''Om Jai Jagadish'' is a 2002 Indian

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directed by Anupam Kher and was his directorial debut, and the only movie he has directed till date. The film stars

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and

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Synopsis

Saraswati Batra (

) is the widowed mother of Om (

), Jai (

) and Jagadish (

). Om is responsible and provides the income for the whole family. He works in a music company owned by his friend, Shekhar Malhotra (

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). Jai is very ambitious (he wants to construct the world's fastest car) and is studying in the

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. His education is paid by Om for which he has taken loan from Shekhar Malhotra. Jagadish is a college student who is very good with computers. Jai soon returns after Om and his mother convinces him. They all want different things and soon Om and Jai marry. Om marries the bubbly Ayesha (

) MTV VJ and Jai marries Neetu (

), the daughter of a rich

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. Jagadish is in love with Pooja (

) who is from Bangalore; they meet at a college festival. When Jai clashes with Om's values, they drift apart. Soon Jai receives a promotion back in the United States and leaves with Neetu. Jagadish is caught computer hacking after trying to help a friend get the answers to a test and Om throws him out of the house as a result. Om, Ayesha and his mother have to leave the house after Om failed to pay the loan covering it. The three brothers are separated. Eventually, they all come together at the house auction to buy it back. Om is at the auction to see the winner and is surprised when Jagadish shows up to bid. He reveals that he used his hacking skills to create a program to block hackers instead. Jai comes at the end of the auction and bids more, which he got by selling his engine for the fastest car and realizes that his future is in India not in the United States. He doesn't have enough so the three brothers combine their money to win back the house, but it isn't enough. Finally, it is revealed that the CEO of the company that Jagadish made the hacking program bid for the house and won. Jagadish made a deal that the price of the house is the price of the program. The three brothers reunite and move back into the house.

Cast

as Saraswati Satya Prakash Batra *

as Om Batra *

as Jai Batra *

as Jagadish "Jags" Batra *

as Shanti / Ayesha Batra *

as Neetu Batra (née Saxena) *

as Pooja Batra *

as Shekhar Malhotra *

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as KK Mix *

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as Ram Prasad “RP” *

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as Giri Saxena, Neetu's father *

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as Rita Saxena, Neetu's mother *

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as Tanya Chopra (Shekhar Malhotra's fiancée) *

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as Anil Khanna, College Principal of Jagdish *

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as Narayan Pillai, CEO of Softel Technology Ltd. *K. C. Shankar as Employee of Softel Technology Ltd. *

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as Rehman *Tanishq (Child Artist) as Arnav Batra, Om’s son

Production

Originally,

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wanted to rope in director Anupam Kher with his script and also wished to produce it, in a condition that the director managed to rope in

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(Om), Shah Rukh Khan (Jai),

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(Jagadish), Rani Mukerji (Ayesha), Kajol (Neetu) &

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(Pooja) to play the leading characters. However, surprisingly, all the actors declined the film stating date problems and the project was eventually produced by Vashu Bhagnani and released by Sa Re Ga Ma HMV. Some parts of the film is shot in

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, New Zealand. The university campus is University of Otago's campus. In the film, the location referred to as

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Music

The music was composed by Anu Malik, and the lyrics were written by Sameer. The soundtrack has the following songs: *"Om Jai Jagadish" - Sung by Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik Hariharan, Shaan *"Chori Chori" - Sung by Alka Yagnik,

Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema and Kannada Cinema. He has been honoured by the Govern ...

Kunal Ganjawala Kunal Ganjawala (born 14 April 1972) is an Indian playback singer whose songs are mostly featured in Hindi and Kannada films. He has also sung in Marathi, Bengali and other official languages of India. Kunal began his career by singing jingl ...

*"Jeena Kya" - Sung by KK *"Happy Days" - Sung by Alka Yagnik,

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, Sonu Nigam *"Shaadi" - Sung by

Hema Sardesai Hema Sardesai, also known as Hemaa Sardesai, is an Indian playback singer and lyricist. Hema hails from the coastal state of Goa, in India, and was born in Mumbai. She shot to fame in 1997 with songs from movies like '' Sapnay, Biwi No. 1'' an ...

, Shaan *"Love Story" - Sung by Abhijeet, Shaan,

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*"Pyar Ka Matlab" - Sung by Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Udit Narayan, Sonu Nigam

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0327071, Om Jai Jagadish 2002 films 2000s Hindi-language films Films scored by Anu Malik 2002 directorial debut films