Jhootha Hi Sahi

Jhootha Hi Sahi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Abbas Tyrewala
Produced by Madhu Mantena
Sanjiv Goenka
Apurv Nagpal
Abbas Tyrewala
Written by Pakhi Tyrewala
Starring John Abraham
Pakhi Tyrewala
Raghu Ram
Music by A. R. Rahman
Cinematography Manoj Lobo
Edited by Shan Mohammed
Antara Lahiri
Consulting Editor:
Chandan Arora
Production
company
Cinergy Pictures
Telltale Pictures
Distributed by Sa Re Ga Ma-HMV
Release date
  • 22 October 2010 (2010-10-22)
Running time
 150 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Budget ₹35 crore (350 million)[1]
Box office ₹15.6 crore (156 million)[1]

Jhootha Hi Sahi (English: Even if it's a lie / False is True) is a 2010 Indian romantic comedy film co produced and directed by Abbas Tyrewala under the banner of Sa Re Ga Ma. It stars John Abraham, Pakhi Tyrewala, Raghu Ram, Manasi Scott and Alishka Varde in the leads roles. R. Madhavan makes an extended Cameo appearance along with Nandana Sen in a Cameo appearance. It features a successful score and soundtrack by A. R. Rahman. The film is about a suicidal woman, whose "final" call mistakenly connects her to a man who gives her something to live for.

Plot

Siddharth "Sid" (John Abraham) works in a bookstore in London named Kagaz Ke Phool with his Pakistani friend Omar (Raghu Ram). His girlfriend Krutika (Manasi Scott) never leaves a chance to dominate him and he is so fed up.

The twist comes when Sid starts getting calls from people who are attempting suicide as his number was mistakenly printed on fliers of a suicide helpline, and later on he takes on the phone counselling job.

One night, he gets a call from a beautiful and lonely sad Mishka (Pakhi Tyrewala) who has had a bad relationship with her ex bf Kabir, and is on the verge of taking her life. Mishka discloses her suicidal feelings and then they become phone friends.However, as a rule, Sid must keep his phone identity hidden so Mishka starts calling him "Fidato".

As coincidence, Mishka comes to Sid's bookstore to buy some books, and Sid falls in love with her but wants to hide his Fidato identity so Sid pretends he has a stammer. Mishka befriends Sid not knowing that he is Fidato, her phone friend-counselor.

Then Sid and Mishka get closer and bond closely where Sid takes the unique opportunity to impress her by telling her all the things which she used to confide in her phone friend Fidato.

One day, Fidato mentions Kabir by name by mistake whereas Mishka had only mentioned Kabir name to Sid, not Fidato. things patch up.

However, another twist arises when one fine day, Kabir (ex-boyfriend of Mishka) springs up and apologise to Mishka, and when Mishka ignores him telling him she is with Sid, he becomes suicidal.

When Mishka sees Kabir has true love for her, she can't bear the separation any longer and they get closer much to Sid's disappoinment as he had fallen in love with Mishka.

The final straw comes in when Mishka's neighbor is suicidal takes poison and calls Fidato help line, and Fidato recognized that it is Mishka's neighbor and immediately calls Mishka in the middle of the night to call 999.

Later on, on the London Bridge, Sid and Mishka finally end their differences and the film ends on a happy note when sid any how went one side from another to take the last chance provided by Mishka although the bridge gates were closed. At the end they two hug each other & the movie ends with a slow romantic song in the background.

Cast

Voice-overs:

Production

The film was originally titled 1-800-Love,[2] later renamed as Call Me Dil[2] and released under the title Jhootha Hi Sahi. The heroine of the film is Pakhi Tyrewala, wife of the director of this film Abbas Tyrewala. R. Madhavan and Nandana Sen make guest appearances in the movie while Imran Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh and Abhishek Bachchan lent their voices.[3] The first look billboard poster of the film was unveiled by John Abraham, in a first of its kind on 12 August.[4] The theatrical trailer was unveiled on 27 August 2010 and the music was released on 17 September 2010.

