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{{Infobox film
| name = English Babu Desi Mem
| image = English Babu Desi Mem.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Praveen Nischol]]
| producer = Praveen Nischol
| writer = G.M. Ayaz [[S. Ali Raza|Ali Raza]]
| starring = [[Shah Rukh Khan]] [[Sonali Bendre]] Arhhan Singh
| music = [[Nikhil-Vinay]]
| cinematography = Ravikant Reddy
| editing = V.N. Mayekar
| studio = [[Mumbai]]
| distributor = Daasa Movies
| released = {{Film date|1996|01|26|df=y}}
| runtime = 156 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INRConvert|3.5|c|year=1996}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/emglish_babu_desi_mem#.VboaOp5Vikp|title=English Babu Desi Mem Budget|publisher=Box Office India|date=22 July 2015|accessdate=22 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801104246/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/emglish_babu_desi_mem#.VboaOp5Vikp|archive-date=1 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| gross = {{INRConvert|6.89|c|year=1996}}<ref name="English Babu Desi Mem Box office">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/emglish_babu_desi_mem#.VboaOp5Vikp|title=English Babu Desi Mem Box office|publisher=Box Office India|date=22 July 2015|accessdate=22 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801104246/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/emglish_babu_desi_mem#.VboaOp5Vikp|archive-date=1 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

'''''English Babu Desi Mem''''' ({{lang-en|English sir, South Asian madam}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1996|1996]] [[Romance film|romantic]] [[comedy film]], starring [[Shah Rukh Khan]], [[Sonali Bendre]] and Arhhan Singh. This film is loosely based on American romantic comedy [[It Started in Naples]]. The rights for this film are now owned by Shah Rukh Khan's [[Red Chillies Entertainment]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://redchillies.com/movies/movie-rights.aspx|title=red chillies|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref>

== Synopsis ==
Vikram Mayur, a rich Indian, born and raised in England, returns home to [[Bombay]], to look for his late brother Hari's eight-year-old son, Nandlal (or Nandu) raised by his caring aunt Bijuriya. Vikram faces a dilemma when he is torn between choosing to take Nandu back to England to learn his family's business or risk throwing it all away by staying in India to be with Bijuriya, whom he slowly falls in love with. This film features [[Shah Rukh Khan]] in a triple role as Gopal Mayur and his sons Hari and Vikram.

== Plot ==
Hari and Vikram (both played by [[Shah Rukh Khan]]) are brothers of the head of Mayur group of industries in London. Hari is a registered pilot and elder of the two brothers. Hari's father had promised his business partner that Hari will be married to the latter's daughter. Hari tries to resist the marriage but receives clear signals that his father won't budge. Once he escaped from the marriage and during the flight, while Hari is flying solo, he has an accident that leads everyone to believe he died.

In reality, Hari survives. When he finally comes to the shore, he is in Mumbai. He is saved by a poor girl Katariya ([[Rajeshwari Sachdev]]) and the two fall in love. They get married and start their own family. Tragedy strikes when their house gets accidentally burnt and Hari and Katariya (while delivering) die. Their son, Nandlal "Nandu" ([[ArhhanSingh]]) is brought up by Katariya's little sister Bijuriya ([[Sonali Bendre|Sonali]] [[Bendre]])

When Hari's son is 8 years old, Vikram comes to Mumbai. Vikram learns about his brother and his life from Lawyer Madadgar ([[Saeed Jaffrey]]), a family friend of Bijuriya and Katariya. He learns that Hari is dead, but his son is alive.

Vikram believes that as Hari's son (whom he affectionately calls Master Mayur) is the next generation of Mayur industries, he should be taken back with him. Bijuriya, who is a bar dancer at Banjo's Beer Bar, objects to this, thinking he is here to separate her and Nandu. Vikram and Bijuriya have not met yet. Vikram does not even know who has brought his nephew up. Bijuriya knows that if Vikram goes to court, she will lose Nandu forever.

Bijuriya pretends to be Princess Rani Devi, a royal family member who was Vikram's nephew's guardian. Vikram falls for her charade and slowly falls in love with her. But one day, her truth is exposed to him. Vikram decides to take his nephew back with him immediately. The nephew, who detests his newfound uncle and adores his aunt like a mother figure, protests this, but Vikram remains adamant.

