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{{Infobox film
| name = Meerabai Not Out
| image = Meerabainotout.JPG
| caption = Film Poster
| director = [[Chandrakant Kulkarni]]
| producer = [[Pritish Nandy]]
| writer = Soumik Sen
| cinematography = [[Vishnu Rao]]
| starring = [[Mandira Bedi]]<br />[[Mahesh Manjrekar]]<br />[[Anupam Kher]]
| editing = Hemal Kothari
| music = [[Sandesh Shandilya]]
| studio = Pritish Nandy Communications<br>DQ Entertainment International
| distributor = [[Sony Pictures Networks India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sony-india-boards-meerabai-110698/|title=Sony India boards 'Meerabai'|first=Nyay|last=Bhushan|date=1 May 2008|access-date=20 October 2023|archive-date=20 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020225222/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sony-india-boards-meerabai-110698/|url-status=live|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
| released = {{Film date|2008|12|05|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
}}
'''''Meerabai Not Out''''' is a 2008 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film directed by [[Chandrakant Kulkarni]] starring [[Mahesh Manjrekar]], [[Mandira Bedi]], [[Eijaz Khan]], and [[Anupam Kher]]. The film was released in India on 5 December 2008.

==Plot==
Meera Achrekar lives a middle-class lifestyle in a Shivaji Park Chawl, along with her widowed mother, brother Manoj, his wife, Neelima, and their son, Mayank. After the passing of their father, Anant, Manoj, who was just 18 at the time, took over the financial reins of this family, while she, herself, got employed as a math teacher with Vishwa-Prem Vidyalaya and heads the 'Meera XI' cricket team in the colony. Her mother and Manoj are on the lookout for a suitable groom, but her obsession with cricket along with the 'bahenji' bespectacled looks turn to her disadvantage. Things start to look up after she dramatically meets with heart specialist Dr. Arjun Awasthi, who lives in a mansion with his widower dentist father. The two families meet and decide to get the couple married. On the day of the formal engagement, however, things spiral out of control when Meera does not show up.

==Cast==
* [[Mandira Bedi]] as Meera A. Achrekar
* [[Mahesh Manjrekar]] as Manoj Anant Achrekar
* [[Anupam Kher]] as Dr. Awasthi
* [[Eijaz Khan]] as Dr. Arjun Awasthi
* [[Vandana Gupte]] as Mrs. Achrekar / Aai
* [[Prateeksha Lonkar]] as Neelima M. Achrekar
* [[Anil Kumble]] as Himself

==Soundtrack==

The soundtrack was composed by Sandesh Shandilya and Sukhwinder Singh. The lyrics were written by Irfan Siddique, R. N. Dubey and Soumik Sen

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Track # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1 || "Hai Rama" || [[Sukhwinder Singh]] and [[Neha Kakkar]]
|-
| 2 || "Meerabai Not Out" || [[Neeraj Shridhar]] and [[Vijay Prakash]]
|-
| 3 || "O Dil Sambhal" || [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]] and [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
|-
| 4 || "Chal De Rapat" || Vijay Prakash and [[Sandesh Shandilya]]
|-
| 5 || "Kaisi Yeh Shaam" || [[Kunal Ganjawala]]
|-
| 6 || "O Dil Sambhal" - Remix || Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan
|-
| 7 || "Chal De Rapat" - Remix || Vijay Prakash and Sandesh Shandilya
|}

==Release==
The film was scheduled to release in 2007, coinciding with the [[2007 Cricket World Cup]] but was released an year later on 5 December 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/not-without-my-noodle-strap/articleshow/15684994.cms|title=Not without my noodle strap|website=[[Mumbai Mirror]]|last=Shah|first= Kunal M|date=27 February 2007|access-date=7 April 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407040407/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/not-without-my-noodle-strap/articleshow/15684994.cms |archive-date=7 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=SGIE/>

