Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge
| Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Nupur Asthana |
| Written by | Anvita Dutt Guptan |
| Screenplay by | Rajesh Narasimhan |
| Story by | Pooja Desai Ashish Patil |
| Produced by | Ashish Patil |
| Starring | Saqib Saleem Saba Azad Nishant Dahiya Tara D’Souza Harsh Nagar |
| Cinematography | Neha Parti Matiyani |
| Edited by | Khushboo Agarwal Raj |
| Music by | Raghu Dixit |
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Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge (transl. Will you be friends with me?) is a 2011 Indian Hindi romantic comedy film directed by debutante Nupur Asthana, starring debutant actors Saqib Saleem, Saba Azad, Tara D'Souza and Nishant Dahiya in the lead roles. The film is the second production of Y-Films, a subsidiary of Yash Raj Films. Loosely inspired from the 2001 Telugu film Anandam and the social networking site Facebook, it is written by lyricist Anvita Dutt Guptan with a screenplay by Rajesh Narasimhan, based on a story by Pooja Desai and producer Ashish Patil.[1]
Plot
University students Vishal Bhatt and Preity Sen hate each other. Vishal's good-looking best friend Rahul Sareen (Nishant Dahiya) is a singer and is pretty popular amongst the girls in their college. Vishal writes the lyrics for Rahul's songs but never takes any credit for them. Preity is the president of the Photography Club. Preity's good-looking friend Malvika Kelkar is a fashion design student. Malvika's parents live abroad, leading to her stay with Preity and her mother, Arunima. Rahul ignores a lot of friend requests from girls on social networking sites including Facebook and Malvika; similarly, he ignores a lot of requests from guys.
Vishal likes Malvika, and Preity likes Rahul. Vishal sends a friend request to Malvika through Rahul's account. Malvika, as usual, ignores the friend request (thinking Rahul is desperate because he sent her a request after only meeting once). Preity, after Malvika leaves, uses her account and accepts the friend request from Rahul. Vishal starts chatting with Malvika, pretending to be Rahul. But he is actually talking to Preity, who is pretending to be Malvika and thinking that she's talking to Rahul. Vishal and Preity are busted by their friends, and they request their friends Rahul and Malvika to go on a date.
Rahul and Malvika start liking each other after seeing that they have a lot in common. They go on a double date, Malvika with Vishal and Preity with Rahul. The college is celebrating its silver jubilee. The theme for the festival is a photographic documentary (idea of Preity) of the romantic history of the college (idea of Vishal). Vishal and Preity have to work together, sorting their differences. They have a lot in common; they are both immature and bicker a lot. Slowly, after spending time together, they both sort out their differences and gradually become friends. At Rahul's birthday party, Vishal finds Rahul kissing Malvika. On seeing this, an enraged Vishal tells Malvika that it was he who had chatted on Facebook with her and not Rahul. It is soon discovered that Preity, too, has overheard the conversation. This angers her, resulting in her telling him that it was not Malvika but her who chatted with him. She admits that she had fallen in love with him, but Vishal is still angry at what he considers his friend Rahul's betrayal. At the college's Silver Jubilee festival, Vishal finally realizes his mistake and tells Preity that he loves her during the event on stage, ending up in them kissing, celebrating the new generation of romance.
Cast
- Saqib Saleem as Vishal Bhatt
- Saba Azad as Preity Sen
- Nishant Dahiya as Rahul Sareen
- Tara D’Souza as Malvika Kelkar
- Suparna Marwah as Arunima Sen, Preity's mother
- Prabal Panjabi as Hacky
- Manasi Rachh as Neha
- Harsh Nagar as Amit Khanna
- Chitrak Bandyopadhyay as Satyavrat "Machoman" Bandyopadhyay
- Zuha Sharma as Rashmi Patel
- Pavan Malhotra as Bhatia Ji (Gurcharan Bhatia)
- Mita Vashisht as Ms. Raghubir
Production
On 1 April 2011 the film was unveiled publicly as the second production venture of Y-Films and the cast of the film met the press along with the actors from Y-Films' other venture, Luv Ka The End.[2]
Reception
Critical response
Upon release the film received positive reviews from critics.[3][4] Deepa Garimella of Fullhyd.com rated it 6 out of 10, stating, "You could watch it once if you're about 18, but those who're older will have to skip it."[5] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, MUJHSE FRAAANDSHIP KAROGE is engaging, funny, brimming with style and wit. It's for the youth and the young at heart. Go for it!"[6] Vivek Radhakrishnan of The Hindu wrote, "Mujse Fraaandship Karoge, turns out to be a snappy and breezy film that delights."[7]
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 2.5 out of 5, writing, "Debutant director Nupur Asthana prevents things from getting too cute and precious by keeping her characters as grounded as they can get in a YRF [Yash Raj Films] setting."[8]
Soundtrack
Most of the film's music is composed by Raghu Dixit. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the soundtrack three stars out of five and praised it for the variety Dixit brought in the five songs he composed. He also said the album has the kind of songs that should not be dependent upon the theatrical run of the movie and is expected to find listeners even after the movie releases.[9]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dheaon Dheaon" | Vishal Dadlani, Aditi Singh Sharma, Machas With Attitude (Rap) | |
| 2. | "Uh-Oh Uh-Oh!" | Ash King, Shilpa Rao | |
| 3. | "Baatein Shuru" | Joi Barua, Shefali Alvaris | |
| 4. | "Chu Le" | Suraj Jagan | |
| 5. | "Har Saans Main" | Raghu Dixit | |
| 6. | "Dheaon Dheaon (The Seeti Seeti Bang Bang Mix)" | Vishal Dadlani, Aditi Singh Sharma | |
| 7. | "Uh-Oh Uh-Oh! 2.0" | Ash King, Shilpa Rao | |
| 8. | "Chu Le (The Big Bang Mix)" | Suraj Jagan |
References
- ^ "Mujhse Fraaanship Karoge is based on Facebook". ETC. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "YRF to launch 7 new faces". The Times of India. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "Creative pay-offs". The Hindu. 22 October 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Fraaands and Benefits". The Indian Express. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ Deepa Garimella (14 October 2011). "Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge Review". fullhyd.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ Adarsh, Taran (14 October 2011). "Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Mujse Fraaandship Karoge - Comedy of errors". The Hindu. 19 October 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ Gupta, Shubhra (14 October 2011). "Mujshe Fraandship Karoge". The Indian Express. New Delhi. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge : Music Review by Joginder Tuteja". bollywoodhungama.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
