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{{Infobox film
|name = Mere Baap Pehle Aap
|image = Mere baap pehle aap poster.jpg
|caption = Promotional poster
|writer = '''Story:''' [[Neeraj Vora]] [[Kalavoor Ravikumar]] '''Dialogues:''' Manisha Korde
|screenplay = [[Priyadarshan]]
|based_on = [[Ishtam (2001 Malayalam film)|''Ishtam'']] by [[Sibi Malayil]]
|starring = [[Akshaye Khanna]] [[Genelia D'Souza]] [[Paresh Rawal]] [[Om Puri]] [[Rajpal Yadav]]
|director = [[Priyadarshan]]
|producer = [[Raman Maroo]]
|studio = [[Shemaroo Entertainment]]
|distributor = Shemaroo Entertainment
|released = {{Film date|2008|06|13|df=yes}}
|runtime = 164 minutes
|country = India
|language = Hindi
|music = '''Songs:''' [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] '''Background score:''' [[Ranjit Barot]]
|cinematography = Piyush Shah
|editing = [[Arun Kumar Aravind|Arun Kumar]]
|budget = {{INR}}200 million<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=327|title=Mere Baap Pehle Aap - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
|gross = {{INR}}362 million<ref name="auto"/>
}}

'''''Mere Baap Pehle Aap''''' ([[Indian English|translation]]: ''My father, You first'') is a 2008 Indian [[Hindi-language]] [[comedy drama film|comedy-drama film]] directed by [[Priyadarshan]]. The film stars [[Akshaye Khanna]], [[Genelia D'Souza]], [[Paresh Rawal]], [[Om Puri]], [[Manoj Joshi (actor)|Manoj Joshi]], [[Archana Puran Singh]], [[Shobana]] and [[Rajpal Yadav]]. The story is officially adapted from the 2001 [[Malayalam]] film [[Ishtam (2001 Malayalam film)|''Ishtam'']] directed by [[Sibi Malayil]].<ref>Anupama Chopra. [http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_review.aspx?lang=hindi&id=314&moviename=Mere+Baap+Pehle+Aap "Mere Baap Pehle Aap - Comedy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928121903/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_review.aspx?lang=hindi&id=314&moviename=Mere+Baap+Pehle+Aap |date=28 September 2011 }}. [[NDTV]]. 13 June 2008.</ref><ref name="First Look">[http://www.rediff.com/%0Amovies/2008/apr/17look.htm "First Look: Priyadarshan's Mere Baap Pehle Aap"]. [[Rediff]]. 17 April 2008.</ref>

==Plot==
Janaradhan Wishvanbhar Rane ([[Paresh Rawal]]) is a widower who has spent his life bringing up his two kids, Chirag ([[Manoj Joshi (actor)|Manoj Joshi]]) and Gaurav ([[Akshaye Khanna]]). Janaradhan has done everything to bring them up in the best possible manner, ever since they were toddlers.

Now the duo has grown up, and Gaurav has taken up the responsibility for his father. They manage the household chores and their business to the best of their abilities. He treats his father as his son. Gaurav is on his guard with the vigilance of a disciplined parent. He shouts, threatens, fights, and even locks up his father occasionally so that Rane's best friend Madhav Mathur – who is a divorcé and desperate to marry – does not spoil him. Madhav and Janaradhan who are always in search of a bride for Madhav forever land up in trouble and Gaurav always has to bail them out and face embarrassment.

Gaurav, busy managing his business, starts getting prank calls from a girl who turns out to be his old college classmate he used to bully, Shikha Kapoor ([[Genelia D'Souza]]). Shikha is staying with her guardian Anuradha ([[Shobana]]) who was Janardhan's first love. Gaurav and Shikha notice changes in the behaviour of Janaradhan and Anuradha when they come face to face after many years. They learn about their past relationship. Now Gaurav wants his father to marry his lost love. Gaurav and Shikha embark upon a rib-tickling journey to arrange his father's and her guardian's love marriage and, in the process, find soul mates in each other. However, the path is not so smooth; with obstacles, Madhav's desperate desire for a bride comes in handy.

