Biwi No.1
Biwi No.1 () is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by David Dhawan and produced by Vashu Bhagnani, being a remake of the 1995 Tamil film "Sathi Leelavathi". It stars Karisma Kapoor, Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Anil Kapoor and Tabu along with Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Rajeev Verma and Guddi Maruti in special appearance. Made on a total budget of 9 crore, "Biwi No. 1" premiered theatrically worldwide on 28 May 1999 and was the third highest grossing film of the year with a global collection of 52.80 crore. At the 45th Filmfare Awards, the  film received 7 nominations; Sen won the Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film. The distribution rights of the movie were sold to Star India . Plot. Prem Mehra is married to the loving yet traditional Pooja Makhija, and they have 2 children. Rupali Walia arrives at Prem's office to give interview for role of a model. They are attracted to each other, ultimately fall in love and begin a romantic relationship. Rupali is much preferable to Prem due to her modern lifestyle and fashionable choices as compared to Pooja. Pooja learns about them and asks Prem to  choose between Rupali or his family. He chooses and moves in with Rupali, leaving his family behind with Pooja. With the help of Prem's friend Lakhan Khurana, she has a make-over turning modern and taking on modeling assignments. Pooja sends her mother-in-law Lakshmi and children to live with Prem and Rupali. They intentionally trouble Rupali and tell Prem that she keeps them hungry and wants to poison and kill them. Ultimately the relationship between Prem and Rupali breaks down. Prem realizes she only came to him since he gave her material things, while Pooja stuck with  him via thick and thin. Rupali gets back with her ex-boyfriend Deepak. Lakhan befriends her, calling her his sister. While hugging her, his wife Lovely sees them and misunderstands. She leaves, but Lakhan chases after and they make up as she realises the truth. He says to Lovely that she is his "Biwi no. 1." Production. Rambha was signed for Tabu's role but later opted out. Sanjay Dutt was signed for the film, but was later replaced by Anil Kapoor. Manisha Koirala was offered the role of Pooja, but she rejected it for unknown reasons and was subsequently  replaced by Karishma Kapoor. Filming took place in areas of Florida such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. Second part of filming took place in Delhi and Mumbai compound areas. Reception. The movie response was good in parts of India, and was considered a super-hit, though its business was affected by the Cricket World Cup 1999. The collections were close to 50% in all centers. "Biwi No.1" was the second highest-grossing film of Bollywood that year after "Hum Saath-Saath Hain", which also starred Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor, Tabu, Saif Ali Khan, Himani Shivpuri, and Rajeev  Verma. It ranks 53rd in the List of Top 500 Bollywood movies after adjusting inflation its worldwide gross reaches 52.80crores. Music. The "Biwi No.1" soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik except for "Hai Hai Mirchi" which was composed by Sukhwinder Singh. The lyrics were written by Sameer, Dev Kohli (only "Biwi No. 1"), and Sukhwinder Singh (only "Mehboob Mere" & "Hai Hai Mirchi"). The songs "Chunnari Chunnari" and "Ishq Sona Hai" became major hits after their release in 1999. The track "Aan Milo Ya Milne Se" did not feature in the movie.