Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India!

Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India
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Directed by	Ketan Mehta
Produced by	Ketan Mehta
Written by	Parvati Balagopalan
Starring	Shahrukh Khan Deepa Sahi Jaaved Jaffrey Anupam Kher Amrish Puri
Music by	Ranjit Barot
Distributed by	Ketan Metha Productions
Release date(s)	August 11, 1995
Language	Hindi

Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India! (English: Oh Darling! This is India!) is an 1995 Indian musical spoof film directed by Ketan Mehta, and starring Shahrukh Khan, Deepa Sahi, Jaaved Jaffrey and Amrish Puri. It also stars Anupam Kher in a important supporting role.

The film was a social spoof of movies which feature scenes remade as comedies from romance-movies, such as songs-in-the-rain remade into funny-fights in the rain.

Plot summary

Don Quixote (Amrish Puri) is a don who plans on selling India in a widely publicized auction. His plan is simple — kidnap the president (Anupam Kher), replace him with a lookalike (also Anupam Kher), throw a scare and "force" the fake president to sell India. Hero (Shahrukh Khan) is new to Mumbai and broke. Miss India (Deepa Sahi) is living the night in full youth. They meet while deciding what to do with this exciting night. They decide to spend the night entertaining each other in any way possible — joking, dancing or doing anything they can think of.

Meanwhile, Don Quixote's son Prince (Javed Jaffrey) has set his eyes on Miss India, who thwarts his every overture. The night turns out to be an adventurous one for Hero and Miss India. Hero discovers that Miss India's father is a drunkard who wants her to enter prostitution, while Miss India discovers that Hero has brain tumor. When they find out Quixote's plans, they decide to save the president.

Then Quixote gets killed and Prince takes his throne. Prince decides to continue his fathers plan. Some people previously rescued by Hero and Miss India kill the fake president. Prince suddenly makes an entry with his henchmen. Hero, Miss India and their friends successfully overpower the cronies while Hero kills Prince. Finally, Hero makes a makeshift parachute and jumps from the building with Miss India. During the jump, Hero declares that he is glad to be alive. When Miss India reminds him that he has brain tumor, Hero tells her that the X-ray she saw was taken eight years ago.

Cast

• Shahrukh Khan as Hero
• Deepa Sahi as Miss India
• Jaaved Jaffrey as Prince Don
• Anupam Kher as President of India/Nathuram
• Amrish Puri as Don Quixote
• Kader Khan as Bidder1
• Paresh Rawal as Bidder2

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Tujh Pe Marta Hoon"	Ranjit Barot, Alisha Chinai
2	"Par Mila"	Shankar Mahadevan
3	"Aaja Aaja"	Hema Sardesai, Antara Choudhary, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
4	"Raat Hai Qayamat"	Shweta Shetty
5	"Khullam Khulla"	Shankar Mahadevan, Hema Sardesai
6	"Choo Le Ne De"	Shankar Mahadevan, Hema Sardesai
7	"Oh Darling Yeh Hai India"	Shankar Mahadevan, Hema Sardesai, Raghuveer Yadav
8	"Main Hoon Kaun"	Vinod Rathod
9	"Public Ko Hasao"	Shankar Mahadevan, Sudesh Bhosle
10	"Baap Re Baap"	Javed Jaffrey, Shankar Mahadevan
11	"Pyar Bechti Hoon"	Hema Sardesai

Critical reception

Box office

The film didn't do as well as expected at the box-office. It created a circuit of 5 crores in its opening week. The full-gross nett was 9 crores' worldwide. Its ratings were 2/5. Box office India declared it a flop.

External links

• Oh Darling! Yeh Hai India! at the Internet Movie Database