Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
BANNER
Dreamz Unlimited
CREDIT TITLES
Producer: Aziz Mirza, Juhi Chawla, Shah Rukh Khan
Direction: Aziz Mirza
Story: Manoj Lalwani, Raaj Kumar Dahima, Sanjay Chhel (Story Idea)
Dialogue: Sanjay Chhel
Screenplay: Manoj Lalwani, Raaj Kumar Dahima
Cinematography: Santosh Sivan
Editing: Javed Sayyed
Sound: Rakesh Ranjan
Song Recordist: Daman Sood, Shakeel Ahmed, Ashok
Shukla Music: Jatin-Lalit
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Art Direction: Sharmishta Roy
Choreography: Farah Khan
Action: Mehmood Bakshi
Stills: Balu, Atul Kasbekar (Sp. Publicity Still)
Costume: Naresh Malhotra (Masculine), Manish Malhotra
Make-up: Ravi Indulkar, Subhash
Processing Lab: Adlabs Films (P) Ltd.
Music on: Sony Music
PLAYBACK SINGERS
Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Narula, Shankar Mahadevan, Jatin Pandit,
Sonu Nigam
CAST
Shah Rukh Khan (Ajay Bakshi)
Juhi Chawla (Ria Bannerjee)
Paresh Rawal (Mohan Joshi)
Satish Shah
Dalip Tahil
Shakti Kapoor
Govind Namdev
Anjan Srivastav
Neena Kulkarni
Haider Ali
Smita Jaykar
Bharti Achrekar
Vishwajeet Pradhan
Johny Lever
SYNOPSIS
Ajay Bakshi (Shah Rukh Khan), a sharp and shrewd TV reporter, works for
Kaka Chowdhary (Satish Shah) owner of K-TV. Ajay is a star in his own right
crosses all limits to prove that he is the best.
Ria Bannerjee (Juhi Chawla) is a beautiful and intelligent TV journalist
employed by Mr.Chinoy (Dilip Tahil), the CEO of Channel Galaxee to counter
the success of Ajay Bakshi and K-TV. She too goes all out to prove that
she is the best.
This is the beginning of a professional rivalry and of a love-hate relationship
between the two. Each tries to outsmart the other's efforts to promote their
channel using an array of journalistic weaponry ranging from pampering and
pandering to deception and deceit. Both of them are catapulted into the
spotlight when Chief Minister Mushran (Govind Namdev) and the opposition
party leader Ramakant Dua (Shakti Kapoor) engage in a vicious political
battle for power, each attempting to use them to get media mileage. The
atmosphere is tense with the impending elections.
In the midst of all this a common man, Mohan Joshi (Paresh Rawal), gets
entangled in the web of power and corruption. Both the parties attempt to
use him to further their own ends and he ends up being labelled a terrorist.
He manages to escape from the police by hiding in the trunk of Ajay and
Ria's car and later tells them his story. When Ajay and Ria learn the truth,
they come together to help this common man and solicit the help of a softhearted
underworld Don, Pappu Junior (Johnny Lever).
They convince the television station bosses to unite to air Mohan Joshi's
videotaped confession and expose the nexus of the politicians and police.
In their greed for advertising revenue, the greedy bosses agree, but Ajay
and Ria's plans are thwarted when Mohan Joshi is kidnapped by Pappu Junior.
Disguised as Chinese journalists, Ajay and Ria manage to free Mohan Joshi
and hide him at a secluded place. Chinoy and Kaka pick him up, promising
to air the truth but the very next moment they meet with Dua and realize
they could make more money by commercializing the hanging of the 'anti-national'
Mohan Joshi.
Ajay and Ria find out on the television news that Mohan Joshi is to be
hanged and Ajay confronts Kaka. The indulgent Kake now dismisses Ajay and
he realizes that the channel bosses are also in league with the politicians.
They manage to steal away the tape from Kaka's house, but without a channel
to air it on anymore. Minutes before the actual hanging, they sneak into
the control room of K-TV and replace the original program with the videotaped
confession of Mohan Joshi. A tearful Ajay Bakshi exhorts the citizens of
the city to join him in his march to the jail. As he draws closer to the
venue, he sees an entire army of citizens behind him and they peacefully
manage to save Mohan Joshi from the gallows.