Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Siddharth Anand

Writers:

Devika Bhagat (screenplay)
Aditya Chopra (story)

Release Date:

15 August 2008 (India)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

During 1996 Raj Sharma, while in Switzerland, meets with Amritsar-based Mahi Pasricha, successfully woos...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Ranbir Kapoor	...	Raj Sharma
Bipasha Basu	...	Radhika / Shreya Rathod
Minissha Lamba	...	Mahi Pasricha / Mahi J. Singh Ahluwalia
Deepika Padukone	...	Gayatri
Kunal Kapoor	...	Joginder Singh Ahluwalia
Hiten Paintal	...	Sachin
Puneet Issar	...	Mahi's Father
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Menekka Arora	...	Preeti - Mahi's friend (as Menaka Arora)
Sumit Arora		(as Sumeet Arora)
Ntasha Bhardwaj
Pratik Dixit
Bidyut Dumra	...	Wall Street Banker (as Bidyut Durma)
Karan Gill	...	Karan Bahl
Avantika Hundal
Willi Jezler
Brad Kennerley
Rashmi Kulkarni
Andy Kumar
Roy Lange
Bhanu Mehra
Cameron Pearson	...	Taxi Passenger
Florian Philip
Ramandeep
Gurbhej Randhawa
Jay Ruparelia
Gurpreet Sandhu
Andrea Santarelli
Shyam Mashalkar		(as Sham Mashalkar)
Ravprit Singh		(as Master Ravprit Singh)
Sukhmeet Singh		(as Master Sukhmeet Singh)
Madurima Tulli
Parvati Vaze
Stefanie Wirz

Also Known As:

Untitled Siddharth Anand Project (India: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

152 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Ireland:PG | Australia:PG | India:UA

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Yash Raj Films

Trivia:

The title track song 'Bachna Ae Haseeno', was sung originally by Kishore Kumar in the film Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (1977)and was filmed on actor Rishi Kapoor. When the idea about using the song 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' from the old movie came, the music duo Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani were excited but they decided not to do a remix version of it. The track was completely re-worked by retaining some of the original vocals of Kishore Kumar on the beginning of the song. And then they got Kishore Kumar's son Sumeet Kumar to sing the rest of the song as a new composition with Vishal Dadlani's rap lyrics. The final product turned out to be unique mix with the legendary singer Kishore Kumar and his son heard in one single track in which the recording is separated by decades and that same song filmed on actor Rishi Kapoor's son Ranbir Kapoor.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the scene where Mahi misses the train, she is shown reading Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince. Even the first book in the Potter series wasn't released in 1996.

Movie Connections:

References Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998)

Haseen Movie

The story is about the journey of Raj Sharma (Ranbir Kapoor) from the age of 17 to 30. He meets three girls at different stages of his life: Radhika (Bipasha Basu), a glamorous girl from Mumbai, Mahi (Minissha Lamba), a small-town girl from Punjab, and Gayatri (Deepika Padukone), an NRI from Australia. The film, which goes backwards and forwards in time is about what he learns from life and from the three girls.

I was beginning to think that Yash Raj Films were losing their touch after delivering a list of box office flops which is Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, Aaja Nachle, Tashan & Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic but not after watching Bachna Ae Haseeno. The film was really good although I don't usually like romantic comedies. It was funny, lively and keeps a smile on your face throughout. I intended to see it because it is the next movie of Ranbir Kapoor & Deepika Padukone and I really liked them after watching Saawariya & Om Shanti Om, also it is the third film of Siddharth Anand after Salaam Namaste & Ta Ra Rum Pum which were both good but Bachna Ae Haseeno is the best out of all of them.

The movie needed good music and thankfully it has a decent collection of songs with plenty of repeat value. From the beautiful love song Khuda Jaane to a number of toe-tapping dance numbers, there are enough songs to keep you interested until the end. The highlight of the music is undoubtley the superb cover of the classic song Bachna Ae Haseeno. The new version has added fizz and will appeal to just about everyone. I absolutely loved the Lucky Boy song and for me it definitely has to be the hottest song of the year. The songs were not only great to the ears but also to the eyes. Overall I really enjoyed watching it, also was very visually impressive, colourful and shot at great locations in Australia.