Om Jai Jagadish

About the film

Om Jai Jagadish is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Anupam Kher in his directorial debut and produced by Vashu Bhagnani under Pooja Entertainment. The film stars Waheeda Rahman, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Mahima Chaudhry, Urmila Matondkar and Tara Sharma.

Plot

Saraswati Batra is the widowed mother of Om, Jai, and Jagadish. They live at a beach home where they are often approached by investors seeking to buy their home, but Om always refuses no matter how generous the offer. Om is responsible and provides the income for the whole family. He works in a music company owned by his friend, Shekhar Malhotra. Jai is very ambitious (he wants to build the world's fastest car) and is studying in the United States. His education is paid for by Om, for which he has taken a loan from Shekhar Malhotra. Jagadish is a college student who is very good with computers. Jai soon returns home after Om and his mother convince him.

They all want different things. Om marries the bubbly Ayesha, an MTV VJ, and Jai marries Neetu, the daughter of a rich NRI. Jagadish is in love with Pooja, who is from Bangalore; they met at a college festival. When Jai, on the insistence of his wife Neetu, clashes with Om's values, they drift apart.

Jai moves back to the United States and starts working at a garage while experimenting with car engines. Jagadish is caught computer hacking after trying to help a friend get the answers to a test, and Om throws him out of the house as a result. Om realizes that Shekhar had lien over his house to secure his debt for Jai's study. When he fails to pay it back, Shekhar takes possession of the house. Om, Ayesha, and Sarawasti have to leave the house. All three brothers struggle to achieve their goals. Om starts his own music label, Jai finally succeeds in building the fastest car and Jagdish meets with a tech billionaire to propose a deal for anti-hacking software.

Production

Originally, Yash Raj Films wanted to rope in director Anupam Kher with his script and also wished to produce it, on the condition that the director managed to rope in Aamir Khan (Om), Shah Rukh Khan (Jai), Salman Khan (Jagadish), Rani Mukerji (Ayesha), Kajol (Neetu) & Preity Zinta (Pooja) to play the leading characters. However, all the actors declined the film stating date problems and the project was eventually produced by Vashu Bhagnani and released by Saregama. Tabu was initially part of the film but walked out before its completion. This added to the film's pre-release challenges.

Some parts of the film were shot in Dunedin, New Zealand. The university campus shown in the film is the University of Otago.

Music

The music was composed by Anu Malik, with lyrics written by Sameer.

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