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Thank You
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnees Bazmee
Written byAnees Bazmee
Rajan Aggarwal
Nisar Akhtar
Rajiv Kaul
Ikram Akhtar
Produced byRonnie Screwvala
Twinkle Khanna
StarringAkshay Kumar
Bobby Deol
Suniel Shetty
Irrfan Khan
Sonam Kapoor
Rimi Sen
Celina Jaitly
CinematographyRavi Yadav
Edited bySteven H. Bernard
Music bySongs:
Pritam
Score:
Sandeep Shirodkar
Production
companies
Distributed byUTV Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 8 April 2011 (2011-04-08)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹60 crore[1]
Box office₹75.37 crore[2]

Thank You is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Anees Bazmee.[3][4][5] The film stars Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Suniel Shetty, Irrfan Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Rimi Sen and Celina Jaitly. Ranjeet, Mukesh Tiwari, Rakhee Tandon, Smita Jaykar, and Chahat Khanna are featured in supporting roles with Mallika Sherawat and Vidya Balan in special appearances.

Released on 8 April 2011, and conceptually similar to Bazmee's No Entry (2005), Thank You revolves around three married men and best friends at work who engage in philandering behaviour and run a yacht business, trying to have some fun outside their marriage. However, when suspicion plays its cards right on their wives, enlisted for help arrives private investigator Kishan Khurana, a detective who specializes in extramarital relationships. However, the course of events that follows Kishan's attempts to expose and reform the men takes twists and turns that are hard for him to deal with, and what follows suit forms the rest of the story.[6][7] Most of the scenes in this film were shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Toronto, Ontario in Canada.

Indiagames also released a mobile video game based on the film.[8]

Plot

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In Toronto, three best friends Raj, Vikram, and Yogi are married but lead double lives as serial cheaters. While Raj and Vikram manage to keep their infidelities hidden, Yogi’s efforts are constantly foiled by his vigilant wife, Maya.

When the wives, Sanjana, Shivani, and Maya, discuss mounting suspicions sparked by a minor incident they agree to hire private detective Kishan Khurana, who is actually known to Maya. Initially, Kishan’s investigation nearly exposes Raj at a New Year’s Eve party, but a series of misdirected schemes results in Yogi being falsely implicated instead.

Desperate to uncover the truth behind the escalating scandal, Raj and Vikram turn back to Kishan. Secretly smitten with Sanjana, Kishan manipulates events by staging evidence that points to Yogi as the informer. Eventually, however, his deceit is revealed amid further chaos and betrayals, forcing the trio to confront the true mastermind behind the unfolding drama.

In a final twist, Kishan discloses his own tragic past, his wife Divya committed suicide after discovering his infidelity, leaving him determined to help wronged women. Ultimately, the revelations lead to a reconciliation among the couples, and Kishan departs Toronto to pursue his next mission.

Cast

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Production

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Kapoor replaced Katrina Kaif as the lead actress, since Bazmee wanted to have a change with Kumar's love interest. The film was shot at different locations in Vancouver, Toronto and Bangkok. It was made on a budget of ₹ 500 million, while an additional amount of ₹ 80 million was spent on promotions.[1]

Reception

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Critical

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Though earning more than INR 1 billion and emerging as a commercial success, Thank You opened to negative reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film with 2/5 Stars saying, "What could've been an honest take on dishonesty fails to leave a mark eventually".[9] Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the film one star and stated, "Badly scripted, shoddily photographed and embarrassingly performed, Thank You is one of those rare films that gets absolutely nothing right."[10] Anupama Chopra of NDTV gave one and a half stars and commented, "My brains were battered to pulp and my eardrums are still recovering from Pritam's cacophonous sound-track."[11] Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India awarded two and a half stars saying, "You have a film that can be an average weekend getaway. Nothing more, not even Mallika Sherawat's item number."[12]

