Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji
File:DilTohBachchaHaiJi.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Madhur Bhandarkar
Produced by	Madhur Bhandarkar Kumar Mangat
Screenplay by	Madhur Bhandarkar Anil Pandey Neeraj Udwani
Story by	Madhur Bhandarkar Anil Pandey Neeraj Udwani
Starring	Ajay Devgn Emraan Hashmi Omi Vaidya Tisca Chopra Shazahn Padamsee Shruti Haasan Shraddha Das
Music by	Pritam
Cinematography	Ravi Walia
Editing by	Devendra Murdeshwar
Distributed by	Bhandarkar Entertainment Wide Frames Pictures Baba Arts Limited Production
Release date(s)	January 28, 2011 (2011-01-28)
Running time	143 minutes[1]
Country	‹See Tfd› India
Language	Hindi
Budget	28 crore (US$5.59 million)
Box office	48.57 crore (US$9.69 million) [2]

Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji^[3] (translation: My heart is still a child) is a 2011 Hindi romantic comedy film directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Omi Vaidya, Shazahn Padamsee, Shruti Haasan and Shraddha Das in the lead roles. The film is produced by Madhur Bhandarkar and Kumar Mangat under the banner of Bhandarkar Entertainment and Wide Frame Films. The film was released on January 28 2011^[4][5].

Plot[link]

The film revolves around the story of three men, Naren Ahuja (Ajay Devgn), who works in bank as a manager and is currently seeking divorce from his wife, Madhvi (Rituparna Sengupta), Abhay Suri (Emraan Hashmi) is a playboy and works as a gym trainer, and Milind Kelkar (Omi Vaidya) works in a matrimonial company and is in search for true love. Naren leaves his house and starts living in his parents' house. Abhay and Milind are thrown out of their rented apartments and both land up as paying guests for Naren. Hence, the three of them start living together. Naren has a crush on June Pinto (Shazahn Padamsee), who works as an intern in his bank, Milind starts loving a radio jockey, Gungun Sarkar (Shraddha Das), and Abhay falls for Anushka Narang (Tisca Chopra), an ex-Ms. India, who married a multi-millionaire and has interests in young men.

Naren and June start enjoying each others' company. Milind tries to impress Gungun, which annoys her, but she instead uses Milind for her own reasons. Abhay gets full attention from Anushka and they start having an affair. The three love stories blossom until Nikki Narang (Shruti Haasan), the stepdaughter of Anushka, enters the story. Abhay falls for Nikki and starts ignoring Anushka. He breaks up with Anushka and starts going out with Nikki. June's grandma invites Naren for dinner, and Gungun eventually falls in love with Milind. The next day, everything changes. Milind gets upset after getting a letter from Gungun that she's going to Chennai for a movie, Nikki breaks up with Abhay, and June's grandma invites Naren to get his opinion on June marrying Chris, her boyfriend. At the airport, the three friends decide to go to Goa for a change and vow never to fall for girls anymore. However, once in Goa, they find three new girls.....

Cast[link]

• Ajay Devgn as Naren Ahuja / Cyrus Batliwala
• Emraan Hashmi as Abhay Suri
• Omi Vaidya as Milind Kelkar
• Shazahn Padamsee as June Pinto
• Shraddha Das as Gungun Sarkar
• Tisca Chopra as Anushka "Anu" Narang
• Shruti Haasan as Nikki Narang
• Mukesh Tiwari as Mr. Tiwari
• Rituparna Sengupta as Madhavi (Naren's Ex-wife)
• Shikha Talsania as Aisha (Naren's assistant)
• Sachin Parekh as Office colleague of Naren
• Girish Sahdev as Office colleague of Naren
• Daisy Irani as June's Nani
• Manoj Joshi as waiter at restaurant (Special appearance)
• Sunny Nijar as Akash (cameo appearance at airport scene)
• Howard Rosemeyer as Jimmy
• Arun Kadam as the flower seller
• Neha Pendse as Sangeeta Desai
• Paresh Rawal as Narrator

Rating[link]

The film received an A/Adults only rating by the Central Board of Film Certification when Bhandarkar refused to cut several scenes he felt were integral to the film.^[6]

Reception[link]

The film received mixed to negative response from critics upon release. At the box office, it opened well by grossing Rs. 28.25 crore in three weeks. Besides the Indian theatrical rights was pre-sold at a reasonable price of 13 crore. It collected around $250000 in the first weekend from all overseas circuits.^[7] Though its solid collections, the film was declared an average grosser at the box office.

