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'Haseena Maan Jaayegi' is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by David Dhawan. It stars Govinda, Sanjay Dutt, Karisma Kapoor and Pooja Batra, with Anupam Kher, Kader Khan, Aruna Irani, and Paresh Rawal in supporting. The film is thematically inspired by the 1966 film 'Pyar Kiye Jaa' and went on to become the fifth-highest-grossing Hindi film of 1999. It is often regarded as being amongst Govinda's greatest performances and he won many awards for his role as Monu. 'Pyar Kiye Ja' itself is a remake of the 1964 Tamil classic film 'Kadhalikka Neramillai' which had been remade as the Telugu film 'Preminchi Choodu' (1965), the Hindi film 'Pyar Kiye Jaa' (1966), and the Kannada film 'Preethi Madu Thamashe Nodu' (1979).

Plot



Amirchand is the ill-fated father of two mischievous sonsSonu and Monu. Both of them are always up to one prank or another, most of them aimed at stealing money from Amirchand.

In the opening scene, they call up their father, acting like gangsters, and ask for a huge sum if he wants to live. The plan fails as Amirchand turns out to be the driver of the taxi in which they were escaping. Later, they fix up the marriage of their father with Shakuntala and take one lakh rupees as advance dowry from her brother Jamnadas. This plan also fails as Amirchand refuses to entertain Jamnadas and his sister.

Amirchand warns their sons to become serious towards life if they want to live in his home. He asks Monu to join office and Sonu to go to Goa for claiming some money he had lent to someone. Whereas Monu plays another prank by calling up a girls' hostel and flirting with Ritu, Sonu mistakenly goes to one Gulzarilal Verma for claiming the money, where he meets Pooja. Both Ritu and Pooja are Gulzarilal's daughters.

Sonu and Monu fall in love with Pooja and Ritu, respectively. Sonu calls up Monu to come to Goa, disguised as his Uncle for fixing up his and Pooja's marriage. This leads to a series of confusions as Gulzarilal's sister Santho also falls in love with Monu (disguised as Uncle).

To get rid of the problem, Sonu and Monu throw a dummy of the Uncle from top of a cliff, only to land up getting arrested for killing the non-existent uncle. Amirchand learns of this and reaches Goa with his assistant Kunj Bihari. In favour of the story's and Sonu and Monu's fate, Amirchand and Gulzarilal turn out to be long lost friends. Together they set out towards the nearest police station when they get kidnapped by a Bhai. Sonu and Monu escape from the lockup with Bhootnath's help and rescue their father and father-in-law-to-be, thus proving to be worthy sons.

Cast



* Sanjay Dutt as Sonu

* Govinda as Monu

* Karishma Kapoor as Ritu Verma

* Pooja Batra as Pooja Verma

* Kader Khan as Amirchand

* Paresh Rawal as Bhootnath

* Satish Kaushik as Kunj Bihari

* Aruna Irani as Santho Verma

* Anupam Kher as Gulzarilal Verma

* Ashish Vidyarthi as Bhai (gangster)

* Aasif Sheikh as Pritam Nath

* Razak Khan as Bhai's henchman

* Mohan Joshi as Prem Nath

* Pushpa Verma as Premnath's wife

* Bindu as Shakuntala, (guest appearance)

* Asrani as Jamnadas, (guest appearance)

* Shakti Kapoor as Himself

* Anil Dhawan as Police Commissioner

* Mahavir Shah as Goa's Police Inspector

Soundtrack



Trivia



* In the beginning of the film, Sonu and Monu are in a restaurant and don't have money to pay the bill. Monu picks the pocket of Shakti Kapoor for his wallet and then tries to keep it back but his hand gets stuck. This scene is taken from 'The Return of Mr. Bean', an episode from the 'Mr. Bean' television series. This scene is repeated in the movie 'Dhamaal'.

* The lead actress Karisma Kapoor's mother, Babita, and great uncle, Shashi Kapoor, also starred in a movie of the same name.

Awards



; 45th Filmfare Awards:

'Won'

* Best Comedian Govinda

'Nominated'

* Best Music Director Anu Malik

'1st IIFA Awards:'

'Nominated'

* Best Actor Govinda

* Best Supporting Actress Aruna Irani

* Best Comedian Anupam Kher

* Best Music Director Anu Malik

See also



* List of Indian comedy films

References




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