''Bobby Jasoos'' () is a 2014 Indian
Hindi-language
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
comedy drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...
film directed by Samar Shaikh and produced by
Dia Mirza
Dia Mirza Rekhi (born Dia Handrich; 9 December 1981) is an Indian model, actress, producer, and social worker who predominantly works in Hindi films. Mirza won the title of Miss Asia Pacific International in 2000 after being crowned Femina Mis ...
and Sahil Sangha. The film stars
Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan (pronounced ; born 1 January 1979) is an Indian actress. Known for pioneering a change in the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema with her roles in female-led films, she is the recipient of several awards, including a National Fi ...
and features
Ali Fazal
Ali Fazal (born 15 October 1986) is an Indian actor and model who primarily appears in Hindi films. He made his screen debut with a small role in the English language film ''The Other End of the Line'' before appearing in the American television ...
,
Arjan Bajwa
Arjan Bajwa (born 3 September 1979) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi and Telugu films. He is credited as Deepak in Telugu films where he started his career. He made a breakthrough in Bollywood with the critically acclaimed 2007 fi ...
,
Supriya Pathak
Supriya Pathak (born 7 January 1961) is an Indian actress who works in Gujarati and Hindi films and television. She has received multiple awards including three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She is mostly popular for playing the ...
,
Rajendra Gupta
Rajendra Gupta (born 17 October 1947) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor and director who is known for his television roles of Adina Beg Khan Sahib e Azam in 2010 series of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Pandit Jagannath in the 1990s Doorda ...
and
Tanvi Azmi
Tanvi Azmi is an Indian film and television actress.
Early life and career
She was born to Marathi-Hindi actress Usha Kiran and Manohar Kher.
Azmi portrayed a troubled doctor in the tele-series, ''Jeevanrekha'' and as a young widow in telefil ...
in supporting roles. It tells the story of Bilqees "Bobby" Ahmed, a
Hyderabadi woman who aspires to be a detective despite facing a series of obstacles.
Plot
Living in a middle-class orthodox family of Old
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
, Bilqees Ahmed aka Bobby is a wannabe private detective. She lives with her Abba , Ammi, Kausar Khala and two younger sisters including Noor in
Moghalpura area near
Charminar
The Charminar () is a mosque and monument located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Constructed in 1591, the landmark is a symbol of Hyderabad and officially incorporated in the emblem of Telangana The Charminar's long history includes the existe ...
. To pursue her passion of spying, Bobby solves petty neighbourhood cases such as helping Tasawwur, a TV show host, to get rid of marriage proposals brought home by his parents. Bobby finally gets her big break when a rich
NRI
NRI or Nri may refer to :
* Kingdom of Nri, an Igbo kingdom that flourished between the 10th century and early 20th century
* National Radio Institute, a now defunct post-secondary vocational correspondence school
* National Resources Inventory
* N ...
Anees Khan hands her a case of finding two missing girls named 'Niloufer' and 'Aamna' with a birth mark on their hand and shoulder respectively. To solve the case, Bobby takes up many get-ups such as 'beggar', 'peon', 'hawker', 'nerd student', 'astrologer' and even a fake 'TV producer'. After locating the targets, Khan pays her a tremendous fee and also offers huge amount of money to both girls' fathers for reasons unknown to Bobby. Khan also hands over his third and final case of finding a boy with a missing toe named 'Ali'.
Meanwhile, Bobby and Tasawwur's family fix their marriage leaving both into the dilemma of how to get rid of this situation. A local goon Lala also offers a case to Bobby to break Lala's girlfriend Aafreen (
Anupriya Goenka
Anupria Goenka (born 29 May 1987) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's ''Bharat Nirman''. Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film ...
)'s marriage, which is forcefully fixed by her mother Saida. On Bobby's denial, Lala makes her realize that she has been helping the NRI for a wrong cause. Doubting on that Bobby tries to know the whereabouts of the two girls, but gets to know that both girls have gone missing. Scared and shocked, Bobby takes help from Tasawwur and sneaks into Khan's 5 star hotel room to check his background, only to be caught and thrown out by Khan and the hotel staff. But Bobby manages to get a hold of Khan's diary and his old photograph, which later gets into the hands of Lala, who since then starts following Bobby.
