Main Aur Mrs. Khanna

Infobox Film
name = Main Aur Mrs. Khanna


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caption = Movie poster for "Main Aur Mrs. Khanna"
director = Prem Soni
producer = Sohail Khan Ronnie Screwvala
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starring = Salman Khan Kareena Kapoor Sohail Khan
music = Sajid Wajid
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distributor = UTV Motion Pictures
released = February 13, 2009
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country = IND
language = Hindi
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imdb_id = 1174041

"Main Aur Mrs. Khanna" is a forthcoming Indian Bollywood film that stars Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Sohail Khan in pivotal roles. Directed by debutante Prem Soni and currently filming, the film, which revolves around the theme of extramarital affair, will be produced by Sohail Khan and Ronnie Screwvala under the banner of UTV Motion Pictures, and is expected to release on February 13, 2009. [cite web|author=Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network|title=UTV Release Dates For 2008 and 2009|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=317&nCat=news&PHPSESSID=521698b6eb755a4e9a02b5f6b21644b3|publisher=BoxOffice India.com|date=July 25, 2008|accessdate=2008-07-27]

Production

Pre-production work began in mid-2007 when actors Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra were signed on to essay the lead roles in the film.cite web|author=TNN|title=Preity to replace Priyanka?|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Preity_to_replace_Priyanka_/rssarticleshow/2134397.cms|publisher=The Times of India|date=June 20, 2007|accessdate=2008-03-19] However, Chopra later opted out of the film due to date problems and the director was in talks with actresses Preity Zinta and Ayesha Takia.

In August 2007, producer Sohail Khan announced that the film's title was changed to "Mr and Mrs Khanna", and was expected to go on floors in November 2007 with Lara Dutta being signed on for the female lead. [cite web|author=IndiaFM News Bureau|title=Salman, Lara to become Mr and Mrs Khanna|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/08/21/9963/index.html|publisher=IndiaFM|date=August 21, 2007|accessdate=2008-03-19] Unfortunately, Dutta was dropped from the film for unknown reasons and rumours had indicated that Khan was in talks with Kareena Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. The producer later confirmed the news to the media indicating that he had signed Kapoor for the film. [cite web|author=Deshmukh, Ashwini|title=Bhai the way!
url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?Page=article&sectid=30&contentid=20071229200712290417526566ce86e36|publisher=Mumbai Mirror|date=December 29, 2007|accessdate=2008-03-19]

Sources have indicated that Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone will be making guest appearances in the film whereas Preity Zinta will be appearing in an item number but nothing is confirmed as of March 2008. [cite web|author=Dalal, S. & Dubey, B.|title=Star struck|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=30&contentid=200801212008012103143018727d67418|publisher=Mumbai Mirror|date=January 21, 2008|accessdate=2008-03-19] [cite web|author=Kelkar, Reshma|title=Priety's item number in Salman starrer!
url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2888160.cms|publisher=Indiatimes|date=March 22, 2008|accessdate=2008-04-24] However, on June 18, 2008, the latter confirmed the news to the media explaining, "...it’s not an item song, really. It’s an interesting cameo and I’ve agreed to be in the film because the director Prem Soni is a dear friend." [cite web|author=Jha, Subhash K|title=Preity for ‘Prem’|url=http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/entertainment/bollywood/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1186424&_EXT_5_groupId=14|publisher=MiD DAY|date=June 18, 2008|accessdate=2008-06-19]

On March 19, 2008, the cast began filming for the project at Film City in the outskirts of Mumbai [cite web|author=Jha, Subhash K|title="I always get nervous working with Salman" - Kareena|url=http://www.indiafm.com/news/2008/03/19/11072/index.html|publisher=IndiaFM|date=March 19, 2008|accessdate=2008-03-19] and later continued shooting in Melbourne, Australia, where a pivotal scene was shot at the Sydney Airport. [cite web|author=KBR, Upala|title=Here’s looking at you, Bebo|url=http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/entertainment/bollywood/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1134326&_EXT_5_groupId=14|publisher=MiD DAY|date=May 17, 2008|accessdate=2008-05-27] cite web|author=Sharma, Amul|title=Main Aur Sydney!|url=http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/entertainment/bollywood/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1149185&_EXT_5_groupId=14|publisher=MiD DAY|date=May 26, 2008|accessdate=2008-05-27] According to director Prem Soni, the cast will continue to shoot in Melbourne and will return to Mumbai on June 15, 2008.

Cast

* Salman Khan ... Mr. Khanna
* Kareena Kapoor ... Mrs. Khanna
* Sohail Khan ...
* Preity Zinta ... Cameo

References

External links

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* [http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/13648/index.html "Main Aur Mrs Khanna" at IndiaFM]