Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon

Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Abbas–Mustan
Written by	Anukalp Goswami Dheeraj Sarna
Story by	Anukalp Goswami
Produced by	Ganesh Jain Ratan Jain Abbas–Mustan
Starring	Kapil Sharma Arbaaz Khan Sai Lokur Manjari Fadnis Elli Avram Simran Kaur Mundi Varun Sharma
Cinematography	V. A. Dilshad
Edited by	Hussain A. Burmawalla
Music by	Songs: Tanishk Bagchi Dr. Zeus Javed - Mohsin Amjad-Nadeem Background Score: Salil Amrute
Production companies	Venus Records & Tapes United Seven Abbas-Mustan Films Production Pvt. Ltd.
Distributed by	Pooja Entertainment
Release date	25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
Running time	133 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹16 crore[1]
Box office	₹71.60 crore[2]

Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon? (transl. Who-whom should I love?) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Abbas Mustan. Stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma made his Bollywood debut with this movie, as did actress Sai Lokur and supporting actress Jamie Lever. Other cast members include Arbaaz Khan, Manjari Fadnis, Simran Kaur Mundi,^[3] Elli Avram, Varun Sharma, Supriya Pathak, Sharat Saxena, and Manoj Joshi. Kapil Sharma was to have previously appeared in Yash Raj's film Bank Chor, but he opted out of it.^[4][5] The film was a commercial success and declared a "hit" by Box Office India.

Plot[edit]

This film starts with a voiceover of the explanation of marriage and how it has changed people's lives. Then, Kumar Shiv Ram Kishan's life is introduced. It has been shown how Kumar accidentally marries three different women – Juhi, Simran and Anjali – to prevent them from committing suicide. Without letting them know about each other, he makes excuses to spend one night with each wife. On the advice of his friend, Karan, he buys three flats on different floors of the same building for his wives, and Kumar and Karan experience unlikely situations as a result.

Kumar also has a girlfriend, Deepika, who he wants to marry, and Deepika's father accepts Kumar as his son-in-law. One evening before Karva Chauth, Deepika's father sees Kumar with his three wives, one at a time, but Kumar passes it off as an April Fool trick played by the women. Deepika's father again suspects Kumar when he sees Kumar's photo and believes him to be engaged to a female employee. Deepika and Kumar decide to marry in court to avoid tensions. However, another complication arises as Kumar's estranged parents reconcile, realize they each know their son to have a different wife, then learn he's to marry Deepika.

Karan and Deepika wait a long time at the courthouse; when Kumar does arrive, he sees his three wives – who have become good friends with Deepika – and has to hide. Karan tells Deepika and the wives that the groom went to the hospital to help a friend, and to postpone the wedding by two days. The wives leave and Kumar comes out saying it's okay and they can marry, stopping Deepika when she tries to call her friends. He suggests going to a temple to marry and sends Karan to bring what they will need.

Deepika's father brings Kumar and Deepika to his office and confronts his employee. The woman denies that Kumar is her fiancé, and Deepika's father realizes the photo had been left by his daughter. Deepika's father decides to fire his employee for making him doubt his future son-in-law, but Kumar saves her job and Deepika's father decides to celebrate the wedding.

Everyone arrives on the day of the wedding, all made to wear wedding clothes so that they can't recognize Kumar or each other. However, Anjali's brother Tiger Bhai is in search of a guy and makes everyone put down their pagri (turbans, with veils concealing their faces). Kumar hesitates when it is his turn, but Tiger's men bring the guy and Kumar is spared.

The wedding ceremony continues. By chance, Kumar's face passes in front of a fire and he is exposed. Kumar explains that he didn't break the heart of his three wives – that they forcefully made him marry, without listening to him or asking if he was married, that he couldn't leave them to commit suicide, and confesses his deep regret at breaking the heart of his true love, Deepika. Everyone cries and Kumar's mother hugs him tightly while Deepika's father asks Deepika to make her choice. In the end, all four wives are shown accepting each other, with only Tiger left in confusion.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The film began production in the first week of November 2014.^{[citation needed]} The film was produced by Ratan Jain, Ganesh Jain and Abbas–Mustan under their banner Venus Records & Tapes Pvt Ltd in association with Abbas Mustan Films Production Pvt Ltd.^[6]

Soundtrack[edit]

The background score is composed by Salil Amrute. The full audio album was released on 4 September 2015 by Zee Music Company.^[7][8] Most of the songs were choreographed by Ahmed Khan.

The soundtrack for Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon was composed by Dr Zeus, Tanishk Bagchi, Javed–Mohsin and Amjad–Nadeem, with lyrics written by Shabbir Ahmed, Arafat Mehmood, Raj Ranjodh, Mavi Singh and Bhinda Bawakhe.

Critical reception[edit]

Bollywood Hungama gave the film three stars out of five, citing the film as a perfect vehicle for Sharma's transition from television, the directors' successful transition from action to comedy, and the screenplay and dialogues as "extremely engaging" while calling the music a letdown.^[9]

Rohit Bhatnagar of Deccan Chronicle wrote that Varun Sharma's portrayal of Karan was comical, but the screenplay was "dismal", the music was "ear piercing" and the dance numbers were "sleazy", with Kapil Sharma's dancing described as "stiff".^[10]

Martin D'Souza of Glamsham wrote, "it is Kapil's comic timing and assurance of turning a nondescript scene into something humongously hilarious is what tilts the scales in favour of this film.^[11]

Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India gave the movie 2 out of 5 stars, saying, "The girls look pretty and the samandar song is beautiful but if you want to see the film solely for Kapil's brand of humour, you get babaji ka thullu."^[12]

Subhash K. Jha of SKJ Bollywood News gave the movie 3 out of 5 stars, saying, "Off and on Abbas Mustan's purported comedy will remind you of the Govinda comedies directed by David Dhawan and Anees Bazmi's Sandwich. To his credit Kapil carries off the lighter moments with elan."^[13]

Controversies[edit]

The film garnered controversy over keeping names on Hindus gods. The film was served with legal notice citing similarities to a Kannada film, Nimbehuli produced by Subhash Ghai.^[14]

Box office[edit]

The film collected ₹102 million (US$1.3 million) net on its opening day and became the highest first-day grosser for a newcomer, beating the previous record-holder, Student of the Year.^[15]

On its second day the film collected ₹86.0 million (US$1.1 million).^[16] The film collected ₹101 million (US$1.3 million) on its third day taking the first weekend total to ₹288 million (US$3.6 million) net.^[17] On the fifth day the film collected ₹38.1 million (US$480,000).^[18] The film collected ₹435 million (US$5.4 million) in India and grossed around ₹79.2 million (US$990,000) at international markets in its first week taking its worldwide gross total to ₹500 million (US$6.3 million).^[19]

The film grossed ₹51.0 million (US$640,000) in its second week to take its total to ₹486 million (US$6.1 million) after two weeks.^[20]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon at IMDb