Shaadi No. 1

Shaadi No. 1
Directed by	David Dhawan
Written by	Milap Zaveri (dialogues)
Based on	Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu by S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu
Produced by	Vashu Bhagnani.[1]
Starring	Sanjay Dutt Fardeen Khan Zayed Khan Sharman Joshi Esha Deol Ayesha Takia Soha Ali Khan Aarti Chabria Riya Sen Sophie Choudry Satish Shah Rajpal Yadav
Cinematography	Johny Lal
Edited by	Nitin Rokade
Music by	Anu Malik
Production company	Pooja Entertainment
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release date	3 November 2005 (2005-11-03)
Running time	145 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹5 crore (equivalent to ₹14 crore or US$1.9 million in 2020)
Box office	₹12 crore (equivalent to ₹35 crore or US$4.6 million in 2020)

Shaadi No. 1 (Translation: Marriage No. 1) is an Indian comedy film released in November 2005. The film, directed by David Dhawan, stars Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Zayed Khan, Sharman Joshi, Esha Deol, Ayesha Takia, Soha Ali Khan, Aarti Chabria, Riya Sen, Sophie Choudry, Satish Shah and Rajpal Yadav. The film was produced by Vashu Bhagnani.^[1] The film is a remake of 2001 Kannada movie Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu by Rajendra Singh Babu.

Synopsis[]

Raj Mittal (Fardeen Khan), Veer Saxena (Zayed Khan) and Aryan Kapoor (Sharman Joshi) are unhappy with their respective marriages even though they love their spouses. Their wives Bhavana (Ayesha Takia), Diya (Esha Deol) and Sonia (Soha Ali Khan) are busy with their everyday lives, and their husbands feel ignored by them. Bhavana constantly uses religion as an excuse to not be intimate with her husband, Diya aspires to be an actress for Mr.Y (Rajpal Yadav), and Sonia is a lawyer who is obsessed with doing cases with her partner H.S Gulati (Ali Asgar). the three men try to commit suicide as Veer tries to hang himself on a tree but falls, Aryan drinks expired rat poison and Raj wishes he was run over by a train but their suicide plan does not work until they also meet Kothari (Satish Shah) who is also trying to commit suicide because he had three companies that have broken down. The three men get a job as Kothari hires them to work for him. Soon the three men come across Kothari's daughters: Madhuri (Riya Sen), Rekha (Aarti Chhabria) and Dimple (Sophie Choudry). It is not long before they are tempted by them. Unfortunately for them, Lucky Bhai (Sanjay Dutt) is out to make their life hell and expose them to their unassuming wives. The three men sign a contract as the three beauties have been deceived and that their wives are disappointed at them. Once again the three friends commit suicide by standing on top of a ladder but are left hanging when Kothari tries to cut the ladder with a chainsaw. their wives come but are left hanging to as Lucky Bhai saves them but Raj falls into a lump of dust and junk, Aryan falls through wires and electricity and Kothari and Veer fall at the same time but Veer falls into a dog van with a broken arm along with Kothari who falls onto a cement packet. Injured, Veer, Raj, and Aryan apologize to Lucky Bhai as he feels awkward about saving people but has trust in them.

Cast[]

• Sanjay Dutt as Lakhwinder "Lucky" Singh Lakha
• Fardeen Khan as Raj Mittal
• Zayed Khan as Veer Saxena
• Sharman Joshi as Aryan Kapoor
• Ali Asgar as H.S Gulati
• Esha Deol as Diya Saxena (Veer's wife)
• Ayesha Takia as Bhavna Mittal (Raj's wife)
• Soha Ali Khan as Sonia Kapoor (Aryan's wife)
• Aarti Chhabria as Rekha Kothari (Raj's girlfriend)
• Riya Sen as Madhuri Kothari (Aryan's girlfriend)
• Sophie Choudry as Dimple Kothari (Veer's girlfriend)
• Satish Shah as Kothari
• Rajpal Yadav as Mr. Y
• Suresh Menon as Panditji
• Javed Khan as Marriage Registrar
• David Dhawan as Himself (opening credits sequence)

Music[]

Trivia[]

Garam Masala was released at the same time as Shaadi No. 1 and Kyon Ki.

During the filming of Shaadi No. 1, Riya Sen was hit by a motorbike and supposedly had a near death experience.

The basic story line of the movie is similar to 2004 movie Masti starring Vivek Oberoi-Amrita Rao, Aftab Shivdasani-Tara Sharma, Ritesh Deshmukh-Genelia D'Souza.

Sequel[]

There is no sequel has been confirmed by David Dhawan. It is rumored to star Varun Dhawan, Pulkit Samrat, Himansh Kohli, Kriti Sanon, Yami Gautam, Rakul Preet Singh, Amyra Dastur, Alankrita Sahai, Sobhita Dhulipala, and with Sanjay Dutt reprising his role as Lucky Paaji.

References[]

External links[]

• Shaadi No. 1 at IMDb