Khan now suddenly goes into hiding and Bobby starts searching for him with the belief that Khan will not leave the town without his third target Ali. With the help of clues in Khan's diary such as a
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
based library's stamp and a
Biryani
Biryani () is a mixed rice dish originating among the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent. It is made with Indian spices, rice, and usually some type of meat (chicken, beef, goat, lamb, prawn, fish) or in some cases without any meat, and so ...
order from a local restaurant, Bobby gets to know about Khan's background and later Khan is shown following Ali. It turns out to be a trap to capture Khan. With the twist in the climax, it is revealed that the three people Khan was looking for were his long lost children during communal riots. Khan has offered money to both girl's foster parents for helping them and sent the girls to London to pursue higher education. Tasawwur also enters the scene along with Lala who is actually Khan's long lost son 'Ali'. The film ends with Bobby becoming a famous detective, while she and Tasawwur are now in love with each other but are still confused about their marriage.
Cast
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Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan (pronounced ; born 1 January 1979) is an Indian actress. Known for pioneering a change in the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema with her roles in female-led films, she is the recipient of several awards, including a National Fi ...
as Bilqees Ahmed aka Bobby
*
Ali Fazal
Ali Fazal (born 15 October 1986) is an Indian actor and model who primarily appears in Hindi films. He made his screen debut with a small role in the English language film ''The Other End of the Line'' before appearing in the American television ...
as Tasawwur Sheikh
*
Arjan Bajwa
Arjan Bajwa (born 3 September 1979) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi and Telugu films. He is credited as Deepak in Telugu films where he started his career. He made a breakthrough in Bollywood with the critically acclaimed 2007 fi ...
as Lala
*
Kiran Kumar
Kiran Kumar (born as Deepak Dhar; 20 October 1953) is an Indian screen and theatre actor. He has worked in numerous Hindi, Bhojpuri and Gujarati television and film productions. His latest work in drama is ''Charlie 2''.
Personal life
Kumar co ...
as Anees Khan
*
Anupriya Goenka
Anupria Goenka (born 29 May 1987) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Hindi and Telugu films. She first shot to fame in 2013 as the face of UPA government's ''Bharat Nirman''. Goenka made her on-screen debut with the 2013 Telugu film ...
as Aafreen
*
Rajendra Gupta
Rajendra Gupta (born 17 October 1947) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor and director who is known for his television roles of Adina Beg Khan Sahib e Azam in 2010 series of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Pandit Jagannath in the 1990s Doorda ...
as Bilqees' father
*
Supriya Pathak
Supriya Pathak (born 7 January 1961) is an Indian actress who works in Gujarati and Hindi films and television. She has received multiple awards including three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She is mostly popular for playing the ...
as Ammi/ Zebo Ahmed
*
Tanvi Azmi
Tanvi Azmi is an Indian film and television actress.
Early life and career
She was born to Marathi-Hindi actress Usha Kiran and Manohar Kher.
Azmi portrayed a troubled doctor in the tele-series, ''Jeevanrekha'' and as a young widow in telefil ...
as Kausar Khaala
*
Benaf Dadachandji
Benaf Dadachanji is an Indian actress, working in Hindi television. She is known for her role as Radhika "Baby" Thakkar, a physically disabled young girl, in the TV series ''Baa Bahoo Aur Baby''.
Early life and career
Born in Mumbai, she di ...
as Noor
*
Prasad Barve
Prasad Barve is an Indian actor and dubbing voice actor. He is also a TV actor and occasional film actor. He speaks Marathi, Hindi and English.
Career
His first notable role was as Nihaal in Shree. Then he entered as a new intern in Dill Mill ...
as Shetty
*
Aakash Dahiya
Aakash Dahiya (born 20 September 1986) is a Mumbai-based actor and casting director, who is known for his work in Bollywood films.
