Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon

About the film

Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (English: I am crazy about Prem), is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Sooraj Barjatya and produced by Rajshri Productions. The film is a remake of the 1976 Hindi film Chitchor, which itself is based on Subodh Ghosh's Bengali short story Chittachakor. It stars Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan in lead roles. It was released on 27 June 2003 to negative reviews from critics, and was declared as a commercial failure. However, Bachchan's performance was well received and earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 49th Filmfare Awards.

Plot

Sanjana is a vivacious young woman. She has just graduated from college and is not happy about the concept of arranged marriage, much to the dismay of her mother Susheela.

Roopa, Sanjana's older sister, who has settled in the U.S., calls up her parents to inform them that her friend, Prem, has seen Sanjana's photo and is interested in getting to know her. Prem is a wealthy businessman, settled in the U.S. with his parents. Sanjana is not pleased with this development but she eventually agrees and meets Prem.

At first, Sanjana can't stand the enthusiastic and outgoing Prem, and plays a series of pranks on him. As they begin to spend more time together, they eventually fall in love, much to the delight of her parents who adore him too. He returns to the U.S. for his job and promises to come back. However, Roopa informs the family that Prem could not make it, so someone else was sent in his place.

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Anu Malik. Most of the songs were sung by K. S. Chithra, who performed vocals for Kapoor, while KK and Shaan performed vocals for Roshan and Bachchan, respectively. All the lyrics were penned by Dev Kohili. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 16,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's seventh highest-selling.

Reception

Narendra Kusnur of Mid-Day wrote of the performances: "Hrithik looks good - but tends to go overboard with his enthusiasm, especially in the first half. Kareena is spontaneous and Abhishek is convincing." However, he concluded, "But on the whole, there’s little to make you go diwana or diwani."

Sukanya Verma of Rediff was critical of Hrithik and Kareena's chemistry, writing that "their pairing seems to have lost its freshness." She noted that the film "does have its moments, though: Sanjana welcoming Prem (Hrithik) in a hilarious Sati-Savitri take-off; Prem (Abhishek) attempting to learn cycling; Sanjana teasing Prem (Abhishek) about his shyness. But these are no excuses for an otherwise non-happening film from a filmmaker known to create magic on screen." Chitra Mahesh of The Hindu opined that the movie "is a complete let down," and that Hrithik and Kareena "are made to play characters that are close to being high pitched," but was positive of Abhishek and Pankaj's performances.

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