However, Shikha's father Nirmal ([[Naseeruddin Shah]]), seemingly not pleased with the fact that his daughter will be marrying into a family 'where the father in law is arranging his own honeymoon', threatens the termination of Gaurav's relationship with Shikha. In addition, Chirag's wife Rupali (Preity Pundir) and her family also show their anger at such a relationship. Despite all these, after a chain of events, Gaurav gets Rane married to Anuradha, against the wishes of many. However, at the end, Nirmal reveals that in fact, if Gaurav had decided not to conduct his father's remarriage and courted Shikha instead, he would actually have been very disappointed. The film ends with Shikha's father giving Shikha's hand to Gaurav.

==Cast==
*[[Akshaye Khanna]] as Gaurav Rane
*[[Genelia D'Souza]] as Shikha Kapoor “Rose”
*[[Paresh Rawal]] as Janaradhan Vishambhar Rane
*[[Shobana]] as Anuradha "Anu" Joshi a.k.a. Teacher
*[[Archana Puran Singh]] as SP Bhavani Bhaagmaar Mathur
*[[Om Puri]] as Madhav Mathur
*[[Rajpal Yadav]] as Mannu
*[[Manoj Joshi (actor)|Manoj Joshi]] as Chirag Rane, Gaurav’s brother
*[[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Nirmal Kapoor, Shikha's father
*Arjun Hansda as Gourav Kumar
*Preity Pundir as Rupali, Gaurav's sister-in-law
*[[Arzoo Govitrikar]] as Anjana 'Anju'
*[[Sunil Barve]]
*[[Mumaith Khan]] as [[item number]] "Shamma Shamma"

==Music==
===Score===
The original score of the film was composed and produced by [[Ranjit Barot]].

===Songs===
The soundtrack features songs composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]. Guest composer Tauseef Akhtar composed one song, "Ishq Subhan Allah" and its remix.<ref name="First Look"/> [[Sameer Anjaan|Sameer]] wrote the lyrics for all the songs.
{{Infobox album
| name = Mere Baap Pehle Aap
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2 June 2008
| recorded = [[Varsha Vallaki Studios]]
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film Soundtrack]]
| length = 26:08
| language = [[Hindi]]
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
| prev_title = [[Kuruvi]]
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = [[Kaamannana Makkalu]]
| next_year = 2008
}}

{| class="wikitable tracklist" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song Title !! Singers || Composer
|-
|"Mere Baap Pehle Aap" || Sangeet Haldipur || [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
|-
|"Ishq Subhan Allah" || [[Alisha Chinai]], [[Neeraj Shridhar]], Rap by Bob || Tauseef Akhtar
|-
|"Shamma Shamma" || [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] || Vidyasagar
|-
|"Maine Hawa Ke Paron Pe" || [[Udit Narayan]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]] || Vidyasagar
|-
|"Jaana Hai Tujhko" || [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Alka Yagnik]] || Vidyasagar
|-
|"Ishq Subhan Allah" (Remix) || Alisha Chinai, Neeraj Shridhar, Rap by Bob || Tauseef Akhtar
|-
|}

==Reception==
After a decent opening the film performed moderately well at the box office eventually grossing {{INR}}22,70,50,000 in India. According to Box Office India it was declared "Average".<ref>{{Cite web |title= Box Office 2008 |url= http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=215&catName=MjAwOA== |publisher= Box Office India |access-date= 20 September 2009 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131014132123/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=215&catName=MjAwOA%3D%3D |archive-date= 14 October 2013}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1170404}}
{{Priyadarshan}}

[[Category:2008 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Priyadarshan]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Malayalam films]]
[[Category:2008 comedy-drama films]]

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