishnu (as Ishita)
Ryan Estrada	...	Police Officer (voice)
Pankaj Jha
Marrissa Lawrence	...	Nadia F. Merchant
Ron Matz	...	Himself

Storyline

Riaa Bakshi lives a wealthy lifestyle in Hamburg, Germany, along with her widower dad. She gets hired as the Event Manager of touring Indian rock-star, Himesh Reshammiya, who comes to her rescue when she is being molested by an intruder. Both continue to meet, and eventually fall in love with each other. When her dad finds out, he cautions her, but she ignores him. Shortly thereafter, both father and daughter find out that Himesh has been arrested and has been charged with the murder of a TV Journalist, Nadia Merchant. Despite of this, Riaa believes that Himesh is innocent. Her belief gets shattered when Himesh breaks out of prison and allegedly kills Nadia's dad, Feroz, leaving her no choice but to agree to marry a man of her dad's choice.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

29 June 2007 (India)

Also Known As:

Joy: The Real Love Story

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£50,616 (UK) (29 June 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Action Concept Film- und Stuntproduktion, Picture Perfect

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was panned by critics yet it worked even though pitted against Awarapan and Apne.

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Goofs

During the song "Jhoot Nahin Bolna" you can see Hansika Motwani's (Riya) hair switch from being parted in the center to be parted to the side a few times in the beginning of the song.

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Connections

Referenced in Dreamz (2008)

User Reviews

I hope you are reading this HR...

( HR is what Himesh is called in the movie, I think he likes it too. ) It's amazing how intelligent people, talented even fall in to the same trap.

I really like Reshamiya. It's amazing what he has done. No one in recent years has come back from the wilderness and made a mark for himself.

And I truly expected a great film ( What with the budget of 50 Cr and the cute actress ). As intense as Reshamiya is I thought, he would excel at a sentimental and an emotional role. Ironically he is depicted the same but for what care? Sheer incompetence, carelessness, awful acting, banal background music, insensitive direction make it a real pain.

Blunders rule. ( Ex. How can German Police issue public instructions on a loud speaker in English? They communicate among themselves in English!) Unfortunately this incompetence has become the standard in main line Bollywood. There are some excellent directors but many a bad ones too. The worse thing is that the majority just doesn't care.

Songs are the only saving grace...

Please don't repeat this HR and find yourself a good director ( low budget.. No problem).

The villain should really have shaved his head instead of the wig you know... after all it's a 50Cr movie.