Career
Born in New Delhi, Dahiya started acting in the New Delhi Theater. He then started working as associate ...
as Munna
*
Zarina Wahab
Zarina Wahab is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Hindi and Malayalam films. Known for critically acclaimed roles in ''Chitchor'' and '' Gopal Krishna'' in Hindi and Malayalam cinema with films like ''Madanolsavam'', ''Chamaram'', ...
as Afreen's Ammi/ Saida
*
Vinay Varma
Vinay Varma is an Indian actor, script writer, and casting director who primarily works in Telugu and Hindi films.
Career
Vinay Varma, founder of Sutradhar started out as an amateur theatre practitioner. He has been involved with theatre f ...
as Tasawwur's father
* Ankita Roy as Niloufer
* Sangeeta Pamnani as Tasawwur's mother
* Gangadhar Pandey as Haji Kamaal
* Rama Rao Jadhav as suspicious man
* Praveen Goel as Rashid Baig
* Tejas Mahajan as Sohail
* Sundeep Hemnaoni as Arif
*
Surbhi Chandna
Surbhi Chandna (born 11 September 1989) is an Indian actress. She made her acting debut in 2009 with the role of Sweety in ''Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah'' and had her first major role in ''Qubool Hai'' as Haya. Chandna is best known for he ...
as Aamna Khan/ Aditi
* Sukesh Anand as Sodhi
* Kunjan Luthra as Sunita, Hotel receptionist
* G S Patel as Reddy
* Pushpa as Niloufer's mother
* Raina as Zeenat
* Rashmi Seth as old Bohra woman
Production
Filming of ''Bobby Jasoos'' was postponed by 11 days from the scheduled date due to an emergency heart surgery of
Dia Mirza
Dia Mirza Rekhi (born Dia Handrich; 9 December 1981) is an Indian model, actress, producer, and social worker who predominantly works in Hindi films. Mirza won the title of Miss Asia Pacific International in 2000 after being crowned Femina Mis ...
's mother. Mirza later stated that the filming will commence from 25 November 2013.
The filming will commence from
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
, the city where the story is based and is supposed to wrap by January 2014.
Shooting for the film started on 23 November 2013. The film will be shot in one long schedule of 55 days.
Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan (pronounced ; born 1 January 1979) is an Indian actress. Known for pioneering a change in the portrayal of women in Hindi cinema with her roles in female-led films, she is the recipient of several awards, including a National Fi ...
was cast in the lead role and
Ali Fazal
Ali Fazal (born 15 October 1986) is an Indian actor and model who primarily appears in Hindi films. He made his screen debut with a small role in the English language film ''The Other End of the Line'' before appearing in the American television ...
was signed opposite her.
Soundtrack
Shantanu Moitra
Shantanu Moitra (born 22 January 1968) is an Indian score composer, musician and pianist who has composed songs for the Hindi film industry, and is most known for his scores in the films '' Parineeta'' (2005), ''Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi'' (200 ...
composed the film score, while lyrics are written by
Swanand Kirkire
Swanand Kirkire (Marathi: स्वानंद किरकिरे) (born 29 April 1972) is an Indian lyricist, playback singer, writer, assistant director, actor and dialogue writer, both in television with Marathi and Hindi films.
Kirkire wo ...
. Singers
Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awar ...
and
Papon were also reported to record a song for the film.
Aishwarya Nigam
Aishwarya Nigam (born 4 July 1989) is an Indian singer. He is best known as a playback singer in Hindi films, particularly for films like ''Dabangg''. He has received several awards for the song "Munni Badnaam Hui" from ''Dabangg''.
Early an ...
has also recorded a song.
Singer
Bonnie Chakraborty
Bonnie Chakraborty is an Indian playback singer. he was the lead vocalist of Kolkata based band Krosswindz until 1998. He has sung many songs in several languages including Hindi, Tamil and Bengali for various films.
Career
Chakraborty teame ...
said in an interview that he has recorded a duet for the film with Shreya Ghoshal.
References
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