115-435: Mohabbatein ( transl. Romantic Love ) is a 2000 Indian Hindi -language musical romantic drama film written and directed by Aditya Chopra and produced by Yash Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films . The film stars Amitabh Bachchan , Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai alongside newcomers Uday Chopra , Shamita Shetty , Jugal Hansraj , Kim Sharma , Jimmy Sheirgill , and Preeti Jhangiani . It narrates
230-566: A Screen interview, Yash Chopra described it as "a modern film, a film about today and it has all the ingredients of entertainment for people of all ages". He said the film shows the honour of Indian traditions and their values, adding, "On the whole Aditya has made an honest film, honest to God and honest to the audience who has given us so much". The project was announced in June 1999 on Yash Raj Films' website. Chopra told his father he would cast Amitabh Bachchan , Shah Rukh Khan , and Aishwarya Rai in
345-438: A December 2016 release. In October 2015, it was announced that Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor were cast in the lead roles. In December 2015, YRF announced that the music of the film will be produced by Vishal–Shekhar and Jaideep Sahni , both of whom would return to collaborate with YRF after roughly 9 years. The film marked Chopra's directorial comeback 8 years after Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008). A theatrical trailer of
460-573: A core vocabulary of native Prakrit and Sanskrit-derived words. However, Hindi is written in the Devanagari script and contains more direct tatsama Sanskrit -derived words than Urdu, whereas Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script and uses more Arabic and Persian loanwords compared to Hindi. Because of this, as well as the fact that the two registers share an identical grammar, a consensus of linguists consider them to be two standardised forms of
575-515: A day before the release of the film, the Vishva Hindu Parishad released a statement to its members that they were "satisfied " with the certification of the film and assured that all protests will be ceased. At the time of the statement, Pathaan was slated to be screened in 5500+ movie theatres in India and 2500+ movie theatres in more than 100 countries internationally thereby making it
690-462: A director was the musical romantic drama Mohabbatein (2000) starring Amitabh Bachchan , Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai , and also launched his brother Uday Chopra into the film industry. The film was also written and co-produced by Chopra and emerged as the highest-grossing film of the year , earning Chopra his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Director. The next film under
805-495: A film". Zee Next ' s Vinaya Hagde gave a scathing review of the film, calling it "dumb", and saying Kher and Singh were "totally wasted". Reviewing Mohabbatein for The Hindu , Savitha Padmanabhan criticized the film's duration and the way the confrontation sequences between Bachchan and Khan "are always interrupted by the love stories of the teenyboppers" but Filmfare 's anonymous reviewer appreciated them for "[excelling] in their respective roles". Nikhat Kazmi called
920-511: A ghost. One day, as part of his plan, Raj throws a party, to which he invites the students of the all-girls college. Narayan discovers the party and threatens to dismiss Raj. At this point, Raj reveals he had been a student at Gurukul over a decade earlier and that he had fallen in love with Megha, Narayan's only daughter. Narayan had summarily expelled Raj from the college and the distraught Megha had committed suicide. Raj tells Narayan he has returned to Gurukul to honour Megha's memory by reversing
1035-567: A larger amount are still used in Urdu poetry written in the Devanagari script. Many words borrowed from Persian in turn were loanwords from Arabic (e.g. muśkil "difficult", havā "air", x(a)yāl "thought", kitāb "book"). Hindi also makes extensive use of loan translation ( calqueing ) and occasionally phono-semantic matching of English . Many Hindustani words were derived from Portuguese due to interaction with colonists and missionaries: Aditya Chopra Aditya Chopra (born 21 May 1971)
1150-445: A leading 12 nominations, including Best Film , Best Director (Aditya), Best Actor (Khan) and Best Supporting Actress (Rai), and won 4 awards, including Best Actor (Critics) (Khan) and Best Supporting Actor (Bachchan). It also received three Bollywood Movie Awards , four International Indian Film Academy Awards , one Screen Award , five Sansui Viewers' Choice Movie Awards , and two Zee Cine Awards . Narayan Shankar has been
1265-529: A literary language in the 19th century. Earliest examples could be found as Prēm Sāgar by Lallu Lal , Batiyāl Pachīsī of Sadal Misra, and Rānī Kētakī Kī Kahānī of Insha Allah Khan which were published in Devanagari script during the early 19th century. John Gilchrist was principally known for his study of the Hindustani language , which was adopted as the lingua franca of northern India (including what
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#17329022583541380-490: A loss in business to both films, Ritesh Sidhwani and Shahrukh Khan, the producers of Raees approached Chopra to work out a settlement to ensure both projects are exhibited comfortably across centres. However, Chopra disagreed to shift his release date stating the poor performance of Khan's prior releases ( Dilwale and Fan ) in the global box office. Moreover, Chopra ensured that YRF Distributors (his film distribution leg) exhibit Sultan to more than 3100 screens (out of
1495-465: A major hit at the box office. In 2004, Chopra produced the romantic comedy Hum Tum , the action thriller Dhoom and the epic love saga Veer-Zaara (for which he was also the screenwriter) under the YRF banner. All three films went on to become major critical and commercial successes, earning more than ₹ 200 crore (US$ 24 million) (unadjusted for inflation) in the worldwide market. The films became
1610-523: A medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit and secondarily on other languages. It
1725-423: A mixture" of Dil To Pagal Hai . Writing for Planet Bollywood , Avinash Ramchandani described it as "an outstanding album with several new singers making a splendid debut, as well as a commendable job by Jatin–Lalit, and brilliant lyrics by Anand Bakshi" but Hindustan Times called it "[absolutely] dud". According to the film-trade website Box Office India , the soundtrack album sold five million copies and became
