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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Mehbooba
| name          = Mehbooba
| image =Mehbooba (2008 film) poster.jpg
| image         = Mehbooba (2008 film) poster.jpg
| caption        = Film poster
| caption        = Film poster
| director      = Afzal Khan
| director      = Afzal Khan
| producer      = Shabina Khan
| producer      = Shabina Khan
| writer        = Rumi Jaffrey
| writer        = [[Rumi Jaffery]]<br/>[[Javed Siddiqui]]<br/>Afzal Khan
| starring      = [[Sanjay Dutt]]<br/>[[Ajay Devgn]]<br/>[[Manisha Koirala]]
| starring      = [[Sanjay Dutt]]<br/>[[Ajay Devgn]]<br/>[[Manisha Koirala]]
| music          = [[Ismail Darbar]]
| music          = [[Ismail Darbar]]
| country        = India
| country        = India
| cinematography =
| cinematography = Ashok Mehta
| editing        =
| editing        = Ballu Saluja
| distributor    = [[Eros Labs]]
| studio        = Shabbo Arts
| distributor    = [[Eros International]]
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|07|11}}
| released      = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|07|11}}
| runtime        = 162 minutes
| runtime        = 170 minutes
| language      = Hindi
| language      = Hindi
| budget        =
| budget        = {{INR}}220 million<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=339|title=Mehbooba – Movie|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref>
| gross          =
| gross          = {{INR}}37.8 million<ref name="auto"/>
}}
}}
'''''Mehbooba''''' ("Beloved") is a [[Bollywood]] [[romance film]] written, produced and directed by Afzal Khan. The story is based on a love triangle, with the lead protagonists being [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Ajay Devgn]] and [[Manisha Koirala]]. The music of the film was composed by [[Ismail Darbar]]. ''Mehbooba'' was released in India on 11 July 2008; it was shot in 2000, but got delayed and released in 2008.
 
'''''Mehbooba''''' ({{translation|Beloved}}) is a 2008 Indian [[Bollywood|Hindi]]-language [[romantic drama]] film written, produced and directed by Afzal Khan. The story is based on a love triangle, with the lead protagonists being [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Manisha Koirala]] and [[Ajay Devgan]]. The music of the film was composed by [[Ismail Darbar]]. The film was shot in 2000 but released on 11 July 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/mehbooba/movie-review/3224366.cms | title=Mehbooba Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Mehbooba by Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/news/mehbooba/334453/ | title=Mehbooba - Indian Express }}</ref> It was a disaster at the box-office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/Years/years_detail/2008 |title=Boxoffice |accessdate=2014-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331025917/http://boxofficeindia.com/Years/years_detail/2008 |archivedate=2014-03-31 }}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
{{tone|date=October 2020}}
The story follows a rich playboy businessman named Shravan ([[Sanjay Dutt]]). One day, he meets the beautiful and vivacious Varsha ([[Manisha Koirala]]), whom he tries to woo and become friends with. After a while, he proposes marriage to Varsha, to which she eventually agrees. The two get engaged and go on a holiday together. However, while on holiday, Shravan tells Varsha that he faked his love for her and proposed only so that he could sleep with her. Heartbroken, Varsha leaves the country in an attempt to get away from Shravan and begins a new life under the name of Payal. Shravan returns to his home and tells his family that things did not go well with Varsha.
The story follows a rich businessman called Shravan ([[Sanjay Dutt]]) who plays with fire, women, himself, and anything he can get his hands on.


Shravan has everything one can dream of having and what he does not have, he buys it.  
Ten years later, Payal meets a man named Karan ([[Ajay Devgn]]), a young artist, who begins to follow her. He tells her that she is the woman he sees in his dreams, and they fall in love. Payal agrees to marry him, and they begin their wedding preparations. However, during the week of the wedding ceremony, Shravan, who is revealed to be Karan's brother, arrives in the village. Both Shravan and Payal are shocked when they recognize each other.


One day, he meets the beautiful and vivacious Varsha ([[Manisha Koirala]]), whom he tries to woo, become friends with her and after a while, proposes marriage to her, to which she eventually agrees. The couple gets engaged and goes on a small holiday. However, Varsha’s beautiful dream comes to a shocking end when Shravan tells her that his love for her was just a drama to get engaged so he could sleep with her.
Gossip about the two begins to spread, and Karan, after finding out the truth, attempts suicide by coming in front of a moving train. Shravan tries to save Karan but gets hit by the train. He confesses to Karan that he had been cruel to Varsha/Payal. Shravan is hurt and struggles to make Karan promise to take care of Payal and not tell their family that Payal is Varsha. He tries to ask for forgiveness, but dies in Karan's arms.
 
