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Main Hoon Na 
Theatrical release posterDirected by Farah Khan Produced by Shahrukh Khan
Gauri KhanScreenplay by Farah Khan
Abbas TyrewalaStory by Farah Khan Starring Shahrukh Khan
Sushmita Sen
Sunil Shetty
Zayed Khan
Amrita RaoMusic by Anu Malik Cinematography V. Manikandan Editing by Shirish Kunder Distributed by Red Chillies Entertainment Release date(s) April 30, 2004 Running time 175 mins Country India Language Hindi Budget 
25 crore (US$5.07 million)[1]Box office 67.82 crore (US$13.75 million)[2]Main Hoon Na (Hindi: मैं हूँ ना, translation: I am here for you) is a Bollywood masala film written and directed by Farah Khan. It was the first film of Khan production company Red Chillies Entertainment. It was released on 30 April 2004 and went on to become a box-office success. It starred Shahrukh Khan, Zayed Khan, Sunil Shetty, Amrita Rao, & Sushmita Sen.
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Plot summary
Main Hoon Na tells the story of Ram Prasad Sharma (Shahrukh Khan) and his efforts to foil the terrorist Raghavan Datta (Sunil Shetty). Ram is simultaneously attempting to mend relations with his father's estranged first wife and his half-brother Lakshman.
Raghavan is a former army officer court-martialed for executing eleven illiterate Pakistani civilians who accidentally crossed the border in search of water. He wants to sabotage Project Milaap (Unity), a first step towards friendship between India and Pakistan.
First he tries to kill General Amar Singh Bakshi (Kabir Bedi), the commander of the Indian Army, during a television interview. This fails due to Major Ram's intervention, although Raghavan does succeed in killing Brigadier Shekhar Sharma (Naseeruddin Shah), Major Sharma's father, who had ordered his decommission. He also threatens Bakshi's daughter Sanjana (Amrita Rao). As the elder Sharma dies, he tells Ram about his step mother Madhu (Kirron Kher) and half-brother Lakshman (Zayed Khan) and begs Ram to re-establish relations with them; Madhu had left Brigadier Sharma after discovering that he had a mistress who bore Major Ram.
The general later asks Major Sharma, who is clearly older than most students, to go undercover as a student at the college to protect Sanjana. He can also look for Lakshman at the same time, since he lives in the same town. Ram goes undercover as an older returning student. He finds Sanjana, nicknamed Sanju, and her friend Lucky, who is somewhat of a legend and idol at the school, because of his brash, wild and disrespectful manner, and his failure of the final year exams three times in a row. At first they do not like him and harass him regularly. One day when Lucky’s life is in danger, Ram comes to the rescue. He finds out that Lucky is Lakshman, and befriend them both. Ram quickly becomes a sensation among the whole school community, and falls in love with the chemistry teacher Chandni (Sushmita Sen).
Meanwhile Raghvan gives an order to shoot a friend of Sanjana named Percy in order to show the general that if he can kill one of her friends, he can definitely kill her as well. Ram is able to break this up and capture Raghvan's right-hand man and former army colleague Khan.
Raghvan is frustrated with Major Ram's actions and decides to go undercover as a teacher at the college. He later takes the entire school hostage and asks for Khan to be released, for Major Ram brought to him by a helicopter, and for Project Milaap to be stopped, or everyone will be executed. Ram and Khan arrive in a hall where all the frightened and worried students and teachers are being held. Khan has been convinced by Ram that Raghvan is wrong and helps him to free the students. Khan pretends to have ultra-hawkish opinions and shoots Ram dead in front of the school community, ostensibly against Raghvan's orders. However, Ram is wearing a bullet-proof vest and Khan takes his "body" away and releases him to start the fight against Raghvan. Khan is found out to be helping Ram, and murdered by Raghvan.
Meanwhile Pakistan has decided to release prisoners as well. In the climax, Raghvan battles Ram in a deserted part of the school, while Lucky gets onto an army helicopter to help rescue Ram. After the fight, Ram blows up Raghvan and jumps onto the helicopter just as the entire building goes up in flames.
On the border, the Pakistani and Indian prisoners are released and returned to their families. Ram and Lucky later empty their father's ashes into the Ganges River with their mother watching sadly. The movie ends with Lucky finally graduating from college (along with Ram), and then the credits appear as a music video.