1840-410: A part of the process of Sanskritisation , new words are coined using Sanskrit components to be used as replacements for supposedly foreign vocabulary. Usually these neologisms are calques of English words already adopted into spoken Hindi. Some terms such as dūrbhāṣ "telephone", literally "far-speech" and dūrdarśan "television", literally "far-sight" have even gained some currency in formal Hindi in
1955-544: A second language. A Hindi proponent, Indian-born Paramananda Jha , was elected vice-president of Nepal. He took his oath of office in Hindi in July 2008. This created protests in the streets for 5 days; students burnt his effigies, and there was a general strike in 22 districts. Nepal Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that his oath in Hindi was invalid and he was kept "inactive" as vice-president. An "angry" Jha said, "I cannot be compelled to take
2070-580: A section of users calling the visuals "vulgar" and "infuriating". Chopra wrote to the Office of the Prime Minister explaining this issue a week before the release of the film. On 18 January 2023, the Prime Minister of India sent out a warning to the workers of all national political parties to "strictly refrain from making comments on films". It was the first-ever public statement strategically released by
2185-521: A simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi ). Outside India, several other languages are recognised officially as "Hindi" but do not refer to the Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other nearby languages, such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri . Such languages include Fiji Hindi , which has an official status in Fiji , and Caribbean Hindustani , which
2300-569: A standardised form of Hindustani separate from Urdu took form. In 1881, Bihar accepted Hindi as its sole official language, replacing Urdu, and thus became the first state of India to adopt Hindi. However, in 2014, Urdu was accorded second official language status in the state. After independence, the Government of India instituted the following conventions: On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in
2415-425: A temporary closure of its offices. After the release of its final film in July 2017, Disney exited all film operations in India and was permanently liquidated. In January 2019, YRF reached a ₹ 19,000 crore (US$ 2.3 billion) valuation by SEBI , thereby making it the largest Indian film production company of all time. In 2012, Ajay Devgan , Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Eros International together moved
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#17329022583542530-560: A young applicant, the Film Division of India eventually honored him with the National Award for his achievements in 1995 , 2004 , 2007 and 2015 . Widely regarded as the most influential executive in Indian entertainment , Chopra has however rejected the publicity and fame that came with being Yash Chopra 's son and the chief executive of Yash Raj Films. Chopra, the elder son of
2645-642: Is a standard register of the Hindustani language; additionally, Indian media are widely viewed in Pakistan. A sizeable population in Afghanistan , especially in Kabul , can also speak and understand Hindi-Urdu due to the popularity and influence of Bollywood films, songs and actors in the region. Hindi is also spoken by a large population of Madheshis (people having roots in north-India but having migrated to Nepal over hundreds of years) of Nepal . Apart from this, Hindi
2760-460: Is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary, standard Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu , another recognised register of Hindustani, as both Hindi and Urdu share a core vocabulary base derived from Prakrit (a descendant of Sanskrit). Hindi is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in
2875-580: Is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and studio executive who works in Hindi cinema . He is the Chairman of India's multi-national film, media, and entertainment conglomerate Yash Raj Films (YRF). The films he has produced make him one of the highest grossing Indian film producers of all time. Having denied Chopra admission into the National School of Drama due to his severe stammering as
2990-409: Is an official language of Gujarat , along with Gujarati . It acts as an additional official language of West Bengal in blocks and sub-divisions with more than 10% of the population speaking Hindi. Similarly, Hindi is accorded the status of official language in the following Union Territories : Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu . Although there
3105-474: Is attracted to Ishika, a student at the neighbouring all-girls college; and Karan is infatuated with Kiran, a young widow whom Karan sees alone one night in a train station. Narayan hires Raj Aryan as Gurukul's new music teacher. Raj believes in the power of love and decides to spread love throughout Gurukul. He sympathizes with the predicaments of Sameer, Vicky, and Karan, and encourages them to persist and stay loyal to their loves. Raj manages to help all three of
3220-542: Is based on the language that was spoken in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab ( Delhi , Meerut and Saharanpur ) called Khariboli ; the vernacular of Delhi and the surrounding region came to replace earlier prestige languages such as Awadhi and Braj . Standard Hindi was developed by supplanting foreign loanwords from the Hindustani language and replacing them with Sanskrit words, though Standard Hindi does continue to possess several Persian loanwords. Modern Hindi became
3335-623: Is borrowed from Sanskrit as tatsam borrowings, especially in technical and academic fields. The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native speakers. They may have Sanskrit consonant clusters which do not exist in Hindustani, causing difficulties in pronunciation. As
3450-455: Is commonly used to specifically refer the modern literary Hindi language, as opposed to colloquial and regional varieties that are also referred to as Hindi in a wider sense . Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit , through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th century CE. The sound changes that characterised
