Released : Feb 10, 2012
Genre : Comedy, Romance
Starcast : Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sonia Mehra, Ram Kapoor, Boman Irani, Randhir Kapoor
Desc :
Rahul Kapoor (Imran Khan), 26, is on his way to become a carbon copy of his parentswhen he suddenly loses his job as an architect in Vegas. Afraid that he has let his parentsdown, Rahul decides to hide the truth and find another job. When by a twist of fate, hemeets Riana Braganza, a quick-witted hairstylist, who is everything he isn`t. A series of events lead them to meet on Christmas eve over a few drinks… but like always, it’s never a ‘few’. Following this night of debauchery, they wake up to discover that they’ve gotten married. Now, Rahul has more than just his job loss to hide from hisparents.They both decide to get it annulled as soon as possible and get an appointment from thecourt in ten days. Over the next ten days they have their share of arguments, momentsand laughs that results in an unlikely friendship.Will this friendship turn to love? Will her warmth and fearlessness give Rahul thecourage to face a long-simmering confrontation with his parents? Will a marriage that started as a drunken mistake help two people find themselves?
Duration : 1:37
Genre : Comedy, Romance
Starcast : Imran Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sonia Mehra, Ram Kapoor, Boman Irani, Randhir Kapoor
Desc :
Rahul Kapoor (Imran Khan), 26, is on his way to become a carbon copy of his parentswhen he suddenly loses his job as an architect in Vegas. Afraid that he has let his parentsdown, Rahul decides to hide the truth and find another job. When by a twist of fate, hemeets Riana Braganza, a quick-witted hairstylist, who is everything he isn`t. A series of events lead them to meet on Christmas eve over a few drinks… but like always, it’s never a ‘few’. Following this night of debauchery, they wake up to discover that they’ve gotten married. Now, Rahul has more than just his job loss to hide from hisparents.They both decide to get it annulled as soon as possible and get an appointment from thecourt in ten days. Over the next ten days they have their share of arguments, momentsand laughs that results in an unlikely friendship.Will this friendship turn to love? Will her warmth and fearlessness give Rahul thecourage to face a long-simmering confrontation with his parents? Will a marriage that started as a drunken mistake help two people find themselves?
Duration : 1:37
Rahul Kapoor (Imran Khan) has always been on the road to perfection, as per the wishes of his domineering father (Boman Irani) and socialite mother (Ratna Pathak Shah). After suddenly losing his job as an architect in Vegas, he decides to hide the truth from his parents and find another job. Unable to cope with unemployment, he decides to go to a psychologist and runs into another patient, Riana Braganza (Kareena Kapoor). A series of events lead Riana to believe that he is sent by her ex-boyfriend to stalk her, and she ends up taking his file by mistake.
Riana, who later realizes her mistake, calls him and apologizes for her behavior. They meet up during Christmas Eve
and Riana invites Rahul to have a few drinks with her. A few drinks
turn into a night of intoxicated debauchery as they end up marrying each
other accidentally. Horrified, they both decide to get it annulled
as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Riana, who is also unemployed and has
not paid her rent, loses her house and an initially hesitant Rahul
finally lets her stay with him till her problem gets resolved. During
these few days, they get to know each other better. Rahul is revealed to
be interested in photography while Riana recounts her ambition to be a
ballet dancer, which was destroyed after she experienced an incident in
her childhood that broke her ankle. Their friendship develops as Riana
gives Rahul a long time break he always wanted. As they grow closer,
Rahul develops feelings for Riana, who fails to reciprocate them.
As New Year's Eve
approaches, Riana plans to visit her family in India, and asks Rahul to
accompany her. He disagrees initially, as his parents also live in Mumbai,
but later succumbs to her argument. Upon arrival, she introduces him to
her family, making his feelings towards her grow. The next day, Riana
takes him to visit her school, and amidst reflecting over her past
relationships, he unsuccessfully tries to kiss her. Realizing that she
does not feel the way he does, he angrily leaves the school, only to
almost run into a car revealed to be his mother's. He lies and tells his
mother that he is in India for a research trip, and that Riana is a
colleague. They proceed to have lunch with Rahul's parents, where he
webs a tale of intricate lies to avoid telling his father the truth. He
leaves Riana's house and moves in with his parents, trying to tell them
the truth, but once again is overpowered by his father.
