Yeh Hai Jalwa

Yeh Hai Jalwa
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Directed by	David Dhawan
Produced by	Kanchan Ketan Desai Ketan Desai
Written by	Rumi Jaffery
Starring	Salman Khan Rishi Kapoor Ameesha Patel
Music by	Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Anand Raj Anand Score: Aadesh Shrivastava
Cinematography	Ashok Mehta
Edited by	David Dhawan
Production company	MKD Films Combine
Distributed by	Sohail Khan Productions
Release date	3 July 2002 (2002-07-03)
Running time	142 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹ 8 crore
Box office	₹ 10.88 crore

Yeh Hai Jalwa (transl. This Is Magic) is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by David Dhawan. It stars an ensemble cast, including Salman Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Ameesha Patel, Sanjay Dutt and Shammi Kapoor, with Kader Khan, Rati Agnihotri, Anupam Kher, Kiran Kumar, Rinke Khanna and Sharad Kapoor in supporting roles. It is inspired by the American film Carbon Copy. Ameesha Patel later claimed the film was a failure at the box office due to the hit-and-run case that Salman Khan was involved in around the time of its release.

Plot

The story is about an orphan named Raj Saxena/Mittal, aka Raju, a businessman in India. His mother died when he was very young, and his father had already left him. At work, Raju witnesses Rajesh Mittal winning an award on TV. Raju realizes that Rajesh is none other than his dad, and leaves immediately for London. At the airport, he meets Sonia Singh, who has too much luggage and tries to get Raju to hold it. Raju understands her plan, and it backfires on Sonia. The two then fall in love with each other.

After this, Raju finds Rajesh and tells him the truth. He then finds out that Rajesh is already married to Smitha and has two kids, Rinkie and Bunty. Rinkie is about to marry Vicky, but she is unaware of his drug dealings. Raju gives Rajesh seven days to break the news to his family and call Raju his son, or he'll tell the family himself. After he leaves, Rajesh gets scared and hires gangsters to attack him. On his way out, Raju gets beaten up by the hired gangsters, though he is later rescued by Shera, also an Indian living in London. He saves Raju from getting beaten up and helps him as well.

He advises Raju to go into Rajesh's house as a family friend and to get to know the entire family. When Raju asks Rajesh to give him a good place to stay, Rajesh takes him to his friend Robin Singh's mansion. There, he meets Sonia again and learns that she is Robin's daughter. They gradually fall in love. On the eighth day, Raju goes to Rajesh's bungalow but realizes the family is on holiday. Therefore, Raju goes back to India, until he overhears Robin calling Rajesh and inviting him over to his house. Raju gets into the boot of Robin's car so he can also go with them.

Rajesh is horrified when he sees Raju come. Raju stays with the family at the resort. Rajesh finds out that Raju's visa has expired, and he calls the police. They take Raju. Purshottam Mithal is at the airport as he has come back from Paris, and Raju sees him. Raju tells him that he knows Rajesh. Purshottam renews Raju's visa and takes him back to the Mithal mansion.

When Rajesh gets home, he thinks that he will have no problems with Raju. However, he is mistaken as he sees Raju at his mansion. Rajesh hires goons with the help of Robin, but Raju finds out and switches his photo with Rajesh's. The goon picks a fight with Rajesh on a jog, but Raju comes to save him with Purshotam in tow. A few days later, Rajesh has to go to a conference overseas, and Raju accompanies him. The company that Rajesh is in a partnership is blaming Rajesh for the lack of sales lately. Raju then explains to the company that it is their fault because their products are crap. Rajesh tells Raju to be quiet, but the company urges Raju to go on. They tell Raju to come and join their company, but he claims he is unable to leave Rajesh. Rajesh is happy with Raju; he gets drunk and calls Raju his son.

When Rajesh gets up in the morning, Raju has bought breakfast. Raju then goes to patch things up with Sonia, only to witness her trying to make him jealous by flirting with another boy. When he leaves to stop her, he realizes the boy she is flirting with is actually Shera, his good friend. He explains his problem and that the two actually love each other, so Shera backs off and explains to Raju that if he needs any help, he would be there. He also tells Raju where Vicky always does drug deals.

