Mujhse Dosti Karoge! is indeed a 2002 Hindi-language coming-of-age romantic movie directed by Kunal Kohli as well as produced by Yash Chopra’s Yash Raj Films company. Hrithik Roshan, Rani Mukerji, and Kareena Kapoor appear in the film. This movie features the love triangle of three friends, Raj Khanna (Roshan), Pooja Sahani (Mukerji), and Tina Kapoor, and is based just on the 1996 American comedy The Truth About Cats & Dogs (Kareena Kapoor).
Kohli made his directorial debut with Mujhse Dosti Karoge!, for which he also co-wrote the script and narrative with Aditya Chopra. Ravi K. Chandran and Gopal Shah collaborated on the cinematography, and Rahul Sharma served as that of the composer.
Mujhse Dosti Karoge! was released on August 9, 2002, at a budget of 120 million dollars. It was a box office flop, making only $336.1 million as well as receiving mixed reviews from critics. Kareena Kapoor received the movie’s single nomination for Best Supporting Actress there at the 4th IIFA Awards for her performance.
Rahul Sharma, a newcomer, created the music for Mujhse Dosti Karoge! He accepted the offers in April 2001 and was on a concert tour alongside his father Shivkumar Sharma. “It’s about urban young people, so the music has to be romantic and delicate,” Rahul Sharma said of the soundtrack, which he characterized as “new and fresh.”
For the background score, he employed santoor, flute, and a 60-piece orchestra. He subsequently informed The Hindu that writing the music for the movie was a “wonderful” and “learning” experience for him. Anand Bakshi wrote the lyrics, and Alisha Chinai, Alka Yagnik, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan, and Sonu Nigam sang the vocals. Saregama published the soundtrack CD on July 12, 2002.
The soundtrack has become the ninth best-selling music album of the year, as per the movie website Box Office India, with only about 1.2 million units sold. Critics had conflicting feelings about the music.
“Rahul’s orchestration approach is young, and the usage of guitars is fascinating and original,” noted Mid-Day critic Narendra Kusner. “Some songs have the classic [Yash] Chopra banner vibe,” Kushner said, “that’s grown so formulaic and clichéd of late.” Sharma “does a wonderful job in churning out a variety of tunes in one single bundle,” according to Joginder Tuteja, who wrote a review for the entertainment portal Bollywood Hungama.
“The title tune… is extremely hummable,” the Hindu added. This song is expected to chart since it combines a lot of Western and Indian music.
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