Moreover, satellite rights fetched 16 crore and music rights brought another 2 crore to the producer^{[citation needed]}.

Soundtrack[link]

The music of the film is composed by Pritam. Lyrics are penned by Neelesh Misra, Kumaar, Sanjay Chhel and Sayeed Quadri.

Track listing[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji at the Internet Movie Database

Vishal Bhardwaj
Born	(1965-08-06) 6 August 1965 (age 46) [1] Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation	Director, producer, screenplay writer, music director, singer, lyricist
Spouse	Rekha Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj (born 6 August 1965) is an Indian film director, writer, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer.^[1]

Early life[link]

Bhardwaj was born in Bijnor, but raised in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh^[2] to Satya Bhardwaj, a homemaker, and Ram Bhardwaj,^[3] a popular poet and lyricist. His father was a government employee and was a sugarcane inspector. As a young man, Bhardwaj moved to Delhi. He pursued his graduation in the Hindu College^[4] of Delhi University where he nurtured his talents and also met his wife, Rekha Bhardwaj. He also involved with Delhi theatres.^[5][6]

Career[link]

Bhardwaj started playing harmonium for little known ghazal singers at the various food festivals in Delhi’s Pragati Maidan. He was later introduced to R.V. Pandit, who offered him a job in his CBS music company in Delhi.^[3]

Music director[link]

Bhardwaj was recommended by a friend to the filmmaker Gulzar, with whom he successfully collaborated on TV serials such as The Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland and Gubbare. Bhardwaj composed the music for Maachis, a film directed by Gulzar.^[7] The musical score for Maachis was received to critical and commercial acclaim and earned Bhardwaj the Filmfare R D Burman Award in 1996. In 1999, Bhardwaj received the Rajat Kamal award for Best Music Director at the National Film Awards for his critically acclaimed score in Godmother. In 2011, he has won the same category award for his score in Ishqiya. Bhardwaj has scored music for several Hindi films such as—Satya, Chachi 420, Maqbool, Omkara, Kaminey, Ishqiya, 7 Khoon Maaf—and a host of other popular projects. He also scored the title track for Star Plus' STAR Parivaar Awards, along with the channel’s new anthem, titled "Tu Hi Tu".^[8] Vishal has worked with leading playback singers like Lata Mangeshkar, K. J. Yesudas, Asha Bhosle, Hariharan, K. S. Chithra, Udit Narayan, Sadhna Sargam, Suresh Wadkar, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Roop Kumar Rathod, Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu, Abhijeet Bhattacharya.

Director[link]

Bhardwaj came to Mumbai to become a music composer, he took to directing movies only to create the opportunity to compose music.^[9] His interest in film direction kindled after watching the retrospective of Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski during a film festival in Kerala.^[10] His first directorial debut was children's film Makdee which was critically acclaimed. He then made the first of his Shakespearean adaptation, Maqbool, based on Macbeth. This was followed up by another children's film, The Blue Umbrella based on Ruskin Bond's story of the same name. This film also met with critical acclaim throughout. Omkara marked the second of Bhardwaj's Shakespearan endeavours, this time an adaptation of Othello. Omkara was a great success internationally and a musical hit, affirming his status as a music director as well.

He is known for his collaborations with Gulzar, who had Bhardwaj as his music composer in all his directorial ventures since Maachis. And Gulzar provided lyrics to all of Vishal Bhardwaj's films.

He also did some second unit work for the legendary Francis Ford Coppola on the latter's film Youth Without Youth.^[11]

His next directorial release was Blood Brothers, a 11-minute short film, which is part of Mira Nair's series of HIV-AIDS awareness films.^[12] Guillermo Navarro is the cinematographer on this film. He has also done music direction in the film No Smoking

Kaminey, starring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, released on 14 August 2009, met with early commercial success and critical acclaim.

Ishqiya, (not as a director, but as a producer, writer and composer), starring Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan, received mostly positive reviews earning more than 15 crores in the first two weeks of its release.

7 Khoon Maaf, the film, based on the Ruskin Bond short story, Susanna's Seven Husbands, revolves around Susanna (Priyanka Chopra) and her seven husbands; Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irrfan Khan, Annu Kapoor and Russian actor Aleksandr Dyachenko, playing the roles of the six husbands, while the seventh husband is a mystery in the film. The film released on 18 February 2011 and met with overall mixed reviews.^[13]

Future projects[link]

He is currently working on his next movie project titled "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola".

