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{{Infobox film
| name = Chal Mere Bhai
| native_name =
| image = Chal Mere Bhai.jpg
| caption = Luv is tough... so laugh a little
| director = [[David Dhawan]]
| producer = Nitin Manmohan
| writer = Rumi Jaffrey (Dialogues)
| story = [[Ikram Akhtar]]
| screenplay = Ikram Akhtar Yunus Sejawal
| narrator =
| starring = [[Sanjay Dutt]] [[Salman Khan]] [[Karishma Kapoor]]
| music = [[Anand-Milind]] Nitin Raikwar, [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]] (Lyrics)
| cinematography = Harmeet Singh
| editing = A. Muthu
| studio =
| distributor = Gaurav Digital Neha Arts [[Eros International]]
| released = {{Film date|2000|5|5|df=yes}}
| runtime = 133 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget = {{INRConvert|14|c|}}<ref>https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=723</ref>
| gross = {{INRConvert|22|c}}<ref>https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=723</ref>
}}

'''''Chal Mere Bhai'''''(translated: ''Come on, my brother'') is a [[Bollywood films of 2000|2000]] Indian [[Hindi language|Hindi]] [[comedy film]]. The film was produced by Nitin Manmohan and directed by [[David Dhawan]]. It stars [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Salman Khan]] and [[Karishma Kapoor]] in the lead roles. This was Karisma's fourth consecutive portrayal of a character with the name Sapna.<ref>https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/chal-mere-bhai/</ref>The film draws a few similaries with ''[[Saajan]]'' which also had [[Sanjay Dutt]] and [[Salman Khan]] as the main leads whereas the lead actors fall in love with the same girl where one of them sacrifices his love for the other guy, [[Salman Khan]] acts as a playboy to create a bad impression towards his beloved in both the films. The plot of the movie was based on the 1982 Pakistani drama ''Ankahi''.

== Plot ==
This is the story of two brothers, Vicky ([[Sanjay Dutt]]) and Prem Oberoi ([[Salman Khan]]) and how their lives are turned upside down by a girl named Sapna ([[Karishma Kapoor]]).

Vicky is a business tycoon who runs his family's huge business empire. Sapna applies for the position of his secretary. She is an orphan who has just moved to Bombay from Pune and is currently living with her uncle and aunt ([[Himani Shivpuri]]). Sapna doesn't have the required experience to be Vicky's secretary, but Vicky's father, Balraj Oberoi ([[Dalip Tahil]]) is impressed by Sapna's passion and hires her.

Prem is an aspiring actor, much to the chagrin of Balraj, who would like Prem to also work for the family business. However, Prem's grandmother ([[Sushma Seth]]) and Vicky support Prem's decision to be an actor. He works with a theater director ([[Shakti Kapoor]]) who happens to be Sapna's uncle.

Sapna is very inefficient at work and Vicky is completely sick of her. But when Vicky is attacked after work, it is Sapna's fast thinking that saves his life. Vicky's family invite her and her family to a short vacation on their farmhouse.<ref>Anustup Basu describes director David Dhawan's creation of a logically-impossible "composite visual world" for the Oberoi's farmhouse, e.g. at 58 mins., Prem drives away from the house in Maharashtra into a lush, green landscape with towering mountains behind, undoubtedly in Austria, given the two other duets with Karisma Kapoor are in Innsbruck and Salzburg ,respectively. See Basu, "The Geo-televisual and Hindi Film in the Age of Information", in ''Bollywood in the Age of New Media: The Geo-Televisual Aesthetic'' (Edinburgh University Press, 2010), 82-83. {{ISBN|9780748641024}}
Basu referenced the same scene in another publication, naming the landscape locale "Swiss", in "The Music of Intolerable Love: Political Conjugality in Mani Ratnam’s ''Dil Se''", in Sangita Gopal and Sujata Moorti, eds., ''Global Bollywood: Travels of Hindi Song and Dance'' (Minneapolis: Univ. of MN Press, 2008), 160.</ref> Vicky's family become quite fond of Sapna. Prem and Sapna also fall in love during this time.<ref>In their second duet, Prem again drives to another Austrian locale (Innsbruck), this time from the Oberoi's office. The car he drives is a DC Vampire; the same car exists: https://www.cartoq.com/used-cars/best-used-car-deals-in-bangalore/</ref>

However, before Prem can tell his family that he loves Sapna he finds out that his grandmother wants Vicky to marry Sapna and that Vicky has agreed to the proposal. Prem doesn't want to break his brother's heart. Vicky has been grieving for his late girlfriend ([[Sonali Bendre]]) for a very long time. Prem doesn't want to get in his way now that Vicky has finally decided to move on.<ref>Vicky's duet with Sapna is also in Austria (Salzburg) but is completely a fantasy, occurring in Vicky's mind as he sees her through a set of blinds in the office.</ref> Prem tells Sapna that he was just fooling around with her. A heartbroken Sapna gives in to the pressure of her aunt and uncle and agrees to marry Vicky. However, Vicky finds out the truth before the wedding and calls them out. Sapna and Prem are reunited at the end. The last scene implies that Vicky finds love again when a new girl ([[Twinkle Khanna]]) joins his office.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245825/plotsummary/ Plot Summary]</ref>

