Ajnabee 2001 film

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{{short description|2001 film by Abbas-Mustan}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Ajnabee
| image = Ajnabee 2001 poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Abbas–Mustan]]
| producer = Vijay Galani
| screenplay = Sanjeev Duggal [[Neeraj Vora]] [[Robin Bhatt]] [[Shyam Goel]]
| story = [[Neeraj Vora]]
| starring = [[Akshay Kumar]] [[Bobby Deol]] [[Kareena Kapoor]] [[Bipasha Basu]]
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Anu Malik]] '''Background Score:''' [[Surinder Sodhi]]
| cinematography = Rajan Kinagi
| editing = Hussain A Burmawala
| distributor = Film Folks, [[Venus Records & Tapes|Venus Records]], [[Tips Industries|Tips Tapes Pvt. Ltd.]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2001|09|21}}
| runtime = 165 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}17 crore<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=663/ |title = Ajnabee – Movie – Box Office India}}</ref>
| gross = '''Worldwide Gross''': 31.83 crore '''India Gross''': {{INR}}28.83 crore '''Total Nett Gross''': {{INR}}17.04 crore<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=663/ |title = Ajnabee – Movie – Box Office India}}</ref>
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'''''Ajnabee''''' ({{trans|Stranger}}) is a 2001 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[mystery film|mystery]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Abbas Burmawalla|Abbas]]-[[Mustan Burmawalla|Mustan]] and produced by Vijay Galani. It stars [[Akshay Kumar]], [[Bobby Deol]], [[Kareena Kapoor Khan]] and [[Bipasha Basu]] in the lead, with [[Johnny Lever]], [[Dalip Tahil]], Narendra Bedi and [[Sharat Saxena]] in supporting roles. The film is an adaptation of the 1992 American thriller ''[[Consenting Adults (1992 film)|Consenting Adults]]'', directed by [[Alan J. Pakula]]. It was the second film of [[Akshay Kumar]] and [[Abbas-Mustan]] after ''[[Khiladi (1992 film)|Khiladi]]'' and the second film of [[Bobby Deol]] and [[Abbas-Mustan]] after ''[[Soldier (1998 Indian film)|Soldier]]''.

==Plot==

Raj ([[Bobby Deol]]) and Priya ([[Kareena Kapoor]]) meet by chance and fall in love after a whirlwind romance. They marry and reside in [[Switzerland]], where they meet another Indian couple: Vikram ([[Akshay Kumar]]) and Sonia ([[Bipasha Basu]]). The couples quickly become friends and decide to go on a Christmas vacation together to [[Mauritius]].

During their vacation, Raj sees Vikram with another woman, kissing and looking intimate. At the same time, Sonia begins to try to seduce Raj, who rejects her. Vikram notices Raj looking at Sonia and casually talks to him about [[Swinging (sexual practice)|wife swapping]], this upsets Raj and an argument breaks out between the two men. However, a couple of days later, they resolve their issues and become friends again. On Vikram's birthday, the two men celebrate by getting drunk together, sharing bottles of alcohol. Once again, Vikram asks whether he could become Raj for one night and tells Raj to become Vikram, which Raj rebuffs, but still, both men end up in opposite houses.

The next day Raj wakes up to find a woman in bed and realizes he is in Vicky's house. After talking to Priya about last night, he imagines Vicky was able to seduce and convince Priya to go ahead with his wife swapping and Priya allows Vicky to have sex with her. After some time, Sonia is found dead, and Raj is accused of her murder since his fingerprints are found on the murder weapon - an alcohol bottle. Determined to prove his innocence, Raj manages to escape from the court and is chased by the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] police. He meets Priya, who eventually believes his innocence and aids him in finding out what really happened. He decides to search Vikram's house, only to be interrupted by Vikram, who calls the police and then reveals that everything was planned in advance. Raj escapes in Vikram's car with Priya.

Raj finds a boarding pass that belongs to Sonia Bajaj, which states that Sonia arrived in [[Zurich]] on 29 December — however, Sonia was supposedly murdered on that night. Raj suspects her to be the woman he saw with Vikram, traveling to [[Geneva]] together. In Geneva, Raj meets an insurance officer who is trying to find evidence that Vikram was involved in the death of his wife, in order to receive her life insurance payment of $100 million. Working with the insurance agent, Raj traces Vikram to a cruise ship. There, he sees Vikram dancing with a woman who is revealed to be 'Sonia', alive and well. Raj confronts Vikram, who finally explains the whole devious plan - the woman whom he kissed in Mauritius was his actual wife Sonia Bajaj ([[Mink Brar]]), while the woman with him that Priya and Raj were introduced to in Switzerland is his girlfriend Neeta. Vikram, a struggling musician, married the wealthy and glamorous Sonia and convinced her to take out an insurance plan of $100 million on herself. He then formulated a plan with Neeta to have Sonia murdered so that they could collect the money.

