Sanjana shows Devu a picture when he says something supposedly demeaning, she becomes angry and tries to leave. Tailing Devu, the detective is unaware that he had been with Anila at a hotel and sees him with Sanjana. Devu walks in, and thinks he has interrupted them Sanjana chases him, trying to explain. Sanjana, touched that Yogesh will help her despite his own problems, hugs him. He agrees, telling her about his problems with Jitu. She asks Yogesh to give her time to decide what to do about her boyfriend. She says to him that a boy has agreed to marry her, but she is reluctant.
The detective identifies Devu's mistress as a woman named Anila Kamdar.Īfter Yogesh has met most of the girls, one of them, Sanjana ( Priyanka Chopra), asks to talk to him privately. When Bharat learns that the astrologer is also a detective, he hires him. Meanwhile, Devu's wife Kanta asks Yogesh's father to hire a detective – she suspects that Devu is cheating on her. Yogesh decides that he will meet one girl from each zodiac sign. Yogesh's uncle, Devu ( Darshan Jariwala), subsequently posts a matrimonial ad with Yogesh's photo, and 176 girls reply. Yogesh is annoyed, but agrees to marry after the gangster threatens them. At first Yogesh is adamant he will not marry, but Jitu tells him that he also borrowed 15 million rupees from a mob boss his parents are unaware of this. When he arrives, Yogesh learns that Jitu had lied to him about Bharat, but that Jitu owes a rich man 25 million rupees for gambling debts if Yogesh does not marry on the 20th of the month, Jitu will go to jail. He gets a text message from Jitu that his father Bharat ( Anjan Srivastav) had a heart attack, and rushes to Mumbai. Yogesh is successful and living in Chicago. They are astonished to hear that Yogesh will inherit a fortune if he is married on the 20th of that month the phone rings, and the family is overjoyed to hear that Yogesh's grandfather has made him his sole heir. Over in Mumbai, Yogesh's family consults an astrologer to learn if their eldest son, Jitendra "Jitu" Patel ( Dilip Joshi), a debtor, will go to jail, and also give him Yogesh's birthdate to learn his future. She also became the first actress in history to portray twelve roles in one film, a feat considered for inclusion in the Guinness World Records.ĭeep within a quaint rural village, an elderly man receives a card in the mail from his youngest grandson, Yogesh Patel ( Harman Baweja). However, the film garnered acclaim for its soundtrack and Chopra's performance, which received a nomination for the Screen Award for Best Actress. With a box office gross ₹17 crore, it was unsuccessful and received mixed reviews, with criticism for its over three-and-a-half-hour run time and its screenplay. The film had its world premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and was released on 25 September 2009. The film's master copy was stolen from Adlabs before its release, and a few days later was recovered by the police, who found and seized several pirated copies of the film created from the master copy. The soundtrack, consisting of thirteen songs, each representing an astrological sign and one compilation, was composed by newcomer Sohail Sen replacing Gowariker's frequent collaborator A.R. Principal photography was extensively done at sixty-seven locations across Mumbai, and partly in Baroda and Chicago.
Since Gowariker was against using prosthetics to create the twelve characters, Chopra worked on her body language and her voice to make them distinct. In the process, several plot changes were made for the cinematic adaptation, notably the similarity between the twelve girls, and the ending. Later, he bought the rights and co-wrote the screenplay with playwright Naushil Mehta. Gowariker had always aspired to make a romantic comedy and was inspired to adapt Rye's novel into a feature film after watching a play based on the same source material. The film is based on the Gujarati novel Kimball Ravenswood by the playwright and novelist Madhu Rye, and follows the story of Yogesh Patel, a Gujarati NRI, who must marry in ten days to save his brother from harm Yogesh agrees to meet twelve potential brides (all played by Chopra), one from each zodiac sign. The film stars Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra, with Darshan Jariwala and Dilip Joshi in supporting roles. It was produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Sunita A. 'What's Your Zodiac Sign?') is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker.
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