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Wikipedia article
'All The Best: Fun Begins' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty, and starring producer Ajay Devgn along with Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Johny Lever, Sanjay Mishra and Mugdha Godse in pivotal roles.[http://www.moviewood.net/bollywood/upcoming-movies/all-the-best-fun-begins "Trailer Preview and synopsis of 'All The Best Fun Begins' Movie"] The film was released on 16 October 2009, and was received positively from the audience and critics alike.
The plot is based on Marathi comedy play 'Pati Sagle Uchapati' which itself is based on the English comedy play 'Right Bed Wrong Husband'. The English play has been an inspiration for Tamil films- 'Veettuku Veedu' and 'Vishwanathan Ramamoorthy' as well as Kannada films- 'Galate Samsara' and 'Housefull'.
The film was subsequently remade with slight changes in the story in Malayalam in 2010 as 'Best of Luck' which went on to be remade in Kannada in 2015 as 'Ond Chance Kodi'.
Plot
Veer Kapoor (Fardeen Khan) is a struggling artist who hopes to make it big someday with his rock group but at present is tottering financially. His only source of income is a monthly pocket money of Rs 100,000 from his wealthy elder step brother Dharam Kapoor (Sanjay Dutt), for which Veer has told a lie about him being married to Vidya Kapoor (Mugdha Godse), his girlfriend. His best friend is Prem Chopra (Ajay Devgn), who is married to Jhanvi Chopra (Bipasha Basu). Jhanvi runs a broken down gymnasium owned by Prem's family and Prem spends his time mechanically modifying cars.
Veer and Prem need Rs. 500,000 to register Prem's car for an illegal race (if they win they will get Rs. 5,000,000). They borrow the money from a local mute loan shark Tobu (Johnny Lever) after showing him a car designed by Prem which, Prem assures him, cannot lose. Impressed by this vehicle, Tobu in addition to lending Prem and Veer 500,000, invest 500,000 of his own on Prem. Prem loses the race and ends up owing a sum of Rs. to Tobu which should be paid within a week.
Prem decides to rent out Veer's bungalow to a local slum dweller RGV; Raghuvandas Goverdhandas Vakawale (Sanjay Mishra), who has won a lottery, and collects an advance of Rs 250,000. However, everything gets into a muddle when Dharam is stranded in the Goa Airport on his way to Lushoto and insists on catching up with his younger brother. Things get worse when their new tenant arrives and is beaten by Dharam. In order to save the situation, Prem and Veer both lie that Raghu is mad and vice versa.
Vidya had a fight with Veer and is temporarily not talking to him. After Veer brings Dharam home from the airport, Dharam sees Jhanvi and takes her for Vidya, and later when he sees Vidya, Prem and Veer tell him she is Jhanvi, Prem's girlfriend. Jhanvi pretends to be Vidya, Veer's wife and Vidya pretends to be Jhanvi. Both the young men aren't happy as Veer's brother's flight to Lushoto got delayed by a few days. Dharam decides to stay with his brother until further notice.
Prem sees Dharam's watch, a Rolex and decides to finish their debt to Tobu by giving him the Rolex. Dharam occasionally flirts with Jhanvi(Vidya) which irks Prem. in a similar way, Prem pays off the debt now by giving Tobu the royal gift of the king that turns out to be pickle for the princess. Immediately after Prem comes back home, A frantic jhanvi becomes unconscious and is rushed to the hospital by Prem, this is seen by Dharam and he follows them to the hospital and slaps Prem for taking jhanvi, the doctor informs Prem that Jhanvi is pregnant.
Veer feels extremely guilty now because his brother thinks that Vidya and him are having a baby, veer decides that he will tell Dharam the truth but before that Dharam reveals that his flight to lushoto has been booked. before Dharam leaves, Tobu and his men barge in the house and Dharam finds out the truth. The house is soon surrounded by thugs from lushoto, who turn out to be the king's men. it is later revealed that Dharam and the princess had an affair and that the princess is pregnant. The king's men want Dharam and the princess to get married. they accept and its a happy ending.
Cast
* Sanjay Dutt as Dharam Kapoor
* Ajay Devgan as Prem Chopra
* Fardeen Khan as Veer Kapoor
* Bipasha Basu as Jhanvi Chopra (Real) / Gutoto, Princess of Lushoto (Double Role) / Vidya (Fake)
* Mugdha Godse as Vidya Kapoor (Real) / Jhanvi (Fake)
* Ashwini Kalsekar as Mary, a Malayali Maid
* Sanjay Mishra as Raghunandandas Govardhandas Vakawale 'aka' RGV (Just Chill)
* Johnny Lever as Tobu
* Neha Kakkar as Monika "Mona" Singla
* Vijay Patkar as Goli
* Mukesh Tiwari as Chautala, Dharam's Secretary
* Asrani as Vidya's Psycho Father
* Atul Parchure as Dhondu
* Shraddha Musale as Betty (keyboard player on Veer's band)
* Puneet Vashisht as Chris
Awards
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| Sanjay Dutt
| IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
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| Ajay Devgn
| Stardust Award for Best Actor in a Comedy or Romance
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| Ajay Devgn
| Apsara Award Best Actor in a Comic Role
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Release and Reception
The movie was released in Diwali just like Golmaal series. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Box office
The film had opened to an average start as it released with two other diwali releases that year but had later picked up due to positive word of mouth . It was rated as "Average" in India, and is the eighth highest grossing Bollywood film of 2009.Soundtrack
Released by T-Series, the soundtrack was composed by Pritam and the lyrics were penned by Kumaar.
Track listing
References
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