3565-443: Is evident throughout the first half". Comparing the film with Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge in his review for India Today , Dinesh Raheja said Mohabbatein "has too many diverse strands and in a bid to avoid getting knotted up in them", and considered the story is "disappointingly pat and oversimplified". Hindi Modern Standard Hindi ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी , Ādhunik Mānak Hindī ), commonly referred to as Hindi ,
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3680-438: Is in "individualising", in "personalising" each house to suit the script and the characters in the narrative." Roy designed 13 or 14 sets for the film. Filming ended between August and September 2000; it was edited by V. Karnik, and Anuj Mathur and Kunal Mehta were the film's sound designers . The duo Jatin–Lalit composed Mohabbatein 's soundtrack and the lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi . The vocals were performed by
3795-503: Is leaving him as well. Raj's words hurt Narayan, who realizes his strict no-romance policy is misguided. Narayan apologizes to the student body, resigns as principal of Gurukul, and nominates Raj as his successor. Raj accepts and reconciles with Narayan. The cast is listed below:- "It was not easy at all but I wanted faces which were not seen every Friday. I wanted fresh faces, talented faces, naturally young faces, basically youngsters who would be willing to learn, faces who could understand
3910-518: Is mirror to a hand with bangles, What is Persian to a literate. The emergence of Modern Standard Hindi in the 19th century went along with the Sanskritisation of its vocabulary, leading to a marginalisation of Persian vocabulary in Hindi, which continued after Partition when the Indian government co-opted the policy of Sanskritisation. However, many Persian words (e.g. bas "enough", khud "self") have remained entrenched in Standard Hindi, and
4025-597: Is no specification of a national language in the constitution, it is a widely held belief that Hindi is the national language of India. This is often a source of friction and contentious debate. In 2010, the Gujarat High Court clarified that Hindi is not the national language of India because the constitution does not mention it as such. Outside Asia , the Awadhi language (an Eastern Hindi dialect) with influence from Bhojpuri , Bihari languages , Fijian and English
4140-513: Is now present-day Pakistan ) by British colonists and indigenous people. He compiled and authored An English-Hindustani Dictionary , A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language , The Oriental Linguist , and many more. His lexicon of Hindustani was published in the Perso-Arabic script , Nāgarī script , and in Roman transliteration .In the late 19th century, a movement to further develop Hindi as
4255-713: Is spoken by the large Indian diaspora which hails from, or has its origin from the "Hindi Belt" of India. A substantially large North Indian diaspora lives in countries like the United States of America , the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates , Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, South Africa, Fiji and Mauritius , where it is natively spoken at home and among their own Hindustani-speaking communities. Outside India, Hindi speakers are 8 million in Nepal ; 863,077 in
4370-459: Is spoken in Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , and Guyana . Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. If counted together with the mutually intelligible Urdu, it is the third most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English. According to reports of Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition) Hindi is the third most-spoken language in
4485-477: Is spoken in Fiji. It is an official language in Fiji as per the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, where it referred to it as "Hindustani"; however, in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji , it is simply called " Fiji Hindi " as the official language. It is spoken by 380,000 people in Fiji. Hindi is spoken as a first language by about 77,569 people in Nepal according to the 2011 Nepal census , and further by 1,225,950 people as
4600-565: Is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script . It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India . Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language , which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi
4715-854: Is the dominant form of Hindi online. In an analysis of YouTube comments, Palakodety et al., identified that 52% of comments were in Romanised Hindi, 46% in English, and 1% in Devanagari Hindi. Traditionally, Hindi words are divided into five principal categories according to their etymology: Hindi has naturally inherited a large portion of its vocabulary from Shauraseni Prakrit , in the form of tadbhava words. This process usually involves compensatory lengthening of vowels preceding consonant clusters in Prakrit, e.g. Sanskrit tīkṣṇa > Prakrit tikkha > Hindi tīkhā . Much of Standard Hindi's vocabulary
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4830-566: Is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida . Devanagari consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is written from left to right. Unlike Sanskrit, Devanagari is not entirely phonetic for Hindi, especially failing to mark schwa deletion in spoken Standard Hindi. The Government of India uses Hunterian transliteration as its official system of writing Hindi in the Latin script. Various other systems also exist, such as IAST , ITRANS and ISO 15919 . Romanised Hindi , also called Hinglish ,
4945-578: The Competition Commission of India against Yash Raj Films and Aditya Chopra, accusing the company of using monopolistic business practices and rampantly abusing their dominant position and clout in the Entertainment Industry of India by entering into a tie-in arrangement with 1,500 single screen film exhibitors (out of a total of 2,100) of India, that obliged them to showcase the company's Jab Tak Hai Jaan (and not Son of Sardaar ) on
5060-593: The Government of India a few days prior to its release. The film managed to gross ₹ 63 crore (US$ 7.5 million) after a two-week theatrical run at the global box office , failing to manage break-even business for YRF. In 2004, Chopra started producing under the YRF banner. He produced Hum Tum , Dhoom and Veer-Zaara (for which he was also the screenwriter), all three films went on to become critical and commercial blockbusters, earning more than ₹ 200 crore (US$ 24 million) (unadjusted for inflation) in