The film stars Imran Khan, Anushka Sharma and Jugal Hansraj in the lead roles, while Pankaj Kapoor and Shabana Azmi will appear in the supporting roles. Filming began on 14 February 2012. The film is all set to release on 11 January, 2013.

Filmography[link]

Music direction for non-film music[link]

• Barse Barse (2011)
• Ishqa Ishqa
• Boodhe Pahadon Par
• Sunset Point (2000)
• Jungle Book

Playback singer[link]

• "Bekaraan" − 7 Khoon Maaf (2011)
• "Aur Phir Yun Hua" − Striker (2010)
• "Kaminey" − Kaminey (2009)
• "U Me Aur Hum" − U Me Aur Hum (2008)
• "Kash Lagaa" − No Smoking (2007)
• "O Saathi Re" − Omkara (2006)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Vishal Bhardwaj at the Internet Movie Database
• Vishal Bhardwaj Allmovie.
• Interview on Screen

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Ajay Devgan
Born	Vishal Devgan[1] (1969-04-02) 2 April 1969 (age 43) New Delhi, India
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Other names	Ajay Devgan[2]
Occupation	Film actor, Director, Producer
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Kajol (m.1999–present; 2 children)
Website
ajaydevgn.com

Ajay Devgan (Hindi: अजय देवगन), born Vishal Devgan on 2 April 1969,^[1] is an Indian film actor, director, and producer.^[1] He made his film debut with Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the film.^[3][4] He then starred in films such as Jigar (1992), Dilwale (1994), Suhaag (1994), Naajayaz (1995), Diljale (1996) and Ishq (1997). In 1999, Devgan received his first National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mahesh Bhatt's drama Zakhm. Some of his later films of the decade are Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Kachche Dhaage.

In the early 2000s, he starred in Lajja (2001) and Company (2002). In 2003, he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bhagat Singh in Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic The Legend of Bhagat Singh. Throughout his career he has given many critically and commercially successful films including Raincoat (2004), Yuva (2004), Omkara (2006), Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006), Golmaal Returns (2008), All the Best: Fun Begins (2009), Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), Golmaal 3 (2010), Raajneeti (2010), and Singham (2011). Having done so, he has established himself as one of the leading actors of Bollywood. In 2008, he debuted as a film director with his starrer U Me Aur Hum which proved to be an moderate success at the box office. He then established the production house, Ajay Devgn Films.

Biography[link]

Devgan was born in Mumbai to Veena and Veeru Devgan.Originally from Amritsar, Punjab ^[5] members of the Devgan family are all related to the Hindi Film industry in Bombay. His father, Veeru Devgan, is a well-known stunt choreographer, and his mother Veena Devgan, a film producer. Devgan's brother, Anil, is a Hindi film director. Ajay Devgan is an alumnus of the Silver Beach High School in Juhu and Mithibai College. On 24 February 1999, he married Hindi film actress Kajol. The couple have two children. Their daughter Nysa was born on the 20th of April 2003 and their son Yug was born on the 13th of September 2010.^[6] In August 2009, Devgan changed his last name to Devgn on the request of his family.^[7][8] He became the first Bollywood personality to acquire a private jet for transport to shooting locations, promotions and personal trips.^[9]

Career[link]

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1990s[link]

Ajay Devgan made his debute as an actor in Phool Aur Kaante in 1991. The film grossed 11,000,000 Indian rupees () and earned him a Filmfare Award for Best Male Newcomer. In 1992, he starred in Jigar alongside Karisma Kapoor, which grossed 7,00,00,000.^[10] In 1993, he worked with director Deepak Bahry in the action film Ek Hi Raasta,^[11] and with Deepak Pawar in Platform. In 1994, Devgn worked in Harry Baweja's Dilwale, Suhaag and Vijaypath.^[12] In 1995, he appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's Naajayaz, for which he was nominated as a Best Actor by Filmfare.^[13] In 1996, he continued with Diljale".^[14] and romantic comedies, such as Ishq in 1997.^[15] In 1998, he starred in Major Saab, Pyaar To Hona Hi Thaand Mahesh Bhatt's Zakhm. Zakhm won Devgn several awards for his performance, including the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Star Screen Award for Best Actor^{[citation needed][16]} Devgn's 1999 work included Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as well as Hindustan Ki Kasam and Kachche Dhaage.^[17]

2000s[link]

In 2000, he worked in Harry Baweja's Deewane. In this film, he essayed a double role, one as a thief and the other as a police officer. The film flopped at the box office.^[18] The same year, Devgn starred in his first home production Raju Chacha opposite wife Kajol. The film also bombed at the box office.^[18]

In 2001, he starred in Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke with Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zinta. This film was an average grosser at the box office.^[19] His next release Lajja, alongside Manisha Koirala, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor, earned him a nomination for the "Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award". The film did not perform as expected at the box office.^[19] He then worked in Mahesh Manjrekar's Tera Mera Saath Rahen.