Box office

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Thank You had a below average opening of ₹ 50 million according to Box Office India.[13] It showed a 20% increase on Saturday, bringing the two-day total to ₹ 110 million nett.[14] The film grossed approximately ₹ 320 million by the end of the weekend[15] and ₹ 520 million nett by the end of its first week.[16] It raked in ₹ 112.5 million in its second week taking the total to ₹ 400 million net.[17] The film netted a total of ₹ 600 million in India taking its worldwide total ₹ 1.08 billion.[2] The film was declared average by BoxofficeIndia.com.[18] The film however managed to recover 90% of its cost through the sale of satellite, music and territorial rights.[1] The satellite and music rights were sold to Colors and T-Series respectively for a sum of ₹ 300 million.[1]

Soundtrack

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Thank You
Soundtrack album by
Pritam Chakraborty
Released3 March 2011[19]
GenreFilm soundtrack
LabelT-Series
ProducerPritam Chakraborty
Pritam Chakraborty chronology
United Six
(2011) 		Thank You
(2011) 		Dum Maaro Dum
(2011)

The film's soundtrack was composed by Pritam Chakraborty. The lyrics were penned by Kumaar, Ashish Pandit and Amitabh Bhattacharya. The song "Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo" is originally taken from the film Janbaaz, and is the first remake of the song, the second being "Ek Toh Kum Zindagani" by Tanishk Bagchi for Marjaavaan. An additional song "Viah Di Raat (Khushiyan Da Mela)" was used in the film but has not been included in the soundtrack album.

The film score is composed by Sandeep Shirodkar.

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo"Amitabh BhattacharyaMika Singh5:15
2."Razia"Ashish PanditMaster Saleem, Ritu Pathak4:54
3."Full Volume"KumaarNeeraj Shridhar, Richa Sharma, Suzanne D'Mello4:07
4."My Heart Is Beating"KumaarSonu Nigam3:54
5."Pyaar Mein"Amitabh BhattacharyaNeeraj Shridhar, Javed Ali4:37
6."Haan Har Gharein"Ashish PanditJaved Ali, Priyani Vani 
7."Khushiwon Di Mela"Ashish PanditShahid Mallya 
8."Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo" (Remix by Abhijit Vaghani)Amitabh BhattacharyaMika Singh4:39
9."Razia" (Remix by Abhijit Vaghani)Ashish PanditMaster Saleem, Ritu Pathak4:26
10."Full Volume" (Remix by Harry Anand)KumaarNeeraj Shridhar, Richa Sharma4:25
11."My Heart Is Beating" (Remix by Harry Anand)KumaarSonu Nigam4:44

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Sharmistha Mukherjee (5 April 2011). "Screen cautiously prepares to wrestle cricket for attention". Business Standard. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b "2011 Worldwide Figures: Twenty Films Cross 50 Crore". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Bobby Deol in Anees Bazmee's next Thank You". Mid-Day. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Salman, Asin to star in Anees Bazmee's next". Hindustan Times. 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Sonam is a workaholic". India Today. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Thank You is like No Entry but not a sequel: Anees Bazmee". Noyon Jyoti Parasara (Ticket Please News). Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  7. ^ Bindu Suresh Rai (24 March 2011). "Bollywood sets a wedding date in Dubai". Emirates 24/7. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Thank You". phoneky.com. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  9. ^ Adarsh, Taran (8 April 2011). "Thank You: Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  10. ^ Masand, Rajeev (9 April 2011). "Masand:'Thank You' is an awful film". CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  11. ^ Chopra, Anupama (8 April 2011). "Review: Thank You". NDTV. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  12. ^ Kazmi, Nikhat (7 April 2011). "Thank You Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  13. ^ "Thank You First Day Business". Box Office India. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  14. ^ "Saturday Update: Thank You Shows Growth". Box Office India. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  15. ^ "Thank You First Weekend Business". Box Office India. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  16. ^ "Teen Thay Bhai Non Starter Thank You Below The Mark First Week". Box Office India. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  17. ^ "Dum Maaro Dum Dull Opening Thank You Steady Second Week". Box Office India. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  18. ^ "All India 2011 (Figures in INR Crore)". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  19. ^ "Thank You (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes Store.
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