Vikram boasts about having pinned the murder on Raj. However, Raj takes Vikram to a computer and shows him his empty bank account. Raj says that he had guessed the password, "Everything is planned", something that Vikram used to say a lot, and used it to transfer the money back to the insurance company. Raj also reveals that everything Vikram said had been recorded. A fight erupts between the two and Neeta dies in the conflict. Angered at losing Neeta, Vikram gets aggressive, killing the insurance officer and seemingly kills Raj. He chases Priya to kill her too, but soon it was revealed that Raj was alive and he impales Vikram by an anchor from the cruise ship, killing him. Raj and Priya return to India in the end.

==Cast==
* [[Akshay Kumar]] as Vikram Bajaj / Vicky
* [[Bobby Deol]] as Raj Malhotra
* [[Kareena Kapoor]] as Priya Malhotra
* [[Bipasha Basu]] as Neeta / Fake Sonia Bajaj
* [[Mink Brar]] as Real Sonia Bajaj
* [[Johnny Lever]] as Banu Pradhan (BP)
* [[Amita Nangia]] as Sheena Devi Radhika
* [[Dalip Tahil]] as Priya's father
* [[Sharat Saxena]] as the insurance officer
* [[Sheela Sharma]] as Vina Chandra Devi
* Narendra Bedi as Lakhan Pal (LP)

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Ajnabee 2.0
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Anu Malik]]
| cover =
| caption =
| alt =
| released = 2001
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 50:38
| label = [[Tips Industries|Tips Music]]
| producer = ABBAS MUSTAAN TIPS FILM 2021
| prev_title =
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title =
| next_year = 2021
}}

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Planet Bollywood
| rev1Score = {{Rating|6.5|10}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Mandeep|last=Bahra|title=Music Review – Ajnabee|url=http://planetbollywood.com/Music/AJNABEE/|publisher=Planet Bollywood|accessdate=2012-03-20}}</ref>
}}

The soundtrack for ''Ajnabee'' is composed by [[Anu Malik]] and the lyrics are penned by [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]. It is released by Tips Music.<ref>{{cite web|work=iTunes|title=Ajnabee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ajnabee-original-motion-picture/id483063461|publisher=iTunes|accessdate=2012-03-19}}</ref>

In 2011, ten years after the release of ''Ajnabee'', Malik claimed that the song "Character Dheela" from the film ''[[Ready (2011 film)|Ready]]'' is an unauthorised copy of the song "Mohabbat Naam Hai" while informing the media that he will likely file a suit against composer, [[Pritam]] for plagiarism.<ref>{{cite news|title=Character Dheela- a copy of my song: Anu Malik|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20110174336&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=music&nid=101663|accessdate=2012-03-19|newspaper=NDTV|date=26 April 2011|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921090654/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20110174336&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=music&nid=101663|archive-date=21 September 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> According to the Indian trade website [[Box Office India]], with around 22,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's sixth highest-selling.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215081557/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5&PHPSESSID=108b9056cd4ca14236f9c6119d34dcce|archivedate=15 February 2008|publisher=[[Box Office India]]|accessdate=12 July 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Title !! Artist(s)!! Length
|-
| 1
| "Mohabbat Naam Hai"
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
| 6:19
|-
| 2
| "Mehbooba Mehbooba"
| [[Adnan Sami]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| 7:27
|-
| 3
| "Meri Zindagi Mein Ajnabee"
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| 6:57
|-
| 4
| "Mujhko Neend Aa Rahi Hai"
| [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| 4:46
|-
| 5
| "Dance Music"
| [[Anu Malik]]
| 1:22
|-
| 6
| "Kaun Main Haan Tum"
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Bobby Deol]], [[Akshay Kumar]], [[Bipasha Basu]], [[Kareena Kapoor]]
| 6:44
|-
| 7
| "Kasam Se Teri Aankhen Aaiya Re Aaiya"
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Hema Sardesai]]
| 5:55
|-
| 8
| "Jab Tumhe Aashiqui Maloom"
| [[Kumar Sanu]]
| 6:48
|-
| 9
| "Mehbooba Mehbooba (E-Groove Mix)"
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Adnan Sami]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]], [[DJ Khalif]]
| 4:20
|}

==Production==
Originally, actress [[Mahek Chahal]] was cast in the role of Neeta (Fake Sonia) which eventually was given to [[Bipasha Basu]]. The climax of the film was shot in Muscat, Dubai and [[Bahrain]] on the Indian-owned cruise liner Ocean Majesty.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/1220754/|title=Climax of Ajnabee to be shot on a cruise liner: - Bollywood Hungama|last=Hungama|first=Bollywood|date=2001-05-01|work=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=2018-05-29|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Reception==
''Ajnabee'' received mostly mixed reviews from critics. The performance of [[Akshay Kumar]] was praised by both critics and audiences.

==Box office==
The film's Total Nett Gross was {{INR}}17.04 crore and was declared a "Superhit"by the [[Box Office India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=663/|title=Ajnabee - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>

==Awards & Nominations==
*''''[[Filmfare Awards]]''''
Won
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role|Best Villain]] - [[Akshay Kumar]]
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut|Best Female Debut]] - [[Bipasha Basu]]
Nominated
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] - [[Adnan Sami]] - 'Mehbooba Mehbooba'
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role|Best Comedian]] - [[Johnny Lever]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb movie}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|ajnabee}}

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[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of English films]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anu Malik]]
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