"Mere Brother ki Dulhan" is a musical romantic comedy set amongst upper middle class families in North India. A topsy-turvy story which takes you on a fun-filled ride of humour and romance, where Imran falls in love with his brother's dulhan!
Plot
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan seems to be a "topsy-turvy story" set amongst upper-middle class families in northern India. The story follows young convict, Rutvik (Imran Khan) who spends half-his time searching for a wife, not for him, but for his elder-brother Aryan (Ali Zafar). Aryan has vowed to get married before the next Diwali, and young Rutvik has to make that happen. Then suddenly, he finds the perfect, boldest girl, Dimple (Katrina Kaif). He introduces the two, they fall in love, and all set for marriage, Rutvik realizes that he is actually in love with his brother's fiancée.
So starts a game of hide-and-seek, as Rutvik hidely is in love with Dimple, though can't admit it as she is getting married to his brother Aryan.
Development
Yash Raj Films announced the then-untitled project on 5 August 2010. Ali Abbas Zafar, who's been an assistant director on a number of Yash Raj Films productions such as Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Tashan, New York and Badmaash Company, makes his feature writing and directing debut with this film, which has been described as a comedy of errors by lead actor Imran Khan. After Band Baaja Baaraat, this marks the second Yash Raj Films production in a row to be helmed by a first time director who was previously an assistant director. Zafar is originally from Dehradun, where much of the story is set. After years of working with Yash Raj Films, he submitted three love stories to producer Aditya Chopra, who eventually greenlit Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, enabling Zafar to start writing his 150 page long script. Ali Abbas Zafar is an alumnus of The Players, the acclaimed theater society of Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, where he acted in different plays including an adaptation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
Like many Bollywood films, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan has suffered allegations that it is a rip-off of an American film even before filming wrapped. According to these sources, the film rips off Dan In Real Life, in which Steve Carrell's character also falls in love with his brother's girlfriend (played by Dane Cook and Juliette Binoche respectively). It should be noted that this theme is fairly widespread in fiction and not at all limited to these films and unless Mere Brother Ki Dulhan's scenes mirror those of Dan In Real Life exactly, it is safe to say that Zafar's film is an original work. The film has also drawn comparison to an earlier Yash Raj Films production, Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai.
Cast: Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ali Zafar, Preity Zinta, Parikshit Sahni, Kanwaljit Singh, John Abraham
Director: Ali Abbas Zafar
Producer: Aditya Chopra
Banner: Yashraj Films
Music: Sohail Sen
Sound: Debasish Mishra
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil
Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee
Editing: Ritesh Soni
Story/Writer: Ali Abbas Zafar
Choreography: Bosco Martis,Caesar Gonsalves
Costume: Rocky S,Neha Bhatnagar,Harmeet Sethi