Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani

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Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
फिर भी दिल है हिंदुस्तानी
پھِر بھی دِل ہے ہندُسْتانی
File:Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani .jpg
Directed by Aziz Mirza
Produced by Shahrukh Khan
Juhi Chawla
Aziz Mirza
Written by Sanjay Chhel
Raaj Kumar Dahima
Manoj Lalwani
Starring Shahrukh Khan
Juhi Chawla
Johnny Lever
Paresh Rawal
Music by Jatin-Lalit
Cinematography Santosh Sivan
Distributed by Dreamz Unlimited
Release dates
 21 January 2000
Running time
 166 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹13 crore (US$1.9 million)[1]
Box office ₹25.46 crore (US$3.8 million)[2]

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (Hindi: फिर भी दिल है हिंदुस्तानी, Urdu: پھِر بھی دِل ہے ہندُسْتانی‎, "Yet the heart is still Indian") is a Bollywood comedy-drama film released by Dreamz Unlimited on 21 January 2000. The film was directed by Aziz Mirza and stars Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla focuses on the media war being fought in the TV newsrooms. Ajay Bakshi and Ria Banerjee are two television reporters for rival news channels who try to save the life of a man who has been fixed by a politicians for the death of his brother, from a death sentence. The film marked the first attempted by Khan, Chawla and Mirza under their new production company Dreamz Unlimited.

Plot

Ajay Bakshi (Shahrukh Khan) is a successful loudmouthed reporter, working for a reputed news channel. His father was a freedom fighter living on a measly pension. Ajay thinks that his fathers ideal & sacrifices have given him nothing. He has no respect for his father's ideals, which his father still sticks to. The rival news channel ropes in Ria Banerjee (Juhi Chawla) as his answer. Ria is the antithesis of Ajay & uses her charm to get her work done.

Pappu Junior alias Choti (Johnny Lever) is a don who is soon to be ousted from his own gang, owing to his inability to make it big in the crime world. Ajay approaches Choti with an offer: arrange a fake attack on a minister Ramakant's (Shakti Kapoor) brother (Mahavir Shah) on national TV. Choti will earn respect & Ajay's channel will gain TRP. Little does Ajay know that the plan is going to turn too real.

The minister's brother is gunned down by an assailant named Mohan Joshi (Paresh Rawal). When Ajay learns that he was not Choti's man, he panics. Ria learns about Ajay & Choti's deal, but they decide to help each other nevertheless. Minister Ramakant, takes advantage for his brother's death to gain votes and sympathy he organises a pogrom. In the turn of events, Mohan is arrested, but does not open his mouth even once during police torture. To avoid any public unrest, the ACP (Anjan Srivastav) declares that Mohan is a terrorist working for unknown terror organisations. Meanwhile, Mohan somehow escapes out of jail.

Ajay & Ria are fighting over the matter in their car, unaware that Mohan is hiding in the same car. Mohan accosts them, where Ajay accuses him of being a terrorist. Mohan has an angry outburst & tells him that he is not a terrorist. Mohan goes on to narrate his story. Mohan has an ailing wife (Neena Kulkarni) & a now-dead daughter. Mohan says that his daughter went to an interview for a secretarial job at the victim's office, where the latter raped and beaten her badly and she dies by the trauma & Mohan was left helpless & running from door to door for justice. Hence hopeless, he took the law into his own hands.

Ajay & Ria are shaken by his confession & decide to help Mohan. Ajay hands over the video tape of this confession to his boss and Ajay's uncle Kaka (Satish Shah). Unfortunately, the minister has joined hands with his opposition rival minister Mushran (Govind Namdeo) as he fears that their secrets might come out if Mohan surrenders. Similarly, Ajay's boss forms an alliance with Ria's boss (Dalip Tahil) after knowing about the tape. The ministers & channel heads come together and trick Ajay & Ria to give the tape to them.