Heartbroken and shattered, Varsha’s whole world collapses around her. She leaves the country and goes as far away as possible from Shravan, and begins to start a new life with a new name of Payal. Shravan returns to his home and says things did not go well with Varsha.
 
After the incident, years pass by into a decade and then Payal meets a man named Karan ([[Ajay Devgn]]) a young artist, who begins to follow her, and explains she is the woman he sees in his dreams, they fall in love. Payal agrees and they begin wedding preparations.
 
Everything is going well, and the whole village is invited to the wedding. Little does Payal know that "Shravan" is the brother of Karan. During the ceremony week, prior to the wedding, Payal's world turns upside down as she sees Shravan and Shravan notices her.
 
Word gets around and spreads like wildfire and then Karan, who then finds out the truth that was hidden from him by Payal, becomes dismayed and attempts suicide. At this point, Shravan comes to Karan and explains to him that it was all his fault, as he had played with Payal/Varsha's life a long time ago.
 
Shravan is hurt and struggles to make Karan promise to take care of Varsha/Payal, and also not to tell the family that Payal is Varsha. He tries to ask for forgiveness yet dies in Karan's arms.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Shravan Dhariwal
* [[Sanjay Dutt]] as Shravan Dhariwal
* [[Ajay Devgn]] as Karan Dhariwal
* [[Ajay Devgn]] as Karan Dhariwal
* [[Manisha Koirala]] as Varsha/Payal
* [[Manisha Koirala]] as Varsha / Payal
* [[Kader Khan]] as Lawyer
* [[Asrani]] as Khairatlal
* [[Sanober Kabir]] in song "Babuji Bahut Dukhta Ha"
* [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] as Mona, Karan's aunt
* [[Aasif Sheikh]] as Shravan's Friend
* [[Annu Kapoor]] as Hari Singh / Lal Singh
* [[Kader Khan]] as Advocate Shahid
* [[Mushtaq Khan]] as Parvez
* [[Razak Khan|Razzak Khan]] as Godbole
* [[Reema Lagoo]] as Kamla, Shravan and Karan's mother
* [[Tirlok Malik]] as Mallik
* [[Suman Ranganathan]] as Suman
* [[Aasif Sheikh]] as Inder Kumar Saxena, Shravan's friend
* [[Himani Shivpuri]] as Razia
* [[Rajeev Verma]] as Gajanan Mehra
* [[Sanober Kabir]] as singer in the song "Babuji Bahut Dukhta Ha"


== Box office ==
== Music ==
''Mehbooba'' had a good first-week response at the box office.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} It collected Rs. 35.45 [[crore]] in its first week. The films did business of 68 crores in India and 90.32 crores worldwide.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} The film is considered a failure, and was demoted as a disaster at the box office by [[Box Office India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/Years/years_detail/2008 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331025917/http://boxofficeindia.com/Years/years_detail/2008 |archivedate=2014-03-31 }}</ref>
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ismail Darbar]] with lyrics by [[Anand Bakshi]].


== Music ==
The soundtrack was composed by Ismail Darbar with lyrics by Anand Bakshi.<ref>[http://www.indianmusic4u.co.uk/Mehbooba-CD_0 India Music 4U]</ref>
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! Song
! Song
! Singer
! Singer
! Picturised on/Notes
|-
|-
|1
|1
| "Tu Meri Mehbooba"
| "Tu Meri Mehbooba"
| [[Udit Narayan]]
| [[Udit Narayan]]
| [[Sanjay Dutt]], [[Manisha Koirala]]
|-
|-
|2
|2
| "Khwabon Ki Rani Hai"
| "Khwabon Ki Rani Hai"
| Udit Narayan
| Udit Narayan
| [[Ajay Devgn]], Manisha Koirala
|-
|-
|3
|3
| "Dilruba"
| "Dilruba"
| Udit Narayan
| Udit Narayan
| Ajay Devgn
|-
|-
|4
|4
| "Yaar Tera Shukriya"
| "Yaar Tera Shukriya"
| [[Alka Yagnik]], Udit Narayan
| [[Alka Yagnik]], Udit Narayan
| Manisha Koirala, Ajay Devgn
|-
|-
|5
|5
| "Deewana"
| "Deewana"
| [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Sonu Nigam]]
| [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Sonu Nigam]]
| Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn
|-
|-
|6
|6
| "Babuji Bahut Dukhta Hai"
| "Babuji Bahut Dukhta Hai"
| Alka Yagnik
| Alka Yagnik
| Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, [[Sanober Kabir]]
|-
|-
|7
|7
| "Kuch Kar Lo"
| "Kuch Kar Lo"
| Sonu Nigam
| Sonu Nigam
| Sanjay Dutt
|-
|-
|8
|8
| "Kuch Kar Lo"
| "Kuch Kar Lo"
| [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
| [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
| Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala
|-
|-
|9
|9
| "Kuch Kar Lo Kuch"
| "Kuch Kar Lo Kuch"
| Kavita Krishnamurthy
| Kavita Krishnamurthy
| Manisha Koirala
|-
|-
|10
|10
| "Achcha To Ab Main Chalta Hoon"
| "Achcha To Ab Main Chalta Hoon"
| Sonu Nigam
| Sonu Nigam
|
|}
|}


