Thank You is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Anees Bazmee.[3][4][5] The film stars Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Suniel Shetty, Irrfan Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Rimi Sen and Celina Jaitly. Ranjeet, Mukesh Tiwari, Rakhee Tandon, Smita Jaykar, and Chahat Khanna are featured in supporting roles with Mallika Sherawat and Vidya Balan in special appearances.
| Thank You | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Anees Bazmee |
| Written by | Anees Bazmee Rajan Aggarwal Nisar Akhtar Rajiv Kaul Ikram Akhtar |
| Produced by | Ronnie Screwvala Twinkle Khanna |
| Starring | Akshay Kumar Bobby Deol Suniel Shetty Irrfan Khan Sonam Kapoor Rimi Sen Celina Jaitly |
| Cinematography | Ravi Yadav |
| Edited by | Steven H. Bernard |
| Music by | Songs: Pritam Score: Sandeep Shirodkar |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹60 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹75.37 crore[2] |
Released on 8 April 2011, and conceptually similar to Bazmee's No Entry (2005), Thank You revolves around three married men and best friends at work who engage in philandering behaviour and run a yacht business, trying to have some fun outside their marriage. However, when suspicion plays its cards right on their wives, enlisted for help arrives private investigator Kishan Khurana, a detective who specializes in extramarital relationships. However, the course of events that follows Kishan's attempts to expose and reform the men takes twists and turns that are hard for him to deal with, and what follows suit forms the rest of the story.[6][7] Most of the scenes in this film were shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Toronto, Ontario in Canada.
Indiagames also released a mobile video game based on the film.[8]
Plot
editIn Toronto, three best friends Raj, Vikram, and Yogi are married but lead double lives as serial cheaters. While Raj and Vikram manage to keep their infidelities hidden, Yogi’s efforts are constantly foiled by his vigilant wife, Maya.
When the wives, Sanjana, Shivani, and Maya, discuss mounting suspicions sparked by a minor incident they agree to hire private detective Kishan Khurana, who is actually known to Maya. Initially, Kishan’s investigation nearly exposes Raj at a New Year’s Eve party, but a series of misdirected schemes results in Yogi being falsely implicated instead.
Desperate to uncover the truth behind the escalating scandal, Raj and Vikram turn back to Kishan. Secretly smitten with Sanjana, Kishan manipulates events by staging evidence that points to Yogi as the informer. Eventually, however, his deceit is revealed amid further chaos and betrayals, forcing the trio to confront the true mastermind behind the unfolding drama.
In a final twist, Kishan discloses his own tragic past, his wife Divya committed suicide after discovering his infidelity, leaving him determined to help wronged women. Ultimately, the revelations lead to a reconciliation among the couples, and Kishan departs Toronto to pursue his next mission.
Cast
edit- Suniel Shetty as Yogi Mathur
- Akshay Kumar as Kishan Khurana
- Bobby Deol as Raj Malhotra
- Irrfan Khan as Vikram Chopra
- Sonam Kapoor as Sanjana Arora Malhotra
- Rimi Sen as Shivani Chopra
- Celina Jaitly as Maya Mathur
- Mukesh Tiwari as King
- Rakhee Tandon as Maddy, King's wife.
- Ranjeet as T.T.
- Chahat Khanna as Kanisha "Kuku" Arora
- Smita Jaykar as Trishna Arora
- Shillpi Sharma as Sweety
- Mallika Sherawat in a friendly song appearance as Razia
- Vidya Balan in a special appearance as Divya Khurana, Kishan's late wife.
- Lilly Singh in an uncredited cameo in the climax scene.
