Ok Jaanu
| Ok Jaanu | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Shaad Ali |
| Written by | Gulzar (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Mani Ratnam |
| Story by | Mani Ratnam |
| Based on | O Kadhal Kanmani by Mani Ratnam |
| Produced by | Mani Ratnam Karan Johar Apoorva Mehta Hiroo Yash Johar |
| Starring | Aditya Roy Kapur Shraddha Kapoor Naseeruddin Shah Leela Samson Guru Prasad |
| Cinematography | Ravi K. Chandran |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
Release date |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹27 crore[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹41.04 crore[2] |
OK Jaanu (transl. OK Darling) is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Shaad Ali, based on a story and screenplay by Mani Ratnam, and produced by Ratnam and Karan Johar under their banners Madras Talkies and Dharma Productions respectively. It is a remake of Ratnam's Tamil film O Kadhal Kanmani, starring Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menon, and stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles, with a supporting cast including Naseeruddin Shah and Leela Samson, the latter of whom appeared in the original as well, who essay the protagonists' landlords. Eesh Kakkar plays Tara's ex-boyfriend. A. R. Rahman composed the film's score and soundtrack. Gulzar has written the lyrics and the dialogues for the film.[3][4][5]
Plot
Aditya "Adi" Gunjal (Aditya Roy Kapur) comes to Mumbai to work for a gaming company owned by Prahlad Kakkar, aspiring to achieve big in the United States as a video game developer. At Mumbai railway station he spots a girl (Shraddha Kapoor) on the adjacent platform trying to jump in front of an approaching train. A horrified Adi gives her a shout. The girl then disappears.
Adi moves into the house of Gopi Srivastava (Naseeruddin Shah), his elder brother's senior, a strict retired High Court judge living with his wife Charu (Leela Samson), a renowned Hindustani classical singer who suffers from a stage two Alzheimer. On his first day at work, he is encouraged by his friend Bantee to pitch the idea of his game 'Mumbai 2.0' . Adi impresses his boss and gets a deadline of five months to prepare a prototype to be sent to Los Angeles for a competition.
Later at his friend Jenny's wedding, Adi spots the girl from station. The girl introduces herself as Tara. They make acquaintance. Tara is planning to pursue her architectural studies in Paris and Adi dreams of becoming a big shot like Mark Zuckerberg. Adi and Tara strike a chord over their mutual presumptions on dysfunctionality of the institution of marriage. Tara also reveals that her antic at the railway station was a ploy to get rid of her ex-boyfriend who desired to marry her. Subsequently, they hang out, exploring the city.
The next day, Adi pursues Tara to Ahmedabad on her work trip. Tara takes Adi to Sabarmati Ashram which she used to visit with her father, as a kid. She shares with him that her decision to never marry was incited by her parent's broken marriage. Finally they approach Gopi and Charu, with their wish to live-in with each other before they go their separate ways for their respective careers, to which Gopi strongly disagrees but then has to give in as Tara impresses Charu with classical singing.
Adi's family plans to give Adi a surprise visit and his sister-in-law figures out them living-in together, to which his brother would adamantly be opposed to. She asks Tara to ponder on their future, when Tara at some point would have to pick between her love and her career. Tara and Adi continue living happily, getting a thrill out of their mutual endearing camaraderie and growing affinity and attachment.
Tara's admission in the institute at Paris gets approved. Tara informs Gopi and also confides in him that it might now be hard for her to leave Adi and go so far away. The next day Tara goes to Jaipur for a work trip, and Adi starts to miss her profoundly. Adi gets summoned to Kanpur by Tara's affluent mother, who wishes to know his intentions for her daughter. And so on her return from Jaipur, Tara finds Adi missing and searches for him miserably, realising living without him would be forlorn.
Soon upon seeing the love and patience Gopi has for his ailing wife, who one day goes missing as she bewilderedly forgets the way to her own house and is found by Tara and Adi sitting on a temple's platform in heavy rain, they begin to understand the importance of each other's presence in their life.
Tara's mother visits Gunjals to discuss a marriage, infuriating Tara. Later in the day, Adi's game 'Mumbai 2.0' gets selected for the competition in LA and hence he soon is to leave for the US. He confides in Jenny that it'd be hard for him to leave Tara. Tara too seems visibly vexed. The next day, Adi and Tara make a pact to enjoy themselves to the fullest for the next 10 days after which they would eventually go their separate ways.
One day, Charu goes missing again. While looking for her, they start bickering about their relationship and after finding her and bringing her home back to her husband, Adi finally proposes marriage to Tara before they leave for their respective destinations. They get married in Gopi's house among close friends and family.
