Ajnabee (2001 film)

Ajnabee
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Abbas-Mustan
Produced by	Vijay Galani
Screenplay by	Sanjeev Duggal Neeraj Vora Robin Bhatt Shyam Goel
Story by	Neeraj Vora
Starring	Akshay Kumar Bobby Deol Kareena Kapoor Bipasha Basu
Music by	Anu Malik
Cinematography	Rajan Kinagi
Editing by	Hussain A Burmawala
Distributed by	Film Folks, Venus Records & Tapes Pvt Ltd
Release date(s)	September 22, 2001
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Ajnabee (Hindi: अजनबी,English: Stranger) is a 2001 Bollywood suspense thriller directed by Abbas-Mustan and produced by Niraj Vora. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Kareena Kapoor and Bipasha Basu in the lead with Johnny Lever, Dalip Tahil, Narendra Bedi and Sharat Saxena in supporting roles. The film is an adaptation of the 1992 American thriller Consenting Adults, directed by Alan J. Pakula.

Plot

Raj Malhotra (Bobby Deol) and Priya (Kareena Kapoor) meet by chance and fall in love. They marry with Priya's father's (Dalip Tahil) consent. After marriage, they reside in Switzerland, where they meet an Indian couple: Vikram Bajaj (Akshay Kumar) and Sonia (Bipasha Basu). The couples quickly become friends and decide to go on a Christmas vacation to Mauritius.

All is well until Vikram begins to speak to Raj about wife swapping. This upsets Raj and a fight breaks out between them, and the four return home. A couple of days later, the two couples again become friends. On Vikram's birthday, the two men get drunk and find themselves in each other's house. The next morning Sonia is found dead, and Raj is accused of her murder. Raj manages to escape from court, and the Swiss police chase him. When he decides to confront Vikram, he finds the evidence to prove his innocence and win back his wife.

In the climax, Vikram himself tells the whole plan to Raj that the girl he saw was his real wife Sonia Bajaj (Mink) and the girl with him is his college girlfriend Neeta (Bipasha). At first he was only a drummer and Neeta was dance-girl. She wanted to get rich that's why he married a rich woman and approved an insurance of her wife of 100 million dollars. He thought of a plan to kill his wife to get the amount of insurance. At last, Raj tells him that everything he said is recorded now and he has already sent the amount of insurance to the insurance company from his account, because now he knows his password. Neeta dies in the conflict that follows and it aggressives Vikram, but at the end he also dies and Raj and Priya move back to India happily.

Cast

• Akshay Kumar as Vikram Bajaj (Vicky)
• Bobby Deol as Raj Malhotra
• Kareena Kapoor as Priya Malhotra
• Bipasha Basu as 'Fake' Sonia/Neeta
• Johny Lever as Banu Pradhan (B.P.)
• Amita Nangia as Champa Devi
• Dalip Tahil as Priya's father
• Sharat Saxena in a insurance officer
• Mink as the lady in Mauritius/'Real' Sonia
• Sheila Sharma as Vina Chandra Devi
• Narendra Bedi as Lakhan Pal (L.P.)

Soundtrack

Ajnabee had one of the most popular soundtracks of 2001. Anu Malik composed all the music. The Music was released by Tips Music.

Title	Singer(s)
"Meri Zindagi Mein"	Sunidhi Chauhan, Kumar Sanu
"Jab Tumhein Aashiqui"	Kumar Sanu
"Kasam Se Teri Aankhein"	Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Alka Yagnik
"Kaun Main, Haan Tum"	Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan
"Mujhko Neend Aa Rahi Hain"	Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan
"Tu Sirf Mera Mehboob"	Adnan Sami, Sunidhi Chauhan
"Mohabbat Naam Hain Kiska"	Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan

Production

Originally, actress Mahek Chahal was cast in the role of Neeta (Fake Sonia) which eventually was given to Bipasha Basu.

Reception

Ajnabee received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Whereas the performance of Akshay Kumar was praised. At the box office, the film opened well, and collected 16.25 crores on its nett gross opening weekend, with a full gross of 27 crores worldwide. It was declared "average" at the box office.

External links

• Ajnabee at the Internet Movie Database
• Ajnabee @ IndiaFM