''Main Aisa Hi Hoon'' () is a

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-language drama film released in 2005. It was directed by

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and stars

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and Anupam Kher. This film is a remake of the American drama film ''

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Synopsis

Indraneel "Neel" Mohan Thakur (

), a man who has

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, works as a waiter in a coffee shop while he raises his daughter Gungun (Rucha Vaidya) as a single parent. Gungun loves him very much and in an attempt to remain at his level, refuses to go to school. Gungun's mother Maya Trivedi (

) came into Neel's life when she needed someone desperately. After giving birth to her she disappeared never to be seen again. For seven years Neel has looked after the child and both are happy together. However Maya's father Dayanath Trivedi ( Anupam Kher) comes to India for his granddaughter. On Gungun's birthday, Neel has a surprise party for her. Gungun is upset and leaves. Taking advantage of Gungun leaving her house, Dayanath gives Neel a court notice and soon takes Neel to court. With the help of the townspeople Neel is introduced to Niti Khanna (

), a lawyer and single mother dealing with her own problems. Her son, Rahul, won't listen to her. Niti initially doesn't agree to represent Neel, but when Rahul meets Neel and becomes his friend, Niti realized that she should help him. A custody battle ensues. It is found out that Maya was on drugs and died because of it which is why she didn't return to her father or Neel. When the case is nearing completion and Dayanath's has almost won, Niti decides to marry Neel. After a fifteen minutes recess Niti presents the marriage papers to the judge, and the latter declares that Gungun will be in custody of Neel and Niti, Gungun accepts Niti as her mother and Rahul as her brother. Dayanath regrets being mean to Neel and accepts him as his son-in-law before flying back to

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Cast

as Indraneel "Neel" Mohan Thakur *

as Advocate Niti Vikram Chahal / Advocate Niti Khanna / Advocate Niti Indraneel Thakur *

as Maya D. Trivedi / Maya I. Thakur, Neel's wife * Anupam Kher as Dayanath Trivedi *

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as Dayanath's Advocate * Rucha Vaidya as Gungun Thakur, Neel's daughter *

Aanjjan Srivastav Aanjjan Srivastav (born 2 June 1948) is an Indian film, television and stage actor, associated with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) in Mumbai of which he remained Vice-President for several years. Outside theatre, he is best known as ...

as Divesh Mathur *

Lillete Dubey Lillete Dubey (born 7 September 1953) is an Indian actress and theatre director. She has worked in Indian and international theatre, television and films in Hindi and English languages. Dubey began her career with Barry John in Delhi and was the ...

as Ritu Chatterjee * Naresh Suri as Judge * Raj Gokani as Rahul Khanna, Niti's son

Soundtrack

Music is by

Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, songwriter, film & music producer and actor in Hindi cinema. He started his career as music director in the film '' Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya'' in 1998 and made ...

and lyrics were written by

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References

External links

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''Main Aisa Hi Hoon'' at IndiaFM.com
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