Post marriage, both continue to accomplish their own dreams, one in Paris, another in Los Angeles, keeping in touch and waiting for the day they can be together again.
{ An end credits roll plays the rest of their story in animation, with them finally living together one day and starting a family. }
Cast
- Aditya Roy Kapur as Aditya "Adi" Gunjal
- Shraddha Kapoor as Tara Agnihotri
- Naseeruddin Shah as Gopi Srivastava[6]
- Leela Samson as Charu Srivastava [6]
- Jasmeet Singh Bhatia as Bantu[6]
- Eesh Kakkar as Tara's ex boyfriend
- Kitu Gidwani as Tara's Mother
- Sanjay Gurbaxani as Deputy Commissioner of Police
- Sarika Singh as Adi's Sister in Law
- Sharma Vibhoutee as Jennifer
- Vijayant Kohli as Ravi Gunjal (Adi's Brother)
- Prahlad Kakkar as Adi's boss
- Boloram Das as security guard
Soundtrack
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| Released | 4 January 2017 | |||
| Genre | Feature film Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 34:15 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Sony Music India | |||
| Producer | A. R. Rahman | |||
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The film score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman while the lyrics for songs are written by Gulzar. Rahman re-used most of his compositions from the Tamil soundtrack of O Kadhal Kanmani, with the exception of three songs. He composed two new songs for the film which are the Hindi counterparts of "Aye Sinamika" and "Malargal Kaetten" that were part of Tamil version. The Hindi counterpart of "Parandhu Sella Vaa" is a cover version of Rahman's yesteryear classic "Humma Humma" from the 1995 Tamil movie Mani Ratnam's Bombay. Dubbed as "The Humma Song", the cover was done by Badshah and Tanishk Bagchi.[6] The full soundtrack was released by Sony Music India on 4 January 2017.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "OK Jaanu" | Gulzar | A. R. Rahman & Srinidhi Venkatesh | 03:26 |
| 2. | "The Humma Song" | Original Lyrics: Mehboob Rap Lyrics: Badshah | Jubin Nautiyal, Shashaa, Badshah Tanishk Bagchi | 02:59 |
| 3. | "Enna Sona" | Gulzar | Arijit Singh | 03:33 |
| 4. | "Jee Lein" | Gulzar | Neeti Mohan, Arjun Chandy & Savithri R Prithvi | 04:46 |
| 5. | "Kaara Fankaara" | Navneet Virk, Kaly, Hard Kaur & ADK | Kaly, Hard Kaur, ADK, Shashaa Tirupati, Ashima Mahajan, Paroma Das Gupta & Sameera Bharadwaj | 05:44 |
| 6. | "Saajan Aayo Re" | Gulzar | Jonita Gandhi & Nakash Aziz | 06:09 |
| 7. | "Maula Wa Sallim" | Traditional | A. R. Ameen | 03:06 |
| 8. | "Sunn Bhavara" | Gulzar | Shashaa Tirupati | 04:23 |
| Total length: | 34:15 | |||
Box office
The film grossed an estimated ₹41.04 crore (US$4.9 million) worldwide, with approximately ₹32.83 crore (US$3.9 million) earned domestically, and ₹8.21 crore (US$980,000) from international releases.[7]
Reception
Bollywood Hungama rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, stating that it is "a decent love story which works only in parts mainly because of the chemistry between Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor."[8]
Writing for Hindustan Times, Anupama Chopra rated the film 2 out of 5, commenting, "This is just a pointless film, because an exact frame-for-frame version already exists in Tamil", referring to O Kadhal Kanmani, directed by Mani Ratnam. Chopra described Kapur and Kapoor as "too lightweight" to bring a comparable depth to the characters that the original actors did.[9]
Accolades
| Award Ceremony | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref.(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th Mirchi Music Awards | Raag-Inspired Song of the Year | "Sunn Bhavara" | Won | [10][11] |
| "Saajan Aayo Re" | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Ok Jaanu - Box office India". Box Office India.
- ^ "Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day Wise breakup of Ok Jaanu". 14 January 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Shraddha Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur cosy up in 'OK Jaanu' first look". Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Ok Jaanu Movie Review". Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ "Review: Shraddha and Aditya Shine, but OK Jaanu Is Strictly 'OK".
- ^ a b c d "ARRahman composes three new songs for Ok Jaanu remake of O Kadhal kanamani". indiaglitz.com. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ "Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of Ok Jaanu". BollywoodHungama. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/ok-jaanu/critic-review/
- ^ https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/an-inexact-replica-ok-jaanu-review-by-anupama-chopra/story-1bUJXksyQE9IdCNracikqN.html
- ^ "Nominations - Mirchi Music Awards 2017". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Winners - Mirchi Music Awards 2017". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
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