Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan

About the film

Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan (transl. This is Mumbai, My Sweetheart); formerly known as Mr. Aashiq (transl. Mr. Beau) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Mukesh Bhatt, starring Saif Ali Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Akshay Anand and Chunky Pandey. The film was flop at the box office. The film is a remake of Michael J. Fox's 1987 film The Secret of My Success.

Plot

Raju Tarachand (Saif Ali Khan) a small-town guy who has come to Mumbai to try his luck in the corporate world. On his arrival he gets duped of his car and luggage by Chali (Chunky Pandey). He goes to Mr. Malhotra's office and convinces him to grant him a job. When he finds out that he has been hired as a lowly peon, he quits thinking this is beneath him. He changes his mind when he sees that the beautiful Jasmine (Twinkle Khanna) also works there, in hope of catching her eye.

Mr. Malhotra is having problems in his company that, unknown to anyone, are caused by his brother Papaji (Avtar Gill). He has placed a spy, M.R. Poplet (Girish Dhamija), to sabotage the company so that he (Papaji) can take it over. Malhotra hires a corporate P.I., David Rathod, to help him, but Rathod gets held up. Raju grabs this opportunity to get close to Jasmine and apply his training to set the company right while trying to maintain his job as the peon.

How this convoluted situation gets resolved is the story of the movie.

Soundtrack

"Mera Chand Mujhe Aaya Hai Nazar" became a signature hit from the album, owing to its melodic hook and Kumar Sanu’s vocals, which made it widely popular.

Production

The film was announced, shot and completed in 1995 under the title Mr. Aashiq and the audio released under that name in 1996. When the film got delayed, its producers changed its title and released it as Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan.

This was the second film where Saif played a role inspired by Michael J. Fox's role in the original film. Earlier he had played the role of a movie star inspired by Fox's character from The Hard Way, in the film Main Khiladi Tu Anari.

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