Production
editKapoor replaced Katrina Kaif as the lead actress, since Bazmee wanted to have a change with Kumar's love interest. The film was shot at different locations in Vancouver, Toronto and Bangkok. It was made on a budget of ₹ 500 million, while an additional amount of ₹ 80 million was spent on promotions.[1]
Reception
editCritical
editThough earning more than INR 1 billion and emerging as a commercial success, Thank You opened to negative reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film with 2/5 Stars saying, "What could've been an honest take on dishonesty fails to leave a mark eventually".[9] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the film one star and stated, "Badly scripted, shoddily photographed and embarrassingly performed, Thank You is one of those rare films that gets absolutely nothing right."[10] Anupama Chopra of NDTV gave one and a half stars and commented, "My brains were battered to pulp and my eardrums are still recovering from Pritam's cacophonous sound-track."[11] Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India awarded two and a half stars saying, "You have a film that can be an average weekend getaway. Nothing more, not even Mallika Sherawat's item number."[12]
Box office
editThank You had a below average opening of ₹ 50 million according to Box Office India.[13] It showed a 20% increase on Saturday, bringing the two-day total to ₹ 110 million nett.[14] The film grossed approximately ₹ 320 million by the end of the weekend[15] and ₹ 520 million nett by the end of its first week.[16] It raked in ₹ 112.5 million in its second week taking the total to ₹ 400 million net.[17] The film netted a total of ₹ 600 million in India taking its worldwide total ₹ 1.08 billion.[2] The film was declared average by BoxofficeIndia.com.[18] The film however managed to recover 90% of its cost through the sale of satellite, music and territorial rights.[1] The satellite and music rights were sold to Colors and T-Series respectively for a sum of ₹ 300 million.[1]
Soundtrack
edit| Thank You | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 3 March 2011[19] | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
| Producer | Pritam Chakraborty | |||
| Pritam Chakraborty chronology | ||||
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The film's soundtrack was composed by Pritam Chakraborty. The lyrics were penned by Kumaar, Ashish Pandit and Amitabh Bhattacharya. The song "Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo" is originally taken from the film Janbaaz, and is the first remake of the song, the second being "Ek Toh Kum Zindagani" by Tanishk Bagchi for Marjaavaan. An additional song "Viah Di Raat (Khushiyan Da Mela)" was used in the film but has not been included in the soundtrack album.
The film score is composed by Sandeep Shirodkar.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Mika Singh | 5:15 |
| 2. | "Razia" | Ashish Pandit | Master Saleem, Ritu Pathak | 4:54 |
| 3. | "Full Volume" | Kumaar | Neeraj Shridhar, Richa Sharma, Suzanne D'Mello | 4:07 |
| 4. | "My Heart Is Beating" | Kumaar | Sonu Nigam | 3:54 |
| 5. | "Pyaar Mein" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Neeraj Shridhar, Javed Ali | 4:37 |
| 6. | "Haan Har Gharein" | Ashish Pandit | Javed Ali, Priyani Vani | |
| 7. | "Khushiwon Di Mela" | Ashish Pandit | Shahid Mallya | |
| 8. | "Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo" (Remix by Abhijit Vaghani) | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Mika Singh | 4:39 |
| 9. | "Razia" (Remix by Abhijit Vaghani) | Ashish Pandit | Master Saleem, Ritu Pathak | 4:26 |
| 10. | "Full Volume" (Remix by Harry Anand) | Kumaar | Neeraj Shridhar, Richa Sharma | 4:25 |
| 11. | "My Heart Is Beating" (Remix by Harry Anand) | Kumaar | Sonu Nigam | 4:44 |
References
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- ^ a b "2011 Worldwide Figures: Twenty Films Cross 50 Crore". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ "Bobby Deol in Anees Bazmee's next Thank You". Mid-Day. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Salman, Asin to star in Anees Bazmee's next". Hindustan Times. 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Sonam is a workaholic". India Today. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Thank You is like No Entry but not a sequel: Anees Bazmee". Noyon Jyoti Parasara (Ticket Please News). Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Bindu Suresh Rai (24 March 2011). "Bollywood sets a wedding date in Dubai". Emirates 24/7. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ "Thank You". phoneky.com. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ Adarsh, Taran (8 April 2011). "Thank You: Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ Masand, Rajeev (9 April 2011). "Masand:'Thank You' is an awful film". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ Chopra, Anupama (8 April 2011). "Review: Thank You". NDTV. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ Kazmi, Nikhat (7 April 2011). "Thank You Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
- ^ "Thank You First Day Business". Box Office India. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Saturday Update: Thank You Shows Growth". Box Office India. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Thank You First Weekend Business". Box Office India. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ "Teen Thay Bhai Non Starter Thank You Below The Mark First Week". Box Office India. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ "Dum Maaro Dum Dull Opening Thank You Steady Second Week". Box Office India. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "All India 2011 (Figures in INR Crore)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ "Thank You (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes Store.