Chori Chori Chupke Chupke


Chori Chori Chupke Chupke is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Abbas-Mustan and starring Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji and Preity Zinta in leading roles. The music is composed by Anu Malik and lyrics are penned by Sameer. It emerged as a commercial success and was one of the highest-grossing films of 2001. The film generated heavy controversy during its release because of being the first Bollywood films to handle the taboo issue of surrogate childbirth and artificial insemination.
This is the only movie of director duo Abbas-Mustan in which Salman Khan worked. Earlier they approached him for the 1993 movie Baazigar. However, the role was later offered to Shahrukh Khan. Some of the scenes in the film have been borrowed from Pretty Woman with the storyline inspired by the 1980 movie Avan Aval Adhu and the 1983 movie Doosri Dulhan by Lekh Tandon.
In 2001, the CBI seized prints of Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, after it was discovered the movie was funded by Chhota Shakeel of the Mumbai underworld, which resulted into well publicised cases.

Plot

Raj Malhotra and Priya are from well-to-do families and meet at a wedding and fall in love. They are married and soon afterwards, Priya gets pregnant. Early in the pregnancy, Priya miscarries and becomes permanently infertile. On Dr. Balraj Chopra's advice, they decide to look for a surrogate mother to bear Raj's child and hide Priya's infertility from their conservative family. Raj meets Madhubala "Madhu", a prostitute, who agrees to carry Raj's baby in exchange for money. After some much-needed behavioral grooming and an image makeover, Madhu meets Priya — who is unaware of Madhu's background, and the three depart for Switzerland to carry out their plan.
Soon Madhu is pregnant with Raj's child, and he happily tells his family that Priya is expecting. Meanwhile, Raj's business partner Ajay Sharma begins to sexually harass Madhu and she decides to leave Switzerland, mistakenly believing that Raj told his friend that she is a prostitute. Eventually, Priya finds out about Madhu's past, but still believes that Madhu should carry their child, and she begs her to stay. Finally, Raj's friend assaults Madhu but Raj saves her. Overwhelmed by Raj's kindness, Madhu falls in love with him.
Raj's family suddenly arrives in Switzerland. While Priya reaches for pregnancy-simulating pillows, the family meet the heavily pregnant Madhu who is introduced to them as a friend staying with them while her husband is travelling for business. Raj's grandfather, Kailashnath Malhotra and father Ranjit Malhotra arrange a religious ceremony and ask Raj, Priya and Madhu to return with them to India.
The ceremony is very important so Priya sends Madhu as herself. An emotional Madhu becomes conflicted about giving up her child. Finding Madhu's room empty and the money dumped on the bed, a frantic Priya pursues her to the train station and slaps Madhu when she confesses that she loves Raj. By the time Raj gets there, Madhu has gone into premature labour. The doctor announces that either Madhu or the child can be saved, and Priya asks him to save Madhu. However, both mother and baby survive. Madhu gives the baby to Priya, who quickly settles into a hospital bed with "her" baby. Dr. Balraj Chopra tells Raj's family that Madhu's child was stillborn.
When Madhu is ready to leave, she promises Raj that she won't go back to prostitution. When he takes her to the airport he realizes that she loves him and kisses her forehead. Madhu leaves happily.

Cast

The film met with mostly mixed to positive reviews, with critics praising the uniqueness of the film which dealt with the previously untouched subject of surrogacy. Preity Zinta's performance in an unconventional role was especially noted by many critics alike. However, the duo of Salman Khan and Rani Mukerji faced some criticism, with reviews expressing that they were nothing more than beauty fillers in the film. Film critic Sukanya Verma noted Zinta's performance in "the meatiest part of all", but found Mukerji to be "handicapped with a role that doesn't give her much scope besides weeping and sobbing" and stated Khan's performance lacked substance. Padmaraj Nair of Screen, however, praised all the three leads; he noted Khan for his "understated" performance, argued that Mukerji is "at her best", and shared similar sentiments about Zinta, calling her a "scene-stealer". Nair was ambivalent towards the film: "Director duo Abbas-Mustan has a script in hand which is inspired by many films and they have done their best to bring a fair amount of conviction while putting it across on the screen.". Ziya Us Salam of The Hindu noted the film's "loads of good music, beautiful locales, sweet smiles and lovely feel", and praised Zinta for putting "life into her character of Madhubala", while finding her less convincing in "mouthing the inanities used by the women of the street"
Vinayak Chakravorty of Hindustan Times rated the film three stars, noted its resemblance to Doosri Dulhan and criticized it for occasionally coming across as "a veritablererun of the stereotypes". Still, he noted Khan for playing against type and described Zinta as the "trumpcard of the film". Dinesh Raheja of India Today was slightly critical of the film but noted that Zinta "who gives the film its electric charge".

Awards

Filmfare Awards

Nominations
Music by Anu Malik and lyrics by Sameer. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 20,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's sixth highest-selling.
No.SongSingerLength
1"Chori Chori Chupke Chupke"Alka Yagnik & Babul Supriyo07:32
2"Dekhne Walon Ne"Alka Yagnik & Udit Narayan06:14
3"Deewana Hai Yeh Mann"Alka Yagnik & Sonu Nigam06:47
4"Diwani Diwani"Anaida & Anu Malik05:18
5"Dulhan Ghar Aayi"Jaspinder Narula01:40
6"Love You Love You"Alka Yagnik & Anu Malik05:48
7"Mehndi Mehndi"Jaspinder Narula08:45
8"No. 1 Punjabi"Jaspinder Narula & Sonu Nigam07:04