Two days later, during a family dinner, Rahul angrily divulges the
complete truth to his in-denial parents and their business partners
(including Mr. Bulani), after realizing the meaninglessness of his
pretence he indulged in showing all these years. As he rushes back to
Riana to apologize for his behavior, Riana explains that she is sorry
too as she never intended to lead him on. After a night of reflection
and deep conversation, both decide to maintain their friendship. The
film ends with both returning back to Las Vegas and finalizing their
annulment with Rahul getting a new job, while keeping time out for
photography. He remains hopeful that one day he will convince Riana to
go back to that chapel with him. Both remain good friends, with an
ending note from Rahul claiming that he is finally happy with his life,
as the credits roll.
Cast
- Imran Khan as Rahul Kapoor, an uptight architect living in Las Vegas. Following the loss of his job, he ends up marrying Riana Braganza due to alcohol-resulting drunkenness. Khan describes his role by saying, "Rahul has had a very restricted life. His parents have always told him what to do, how to behave, what to study, what career to pursue and so on and so forth. Even his hobbies have been decided by his parents. He has never had a spontaneous moment in his life where he has done something for himself. He is actually a very sad, lonely and tragic guy but he doesn't realize it."[6]
- Kareena Kapoor as Riana Braganza, a hairstylist who tries to add zing to his monotonous life following her marriage to Rahul Kapoor. In an interview with The Times of India, Kapoor describes her character and explains, "Riana knows what she is doing. Even though she does not have a house or a job, she is a positive person... very similar to the way I am."[7]
- Ratna Pathak Shah as Rahul's mother, a fiercely dominating woman.
- Boman Irani as Rahul's father, a strict disciplinarian.
- Ram Kapoor as Mr. Bulani, a friend of Rahul's father, who tries to help Rahul overcome his low self-esteem.
- Dana Lewis as Mrs. Bulani, who makes sexual advances at Rahul.
- Soniya Mehra as Anusha, Rahul's ex-girlfriend.
- Rajesh Khattar as Mr. Shah.
- Nikhil Kapoor as Phil Braganza, Riana's father.
- Zenobia Shroff as Nicole Braganza, Riana's mother.
- Manasi Scott as Riana's sister.
- Mukul Chaddha as Riana's brother-in-law.
- Avantika Malik in a special appearance during the song Auntyji.
Production
A major part of Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu was set in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pre-production
work on the film began in the year 2010 when Karan Johar announced his
plans of making a new project with debutant Shakun Batra.[8] Following the success of their previous collaboration I Hate Luv Storys
(2010), Khan was contracted by Johar to play the film's male lead. In
an attempt to sign in an actress who had never worked with Khan before,
Kapoor was confirmed to play the female lead several days later.[9] She had to cut her hair short and sport red streaks for her role.[10]
On casting Khan and Kapoor for the film, Johar commented, "They could
get their real life personality onto the film. Imran is meant to be this
very perfectionist young man. So while he is a very stuffy kind of a
character, he is also very focused and doesn't let himself go. On the
other hand Kareena plays this woman who is like a modern version of Geet
from Jab We Met."[11]
Regarding the film, Batra mentioned, "It's a slice of life film,
driven by characters. The plot is not primary, emotions of the
characters are at the forefront. It is set on two weeks of the life of
two characters, played by Imran and Kareena."[12] On the other hand, Johar said that the film was inspired by the Woody Allen
style of film-making. He added that there would be "lot more
conversation happening here" and there would be "these walk-talk
sequences where it is just you and the camera in motion".[11]
Principal photography commenced in November 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada after Khan had completed working on Mere Brother Ki Dulhan[13] and later continued in Los Angeles.[14] After completing the film's first schedule, the crew shifted to shoot in Pataudi, in the Indian state of Haryana, followed by Mumbai.[15] As photography began in Vegas, media sources began to report that it could be an adaptation of the American romantic comedy, What Happens in Vegas
(2008). Johar, however, went on to deny these reports, claiming that if
he wanted to remake the film, he would have bought the rights to it.[16] Originally referred to as Short Term Shaadi, the film's title and first look was launched by Johar in August 2011 via the social networking site of Twitter. According to him, "Short Term Shaadi
was just a working title that attached itself to this film through the
making. Neither the director nor I were happy with it from the start."[3] The name Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu was derived from a song from the Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh starer Khel Khel Mein (1975).[17]
On deciding to set the film in Vegas, Batra said that, "the character
of the place is very well defined and we need to show it as Las Vegas.
It can't be shown as any other city. Since most films are not set there,
it gets difficult. In case of Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, our film is set in Las Vegas and Mumbai".[18]
As filming took place during the winter season in Vegas, the production
team shot for double shifts in order to be cost effective.[6]
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