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'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai' is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and produced by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra under the banner Yash Raj Films. The film starred Uday Chopra, Tulip Joshi (in her debut), Jimmy Sheirgill and Bipasha Basu. The film was said to be partly inspired by 'My Best Friend's Wedding' (1997). The director Gadhvi, however, claims that he mainly drew from earlier Hindi films and that 'My Best Friend's Wedding' only provided less than 1% of the inspiration for his film. The film did good business at the box office and was declared a hit.

Plot



Sanjay Malhotra lives in Mumbai with his friend Riya. He receives a phone call from his childhood friend Anjali Sharma who shocks him with the news that she is getting married. Unfortunately, Sanjay has loved Anjali for years. Jealous and frustrated Sanjay makes his way to Anjali with an intention to stop her marriage.

Sanjay goes to Anjali's home and soon meets her groom, Rohit Khanna. Sanjay, being constantly reprimanded and lovingly chided for his playboy behaviour and no one takes him seriously. Sanjay then begins to scheme. He organises a bachelor party for Rohit and all the men in the family. Rohit ends up completely drunk. He picks up on the fact that Sanjay is out to stop his marriage and vows to make sure that Sanjay fails in this. Sanjay and Riya try to make Anjali jealous to make her understand she loves him. At Anjali's Mehendi ceremony Riya tells Anjali that she and Sanjay were never lovers. Anjali reveals that she loved Sanjay all her life but the latter never understood it but considered her as only his best friend. Rohit is heartbroken when he learns of this. Rohit tells Anjali's mom that she and her daughter had the same choice for Anjali's groom, Anjali always wanted Sanjay to marry Anjali from deep within their heart. On knowing his absence in her wedding, Anjali leaves for Mumbai to meet Sanjay in her bridal dress. She asks him why he left. Sanjay expresses his love for her saying that he can't see her marrying anyone else. Finally, both express their love for each other. Even though Rohit fails in his challenge, he is happy for their love. Sanjay and Anjali marry, Rohit and Ria sing and dance at their best friend's wedding.

Cast



* Uday Chopra as Sanjay Malhotra (Sanju)

* Tulip Joshi as Anjali Sharma Malhotra (credited as Sanjana)

* Nitesh Pandey as Ajit Ahuja

* Jimmy Shergill as Rohit Khanna

* Bipasha Basu as Ria Bhalla, Sanjays roommate (Malavika Shivpuri for dubbing)

* Dina Pathak as Dadi

* Deven Verma as Hari Taya

* Tannaz Irani as Anushka Sharma, Anjalis sister

* Resham Tipnis as Neelima Agarwal

* Saurabh Shukla as Kunal Sharma, Anjali's Mama

* Parikshit Sahni as Rohan Khanna, Rohit's Dad

* Bindu as Kapila Tai

* Alok Nath as Vishnu Sharma, Anjalis father

* Neena Kulkarni as Gayatri Sharma, Anjalis mother

* Tushar Dalvi as Naren Karyekar

* Shamita Shetty in a special appearance in the item number 'Sharara'

Production



The film was originally offered to Amisha Patel. However she refused to do the film because she did not want to work with less successful actors in the beginning of her career after starring in back-to-back blockbusters - 'Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai' (2000) and 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha' (2001). Surprised and shocked by Amisha's attitude, Yash Raj banner decided not to work with her in any of the films produced under their banner although she did work in at least one Yash Raj production, 'Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic' (2008). Patel was replaced by Tulip Joshi, who made her debut with this film.

Soundtrack



The film's music is by the duo Pritam and Jeet Gannguli, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. According to the Indian trade website 'Box Office India', with around 11,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's twelfth highest-selling. The first single track "Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai" sung by Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam and Udit Narayan was released on 25 April 2002. The soundtrack album was released by Yash Raj Films on 7 June 2002.

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