Only after they give the tape do they realise what the truth is. Ajay is angry at first, but comes up with a plan to retrieve the tape back from the politicians and their respective bosses. With the help of Ria & Choti, he succeeds in obtaining the tape. Here Mohan has been arrested by police & is sent to be publicly hanged. Ajay succeeds in broadcasting Mohan's confession just an hour before the execution & tearfully requests the nation to stop this injustice.

The ministers and policemen try to stop the protesters from coming to the execution ground by making the police barricade the entrance and policemen and head inspector (Vishwajeet Pradhan) beats up Ajay. The ACP decides to join Ajay & Ria, thus neutralising the police barricades. In a blatant mockery of media's TRP hogger attitude, Mohan is made to wear a T-shirt containing logos of various companies & is prepared for execution. Just seconds before the execution, Ajay & the protesters succeed in saving Mohan and beats up the politicians by public.

Mohan's execution is called off. Ajay's father tells him that his ideals may not have given him money, but they gave him something far more important – Ajay. Ajay proposes to Ria in front of all the protesters; Ria accepts after playful funny banter with him.

Cast

Music

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
Studio album by Jatin Lalit
Released 2000
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 33:26
Label Sony Music
Producer Jatin-Lalit
Jatin Lalit chronology
Mohabbatein
(2000)Mohabbatein2000		 Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
(2000)		 Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya
(2000)Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Planet Bollywood 8.5/10 stars[3]

The music of the film was appreciated. Manish Dhamija of Planet Bollywood gave 8.5 stars stating, "Overall, the album is a pleasant surprise from Jatin-Lalit".[3] the soundtrack and feature song "Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani" in particular, with its concept of "Love our country", were well-received and praised for their patriotism. Author M. J. Akbar highlighted the "very heavy winking" by Khan during his performance of the song, accompanying the evocative lyrics.[4]

# Title Singer(s) Length
1 "Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani" Udit Narayan 04:00
2 "I Am The Best – Male" Abhijeet 04:18
3 "I Am The Best – Female" Jaspinder Narula 04:18
4 "Banke Tera Jogi" Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik 04:43
5 "Vande Mataram" Shankar Mahadevan and Ehsaan 04:39
6 "Kuch To Bata" Abhijeet and Alka Yagnik 04:32
7 "Aur Kya" Abhijeet and Alka Yagnik 05:03
8 "Aao Na Aao Na" Jatin Pandit 01:53

Box office

Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani grossed ₹18.20 crore (US$2.7 million) in India and $1.67 million (₹7.26 crore) in other countries, for a worldwide total of ₹25.46 crore (US$3.8 million), against its ₹13 crore (US$1.9 million) budget. It had a worldwide opening weekend of ₹7.45 crore (US$1.1 million), and grossed ₹12.50 crore (US$1.9 million) in its first week.[2] It is the 13th-highest-grossing film of 2000 worldwide.[5]

India

It opened on Friday, January 21, 2000, across 240 screens, and earned ₹91 lakh (US$140,000) nett on its opening day. It grossed ₹2.74 crore (US$410,000) nett in its opening weekend, and had a first week of ₹5.08 crore (US$750,000) nett. The film earned a total of ₹10.74 crore (US$1.6 million) nett, and was declared "Flop" by Box Office India.[2] It is the 19th-highest-grossing film of 2000 in India.[6]

Overseas

It had an opening weekend of $650,000 (₹2.82 crore) and went on to gross $900,000 (₹3.91 crore) in its first week. The film earned a total of $1.67 million (₹7.26 crore) at the end of its theatrical run.[2] Overseas, It is the 2nd-highest-grossing film of 2000 after Mohabbatein which grossed $4.17 million (₹19.39 crore).[7]

'Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani' worldwide collections breakdown
Territory Territory wise Collections break-up
India Nett Gross:
₹10.74 crore (US$1.6 million)
Distributor share:
₹5.57 crore (US$830,000)
Total Gross:
₹18.20 crore (US$2.7 million)
International
(Outside India)		 $1.67 million (₹7.26 crore)
Worldwide ₹25.46 crore (US$3.8 million)

See also

References

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External links

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