All The Best: Fun Begins is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Ajay Devgn. An official adaptation of the English comedy play Right Bed, Wrong Husband published by Samuel French, Inc., it stars Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Bipasha Basu, Johny Lever, Sanjay Mishra and Mugdha Godse.[3][4][5][6]
| All The Best: Fun Begins | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Rohit Shetty |
| Written by | Screenplay: Robin Bhatt Yunus Sajawal Dialogues: Farhad-Sajid Bunty Rathore |
| Based on | Right Bed, Wrong Husband by Neil E. Schaffner |
| Produced by | Ajay Devgn |
| Starring | Ajay Devgn Sanjay Dutt Fardeen Khan Bipasha Basu Mugdha Godse |
| Cinematography | Dudley |
| Edited by | Steven H. Bernard |
| Music by | Songs: Pritam Background Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury |
Production companies | Kinesis Films Ajay Devgn FFilms |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 141 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹41 crore[2] |
| Box office | ₹61 crore[2] |
The film opened theatrically on 16 October 2009, coinciding with Diwali, and was moderately successful at the box office.[7] It 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
editVeer Kapoor (Fardeen Khan) is a struggling artist who hopes to make it big someday with his rock group, but at present, he is tottering financially. His only source of income is a monthly pocket money of Rs 100,000 from his wealthy elder stepbrother Dharam Kapoor (Sanjay Dutt), for which Veer has told a lie about him being married to Vidya (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 he cannot lose. Impressed by this vehicle, Tobu, in addition to lending Prem and Veer 500,000, invested 500,000 of his own on Prem. Prem loses the race and ends up owing a sum of Rs. 1,000,000 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 at the Goa Airport on his way to Lesotho and insists on catching up with his younger brother. Things get worse when their new tenant arrives and is beaten up 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 Lesotho 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 Dharam's royal gift for the king that turns out to be pickles 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 Lesotho has been booked. Before Dharam leaves, Tobu and his men barge into the house, and Dharam finds out the truth. The house is soon surrounded by thugs from Lesotho, who turn out to be the king's men. It is later revealed that Dharam and the princess had an affair, and now the princess is pregnant. The king's men want Dharam and the princess to get married. They accept, and it's a happy ending.
Cast
edit- Ajay Devgn as Prem Chopra
- Sanjay Dutt as Dharam Kapoor
- Fardeen Khan as Veer Kapoor
- Bipasha Basu as Jhanvi Chopra/fake Vidya/Gutoto, Princess of Lesotho (Double Role)
- Mugdha Godse as Vidya/fake Jhanvi
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Mary, a Malayali maid
- Sanjay Mishra as Raghunandandas Govardhandas Vakawale a.k.a. "R.G.V."
- Johnny Lever as Tobu
- Vijay Patkar as Goli
- Mukesh Tiwari as Chautala, Dharam's secretary
- Asrani as Vidya's father
- Atul Parchure as Dhondu
- Shraddha Musale as Betty (keyboard player on Veer's band)
- Puneet Vashisht as Chris
- Mansi Jain as Richal (Cameo)
Awards
edit| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sanjay Dutt | IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role | Won |
| Ajay Devgn | Stardust Award for Best Actor in a Comedy or Romance | Won | |
| Ajay Devgn | Apsara Award Best Actor in a Comic Role | Won |
Reception
editTaran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5, and while critical of the music as well as the pacing in the second half, he praised the cinematography, dialogues and writing.[8] Mayank Shekhar from Hindustan Times gave the film 3 stars out of 5, and felt that while the premise was pretty weak and nothing made sense, the film was bound to make the viewer crack up more than once in a while.[9]
On the other hand, Sukanya Verma from Rediff.com gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5, remarking that it was the presence of Johnny Lever that made the film work sporadically.[10]
Box office
editThe 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.[11]
Soundtrack
edit| All the Best: Fun Begins | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 11 September 2009 | |||
| Genre | Bollywood film soundtrack | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
| Producer | Pritam | |||
| Pritam chronology | ||||
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Released by T-Series, the soundtrack was composed by Pritam and the lyrics were penned by Kumaar.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "All The Best" | Soham Chakraborty, Rana Majumder, Antara Mitra | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Dil Kare" | Suraj Jagan, Rupam Islam | 5:04 |
| 3. | "Haan Main Jitni Martaba" | KK, Yashita Yashpal | |
| 4. | "Kyon" | Clinton Cerejo | |
| 5. | "You Are My Love" | Neeraj Shridhar, Kunal Ganjawala, Alisha Chinoy, Rajesh, Antra Mali | 3:04 |
| 6. | "Dil Kare (Remix)" | Suraj Jagan, Rupam Islam | 4:56 |
| 7. | "Haan Main Jitni Martaba (Remix)" | KK, Yashita Yashpal | 4:29 |
References
edit- ^ "All The Best - The Fun Begins". British Board of Film Classification.
- ^ a b "AVERAGE ALL THE BEST - FUN BEGINS". boxofficeindia. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Trailer Preview and synopsis of All The Best – Fun Begins Movie". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
- ^ Saltz, Rachel (18 October 2009). "Where Comedy and Complexity Meet". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "All the Best Review 3.5/5 | All the Best Movie Review | All the Best 2009 Public Review | Film Review". Bollywood Hungama. 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ Sinha, Ashish (17 October 2009). "Bollywood lights up with Diwali". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "All The Best - Fun Begins - Movie". Box Office India.
- ^ "All The Best Movie Review: All The Best Movie". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ "Movie Review: All the Best". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ^ "All The Best has its Lever-filled moments". Rediff.com. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
- ^ "Box Office 2009". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2010.