Yes Boss (film)
Yes Boss is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Aziz Mirza starring Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, and Aditya Pancholi. Produced by Ratan Jain, Yes Boss was one of the most successful films of the year at the time of release, and was declared a super hit with a worldwide gross of ₹23 crore (US$3.2 million). It is based on the 1987 film The Secret of My Success starring Michael J Fox.
| Yes Boss | |
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| Directed by | Aziz Mirza |
| Produced by | Ratan Jain Umed Jain Champak Jain |
| Screenplay by | Mangesh Kulkarni |
| Story by | Aziz Mirza |
| Starring | Shah Rukh Khan Aditya Pancholi Juhi Chawla |
| Music by | Jatin Lalit |
| Cinematography | Harmeet Singh Thomas A. Xavier |
| Edited by | Javed Sayyed |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | B4U Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹5 crore (equivalent to ₹21 crore or US$2.9 million in 2019)[1] |
| Box office | ₹23 crore (equivalent to ₹94 crore or US$13 million in 2019)[2] |
The film partially inspired the 2005 Malayalam film Junior Senior and was remade in Tamil as Guru En Aalu (2009). The rights are owned by Khan's production company Red Chillies Entertainment. Yes Boss received seven nominations at the 43rd Filmfare Awards including Best Actor for Khan and Best Actress for Chawla. Pancholi was nominated under the Best Villain category as well.
Plot
Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) is an ambitious young, bright man who desires to become wealthy. He is lucky enough to find a job with extra earnings with his boss, Siddharth (Aditya Pancholi), who is a lustful person having extramarital affairs. Siddharth has deviously trapped a rich woman Sheela (Kashmira Shah) and Rahul earns overtime money in keeping his boss' affairs a secret.
Then comes along Seema (Juhi Chawla) an elegant and gorgeous young woman and an ambitious, aspiring model - also desiring a life of luxury. Siddharth is lustfully attracted to Seema and her heavenly beauty and charm and asks Rahul to help him trap her too. A helpless Rahul does so, but deep down somewhere in his heart, Rahul has a soft spot for Seema.
Anyway, due to Rahul's efforts, Seema is impressed by Siddharth's personality and business acumen. Gradually, Seema and Siddharth become friends and she discovers Siddharth's purity of heart and begins liking him when they go to Switzerland for a shooting schedule.
As their companionship blossoms, Rahul introduces Seema to his mother (Reema Lagoo), who is a heart patient and is sensitive to any shocking news or stress in life. Unfortunately, Bhushan (Gulshan Grover) uses this to his advantage and to mess with Rahul, and tells her that Rahul has married Seema. Rahul's mother is overjoyed with this news.
In order to avoid shocking his mother, Rahul and Seema have to put up an act as if they are a happily married couple, however, both slowly fall in love in the process.
When Siddharth learns that Rahul is in love with Seema (Siddharth's new pawn) he offers Rahul his dream office - with the unsaid implication that it was in return for Seema. Siddharth, however, has no intention of giving Rahul his dream office. Rahul realizes that he had been supporting Siddharth's lustful habits all along for his dream office by being a bootlicker to him.
Rahul replies to him and says that he does not want Siddharth as his boss, nor his dream office, and Seema joins him by resigning as well.
After this fiasco, true love triumphs as Seema decides to let a luxurious life go and spend the rest of her life with Rahul and his ailing mother who wholeheartedly accepts the relationship again, and Rahul decides that he'd have a luxurious life for him and Seema by his hard earned money and not by bootlicking anyone.
