Underplayed Gems

Main Hoon Na (2004)

Main Hoon Na poster
Original title
मैं हूँ ना
Directed by
Farah Khan
Genre
drama film, action film, thriller film, musical film, coming-of-age film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 55m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 432 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An Indian army officer goes undercover in a college to protect a general's daughter from a threat. He uses this mission to also seek out and reconnect with the family he never knew.

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What happens

Main Hoon Na (transl. I'm Here) is a 2004 Hindi-language masala film co-written and directed by Farah Khan in her directorial debut, and produced by Gauri Khan and Ratan Jain under the banners of Red Chillies Entertainment and Venus Movies. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Sushmita Sen, Amrita Rao, Zayed Khan, and Suniel Shetty alongside Kabir Bedi, Naseeruddin Shah, Boman Irani, and Kirron Kher. The film follows Major Ram Prasad Sharma, an Indian Army officer, sent on a covert mission to pose as a college student and protect the general's daughter from a dangerous rogue soldier and reunite with his father's long lost family. Development for the film began in 2001; however, it faced a number of delays during production. Main Hoon Na is notable for approaching the Indo-Pakistani conflict from a neutral perspective. Filming took place at St. Paul's School and the surrounding state of West Bengal. The film is also the first production of Red Chillies Entertainment. Main Hoon Na was released on 30 April 2004 to positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success by grossing ₹84 crore, thus becoming the second highest-grossing Indian film of 2004, only surpassed by another Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Veer-Zaara. At the 50th Filmfare Awards, Main Hoon Na received 12 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Farah), Best Actor (Shah Rukh), Best Supporting Actress (Rao), Best Supporting Actor (Zayed) and Best Villain (Shetty), winning Best Music Director (Anu Malik). A snippet of "Lament" from Light of Aiden (Celtic Version) is used throughout the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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