5175-575: The Hindi Belt ), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English. In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has developed as a lingua franca for the people living in Haflong , Assam who speak other languages natively. In Arunachal Pradesh , Hindi emerged as a lingua franca among locals who speak over 50 dialects natively. Hindi is quite easy to understand for many Pakistanis , who speak Urdu, which, like Hindi,
5290-622: The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and the Filmfare Award for Best Film , in addition to the Filmfare Award for Best Director for Chopra. Chopra eventually went on to write the dialogues and the story of his father's 1997 musical romance Dil To Pagal Hai , (which won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment), also made under YRF. His next film as
5405-814: The United States of America ; 450,170 in Mauritius; 380,000 in Fiji; 250,292 in South Africa; 150,000 in Suriname; 100,000 in Uganda ; 45,800 in the United Kingdom; 20,000 in New Zealand ; 20,000 in Germany ; 26,000 in Trinidad and Tobago; 3,000 in Singapore . Linguistically , Hindi and Urdu are two registers of the same language and are mutually intelligible. Both Hindi and Urdu share
5520-455: The sixth , third and highest-grossing Indian films of 2004. The company won most of the Indian film awards in the year, with Veer-Zaara also winning the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Chopra then produced and wrote several other highly critically and commercial successful films over the years, namely Bunty Aur Babli , Salaam Namaste , Fanaa , Dhoom 2 and Chak De India (which also won
5635-442: The 1989 American coming-of-age drama Dead Poets Society . Produced on a budget of more than ₹ 10 crore (US$ 2.23 million), the principal photography of Mohabbatein , which was filmed in the United Kingdom, was handled by Manmohan Singh between October 1999 and July 2000. Sharmishta Roy and Karan Johar built the sets and designed the costumes, respectively. The duo Jatin–Lalit composed its music while Anand Bakshi wrote
5750-612: The 50th birthday of Beohar Rajendra Simha on 14 September 1949, the efforts came to fruition following the adoption of Hindi as the official language. Now, it is celebrated as Hindi Day . Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English: (1) The official language of
5865-559: The CCI dismissed the case filing as they found YRF to not be in contravention of the Competition Act of India; YRF won the case. Raees (2017) was a film produced by Excel Entertainment and Red Chillies Entertainment helmed by Rahul Dholakia . Principal photography of the film was completed in April 2015 and a few months were allotted to its post-production work. A teaser/trailer of the film
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#17329022583545980-623: The Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India replacing the previous usage of Hindustani in the Perso-Arabic script in the British Indian Empire . To this end, several stalwarts rallied and lobbied pan-India in favour of Hindi, most notably Beohar Rajendra Simha along with Hazari Prasad Dwivedi , Kaka Kalelkar , Maithili Sharan Gupt and Seth Govind Das who even debated in Parliament on this issue. As such, on
6095-654: The Diwali week of 2012 and continue its theatrical run for two weeks after the worldwide release. The trio eventually moved the Competition Appellate Tribunal on 30 October 2012 against YRF but were turned down by the bench heading the Tribunal. Both films opened on 13 November 2012; Jab Tak Hai Jaan released on 3500 screens and Son of Sardar released on 2000 screens, in the worldwide market. However, in November 2013,
6210-402: The Hindi heartland. Persian borrowings reached a heyday in the 17th century, pervading all aspects of life. Even grammatical constructs, namely the izafat , were assimilated into Hindi. The status of Persian language then and thus its influence, is also visible in Hindi proverbs : हाथ कंगन को आरसी क्या, पढ़े लिखे को फ़ारसी क्या। Hāth kaṅgan ko ārsī kyā, Paṛhe likhe ko Fārsī kyā. What
6325-563: The Hindu/Indian people') was often used in the past, for example by Amir Khusrau in his poetry. The terms Hindi and Hindu trace back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name Sindhu ( सिन्धु ), referring to the Indus River . The Greek cognates of the same terms are Indus (for the river) and India (for the land of the river). The term Modern Standard Hindi
6440-422: The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment). Chopra also made his third film as a director in 2008 with the romantic comedy Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi starring Shahrukh Khan and launching newcomer Anushka Sharma . The film received mixed reviews upon release, but emerged as one of the highest-grossing films for Khan and YRF at that time, earning ₹ 172 crore (US$ 21 million) in
6555-530: The Official Languages Act of 1963, which provided for the continued use of English indefinitely for all official purposes, although the constitutional directive for the Union Government to encourage the spread of Hindi was retained and has strongly influenced its policies. Article 344 (2b) stipulates that the official language commission shall be constituted every ten years to recommend steps for
6670-458: The PMO to safeguard the release of a film in India. The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting further cautioned political leaders and workers against making remarks on important films. Followingly, the state governments of Gujarat , Uttar Pradesh , Madhya Pradesh , and Assam assured YRF protection for its viewers and assurance that protestors will be strictly prosecuted. On 24 January 2023,
6785-542: The President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union. Article 351 of the Indian constitution states: It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as
6900-460: The Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals. (2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement: Provided that