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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{official website|http://mehbooba.erosentertainment.com}}
* {{IMDb title|id=1234250|title=Mehbooba}}


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Latest revision as of 17:24, 3 March 2026


Mehbooba
Film poster
Directed byAfzal Khan
Produced byShabina Khan
Written byRumi Jaffery
Javed Siddiqui
Afzal Khan
StarringSanjay Dutt
Ajay Devgn
Manisha Koirala
Music byIsmail Darbar
CinematographyAshok Mehta
Edited byBallu Saluja
Production
company
Shabbo Arts
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 11 July 2008 (2008-07-11)
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget220 million[1]
Box office37.8 million[1]

Mehbooba (transl. Beloved) is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Afzal Khan. The story is based on a love triangle, with the lead protagonists being Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala and Ajay Devgan. The music of the film was composed by Ismail Darbar. The film was shot in 2000 but released on 11 July 2008.[2][3] It was a disaster at the box-office.[4]

Plot[edit | edit source]

The story follows a rich playboy businessman named Shravan (Sanjay Dutt). One day, he meets the beautiful and vivacious Varsha (Manisha Koirala), whom he tries to woo and become friends with. After a while, he proposes marriage to Varsha, to which she eventually agrees. The two get engaged and go on a holiday together. However, while on holiday, Shravan tells Varsha that he faked his love for her and proposed only so that he could sleep with her. Heartbroken, Varsha leaves the country in an attempt to get away from Shravan and begins a new life under the name of Payal. Shravan returns to his home and tells his family that things did not go well with Varsha.

Ten years later, Payal meets a man named Karan (Ajay Devgn), a young artist, who begins to follow her. He tells her that she is the woman he sees in his dreams, and they fall in love. Payal agrees to marry him, and they begin their wedding preparations. However, during the week of the wedding ceremony, Shravan, who is revealed to be Karan's brother, arrives in the village. Both Shravan and Payal are shocked when they recognize each other.

Gossip about the two begins to spread, and Karan, after finding out the truth, attempts suicide by coming in front of a moving train. Shravan tries to save Karan but gets hit by the train. He confesses to Karan that he had been cruel to Varsha/Payal. Shravan is hurt and struggles to make Karan promise to take care of Payal and not tell their family that Payal is Varsha. He tries to ask for forgiveness, but dies in Karan's arms.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Music[edit | edit source]

The soundtrack was composed by Ismail Darbar with lyrics by Anand Bakshi.

Song Singer
1 "Tu Meri Mehbooba" Udit Narayan
2 "Khwabon Ki Rani Hai" Udit Narayan
3 "Dilruba" Udit Narayan
4 "Yaar Tera Shukriya" Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan
5 "Deewana" Sukhwinder Singh, Sonu Nigam
6 "Babuji Bahut Dukhta Hai" Alka Yagnik
7 "Kuch Kar Lo" Sonu Nigam
8 "Kuch Kar Lo" Shankar Mahadevan, Kavita Krishnamurthy
9 "Kuch Kar Lo Kuch" Kavita Krishnamurthy
10 "Achcha To Ab Main Chalta Hoon" Sonu Nigam

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Mehbooba – Movie". Box Office India.
  2. "Mehbooba Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Mehbooba by Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "Mehbooba - Indian Express".
  4. "Boxoffice". Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.

External links[edit | edit source]