Raju catches Vicky red-handed as he is talking to his partners about dealing drugs. Raju shows Rajesh and Rinkie the truth, and Rinkie is devastated. Rajesh hits Vicky, and Vicky shoots Rajesh.

Rajesh is taken to the hospital. Both of his kidneys have failed, and he needs a kidney. Purshottam offers his, but he is diabetic, so he is unable to donate. Smitha does too, but her blood group is not a match for Rajesh's. Smitha says that Bunty will, but he denies it as he wants to be a pop singer. She says Rinkie will, but she denies it as she wants to have babies when she is older. The next morning, Purshottam tells the doctor that he has called all his relatives, and one of them at least will be able to give a kidney. The doctor tells him not to worry, as someone has already given one. He asks who, but the doctor says that the person has asked to keep him anonymous.

In the end, Rajesh confesses to the family that Raju is his son. Raju says he is lying, and Rajesh is confused. He says to Raju, "Didn't you want me to say this?," and Raju says, "Why are you lying? You're not my father." But Raju does confess, and everyone finds out that Raju was the one who gave a kidney to Rajesh. Purshottam and Smitha aren't mad at Rajesh but, in fact, happy that Raju is related to them. They live happily ever after.

Cast

• Rishi Kapoor as Rajesh Mittal
• Salman Khan as Raj "Raju" Saxena / Raj Mittal
• Ameesha Patel as Sonia Singh
• Poonam Dhillon as Meghna Saxena Mittal (photograph)
• Rati Agnihotri as Smita Mittal
• Rinke Khanna as Rinkie Mittal
• Shammi Kapoor as Boss (cameo appearance)
• Anupam Kher as Robin Singh
• Kader Khan as Purshottam Mittal
• Sharad Kapoor as Vikram aka Vicky
• Ajay Nagrath as Bunty Mittal
• Anil Nagrath as Dr. Khanna
• Shahbaz Khan as Chotu
• Kiran Kumar as Chotu's elder brother
• Navin Nischol as Surgeon
• Jaspal Bhatti as Buta Singh
• Gavin Packard as Goon
• Sanjay Dutt as Shera (special appearance)

Soundtrack

Yeh Hai Jalwa
Soundtrack album by Himesh Reshammiya
Released	6 February 2002
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Universal Music India
Producer	Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya chronology
Humraaz (2002) Yeh Hai Jalwa (2002) Chalo Ishq Ladaaye (2002)

The album features seven songs composed by Himesh Reshammiya and the lyrics penned by Sudhakar Sharma, apart from the song "London Mein India" which was composed by Anand Raj Anand and the lyrics were penned by Dev Kohli.

Track lists

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Dheere Dheere Aana Main Chain Churana"	Zubeen Garg, Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan	5:23
2.	"Aankhen Pyari Hain"	Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu	6:07
3.	"Carbon Copy"	Shaan	5:00
4.	"Chudi Khankayi Re"	Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan	5:28
5.	"O Jaane Jigar"	Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu	6:20
6.	"London Mein India"	Sukhwinder Singh, Pankaj Udhas	6:00
7.	"Carbon Copy" (Duet)	Shaan, Kumar Sanu	6:39

Critical response

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, writing, ″On the whole, YEH HAI JALWA is an ordinary entertainer with nothing much to rave about.″ Chitra Mahesh of The Hindu wrote, "Usually these days, even if the film lacks credibility it is made up by good cinematography, special effects or sometimes even the music – in this case, however, none of these elements help in salvaging either the story or the proceedings. At best it's a film you can watch if you are terribly jobless!." Priya Ganapati of Rediff.com wrote, "While there was some method in the madness of Dhawan's earlier flicks, Aankhen, Saajan Chale Sasural and Coolie No 1, Dhawan's recent films have been insipid. His last two releases – Kyunkii Main Jhooth Nahi Bolta and Hum Kisise Se Kum Nahin -- slipped out of the theatres in a jiffy. Yeh Hai Jalwa will only complete the trilogy of disasters for Dhawan."

External links

• Yeh Hai Jalwa on IMDb