Partner (2007 film)

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The film revolves around a love guru, Prem, who gives wooing advice and ideas to his client, Bhaskar for the latter's ladylove Priya, and also himself falls in love with a widowed mother, Naina. The film's music is composed by Sajid–Wajid, with background score by Salim–Sulaiman.

Partner was released on 20 July 2007. It received a highly positive response, with particular praise for its comedy scenes and Govinda's performance. A critical and commercial blockbuster, Partner collected Template:Indian rupee100.91 crore ({{INRConvert/Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".|100.91|7||USD|year=2023}}) worldwide and was the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2007. Dhawan has expressed interest in creating a sequel to the film, but as of 2022 no script had been finalized and news outlets have reported that the film has been shelved entirely.[3][4]

Plot

Prem is a Love Guru who solves the love issues of his clients. Bhaskar Diwakar Chaudhary comes to Prem for help. Bhaskar loves his boss, Priya Jaisingh, but is unable to express it as she is the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Prem initially refuses to help Bhaskar and goes to Phuket, Thailand. Bhaskar follows him and convinces him to help.

After returning from Thailand, Prem meets Naina, a photojournalist fleeing from Chhota Don, who mimics Shahrukh Khan in Don. Prem saves her and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, he starts teaching Bhaskar how to impress Priya. But rather than Prem's tactics, Bhaskar's simplicity and nonsense endear him to Priya, who falls in love with him. Prem learns that Naina has a son named Rohan from her previous marriage, and to impress her, he takes care of him.

Bhaskar reveals to Prem that Priya will marry someone according to her father's will. The two attend Priya's wedding ceremony with Rohan, who convinces his mother to marry Prem while Priya's father is convinced by Bhaskar. Priya prepares to marry Bhaskar.

Meanwhile, a spoilt brat named Neil Bakshi asks Prem to convince a girl to have a one-night stand with him. Prem angrily tells him that he does not help people with bad intentions. Neil manages to get his one-night stand anyway and ditches the girl, telling her the love guru gave him the advice to do so. The girl turns out to be Naina's friend, Nikki. Naina finds out the Love Guru is Prem. She starts hating Prem and publishes a front-page article exposing him and using Priya-Bhaskar's relationship as an example. Bhaskar is fired from his job as a result.

Prem tells Priya what really happened. Priya realizes that all the things she liked about Bhaskar are what Prem wanted Bhaskar to hide from her and is ready to take Bhaskar back. Prem makes up with Naina by making her hear the truth about him not helping Neil. The two happily marry their partners.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Sajid–Wajid. The soundtrack entered the top five on 23 July 2007.[5] According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 18,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's third highest-selling.[6]

Track list

# Song Singer(s) Picturised on Length
1 "Do You Wanna Partner" Udit Narayan, Shaan, Wajid, Suzanne D'Mello, Clinton Cerejo Salman Khan & Govinda 04:30
2 "You’re My Love" Shaan, Shweta Pandit, Suzanne D'Mello, Earl D’Souza, Aastha Gill Govinda, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan & Lara Dutta 04:35
3 "Dupatta Tera Nau Rang Da" Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, Suzanne D'Mello Govinda, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta & Salman Khan 05:00
4 "Soni De Nakhre" Labh Janjua, Sneha Pant, Wajid Govinda, Katrina Kaif & Salman Khan 04:17
5 "Maria Maria" Wajid, Sonu Nigam, Shakib, Sunidhi Chauhan, Naresh Iyer Salman Khan & Lara Dutta 04:36
6 "You’re My Love" (Remix by DJ A-Myth) Shaan, Shweta Pandit, Suzanne D'Mello, Earl D’Souza, Aastha Gill Excluded in film 04:27
7 "Do You Wanna Partner" (Remix by DJ A-Myth) Udit Narayan, Shaan, Wajid, Suzanne D'Mello, Clinton Cerejo Excluded in film 03:58

Reception

Box office

Box Office India declared the film a "Blockbuster" and was the second biggest domestic opener at that time. It grossed Rs. 1.03 billion in India[7] and $4.19 million overseas.[8]

Accolades

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Nominated:

Legal issues

Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Sony Pictures, owners of the film Hitch, contemplated a $30-million suit against both the Indian producers for copyright infringements.[9] It would have been the second time after the 1957 film Begunah, an international film company took legal action against an Indian entertainment company for plagiarism. Partner was eventually released, with Sony acquiring the world's exclusive satellite broadcasting rights.[10]

References

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External links

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