Release

The movie released on 22 October 2010. Earlier it planned to release on 4 July and 15 October, but was delayed since the re-recording of the background score by Rahman took more time than planned.[5][6]

Music

The original score and songs of the film were composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics penned by Abbas Tyrewala. He composed eight tracks for the film; however, a track by Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan was not featured in the film or soundtrack album. There were rumours that KK[7] and Adnan Sami[8] have recorded songs for the album, but this did not happen. Rahman recorded some of the background score at his K. M. Musiq Studios in Los Angeles. Rahman wrote on a social networking website, "Recorded with a Los Angeles jazz quartet, a couple of whom have played with the likes of Barbra Streisand and Billie Holiday."[9] A few of the songs were recorded in London, while the rest was recorded in Chennai.[10] There were reports that the re-recording of the score took more time than planned and this led to the delayed release of the movie.[6]

Controversy

Warner Bros. filed a case of copyright violation alleging that the movie was copied from their television series Friends. The producer of the film, Madhu Mantena, responded that it was not true and that the film had nothing to do with Friends; director Abbas Tyrewala has also denied the allegations.[11]

Reception

Critical response

Jhootha Hi Sahi has received mixed critical responses. On the review-aggregation website ReviewGang, the film scored 5.0/10 based on 4 reviews.[12] Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India rated it 3.5/5: "The script has a few teasing twists and turns that do not let it fall into the rut of predictable run-of-the-mill romances".[13] Aniruddha Guha of DNA rated it 2/4: "The film may have its moments, but not enough to leave you with a smile at the end. Not even recommended as a date movie".[14] Sukanya Venkatraghavan of Filmfare wrote, Jhootha Hi Sahi is like an amateur college play where everyone is trying too hard and the writing is just plain cocky, with no depth or direction".[15] Sukanya Verma of Rediff wrote, "John's the best, forget the rest". She gave a 2 out of 5 rating to the movie.[16] Mathures Paul of The Statesman gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, noting, "It really doesn’t matter if Abraham lost a few stones to play Sid, if Pakhi is a good scriptwriter (though she looks like a middle-aged aunt with two left feet), AR Rahman is the music director and Abbas Tyrewala's last film was the modestly successful Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. They all work in different directions".[17]

Box office

The film opened to 50 – 60% occupancy in the first week.[18][19] However, it managed to surpass other close releases from the next week onwards, reaching number one in the Indian box office[18] and reaching number 20 in the United Kingdom box office on its opening weekend.[20] By the end of its theatrical run, it had collected ₹ 15.6 crore (156 million) worldwide.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jhoota Hi Sahi - Movie". Box Office India. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  2. 1 2 Cast & Crew Bollywood Hungama
  3. ↑ "Abhishek, Imran, Riteish's voice cameo in JHS". www.filmibeat.com.
  4. ↑ "John Abraham unveils the billboard of Jhootha Hi Sahi in style". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  5. ↑ Subhash K Jha. "Jhootha Hi Sahi release postponed again!". mid-day.com. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  6. 1 2 Subhash J. Jha. "Waiting for Rahman: Jhootha Hi Sahi director stranded in Chennai?". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  7. ↑ Rajiv Vijayakar. "Your favorite singer KK sings his heart out… read on!". Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  8. ↑ Subhash K. Jha (16 April 2009). "AR Rahman sneaks into town for 1-800-Love!". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  9. ↑ "Rahman adds more flavour to Jhootha Hi Sahi". Indiaglitz. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  10. ↑ "Rahman gets his act together, juggles American concerts with background score". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  11. ↑ Kunal M Shah, Mumbai Mirror (30 September 2010). "Jhootha Hi Sahi inspired from 'Friends'?". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  12. ↑ "Jhootha Hi Sahi Reviews". Reviewgang. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  13. ↑ Kazmi, Nikhat. "Jhootha Hi Sahi Review". Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  14. ↑ Guha, Aniruddha. "Jhootha Hi Sahi Review". DNA. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  15. ↑ Venkatraghavan, Sukanya. "Jhootha Hi Sahi Review". Filmfare. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  16. ↑ "John's the best, forget the rest!". movies.rediff.com. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
  17. ↑ "Tedious viewing". The Statesman.
  18. 1 2 http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=17144
  19. ↑ http://www.filmycinema.com/2010/10/jhootha-hi-sahi-box-office-collection.html
  20. ↑ "Rakta Charitra beats Hisss, Jhootha Hi Sahi". www.filmibeat.com.
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