Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
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Directed by	Kunal Kohli
Produced by	Yash Chopra Aditya Chopra Kunal Kohli
Written by	Kunal Kohli
Starring	Saif Ali Khan Rani Mukerji Rishi Kapoor Ameesha Patel
Music by	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Cinematography	Sudeep Chatterjee
Editing by	Amitabh Shukla
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date(s)	27 June 2008
Running time	137 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (Hindi: थोड़ा प्यार थोड़ा मैजिक, English: A Little Love, A Little Magic) is a 2008 Hindi film with Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji in lead roles and Rishi Kapoor and Ameesha Patel in special appearances. The child artists include Akshat Chopra, Shriya Sharma, Rachit Sidana and Ayushi Berman. Directed, written and co-produced by Kunal Kohli, the film is produced and distributed by Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films.

Synopsis[link]

Ranbeer Talwar (Saif Ali Khan), a leading industrialist in India, is lonely because he has lost everyone who is dear to him. Due to distraction, he mistakenly kills a husband and wife in an accident. The judge sentences him to look after their four children, and to do so without ill-treating them. The children resent Ranbeer for his role in their parents' death and desire revenge, whereas he is unprepared to cooperate with them, making both him and the children miserable in this situation.

One day, the children pray to God (Rishi Kapoor) for help. God discusses the matter with his fairylike angels and decides to send Geeta (Rani Mukerji), His favorite and the most whimsical of the angels, to unite Ranbeer with the children. God warns her not to use her ability to alter reality during her time on earth. Geeta ignores God's warning and uses this power often, providing comic relief. She appoints herself as the children's governess and places the children in awe of her by using her transformative powers. Soon, she becomes ingratiated with the children with her supportive affection and positiveness. The children begin to cherish her and depend on her while Ranbeer remains perplexed and overwhelmed by her dominance of his affairs. He soon becomes enamored of her, despite the interference by his girlfriend Malaika (Ameesha Patel).

Ranbeer's relationship with Malaika ends when the children spoil her party. As Ranbeer and the children slowly become friends, the children forsake their desire for revenge and treat him as an older brother while Ranbeer subconsciously assumes the role of a father figure. During their visit to California, Ranbeer's American colleague insults the children, provoking Ranbeer to defend them, thus showing his affection for them. The children attempt to encourage Ranbeer's growing attachment to Geeta. Geeta becomes frightened by her reciprocation of Ranbeer's feelings and flees, hoping to return to Heaven. Upset, Ranbeer and the children go to a church to pray that she return to them. After God talks with Geeta, He concedes to her wishes and changes Geeta into a human, allowing her return to the children. Geeta marries Ranbeer and gives birth to a daughter, who inherits the ability to alter reality, despite Geeta's loss of her own power. Nevertheless, they all live happily ever after.

Plot Similarity[link]

The story contains significant similarities to The Sound of Music, wherein (as here) a newly-arrived governess serves to unite the denizens of a household, becomes enamored of its head, and flees in response, only to be returned by her former dispatcher. The plot also resembles that of the Bollywood film Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (starring Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla). The inclusion of transformative powers gives a resemblance to Mary Poppins and Nanny Mcphee, which also features a governess as its crucial character. The character of Ranbeer Talwar is based on King Uncle.

Production[link]

Casting[link]

Kunal Kohli considered Aamir Khan and Kajol for the lead roles, but both Aamir and Kajol were busy with their home productions, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (2008) and U, Me Aur Hum (2008) respectively.

Development[link]

In September 2007, the film began shooting in Delhi with some portions also being shot in Alibaug, Bangkok and Los Angeles.^[1] The film completed its shooting on 3 February 2008.^[2]

Rani Mukerji sports one layered outfit designed by Manish Malhotra throughout the film while some layers have been taken off according to the requirements of each scene. Kunal Kohli initially asked Ameesha Patel to lose weight for her role in the film. Kohli and Malhotra spent hours deciding her look in the film. She dons a yellow bikini.

The movie opened in Canada on 27 June 2008.^[3]

Cast[link]

• Saif Ali Khan as Ranbeer Talwar
• Rani Mukerji as Geeta
• Akshat Chopra as Vashisht Walia
• Shriya Sharma as Aditi
• Rachit Sidana as Iqbal
• Ayushi Berman as Avantika
• Rishi Kapoor as God (Special appearance)
• Ameesha Patel as Malaika (Special appearance)
• Sharat Saxena as Judge
• Razak Khan as Pappu
• Mahesh Thakur as Lawyer
• Taranna Raja as Kapoor
• Danish Aslam as Kid Ranbeer's Teacher
• Biren Patel as Yada
• Cameron Pearson as Steve
• Tigerlily Perry as Michelle
• Steven Schneider as American Boy

Crew[link]

• Producer(s): Aditya Chopra, Kunal Kohli
• Director: Kunal Kohli
• Associate Producer: Vicky Bahri
• Story & Screenplay: Kunal Kohli, Rohena Gera
• Dialogues: Kunal Kohli
• Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi
• Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
• Background Score: Sandeep Chowta
• Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant (Bulbula & Beetey Kal Se), Geeta Kapoor (Lazy Lamhe), Pappu Mallu (Nihaal Ho Gayi)
• Editing: Amitabh Shukla
• Sound Design: Dileep Subramanium
• Art Director: Aparna Rania, Malini Khan, Priya Raghunath
• Costume Design: Mandira Shukla, Sonia Tommy
• Stylists: Manish Malhotra (Rani Mukerji & Ameesha), Mamta Anand (Saif Ali Khan)

Reviews and reception[link]

The film opened to a decent collections at the box office and picked up during the first weekend. It could not sustain business for long, however, due to the release of two big movies, Lovestory 2050 and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na the following weekend. Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL India gave the movie 3 out of 5 saying, "The story brings out quite a few emotions. And this is helped by its simplicity".^[4]

Music[link]

The music of the film is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy with lyrics by Prasoon Joshi.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic at the Internet Movie Database

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