7015-455: The age of 18 as an assistant director, working with his father on films such as Chandni (1989), Lamhe (1991) and Darr (1993). He also wrote his first screenplays for his father's Parampara (1992) and his mother's independently produced film Aaina (1993), which was the only film not directed by his father that he served as an assistant director on. Chopra, after gaining a respectable amount of experience, started independently at
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#17329022583547130-403: The age of 23 with the all-time blockbuster romantic comedy-drama Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol , for which he was the director and writer. The film was scripted by Chopra and produced by his father Yash Chopra, under the YRF banner. Chopra started work on the script of the film in 1990, at the age of 19, and gradually spent time making about five drafts of
7245-478: The banner was the romantic comedy Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), which released in June 2002, starring his brother Uday alongside Tulip Joshi , Bipasha Basu and Jimmy Sheirgill . The film did moderately well at the box office. The studio's final release that year was the romantic drama Saathiya , a remake of the Tamil film Alaipayuthey , which starred Vivek Oberoi opposite Rani Mukerji. The film proved to be
7360-439: The boys reach out to their loved ones. He gets Sameer a part time job at a cafe in the marketplace outside Gurukul to be closer with Sanjana, who lives there; he allows Vicky to attend dance sessions with Ishika at the all-girls college; and he gives private piano lessons to Karan to impress Kiran and her family. Raj tells the three students he had a special love himself, and that although she is dead, she accompanies him every day as
7475-490: The college's zero-tolerance policy on romance; he promises he will fill the school with love and that Narayan will be unable to stop it. Narayan is shocked; he takes this as a challenge and allows Raj to remain. Sameer, Vicky, and Karan are able to win over Sanjana, Ishika, and Kiran, respectively, but Narayan retaliates by tightening the college's rules after he caught Vicky arriving late at night but got saved by Raj. The student body, however, encouraged by Raj, continues to defy
7590-556: The company thereby suffering losses amounting to millions from 2007 to 2010. The films broke YRF's perfect success ratio and were oddly released one after another. Some of the most unsuccessful films produced under the banner were Jhoom Barabar Jhoom , Laaga Chunari Mein Daag , Tashan , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic , Roadside Romeo , and Pyaar Impossible . Chopra then took over as the Vice Chairman of Yash Raj Films in 2010, soon after
7705-605: The debutantes Ishaan (for Shergill), Manohar Shetty (for Hansraj), Pritha Mazumdar (for Shetty), Shweta Pandit (for Sharma), Sonali Bhatawdekar (for Jhangiani), and Udhbhav (for Chopra). Lalit told Rediff.com he thought it was "a good idea to have fresh voices for the newcomers so that it also helps the album sound fresh", and said he and Jatin experienced difficulty while suiting their voices. Lata Mangeshkar , Udit Narayan , and Jaspinder Narula supplied vocals for Rai, Khan and Puran Singh, respectively. The film's soundtrack album has seven original songs and two background scores, and
7820-555: The director "is at his best", saying, "Not once do you feel that the writer in Chopra has tilted on any one side". Vinayak Chakravorty of the Hindustan Times concluded, "Clearly, Aditya Chopra faces a downhill task this time around. Shorn of a solid script, bereft of impressive treatment and lacking any directorial credibility to hold his [...] mega dream [...] Mohabbatein is a veritable lesson to any budding filmmaker on how not to make
7935-418: The end credits of the film. On spotting multiple journalists outside the venue, he reportedly panicked and desperately sprinted towards his car to avoid being photographed. Chopra pulled down the sun visor of his car and drove away. The Walt Disney Company entered India in 2007 through a co-production agreement ( Ta Ra Rum Pum , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic , and Roadside Romeo ) with YRF. Disney's move
8050-401: The film "is a mish-mash alright. But it is also a successful, feel-good film." She described both actors as "the two pillars on which this film is built and each time they come face-to-face, there is this expectant hush." Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film 4 stars out of 5, praising Aditya Chopra for handling the confrontation sequences between the two "with aplomb". He added
8165-586: The film in Film City was organized with Aditya Chopra, Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan , Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan , and Johar in attendance. The film was released theatrically on 27 October during the Diwali celebrations; its release clashed with those of Vidhu Vinod Chopra 's thriller Mission Kashmir and K. S. Ravikumar 's comedy-drama Thenali . Due to its lengthy running time, theatres screened three shows daily rather than four. Mohabbatein
8280-475: The film the "inglorious uncertainties of cinema" and Khalid Mohamed wrote, "Back in the romantic mode, Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein is indeed like a rich, multi-layered, vibgyor cake. But frankly, only a few slices tickle the taste-buds." Suman Tarafdar from Filmfare said most of the cast members "look so unconvinced about their roles and perform accordingly". Screen said Aditya Chopra's "untiring efforts are visible in every frame and his mastery over screenplay
8395-472: The film was released at the Eiffel Tower and across social media platforms in the month of October. The film was budgeted at ₹ 70 crore (US$ 8.4 million) (including print and advertising costs ) and released across 2900 screens worldwide on 9 December 2016. It opened to widespread negative reviews across platforms and faced heavy losses to its business because of the currency demonetisation implied by
8510-418: The film's original script. Chopra even managed to convince his brother Uday Chopra and Karan Johar , both aspiring filmmakers, to enter the film industry as assistant directors with the film. Chopra once said that the presence of his relatives during the making of the film worked as a huge emotional support. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge eventually went on to become one of the biggest hits of all time and won