==Reception==
[[Taran Adarsh]] of [[Bollywood Hungama]] gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing "Mandira acts her part well. She impresses more towards the finale. Eijaz is confident and if given an opportunity, can only go further. Mahesh Manjrekar doesn't really get scope, except towards the finale. Anupam Kher is efficient. Pratiksha Lonkar is wasted. The actress enacting the role of Manjrekar and Mandira's mother is perfect. Anil Kumble is passable. On the whole, MEERABAI NOT OUT is a below average fare. At the box-office, this maiden will be run-out in the initial days itself!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/meerabai-not-out/critic-review/meerabai-not-out-movie-review/ |author=[[Taran Adarsh]] |title=Meerabai Not Out Review 1.5/5 | Meerabai Not Out Movie Review | Meerabai Not Out 2008 Public Review | Film Review |publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=5 December 2008 |access-date=5 April 2023|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405223432/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/meerabai-not-out/critic-review/meerabai-not-out-movie-review/ |archive-date=5 April 2023}}</ref> Gaurav Malani of [[The Economic Times]] gave the film 2 out of 5 calling the film "loosely edited" and camerawork "jaded".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/meerabai-not-out-movie-review/articleshow/3797847.cms?from=mdr |title=Meerabai Not Out: Movie Review|last=Malani |first=Gaurav |date=5 December 2008|website=[[The Economic Times]] |publisher=[[Times Internet]] |access-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405213539/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/meerabai-not-out-movie-review/articleshow/3797847.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=5 April 2023}}</ref> Patcy N of [[Rediff.com]] gave the film 2 out of 5, writing "Mandira Bedi and Eijaz Khan have done their job well but Anupam Kher and Mahesh Manjrekar are wasted. The film has some good comic scenes, and director Chandrakant Kulkarni does well. But the film is not a comedy, not a love story, nor a family drama, or even a sports film. But it entertains you in bits and parts. And if you're a Mandira fan, watch the film!"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/dec/05meerabai-not-out-entertains.htm|title=Meerabai Not Out entertains in parts|website=[[Rediff.com]]|author=Patcy N|date=5 December 2008|access-date=20 October 2023|archive-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325075337/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/dec/05meerabai-not-out-entertains.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] of [[CNN-IBN]] gave the film 1 out of 5, writing "There's a running joke in the film which involves random people telling Meera, our protagonist, that she resembles Mandira Bedi, to which she angrily responds that it's Mandira who resembles her and not the other way around. The punch-line to that self-deprecating joke is delivered by Meera again who says: 'Aur main pure kapde pahenti hoon', meaning: 'Unlike her, I am always fully dressed.' This is possibly the only smart moment in this dumb, regressive film in which Meera's fate is left to the outcome of a cricket match between her brother and her fiancé. Anil Kumble makes a series of short appearances in this film as the object of Meera's crush; it's the kind of embarrassing cameo that the poor chap's not likely to live down in a hurry. A thumbs down and one out of five for director Chandrakant Kulkarni's Meerabai Not Out. This is a film that must be seen to be believed. But wait, that's too high a price to pay!"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Masand|first=Rajeev|author-link=Rajeev Masand|url=http://rajeevmasand.com/admin/reviews/our-films/meerabai-not-out-review/|title=Over and out!|access-date=20 October 2023|archive-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606000145/https://rajeevmasand.com/admin/reviews/our-films/meerabai-not-out-review/|url-status=live|publisher=[[CNN-IBN]]|via=rajeevmasand.com}}</ref>

[[Hindustan Times]] wrote "This is a wannabe Hrishikesh Mukherji movie, a kind of a [[Guddi (1971 film)|Guddi]] 2008ish.. If [[Jaya Bachchan|Jaya Bhaduri]] was nuts about [[Dharmendra]] once, here Mandira Bedi is apricots about Anil Kumble."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/review-meerabai-not-out/story-0vsW7krxugJhGR4uQaGSSL.html|title=Review: Meerabai Not Out|date=6 December 2008|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=20 October 2023|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407195719/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/review-meerabai-not-out/story-0vsW7krxugJhGR4uQaGSSL.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Shubhra Gupta]] of [[The Indian Express]] wrote "As cricket-crazy Meera, Mandira's not half bad: her 'chashme wali seedhi saadhi' girl is believable. So is TV actor Eijaz, making his film debut, as the second fiddle who knows he will always be trumped by a famous cricketing star. But there's not enough drama in the telling. Anil Kumble makes nano-second appearances. And the only time you see Mandira in her trademark noodle straps is in the item song right towards the end, when the credits are rolling. If you stay that long."<ref name=SGIE>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/meerabai-not-out/395042/|title=Meerabai Not Out - Indian Express|website=[[The Indian Express]]|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207055632/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/meerabai-not-out/395042/ |archive-date=7 December 2008|last=Gupta |first=Shubhra|author-link=Shubhra Gupta|date=6 December 2008|quote=Meerabai Not Out was meant to release last year, during the World Cup, but was held back because of the Indian team’s lousy performance.}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.meerabainotout.com|Meerabai Not Out}}
*{{IMDb title|1024852}}

[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:Films about cricket in India]]
[[Category:2008 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Chandrakant Kulkarni]]
[[Category:Sony Pictures Networks India films]]
[[Category:Columbia Pictures films]]

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