Life Partner
- For the romantic concept, see Life partner.
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| Directed by | Rumi Jaffery |
| Produced by | Abbas-Mustan Hussain Burmawala |
| Screenplay by | Yunus Sejawal |
| Story by | Rumi Jaffery |
| Starring | Govinda Fardeen Khan Tusshar Kapoor Genelia D'Souza Prachi Desai |
| Music by | Pritam Chakraborty |
| Cinematography | Sameer Arya |
| Editing by | Hussain Burmawala Sanjay Sankla |
| Distributed by | Burmawala Partners Viacom 18 Motion Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 14, 2009 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Life Partner is a 2009 Bollywood film. It stars Govinda, Fardeen Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, Genelia D'Souza and Prachi Desai in lead roles. The film is written and directed by Rumi Jaffery and produced by Abbas-Mustan under their banner, Burmawalla Bros. It released on August 14 2009, and received positive reviews upon release, though was a box office failure.
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[edit] Plot
Karan (Fardeen Khan) and Bhavesh (Tusshar Kapoor) are close friends living in Cape Town, South Africa. Karan is in a comfortable relationship with his beautiful yet childish and pampered girlfriend Sanjana (Genelia D'Souza), who changes her profession every six months, e.g. singing to painting. Her dad (Anupam Kher) always tries to keep her happy and supports her in whatever she does. Bhavesh wishes for an arranged marriage and keeps a diary of all the beautiful things he will do to his wife after marriage. His father (Darshan Jariwala) is a strict autocrat, patriarch and a tough follower of the Hindustani, especially Gujarati, principles in a foreign land. Jeet (Govinda) does not believe in marriage or love. He flirts with every woman he meets and encourages married women into divorcing their spouses so that his living as a divorce lawyer is uncompromised.
Bhavesh's father treats Bhavesh as young and incapable of marriage, but on his wife's (Shoma Anand) wish, he travels with family and Karan and Sanjana to Gujarat to find Bhavesh a bride. In Gujarat, they stay at the palatial home of a friend of Bhavesh's father (Vikram Gokhale). Bhavesh meets some girls, who are all unsuitable, and then falls for Prachi (Prachi Desai) when she comments Bhavesh's ideals - not drinking, virginity - as good. He confesses his love for her and they get married. During the wedding rituals, Sanjana says "Yes" to Karan's long-asked question (will she marry him?) and they get married the same night.
The movie then switches to present time, where both couples are at court. The judge declares the divorce between Karan and Sanjana and between Bhavesh and Prachi. Outside the court, where they wait for the final papers to arrive, the story again goes back 6 months earlier, showing what led to the divorces after the weddings, when they come back to Cape Town.
After marriage, Karan and Sanjana's family life deteriorates badly, with Karan wanting domestic stability and Sanjana being a horrible home maker. Bhavesh is happy with Prachi but Prachi is stifled at the old fashioned ideals and many rules of Bhavesh's father. Sanjana, having no experience in housework, messes up while turning off a washing machine, which results in the house catching fire. Prachi, without her father-in-law's knowledge, applies for a job - the very idea of which angers him. Bhavesh, taking sides with his father, slaps her at the same time Prachi's father arrives. These situations conclude in divorce.
Meanwhile, Jeet changes his lifestyle when he meets Anjali (Amrita Rao in a special appearance), who turns out to be different than all the other girls he had ever met. He decides to get married to her. At the wedding ceremony, Jeet and Sanjana plot a plan that reunites and reconciles everyone with each other, thus ending all the problems that were pulling them apart.
Bhavesh's father changes parts of his strict ideals and Jeet changes from a divorce lawyer to a marriage counsellor, now reuniting his former clients, while Karan teaches Sanjana to cook.
[edit] Cast
- Govinda as Jeet Oberoi
- Fardeen Khan as Karan Malhotra
- Tusshar Kapoor as Bhavesh Patel
- Genelia D'Souza as Sanjana Jugran
- Prachi Desai as Prachi Jadeja
- Anupam Kher as Sanjana's father
- Darshan Jariwala as Darshan Manibhai Patel (Bhavesh's father)
- Shoma Anand as Bhavesh's mother
- Vikram Gokhale as Vijay Singh Jadeja (Prachi's father)
- Amrita Rao as Anjali Kumar (Cameo)
- Samuel Muncey as Officer Andrews
- Raffi Mardirosian as lead dancer (banghra)
[edit] Reception
Life Partner netted 
1.75 crore (US$385,000) overseas in its opening week[1] while it netted 18 crore (US$3.96 million) domestically by the third week.[2] It was elevated to average verdict by Box office India.
In the United States the film grossed $110,240 while it obtained $347,100 from New Zealand, Fiji, the United Kingdom & Malta.[3]
[edit] Music
Both Sachin-Jigar and Pritam have composed the music for this film. Lyrics have been written by Javed Akhtar. Film has 7 songs featuring two remixes.
The song Gunji Aangna Mein Shehnai is composed by Sachin-Jigar.[4]
| Track | Song | Artist(s) | Duration |
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| 01 | Kuke Kuke | Shaan, Debojeet Dutta, and Antara Mitra | 04:22 |
| 02 | Teri Meri Yeh Zindagi | Soham Chakraborty and Shreya Ghoshal | 04:32 |
| 03 | Aage Aage | Mika Singh, Shakti Singh, Ajay Jhingaran, Soham Chakraborty, and Antara Mitra | 03:59 |
| 04 | Gunji Aangna Mein Shehnai | Sunidhi Chauhan and Kirti Sagathiya | 05:11 |
| 05 | Poorza Poorza | Sunidhi Chauhan and Kunal Ganjawala | 04:41 |
| 06 | Kuke Kuke (Remix) | Shaan, Debojeet Dutta, and Antara Mitra | 05:01 |
| 07 | Poorza Poorza (Remix) | Sunidhi Chauhan and Kunal Ganjawala | 04:26 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Kaminey Good Life Partner Poor In International Markets". Box Office India. 18 August 2009. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/overdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=1103&nCat=overseas_report. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
- ^ "Life Partner Steady In Week Three". Box Office India. 4 September 2009. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=1126&nCat=news. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=lifepartner.htm
- ^ http://www.thefilmstreetjournal.com/2009/08/review-of-life-partner/
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