Vivah - A Journey From Engagement To Marriage ...( English: Marriage as Prem, ) is a romantic drama, set in Madhupur and Delhi, released on November 10, 2006.It was produced by India's local movie industry Bollywood and is about the engagement between Prem, an upper-class business manager, and Poonam, a college student, from Madhupur. The film was written and directed by Sooraj R. Barjatya and stars Shahid KapoorAmrita Rao as Poonam and Alok Nath, as well as Anupam Kher as their fathers. Seema Biswas and Amrita Prakash have supporting roles.
Vivah was released on November 10, 2006 all over India and received a Telugu dub as Parinayam.
Synopsis
Poonam (Amrita Rao) lost her parents, when she was very young. She was brought up by her uncle Krishna Kant (Alok Nath) and her aunt Rama (Seema Biswas). However, Rama is jealous of her and barely talks to her, since Poonam is more beautiful than her own daughter Rajni (Amrita Prakash), who is lively and friendly. Bhagat-ji (Manoj Joshi), a jeweller, and a friend of Krishna Kant, likes Poonam very much and decides to matchmake her with Prem (Shahid Kapoor), Mr. Harish Chandra's (Anupam Kher) son, as Bhagat-ji is friends with Mr. Harichandra.
Mr. Harichandra informs Prem of his plans to matchmake him, as he believes Prem is of proper age, young enough to adapt to someone else, and, Prem's brother, Sunil (Samir Soni), was about the same age when he married Bhavna (Lata Sabharwal). Prem, however, is hesitant to marry, since he thinks himself to be too young and wants to focus on his career first. Harichandra convinces him to meet Poonam first. They visit Poonam's family and let Prem and Poonam to get to know each other. Though their first conversation is awkward, Prem and Poonam decide to get married, as they are instantly attracted to each other. The two families agree to meet each other again, so Prem and Poonam get the opportunity to know each other better. Krishna Kant invites Prem's family to their summer residence in Som Sarovar and Harishchandra accepts.
Poonam anxiously awaits Prem to come to Som Sarovar, however, until Bhavna arranges a meeting between the two, they barely have the chance to talk to each other. After several carefree days, Harichandra and his family has to leave again because of the family business, which leaves Poonam and Prem only the opportunity to communicate via telephone, internet or letter. Despite the distance between them, they grow closer and Prem, before going to a business trip to Japan, tells Poonam on the phone that he has fallen in love with her. When Prem comes back from Japan, Poonam is there to greet him on the airport, gets to spend some time at his house and finally returns to her own family on order to prepare for the wedding.
However, two days before the actual wedding, a fire emerges at Krishna Kant's house. Poonam gets heavily burned, because she saves Rajni. Prem, occupied with his own wedding preparations, is informed by Bhavna of Poonam's accident and goes to see his fiancé at the hospital. She is very unsure if Prem will marry her, now that she has been scarred. The doctor (Mohnish Behl) informs the family that there is hope, however the operation to save Poonam may be dangerous and Poonam will take much time to recover. Harichandra arranges for specialists to be flown in from Delhi and Prem, despite her injury, still wishes to marry her and accepts her as a wife by bringing sindhoor to her at the hospital. The operation is successful and the wedding commences.
Box Office and Ratings Like Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Rajshri Productions released limited number of prints for the film and eventually increased prints with increasing popularity. The film was declared a blockbuster, after earning Rs 22.22 crore net gross after seven weeks of running. As on 06 March2007 the film has earned Rs 30.91crore in box office earning By the end of November, it was reported that there had been over 4 million(4,000,000*$9.99=Approx.Rs.18Cr.) online streams of Vivah. Running into its thirty-fifth week, its position still remains in the top 10 at the Indian box office despite its limited release and competition from some of year's and industry's most successful movies including Dhoom 2, Bhagam Bhag, Guru (2007 film), Namastey London, all being released after Vivah's debut.
Vivah Grand total stands at large 30.91crore + 18crore= 48.91crore for a film made at an honest budget of 10cr.
Cast
- Prem (Shahid Kapoor). A young man from Delhi, just to about to start his career at his father's enterprise. He gets engaged to Poonam and falls in love with her.
- Poonam "Bitto" (Amrita Rao). A young woman from Madhupur with very traditional values. She is an orphan and lives with her uncle, aunt and cousin Rajni and gets engaged to Prem.
- Mr. Harischandra (Anupam Kher). Prem's and Sunil's father, a kind man and head of his own enterprise. Bound to traditional values and very loving to his family, he urges Prem to get engaged to Poonam.
- Krishnakant "Chacha" (Alok Nath). Rajni's father and Poonam's uncle. He loves his niece very much and only hesitantly agrees to let her leave his house.
- Rama "Chachi" (Seema Biswas). Rajni's mother and Poonam's aunt. She is barely talking to Poonam and very jealous of her, as Poonam is more beautiful and elegant than her own daughter, and will get such a great opportunity to marry into a rich and kind family. She and her husband argue often.
- Sunil, Prem's brother (Samir Soni). Prem's brother and Mr. Harichandra's son. He works at his father's enterprise and is always seen reading newspapers. Though sometimes seemingly cross, he very much loves his family.
- Bhavna, Sunil's wife (Lata Sabharwal). Sunil's wife. She is a warm, kind and humorous person and takes care of her husband's and father-in-law's household. She arranges the meetings between Prem and Poonam.
- Rajni "Choti" (Amrita Prakash). Krishna Kant's and Rama's daughter, and Poonam's cousin. humorous and a little bit mischievous, she does everything for her sister and Prem to meet and fall in love with each other.
- Bhagat-ji (Manoj Joshi). A jeweller and trader. He knows both the families of Prem and Poonam and arranges a meeting and the engagement of the children.
- Munim-ji (Dinesh Lamba). Krishna Kant's secretary and occasional answering machine to Prem's calls for Poonam.
- Rahul (Ameya Pandya). Bhavna's and Sunil's son. A lively, but mischievous young boy.
- Doctor Rashid Khan (Mohnish Behl in a guest appearance). The doctor Poonam gets treated by. An able and very concerned man.
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