Chori Chori Chupke Chupke

Raj Malhotra (Salman Khan) and Priya (Rani Mukerji) are from well-to-do families and meet at a wedding and fall in love. They are married and soon afterwards, Priya gets pregnant. Early in the pregnancy, Priya miscarries and becomes permanently infertile. On Dr. Balraj Chopra's (Prem Chopra) advice, they decide to look for a surrogate mother to bear Raj's child and hide Priya's infertility from their conservative family. Raj meets Madhubala "Madhu" (Preity Zinta), a prostitute, who agrees to carry Raj's baby in exchange for money. After some much-needed behavioral grooming and an image makeover, Madhu meets Priya — who is unaware of Madhu's background, and the three depart for Switzerland to carry out their plan.

Soon Madhu is pregnant with Raj's child, and he happily tells his family that Priya is expecting. Meanwhile, Raj's business partner Ajay Sharma (Adi Irani) begins to sexually harass Madhu and she decides to leave Switzerland, mistakenly believing that Raj told his friend that she is a prostitute. Eventually, Priya finds out about Madhu's past, but still believes that Madhu should carry their child, and she begs her to stay. Finally, Raj's friend assaults Madhu but Raj saves her. Overwhelmed by Raj's kindness, Madhu falls in love with him.

Raj's family suddenly arrives in Switzerland. While Priya reaches for pregnancy-simulating pillows, the family meet the heavily pregnant Madhu who is introduced to them as a friend staying with them while her husband is travelling for business. Raj's grandfather, Kailashnath Malhotra (Amrish Puri) and father Ranjit Malhotra (Dalip Tahil) arrange a religious ceremony and ask Raj, Priya and Madhu to return with them to India.

The ceremony is very important so Priya sends Madhu as herself. An emotional Madhu becomes conflicted about giving up her child. Finding Madhu's room empty and the money dumped on the bed, a frantic Priya pursues her to the train station and slaps Madhu when she confesses that she loves Raj. By the time Raj gets there, Madhu has gone into premature labour. The doctor announces that either Madhu or the child can be saved, and Priya asks him to save Madhu. However, both mother and baby survive. Madhu gives the baby to Priya, who quickly settles into a hospital bed with "her" baby. Dr. Balraj Chopra tells Raj's family that Madhu's child was stillborn.

When Madhu is ready to leave, she promises Raj that she won't go back to prostitution. When he takes her to the airport he realizes that she loves him and kisses her forehead. Madhu leaves happily.

• Salman Khan as Raj Malhotra, a wealthy businessman who is deeply in love with his wife
• Rani Mukerji as Priya Malhotra, Raj's wife
• Preity Zinta as Madhubala, a prostitute who is hired by Raj to be a surrogate mother for him and Priya
• Amrish Puri as Kailashnath Malhotra, Raj's grandfather
• Dalip Tahil as Ranjit Malhotra, Raj's father
• Farida Jalal as Asha Malhotra, Raj's mother
• Prem Chopra as Dr. Balraj Chopra, Priya's doctor
• Johnny Lever as Pappu Bhai
• Adi Irani as Ajay Sharma, Raj's business partner
• Ruby Bhatia as News reporter
• Deepti Bhatnagar in a special appearance in a dance number
• Dinyar Contractor
• Bhairavi Vaidya as Raj's aunt

The film met with mostly mixed to positive reviews, with critics praising the uniqueness of the film which dealt with the previously untouched subject of surrogacy. Preity Zinta's performance in an unconventional role was especially noted by many critics alike. However, the duo of Salman Khan and Rani Mukerji faced some criticism, with reviews expressing that they were nothing more than beauty fillers in the film. Film critic Sukanya Verma noted Zinta's performance in "the meatiest part of all", but found Mukerji to be "handicapped with a role that doesn't give her much scope besides weeping and sobbing" and stated Khan's performance lacked substance.[6] Padmaraj Nair of Screen, however, praised all the three leads; he noted Khan for his "understated" performance, argued that Mukerji is "at her best", and shared similar sentiments about Zinta, calling her a "scene-stealer". Nair was ambivalent towards the film: "Director duo Abbas-Mustan has a script in hand which is inspired by many films and they have done their best to bring a fair amount of conviction while putting it across on the screen.".[7] Vinayak Chakravorty of Hindustan Times rated the film three stars, noted its resemblance to Doosri Dulhan and criticized it for occasionally coming across as "a veritablererun of the stereotypes". Still, he noted Khan for playing against type and described Zinta as the "trumpcard of the film".[8] Dinesh Raheja of India Today was slightly critical of the film but noted that Zinta "who gives the film its electric charge".[9]

Music by Anu Malik and lyrics by Sameer. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 20,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's sixth highest-selling.[10]

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