8625-538: The highest-selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year. Jatin–Lalit received a nomination for the Best Music Director at the 46th Filmfare Awards , and were also nominated in the same category at the Bollywood Movie Awards , IIFA Awards and Screen Awards . Mohabbatein was one of the most anticipated films of the year and the audience's expectations were high. On 8 October 2000, a special screening for
8740-531: The last 125 years, there are no academic studies of any of them – of their use in South Africa, their evolution and current decline. Hindi is adopted as the third official court language in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . As a result of this status, the Indian workforce in UAE can file their complaints to the labour courts in the country in their own mother-tongue. Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains
8855-558: The late filmmaker Yash Chopra and Pamela Chopra , was born on 21 May 1971. His only sibling is actor and producer Uday Chopra . He is the nephew of film producers B.R. Chopra and Yash Johar , and the cousin of filmmakers Karan Johar and Ravi Chopra . He completed his formal education and acquired his Indian Certificate of Secondary Education from Bombay Scottish School . He graduated from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics along with Anil Thadani , Karan Johar and Abhishek Kapoor . Chopra started his film-making career at
8970-460: The lead roles, saying he could not think of other suitable actors; the three immediately accepted. Mohabbatein is Khan's second collaboration with Rai after the romantic action film Josh (2000), and the first with Bachchan. Kajol was the first choice for the role of Megha, but she declined it because of her marriage. Bachchan, playing Narayan, felt the part was his best role after the action crime film Deewaar (1975), and said he only accepted
9085-400: The lyrics. Released on 27 October 2000, Mohabbatein received widespread critical acclaim, with Bachchan and Khan's performances garnering the most praise. With a worldwide gross of ₹ 90 crore (US$ 20.03 million), the film emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office, ranking as the highest-grossing Indian film of the year . At the 46th Filmfare Awards , Mohabbatein received
9200-534: The most widely released Indian film. After two days of its release, 25 additional screens were added after the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court directed Chopra to add an exclusive version of the film for people with disabilities . On 3 March 2023, Pathaan emerged as the third highest grossing Hindi film of all time. He was married to Payal Khanna, until their divorce in 2009. The couple had no children. On 21 April 2014, he married actress Rani Mukerji in
9315-641: The oath now in Nepali. I might rather take it in English." Hindi is a protected language in South Africa . According to the Constitution of South Africa , the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages. According to a doctoral dissertation by Rajend Mesthrie in 1985, although Hindi and other Indian languages have existed in South Africa for
9430-569: The official language of the imperial court during the reign of Shah Jahan . It is recorded that Emperor Aurangzeb spoke in Hindvi . The Hindustani vernacular became an expression of Indian national unity during the Indian Independence movement , and continues to be spoken as the common language of the people of the northern Indian subcontinent, which is reflected in the Hindustani vocabulary of Bollywood films and songs. Standard Hindi
9545-417: The outskirts of Benicàssim , the song was written by Vishal–Shekhar and Kumaar . Choreography and direction was by Vaibhavi Merchant . A few days after release of the song, it started gaining criticism among right-wing ideologists for its lyrics, Padukone's appearance in a saffron bikini, and Khan's appearance in green trousers. A boycott call on Twitter by the name "#BoycottPathaan" began to trend with
9660-443: The part because of "the fantastic script" by Aditya Chopra, whom he called "the little boy". To complete the casting, Chopra sought six new actors; three male and three female. Aditya's brother Uday Chopra wanted to make his acting debut in the film; Aditya Chopra and his assistants travelled across India to find the other five newcomers; he cast Shamita Shetty, Jugal Hansraj, Kim Sharma, Jimmy Sheirgill, and Preeti Jhangiani. A gymnasium
9775-483: The place of the English borrowings (ṭeli)fon and ṭīvī . Hindi also features significant Persian influence, standardised from spoken Hindustani . Early borrowings, beginning in the mid-12th century, were specific to Islam (e.g. Muhammad , Islām ) and so Persian was simply an intermediary for Arabic. Later, under the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire , Persian became the primary administrative language in
9890-619: The previous year. YRF however fought the offer and continued as a domestic entity, heavily aided by the Tata Sons . This was followed by the exits of Dick Cook from Walt Disney and Sanjeev Kohli from YRF. In June 2011, Disney acquired UTV at ₹ 2,000 crore (US$ 240 million) to establish Disney-UTV. Records from the Registrar of Companies of the same year showed that YRF received investments from LIC of India , Catamaran Ventures , and Maruti-Udyog . In December 2016, Disney-UTV announced
10005-522: The progressive use of Hindi language and impose restrictions on the use of the English language by the union government. In practice, the official language commissions are constantly endeavouring to promote Hindi but not imposing restrictions on English in official use by the union government. At the state level, Hindi is the official language of the following Indian states: Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan , Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand . Hindi
10120-458: The release of Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) — he wanted it to be about more than just romantic stories. According to the Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema , the film was inspired by the 1989 American coming-of-age drama Dead Poets Society . Chopra then narrated Mohabbatein to his father Yash Chopra , who was impressed by it; the latter also produced the film under his banner Yash Raj Films . In
