Neal 'n' Nikki

Neal 'n' Nikki
Movie poster for Neal 'n' Nikki
Directed by	Arjun Sablok
Produced by	Yash Chopra
Written by	Arjun Sablok Anvita Dutt Guptan
Starring	Uday Chopra Tanisha Mukherjee Richa Pallod
Music by	Salim-Sulaiman
Cinematography	P.S. Vinod
Editing by	Ritesh Soni
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date(s)	9 December 2005
Running time	123 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi English

Neal 'n' Nikki is a Bollywood film, released in 2005 starring Uday Chopra, Tanisha Mukherjee, Abhishek Bachchan and Richa Pallod. It was produced by Yash Chopra and directed by Canadian-based director Arjun Sablok. The film was critically panned and was a failure at the box office in India though it did well overseas. This film created quite a stir, as this was a major film that dealt with intimate scenes. This film, along with Salaam Namaste, were controversial in that the characters were seen engaging in sexual behavior, which was not approached before in any major Bollywood film.

Plot

The film, as its name implies, centers on Gurneal "Neal" Ahluwalia (Uday Chopra) and Nikkita "Nikki" Bakshi (Tanisha Mukherjee), two Canadians of Punjabi descent, born and raised in British Columbia. But Neal and Nikki are different in many ways. Before getting married Neal wants to spend 21 days on vacation with 21 women.

On his way, he meets Nikki in a club, where Neal is with his date Kristi. Unfortunately Nikki gets drunk and starts dancing. Neal leaves his date and takes Nikki to a hotel where he watches T.V. while Nikki falls asleep. The next morning, Nikki thinks that Neal raped her when he didn't. She uses this to blackmail him all the time. Nikki also interrupts his romantic meetings with other women from time to time, including one time when Nikki interrupts Neal while he is having sex with another woman.

When Neal tells Nikki the truth why he is in Canada the woman gets mad and dumps Neal. Nikki then takes Neal to a resort town Whistler promising that she will make him meet other girls there. In reality, her ex-boyfriend Trish is there with his current girlfriend Amanda, and she wants to make him jealous. When Neal comes to know this, initially he doesn't agree but finally agrees to it. They are successful in making Trish jealous, who tells Nikki that he wants her back but she dumps him. They later spend a night together at a camp site but are unable to express their love to each other.

Neal then returns since by then it is time for his wedding. Later he finds out that the girl to whom he is to be engaged Sweety (Richa Pallod), is Nikki's cousin. At the engagement ceremony just when Nikki is approaching to stop the engagement, it is revealed that Nikki's cousin had exchanged vows on the internet with her true love Wahid Khan (Abhishek Bachchan). Sweety proceeds to run away with Wahid, while Neal proposes to Nikki to marry him.

Original Casting

Ayesha Takia was offered the role of Nikki, but she refused because of intimate scenes. Salman Khan left half way during the special screening of the movie at Yash Raj Studios.

Cast

• Uday Chopra as Gurneal 'Neal' Ahluwalia
• Tanisha Mukherjee as Nikkita 'Nikki' Bakshi
• Richa Pallod as Sweety Bakshi
• Abhishek Bachchan as Wahid Khan (Extended Special appearance)

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Salim-Sulaiman. It consisted of 5 songs and 1 remix. Lyrics were penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan, Irshad Kamil and Asif Ali Beg.^[1] The movie marked the entry of Yash Raj Films into music distribution, tentatively titled Yash Raj Music.

Track listing

References

External links

• Neal 'n' Nikki at the Internet Movie Database
• Neal 'n' Nikki official site

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