Cast
- Shahrukh Khan as Major Ram Prasad Sharma
- Sunil Shetty as Raghavan / Major Raghav Dutta
- Sushmita Sen as Miss Chandni (Chemistry Teacher)
- Zayed Khan as Lakshman Prasad Sharma a.k.a Lucky
- Amrita Rao as Sanjana Bakshi a.k.a Sanju
- Kabir Bedi as General Bakshi
- Naseeruddin Shah as Brigadier Shekhar Sharma
- Kirron Kher as Mrs. Madhu Sharma
- Bindu as Mrs. Kakkad
- Boman Irani as The Principal
- Satish Shah as Professor Rasai
- Rakhi Sawant as Mini
- Praveen Sirohi as Vivek
- Murli Sharma as Khan
Box office
Main Hoon Na was the second highest grossing Indian movie of 2004.[3] It made Rs.48,00,00,000 in India and an additional Rs.19,82,00,000 in the overseas market. Box Office India declared it a hit.[2]
Music
Main Hoon Na 
Soundtrack album by Anu Malik Released May 2, 2004 Recorded YRF Studios (Mumbai) Genre Feature film soundtrack Length 40:25 Language Hindi
EnglishLabel T-Series Producer Anu Malik Anu Malik chronology Murder
(2004)Main Hoon Na
(2004)Fida
(2004)The music was composed by Anu Malik and for this, he won his second Best Music Director Award at the Filmfare Awards. The lyrics were provided by Javed Akhtar.
Song Singer(s) Duration Notes "Main Hoon Na" Sonu Nigam & Shreya Ghoshal 06:03 Pictured on Shahrukh Khan, Zayed Khan & Amrita Rao;
Sonu Nigam received several award nominations and an MTV Immies Best Male Singer Award"Tumse Milke" Sonu Nigam, Aftab Sabri & Hasim Sabri 06:02 Pictured on Shahrukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khan & Amrita Rao;
Sonu Nigam received several award nominations"Tumhe Jo Maine Dekha" Abhijeet Bhattacharya & Shreya Ghoshal 05:44 Pictured on Shahrukh Khan & Sushmita Sen "Gori Gori" KK, Anu Malik, Sunidhi Chauhan & Shreya Ghoshal 04:31 Pictured on Shahrukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khan, Amrita Rao, Sunil Shetty, Boman Irani & Bindu "Chale Jaise Hawayein" KK & Vasundhara Das 05:26 Pictured on Zayed Khan & Amrita Rao "Main Hoon Na (Sad Version)" Abhijeet Bhattacharya 04:18 Pictured on whole cast "Yeh Fizayein" KK & Alka Yagnik 05:19 Pictured on whole cast and crew during end credits Awards
Main Hoon Na received many awards and nominations. The awards it won are highlighted in bold[4]:
Filmfare Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Anu Malik.
- Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan.
- Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Zayed Khan.
- Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Amrita Rao.
- Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role - Suniel Shetty.
- Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role - Boman Irani.
- Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Sonu Nigam.
- Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Javed Akhtar.
Star Screen Awards
- Star Screen Award for Best Music - Anu Malik.
- Star Screen Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Sonu Nigam.
- Star Screen Award for Best Actor In A Supporting Role - Zayed Khan.
- Star Screen Award for Best Action - Allan Amin.
- Star Screen Award for Best Background Music - Ranjit Barot.
- Star Screen Award for Best Choreography - Farah Khan.
- Star Screen Award for Best Lyrics - Javed Akhtar.
- Star Screen Award for Publicity Design - Rahul Nanda & Himanshu Nanda.
- Star Screen Award for Best Sound Recording - Shirish Kunder & Rakesh Ranjan.
References
- ^ "Main Hoon Na". IBOS Network. http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Main+Hoon+Na. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ^ a b "Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide". Boxofficeindia.com. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=312&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU=. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ^ "Box Office 2004". Boxofficeindia.com. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=210&catName=MjAwNA==. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
- ^ "Awards for MHN 2004". BollywoodHungama.com. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/awards/7134/index.html. Retrieved 2005.
External links
Red Chillies Entertainment Key people Shahrukh Khan (Founder) • Gauri Khan (Co-founder)Filmography Main Hoon Na (2004) • Kaal (2005) • Om Shanti Om (2007) • Billu (2009) • My Name Is Khan (2010) • Always Kabhi Kabhi (2011) • Ra.One (2011) •Assets Red Chillies VFX • Kolkata Knight RidersBollywood (Hindi cinema) Directors · Actors · Playback singers · Music Directors · Songs · Bibliography 
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