Cast
- Shahrukh Khan as Rahul Joshi
- Aditya Pancholi as Siddharth Chaudhary: Rahul's boss
- Juhi Chawla as Seema Kapoor: Rahul's ex-wife
- Kashmira Shah as Sheela Chaudhary
- Rahul Kanawat as Mahesh joshi
- Ashok Saraf as Johnny, Rahul's friend
- Gulshan Grover as Bhushan, Sheela’s cousin
- Johnny Lever as Madhav Advani aka Mr.Mad
- Reema Lagoo as Rahul's mother/Mrs. Joshi
- Mahavir Shah as Advocate Shukla
- Rakesh Bedi as Watchman at Girls Hostel/Bahadur
- Anant Mahadevan as Doctor
- Amrit Patel as Mamaji
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as the father in law of Siddharth Chaudhary
Music
| Yes Boss | ||||
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| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 30:21 | |||
| Label | Venus Records & Tapes | |||
| Producer | Jatin-Lalit | |||
| Jatin-Lalit chronology | ||||
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The movie soundtrack has 6 songs composed by Jatin-Lalit who also composed the background score, with lyrics by Javed Akhtar. Most of the songs are sung by Abhijeet Bhattacharya and won his first Filmfare Award Best Play Back singer (Male) for the song "Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon".The song " Suniye To" was copied from the song "Azhagiya Laila" from the Tamil movie Ullathai Allitha. Other contributing artists are Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik.
| # | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1 | "Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon" | Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik | 05:11 |
| 2 | "Choodi Baji Hai Kahin" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik | 05:05 |
| 3 | "Chaand Taare" | Abhijeet Bhattacharya | 04:48 |
| 4 | "Suniye To" | Abhijeet Bhattacharya | 05:12 |
| 5 | "Jaata Hai Tu Kahan" | Abhijeet Bhattacharya | 05:35 |
| 6 | "Ek Din Aap" | Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik | 04:30 |
| 7 | "Ek Din Aap II" | Babul Supriyo | 04:27 |
Box office
Yes Boss grossed ₹19.48 crore (US$2.7 million) in India and $975,000 (₹3.48 crore) in other countries, for a worldwide total of ₹22.96 crore (US$3.2 million), against its ₹5 crore (US$700,000) budget. It had a worldwide opening weekend of ₹3.07 crore (US$430,000), and grossed ₹5.65 crore (US$790,000) in its first week.[2] It is the 12th-highest-grossing Indian film of 1997 worldwide.[3]
India
It opened on Friday, 18 July 1997, across 180 screens, and earned ₹57 lakh (US$80,000) nett on its opening day. It grossed ₹1.79 crore (US$250,000) nett in its opening weekend, and had a first week of ₹3.29 crore (US$460,000) nett. The film earned a total of ₹11.33 crore (US$1.6 million) nett, and was declared "Hit" by Box Office India.[2] It is the 14th-highest-grossing film of 1997 in India.[4]
Overseas
It earned $975,000 (₹3.48 crore) outside India.[2] It is the 3rd-highest-grossing film of 1997 behind Dil To Pagal Hai ($3.3 million (₹12.04 crore)) and Pardes ($1.7 million (₹6.12 crore)), which were also Shah Rukh Khan starrers.[5]
| Territory | Territory wise Collections break-up |
|---|---|
| India | Nett Gross: ₹11.33 crore (US$1.6 million) |
| Distributor share: ₹5.89 crore (US$830,000) | |
| Total Gross: ₹19.48 crore (US$2.7 million) | |
| International (Outside India) |
$975,000 (₹3.48 crore) |
| Worldwide | ₹22.96 crore (US$3.2 million) |
Filmfare Awards
Won
- Best Male Playback Singer – Abhijeet – "Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon"
Nominated
- Best Actor – Shahrukh Khan
- Best Actress – Juhi Chawla
- Best Music Director – Jatin-Lalit
- Best Lyricist – Javed Akhtar for "Chaand Taare"
- Filmfare Best Villain Award – Aditya Pancholi
References
- "Yes Boss Budget". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- "Yes Boss Box office". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- "Top Worldwide Grossers 1997". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- "Top India Total Nett Gross 1997". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- "Top Overseas Gross 1997". Box Office India. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.