10235-685: The release of the film Badmaash Company under the same banner. Chopra has produced several commercially viable projects including off-beat content not necessarily fitting into the realm of " masala films ". Chopra is the first to move towards the film studio model through independent projects helmed by talent under his banner. Major post-production work of the company is completed at YRF Studios (co-founded by his ex-wife Payal Khanna), where Chopra serves as Chief Executive . The Government of India appealed both Chopra and Mani Ratnam to focus on content created locally under its Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives. In June 2018, he
10350-420: The rules and, in a final effort to preserve the school atmosphere he had built up for 25 years, Narayan expels the three students. Raj speaks up on their behalf, stating they did nothing wrong by falling in love and accusing Narayan of causing his own daughter's death with his intolerance of love. Raj says he feels Narayan lost the challenge because his daughter left him and now Raj, who considered Narayan an elder,
10465-465: The same day. In November 2012, YRF green-lit their first Indian-American war drama co-production titled Paani with DreamWorks Pictures . The film was to be helmed by Shekhar Kapur and Sushant Singh Rajput was signed for the lead role in December of the same year. Principal photography was to start in June 2013, and it was planned as a December 2015 release by both Chopra and Kapur. A. R. Rahman
10580-495: The same language, Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu. Hindi is the most commonly used scheduled language in India and is one of the two official languages of the union , the other being English. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and is one of 22 scheduled languages of India , also having official status in Uttar Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Delhi , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh and Bihar . Hindi
10695-417: The same period with both Bhansali and Singh being awarded extensively for their work. Rajput was later signed for another independent YRF projects; Detective Byomkesh Bakshy scheduled to release in April 2015. On 12 December 2022, YRF released a song from the fourth project of its spy universe titled " Besharam Rang " across all media platforms. Picturised on Deepika Padukone and Shahrukh Khan in
10810-492: The story of Narayan, the strict principal of Gurukul college whose daughter Megha, commits suicide after he opposes her relationship with Raj, a music teacher at the college. The story follows Raj aiding with three Gurukul students and their love interests to rebel against Narayan's intolerance of love. The film was originally planned to be Aditya Chopra's directorial debut, but it was his second film after Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). Its themes were inspired by those from
10925-455: The strict principal of Gurukul, a prestigious all-boys college, for 25 years. Narayan believes in bringing the best out of his students by emphasizing honour, tradition, and discipline. He disdains fun and is particularly intolerant of romance, threatening to expel any student who is caught having a romantic affair. Despite these rules, three Gurukul students—Sameer, Vicky, and Karan—fall in love. Sameer falls for Sanjana, his childhood friend; Vicky
11040-457: The total 4230), apparently abusing his dominant position and clout in the Entertainment Industry of India , an allegation that he has battled several times in the past. Sultan eventually released on 6 July 2016, as planned by YRF, across 4310 Indian screens and 1130 screens internationally, to gross ₹ 501 crore (US$ 60 million) in the worldwide market and Raees was postponed to 26 January 2017, scheduled to release alongside Kaabil on
11155-471: The transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi are: During the period of Delhi Sultanate in medieval India , which covered most of today's north India, eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and Bangladesh and which resulted in the contact of Hindu and Muslim cultures , the Sanskrit and Prakrit base of Old Hindi became enriched with loanwords from Persian , evolving into the present form of Hindustani. Hindi achieved prominence in India after it became
11270-538: The truth about what this thing they called Mohabbatein was all about and more than any thing else I wanted them to understand every minute detail of the script as conceived by me." — Aditya Chopra on the film's casting Before the production of the romantic drama Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)—one of the highest-grossing films and the longest-running film in Indian cinema history— Aditya Chopra had started to write Mohabbatein to make his directorial debut. Chopra felt Mohabbatein 's subject matter
11385-439: The two big Indian releases of the year 2008 and were pitted against each other by the press; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi was to release on Diwali and Ghajini was to release on Christmas , with a gap of a few weeks between them. Chopra was present at a private screening of Ghajini that was held by Khan, for members of the film industry . Chopra was seen leaving through the back entrance of the theatre premise around 2 am, just before
11500-668: The world including first and second language speakers. Hindi is the fastest growing language of India , followed by Kashmiri , Meitei , Gujarati and Bengali according to the 2011 census of India . The term Hindī originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain . It was borrowed from Classical Persian هندی Hindī ( Iranian Persian pronunciation: Hendi ), meaning ' of or belonging to Hind (India) ' (hence, ' Indian ' ). Another name Hindavī ( हिन्दवी ) or Hinduī ( हिन्दुई ) (from Persian هندوی 'of or belonging to
11615-714: The worldwide market. The film earned Chopra his third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Director. YRF launched a number of budding screenwriters and directors under their banner throughout these years. Directors and screenwriters such as Karan Johar (his Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was co-produced and released by Yash Raj Film Distributors), Kunal Kohli , Kabir Khan , Sanjay Gadhvi , Jaideep Sahni , Siddharth Anand , Shimit Amin , Habib Faisal , Shaad Ali , Maneesh Sharma and Vijay Acharya debuted under YRF and have gone on to become independent entities in films. The company also produced films for filmmakers such as Anil Mehta and Pradeep Sarkar under their banner. The company