In 2002, he featured in Ram Gopal Varma's fictional expose of Mumbai underworld Company. He was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award and won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. The film fared well at the box office.^{[clarification needed][20]} His next release was Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai.^[20]

The same year, he also starred in Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic The Legend of Bhagat Singh.^[21] in the title role. The film didn't fare well at the box office.^{[clarification needed][20]} However, he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance. He then starred in Anees Bazmee's Deewangee. The film was partially inspired by William Diehl's English language novel Primal Fear and earned Devgn several awards for his negative role including, "Filmfare Best Villain Award", "Star Screen Award for Best Villain" and "Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role". This film was a success at the box office.^[20]

In 2003, he starred in Ram Gopal Verma's Bhoot opposite Urmila Matondkar. The film was appreciated critically & performed very well at the box office.^[22] He then starred in action thriller Qayamat: City Under Threat opposite debutante Neha Dhupia which was huge commercial success.^[22] He then worked in Milan Luthria's romantic film Chori Chori opposite Rani Mukherji and Sonali Bendre. This film did not succeed at the box office.^[22]

In that same year he featured in Prakash Jha's Gangaajal, for which he was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award. He then worked in Rohit Shetty's directional debut Zameen^[23] and J. P. Dutta's war film LOC Kargil.

In 2004 he was cast alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar in Rajkumar Santoshi's Khakee. Later that year he appeared in director Indra Kumar's Masti: Sanam Teri Kasamand also starred in the critically acclaimed movies Yuva^[24][25][26] and Rituparno Ghosh's Raincoat.^[27]. He was also seen in a cameo appearance in Taarzan: The Wonder Car.

2005 was less successful for him as he starred in a series of flop movies like Insan, Blackmail, Main Aisa Hi Hoon, Tango Charlie and Shikhar whilst Kaal and Apaharan succeeded at the Box Office. For his performance in Apaharan Devgn was nominated for the National Film Award for Best Actor and Filmfare Best Actor Award. His villanous performance in Kaal also earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Best Villain Award^[28]

2006 was a remarkable year in his career as he starred Golmaal and Omkara, which were to both prove enormously significant in his decade long career. Omkara, were Devgn was cast in the title role, was both a critical and commercial success^[29][30][31] and Golmaal proved to be a sleeper hit. The latter film was soon to be followed by two super hit sequels Golmaal Returns and Golmaal 3. In the same year he also featured in a short documentary about the Mumbai floods of 2005 named The Awakening.^[32]

2007 was again disappointing for him as he starred only in 2 movies, directorAnubhav Sinha's action thriller Cash and Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag which was a remake of the 1975 classic] Sholay. Both films received extremely poor reception both at the box office and from critics,^[33] and is currently placed at number 14 on the bottom 100 movies on Imdb.

In 2008 he worked with Rajkumar Santoshi and was cast with Pankaj Kapoor and Vidya Balan in Halla Bol.^[34] He then starred in director Rohit Shetty's third film Sunday, before directing his first movie with wife Kajol and himself in lead roles. The film, titled U, Me aur Hum, was an average success.^[34] He also had a cameo appearance in his brother Anil Devgan's film Haal–e–dil. He starred with long-time friend Sanjay Dutt and actress Manisha Koirala in Afzal Khan's Mehbooba. He then re-teamed with Rohit Shetty for the sequel of his hit film Golmaal: Fun Unlimited, Golmaal Returns which was a blockbuster hit.^[34]

In 2009 he produced his third film All the Best also directed by Rohit Shetty. The film did good business and was a semi-hit.^[35] Later in the year he starred in Vipul Shah's London Dreams with Salman Khan and Tamil film star Asin. The film was declared a flop.^[35]

2010s[link]

In the beginning of 2010 he worked with actors Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley in Leena Yadav's Teen Patti. He also starred in the comedy Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? alongside Paresh Rawal and Konkona Sen Sharma which was a success. He followed this with Prakash Jha's Raajneeti and Milan Luthria's Once Upon a Time in Mumbai. Both movies were among the top grossers of 2010.^[36] He was then seen alongside Akshaye Khanna in Priyadarshan's rough adaptation of Mississippi Burning, Aakrosh. Devgn teamed up with Rohit Shetty for the fifth time withGolmaal 3. The movie was a super hit and the fourth highest grossing movie in Bollywood history. Devgn later lent his voice to the animated film Toonpur Ka Super Hero.