== Cast ==
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Vikram "Vicky" Oberoi
* [[Salman Khan]] as Prem Oberoi
* [[Karishma Kapoor]] as Sapna Mehra
* [[Dalip Tahil]] as Balraj Oberoi
* [[Sushma Seth]] as Dadima, Vicky and Prem's grandmother
* [[Shakti Kapoor]] as Mamaji, Sapna's uncle
* [[Ravi Baswani]] as Waiter in a [[Guest Appearance]]
* [[Anil Dhawan]] as Doctor in hospital
* [[Birbal (actor)|Birbal]] as Astrologer
* [[Himani Shivpuri]] as Mamiji, Sapna's aunt
* [[Shahbaz Khan (actor)|Shahbaz Khan]] as Rakesh
* Ghanshyam Rohera as Nandu, the cook
* [[Javed Khan Amrohi|Javed Khan]] as Murari
* Shashi Kiran as Suri
* [[Asrani]] as Family doctor
* [[Nagma]] as Sonia in [[Guest Appearance]]
* [[Sonali Bendre]] as Piya,Vicky's beloved who died in an accident, [[Guest Appearance]]
* [[Twinkle Khanna]] as Pooja, [[Guest Appearance]]
* [[Shankar Mahadevan]] as Himself in the title sequence
* [[Lesle Lewis (composer)|Lesle Lewis]] as Himself in the title sequence
* [[Satish Kaushik]]
* [[Divya Palat]]
* [[Masshe Uddin Qureshi]]
* [[Raju Shrestha]]
* [[Mangal Dhillon]]
* Dinesh Anand
* Shiva
* Suresh Bhagwat<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245825/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Chal Mere Bhai - Cast]</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album|
| name = Chal Mere Bhai
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Anand-Milind]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2000
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Anand-Milind]]
| prev_title = Shikaar
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = [[Chhupa Rustam: A Musical Thriller]]
| next_year = 2000
}}
According to the Indian trade website [[Box Office India]], with around 12,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fifteenth 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>

{{Track listing
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Playback
| all_lyrics = Nitin Raikwar, [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]]
| all_music = [[Anand-Milind]]
The music featured in the top 15 best selling albums of 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chal Mere Bhai among most sold music albums of 2000 |url=http://www.naachgaana.com/2011/05/27/top-music-sales-in-bollywood-last-60-years/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614210115/http://www.naachgaana.com/2011/05/27/top-music-sales-in-bollywood-last-60-years/ |archivedate=14 June 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>

| title1 = Aaj Kal Ki Ladkiyan
| extra1 = [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Vinod Rathod]], [[Sushma Shrestha|Poornima]], Vaijanti
| length1 = 6:35

| title2 = Chal Mere Bhai<ref>The director filmed this duet in at least three locations: on the sea, near Nariman Point; Agarkar Chowk/Pinky Cinema (outside, in front of the permanently-shut cinema); and a bowling alley like PlayPark. https://goo.gl/maps/wtp5gmWKkV8usQgQA</ref>
| extra2 = [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Salman Khan]]
| length2 = 5:00

| title3 = Chal Mere Bhai
| note3 = Remix
| extra3 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Lesle Lewis (composer)|Lesle Lewis]], Dominique
| length3 = 4:20

| title4 = Chori Chori Sapno Mein
| extra4 = [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
| length4 = 5:03

| title5 = Chori Chori Sapno Mein
| note5 = Sad
| extra5 = [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
| length5 = 1:08

| title6 = Mehndi Rang Layee
| extra6 = [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Jaspinder Narula]]
| length6 = 6:49

| title7 = Mere Baap Ki Beti
| extra7 = [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]], [[Vinod Rathod]]
| length7 = 4:40

| title8 = Meri Neend Jaane Lagi Hai<ref>The director filmed this duet in Salzburg, Austria, mainly in the garden outside the Mirabell palace: https://goo.gl/maps/roxLYRUwsGGZZE2FA and the square outside the Salzburg Residenz palace: https://goo.gl/maps/7k24dQbG5MjHincW6</ref>
| extra8 = [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Sonu Nigam]]
| length8 = 5:30

| title9 = Thodi Si Beqarari<ref>The director filmed this duet in the town square of Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria. Cf. 1hr11min to Google Map streetview: https://goo.gl/maps/cT8ppRBKPuiUpSyT9</ref>
| extra9 = [[Kumar Sanu]] and [[Alka Yagnik]]
| length9 = 4:39

| title10 = Theme Music
| note10 = Instrumental
| extra10 = {{dash}}
| length10 = 3:23
}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|id=0245825}}

{{David Dhawan}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000 films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2000 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films set in India]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anand–Milind]]
[[Category:Films directed by David Dhawan]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]

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