11730-423: The worldwide market. The films became the sixth , third and highest-grossing Indian films of 2004. The company won most of the Indian film awards in the year, with Veer-Zaara also winning the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. The company saw an all-time low, with several of their high-budgeted films not doing well at the box office, despite favourable critical reviews and
11845-545: Was awarded membership into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the Producers Guild of America . Apart from emerging as an equitable brand, his company earned the status of a movie mogul through distribution networks spread across the globe. Photographers of the Indian media caught a glimpse of the extremely-reclusive Chopra on 27 December 2008. Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Aamir Khan's Ghajini were
11960-436: Was built specifically for their training before filming began. Amrish Puri, Shefali Shah, and Helen made special appearances. Aditya Chopra also wrote the film's dialogue. The principal photography of Mohabbatein was handled by Manmohan Singh and commenced on 25 October 1999, taking place in the United Kingdom. Karan Johar designed the costumes for Bachchan and Khan while Manish Malhotra designed them for Rai. Farah Khan
12075-446: Was completed in 3 months followed by post-production work being completed in May. A teaser/trailer and other marketing material featuring both Khan and Sharma were released simultaneously starting in April across platforms and networks. The film was ready for a 5 July release and as a result, around 4230 theatre screens available in India would have been divided among the two films. Realising
12190-555: Was envisioned that Hindi would become the sole working language of the Union Government by 1965 (per directives in Article 344 (2) and Article 351), with state governments being free to function in the language of their own choice. However, widespread resistance to the imposition of Hindi on non-native speakers, especially in South India (such as those in Tamil Nadu ) led to the passage of
12305-469: Was eventually ranked at Number 1 (among the most successful film production companies in India) in a survey conducted by Filmfare and at number 27 (among the most successful film production companies in the world) in a survey by The Hollywood Reporter , both under the vice-chairmanship of Chopra. In September 2015, YRF announced Chopra's directorial comeback with the romantic comedy Befikre , scheduled for
12420-428: Was opened on 315 screens across India and grossed ₹ 11.9 million (US$ 264,796.92) on the first day. The film collected ₹ 706.2 million (US$ 15.71 million) in India and $ 4.2 million overseas. Box Office India estimated the film's total gross to be ₹ 900.1 million (US$ 20.03 million), making it the highest-grossing Indian film of the year. It ran at theatres for over 175 days, becoming a silver jubilee film. Mohabbatein
12535-451: Was released across social media platforms and attached to Bajrangi Bhaijaan on 17 July 2015 announcing it as a 5 July 2016 release; packaged and presented as an Eid project. However, sensing an opportunity in the same period, YRF went ahead to green-light its own Sultan , slated for release on the same day, in January 2016. Principal photography with Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma
12650-451: Was released on DVD in a double-disc pack on 20 November in all regions . The broadcast rights of the movie were acquired to Sony Network . It has been available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+ since 18 November 2016. Mohabbatein received widespread critical acclaim upon release, with Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan 's performances garnering the highest praise. Savera R. Someshwar of Rediff.com commented
12765-478: Was released on 21 January 2000 by Yash Raj Films' subsidiary YRF Music. In early November, Yash Chopra sold its rights to HMV and earned an advance of ₹ 75 million (US$ 1.67 million). Critical response to the soundtrack of Mohabbatein was mixed. According to Screen , "Jatin–Lalit's music, though not chartbuster stuff, is melodious and situational. It grows on you as you watch the film." Ratna Malay of Bollywood Hungama called it "a typical Yash Chopra kind with
12880-674: Was roped in to score the music of the film and pre-production work started in January 2013 with the entire cast and crew at YRF Studios. In February 2013, Sanjay Leela Bhansali offered the lead role to Rajput in his Shakespearean tragic romance Ram-Leela , which was scheduled to be shot throughout the year 2013. Chopra, however, advised Rajput to turn down the role to focus solely on Paani and led Bhansali to sign Ranveer Singh (through YRF Talent) instead. In November 2013, Chopra shelved Paani stating affordability issues faced by YRF during pre-production work. Ram-Leela meanwhile opened to overwhelming critical and box office success in
12995-433: Was seen as a bid to increase its global presence and enter Indian entertainment . This was followed by Warner Bros. , Columbia Pictures , Universal Pictures , and 20th Century Fox , who made similar moves. Post the release of the three films, Disney attempted a ₹ 5,000 crore (US$ 600 million) hostile takeover of YRF in December 2009. The offer was pushed after its acquisitions of Pixar and Marvel from
13110-486: Was the choreographer. Sharmishta Roy , a frequent collaborator with Yash Raj Films, served as the art director. When asked by Shilpa Bharatan-Iyer of Rediff.com , Roy described the film as a "learning experience"; she used many stones for Narayan's office sets and went to Lohar Chawl to buy several additional properties. Roy said she had a good rapport with Aditya Chopra and that the film's production gave her many challenges; "Look, every day, I put up houses. The challenge
13225-544: Was too mature, making Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge his first film as a director and Mohabbatein his second. Wanting his next film to have different themes, he conceived Mohabbatein as a thriller but changed his mind and decided to make another romantic film. He stated, "I realized that there is something in that story that keeps drawing me to it, so one day I just shut my thriller file and casually picked up my [...] Mohabbatein file—that one simple action decided my second film for me". Chopra started to write Mohabbatein after
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