Bijuriya forces Nandu to go with Vikram after getting to know that Nandu misses school and does petty jobs to earn money to marry off Bijuriya. She is forcibly taken to sleep with a goon Bheema Khalasi ([[Kiran Kumar]]) who had her eyes on her, just to fight for the child one last time. When Vikram learns about this, he comes to the hideout just before Bheema Khalasi is about to rape Bijuriya. Vikram overpowers the goon and saves Bijuriya. He is convinced that Bijuriya will be the best parent for his nephew. Vikram marries Bijuriya and takes her and his nephew back with him.

== Cast ==
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*[[Shah Rukh Khan]] as Vikram / Hari / Gopal Mayur
* [[Sonali Bendre]] as Bijuriya
* [[Kiran Kumar]] as Bheema Khalasi
* [[Saeed Jaffrey]] as Lawyer Madadgar
* [[Vivek Vaswani]] as Waitor
* [[Sudhir Dalvi]] as Doctor
* [[Rajeshwari Sachdev]] as Katariya
* [[Gulshan Bawra]]
* [[Deepak Jethi]]

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Bharatpur Lut Gaya"
| [[Sushma Shrestha|Poornima]]
|-
| 2
| "Deewana Main Tera Deewana"
| [[Kumar Sanu]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
| 3
| "O Bijuria Sun"
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Alka Yagnik]], [[Jolly Mukherjee]]
|-
| 4
| "Na Tere Bina"
| [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
|-
| 5
| "Love Me Honey Honey"
| [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sushma Shrestha|Poornima]]
|-
| 6
| "Kaise Mukhde Se"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 7
| "Dhol Baje Khuddam"
| [[Vinod Rathod]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
|}

== Box office ==
''English Babu Desi Mem'' grossed {{INRConvert|6.40|c}} in India and $135,000 ({{INR|link=Indian rupee}}49.61 [[lakh]]) in other countries, for a worldwide total of {{INRConvert|6.89|c}}, against its {{INRConvert|3.50|c}} budget. It had a worldwide opening weekend of {{INRConvert|1.69|c}}, and grossed {{INRConvert|50.32|c}} in its first week.<ref name="English Babu Desi Mem Box office"/> It is the [[Bollywood films of 1996|highest-grossing film of 1996]] worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Years/year_world_total/1996#.VbtY09xViko|title=Top Worldwide Grossers 1996|publisher=Box Office India|date=22 July 2015|accessdate=22 July 2015}}</ref>

===India===
It opened on Friday, 26 January 1996, across 145 screens, and earned {{INRConvert|31|l}} nett on its opening day. It grossed {{INRConvert|1|c}} nett in its opening weekend, and had a first week of {{INRConvert|1.64|c}} nett. The film earned a total of {{INRConvert|3.78|c}} nett, and was declared a"Flop" by ''[[Box Office India]]''.<ref name="English Babu Desi Mem Box office"/> It is the [[Bollywood films of 1996|highest-grossing film of 1996]] in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Years/year_gross_boxoffice/1996#.VbtY09xViko|title=Top India Total Nett Gross 1996|publisher=Box Office India|date=22 July 2015|accessdate=22 July 2015}}</ref>

===Overseas===
It earned $135,000 ({{INR|link=Indian rupee}}49.61 [[lakh]]) outside India.<ref name="English Babu Desi Mem Box office"/> Overseas, it was the [[Bollywood films of 1996|3rd-highest-grossing film of 1996]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Years/year_over_total/1996#.VbtY09xViko|title=Top Overseas Gross 1996|publisher=Box Office India|date=22 July 2015|accessdate=22 July 2015}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:centre; width:45%; text-align:center;"
|+ ''''English Babu Desi Mem'''' worldwide collections breakdown
|-
! Territory
! Territory wise Collections break-up
|-
| rowspan="3" | India
| ''Nett Gross'': {{INRConvert|3.78|c}}
|-
| ''Distributor share'': {{INRConvert|1.82|c}}
|-
| ''Total Gross'': {{INRConvert|84.2|c}}
|-
| rowspan="1" | International ''(Outside India)''
| $5,650,532 ({{INR|link=Indian rupee}}6,000,000[[lakh]])
|-
||'''Worldwide'''
| {{INRConvert|92.3|c}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0136153|English Babu Desi Mem}}

[[Category:1996 films]]
[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Twins in Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Nikhil-Vinay]]

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