Mr Ya Miss

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Mr Ya Miss
Mr ya miss.jpg
Directed by
Written byRaghuveer Shekhawat (dialogues)
Screenplay byAntara Mali
Story byAntara Mali
Based on Switch
by Blake Edwards
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
  • John Wilmor
  • Samir Sarkar
Edited byVivek Shah
Music by Amar Mohile
Production
companies
  • RGV Film Company
  • Horseshoe Pictures
Release date
  • 2 December 2005 (2005-12-02)(India)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Mr Ya Miss (transl.Mr or Miss) is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language body swap, comedy film written and directed by Antara Mali. Also starring herself along with Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani and Divya Dutta. [1]

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Plot

The movie deals with a wealthy Gujarati-speaking Sanjay Patel, a self-styled Indian casanova who believes in dating and flirting with a lot of women and breaking their hearts. He works as an executive in an advertising firm and is very friendly with a male co-worker, Shekhar, who is exactly Sanjay's opposite when it comes to women. Sanjay's flirtatious actions land him in trouble with three women, Loveleen, Seema, and Rita, where he is accidentally killed by Loveleen.

After his death, he appears before Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati and requests that they let him return to earth. They give him a last chance to mend his ways and behaviour with women before the next Shivaratri. Sanjay returns to earth, but the next day he treats this as a bad dream and sets about his usual way. This does not auger well with Parvati, and she recommends to Lord Shiva that Sanjay's gender be changed to female in order to enable him to understand and appreciate women.

The transformation occurs, and Sanjay, much to his horror, is transformed into a woman. He changes his name to Sanjana, introduces himself as Sanjay's stepsister, and makes others believe that Sanjay will return after Shivaratri. Sanjana goes to Loveleen, convinces her of her real identity as Sanjay, and persuades her to give her lessons in being a woman. While working in the company, Sanjana faces much catcalling and harassment, thus making her feel the pain of a woman. She has several problems as the things she used to do with other girls, like flirting, are being done to her.

One day, after a bar fight, a drunk Sanjana and Shekhar spent a night together. In the morning, Sanjana has no memory of the encounter and accuses Shekhar of raping her while she was passed out. Soon, Sanjana finds herself pregnant with his child. Sanjay's dead body is found and identified by both Sanjana and Shekhar. Sanjana is arrested by the police in Sanjay's murder case.

She finally reveals in front of Shekhar about being Sanjay. Slowly, while leading a woman's life, Sanjana understands the error of her ways as a man. With Shekhar's help, Sanjana is proven innocent, and Loveleen is arrested for murdering Sanjay. At home, Sanjay wakes up from his sleep, and these events turn out to be his bad dream. He then mends his ways and starts avoiding women.

Production

Along with directing the film, Antara Mali also wrote script for it. The film is loosely inspired by 1991 American film Switch .

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album consists of four tracks written (lyrics and composition) by Nitin Raikwar while Kanha Kanha song's lyrics are written by Satchit Puranik (also director of the film) and composed by Ronkini Sharma and Zoeb Khan.

Mr Ya Miss
Soundtrack album by
Nitin Raikwar, Ronkini Sharma and Zoeb Khan
Released22 November 2005 (2005-11-22) [2]
Recorded2005
Genre Film soundtrack
Length24:09
Language Hindi
Label T-Series
Super Cassettes Industries Pvt. Ltd. [2]
Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Fakra Hai - Aadmi"Nitin RaikwarNitin Raikwar Sonu Nigam 3:44
2."Kamsin Kali Dil Ki Gali"Nitin RaikwarNitin Raikwar Vinod Rathod, Shibani Kashyap, Mona Sarkar4:49
3."Jeena Hai Toh Jeena Hain"Nitin RaikwarNitin RaikwarVinod Rathod, Shibani Kashyap, Mona Sarkar5:29
4."Kanha Kanha"Satchik PuranikRonkini Sharma, Zoeb KhanSonu Nigam5:55
5."Fakra Hai - Aurat"Nitin RaikwarNitin Raikwar Shibani Kashyap 4:12
Total length:24:09

Reception

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 1 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, MR. YA MISS will neither appeal to Mr., Master, Miss or Mrs. amongst moviegoers." [3] Indrani Roy Mitra of Rediff.com wrote, "An apology of a film, Mr Ya Miss proves once again that not every good actor can be a good director. Direction is not everyone's cup of tea. Comedy, Ms Mali, is serious business. It's time you realised that.". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Mitra, Indrani (2 December 2005). "Mr Ya Miss: An apology of a film". Rediff.com . Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Mr. Ya Miss (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". iTunes . Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Adarsh, Taran (2 December 2005). "Mr Ya Miss Review". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.


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