In 2011 he teamed up with Emraan Hashmi for Madhur Bhandarkar's comedy Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji which also starred Omi Vaidya. The film was a moderate success. He was a narrator in Yamla Pagla Deewana and also did a cameo role in the 2011 Salman Khan-starrer Ready. Devgn's next film, Singham, proved to be a milestone for him. The film grossed 100 crores net in India, making it the 7th film to do so, and was a blockbuster worldwide. ^[37]

Awards and honours[link]

Among other awards and nominations, Devgan has won two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards.

Filmography[link]

Actor[link]

Producer[link]

Director[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ajay Devgn at the Internet Movie Database
• Ajay Devgn's Official Site

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Emraan Anwar Hashmi (Hindi: इमरान हाशमी Urdu: عمران انور ہاشمی; (born 24 March 1979) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. His successful films include Murder, Gangster (2006), Jannat, Raaz – The Mystery Continues,Awarapan,Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai,Murder 2,The Dirty Picture and Jannat 2. He has established himself as one of the industry's successful actors,^[1] and one of the most popular Indian film actors in Pakistan.^[2] He was chosen as the brand ambassador of LG mobile company in Pakistan.^[3]

Early life[link]

Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherah Hashmi.^[4] After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his original name but later he changed his name as Emraan Hashmi .^[4]

Career[link]

Debut & Breakthrough (2003-2009)[link]

Hashmi entered Bollywood at the age of 18, as an assistant director on Raaz.^[5] He made his film debut in 2003 with the film Footpath, opposite Aftab Shivdasani, Bipasha Basu and Rahul Dev. Footpath did not do well at the box office.^[6]

In 2004, he and his co-star Mallika Sherawat shot to fame with the thriller Murder, which became a super hit at the box office. It was Hashmi's first release of the year and his second film. It became the tenth-highest grossing movie of the year.^[7]

In 2005, Hashmi appeared in several films such as Zeher, Kalyug,^[8] which did moderately well at the box office.^[9] He became notable as the "Serial Kisser" for his sex scenes in films.

In 2006, his film Gangster, opposite Shiney Ahuja and debutant Kangana Ranaut, was a semi-hit at the box office.^[10] His performance in it earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role in 2007.

In 2007, Hashmi had three back-to-back releases: Good Boy Bad Boy, Awarapan and The Train. All failed at the box office.

In 2008, Hashmi had only one release, Jannat, opposite debutant Sonal Chauhan, which had a 100% opening, making it a critical and commercial success.^[11][12]

His first release in 2009, Raaz – The Mystery Continues, opened well and became the first box-office success of the year.^[13] His second film of the year, Tum Mile opposite Soha Ali Khan, opened to mixed reviews and was rated a box office failure.^[14]

Success (2010–present)[link]

In 2010, he appeared in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, which opened to positive reviews and was declared a hit at the box office.^[15][16] He was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2011, he starred in Mohit Suri's Murder 2, a sequel to the 2004 thriller Murder. The film opened well and was declared a blockbuster.^[17] His next film The Dirty Picture was released on 2 December 2011. The film received positive reviews from critics and was also a blockbuster worldwide, making it Hashmi's second success in a row.^[18][19]

His latest film, Jannat 2, has received mixed to negative review but nevertheless performed well at box office.^[20] The film gave Emraan Hashmi a triple success hattrick in a row. He is currently working on Shanghai, Rush and Raaz 3D^[21].^[22].Emraan Hashmi has also starred in the C.I.D (T.V.Serial) as Abraham.The Episode is named as "Raaz Khooni Awaaz Ka".It was broadcasted on 2 December 2011.

Personal life[link]

Hashmi graduated from Sydenham College in Mumbai, India.^[23] Pooja Bhatt, an actress turned writer and director, and director Mohit Suri are his cousins, while producers Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt are his uncles.^[24] Hashmi married his long-time girlfriend Parveen Shahani on 14 December 2006.^[25] He became father to a baby boy on 4 February 2010 and named him Ayaan.^[26]

Awards and nominations[link]

Filmography[link]

References[link]