Yes Boss (film)

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Yes Boss
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Directed by Aziz Mirza
Screenplay byMangesh Kulkarni
Story by Aziz Mirza
Produced byRatan Jain
Umed Jain
Champak Jain
Starring Shah Rukh Khan
Juhi Chawla
Aditya Pancholi
CinematographyHarmeet Singh
Thomas A. Xavier
Edited byJaved Sayyed
Music by Jatin–Lalit
Production
company
Distributed by B4U Films
Release date
  • 18 July 1997 (1997-07-18)
Running time
165 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget5 crore (equivalent to 25 croreorUS$3.1 million in 2023) [1]
Box office23 crore (equivalent to 117 croreorUS$14 million in 2023) [2]

Yes Boss is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Aziz Mirza starring Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Aditya Pancholi in the lead roles. Produced by Ratan Jain, it is based on the film For Love Or Money (1993) starring Michael J Fox. [3]

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Yes Boss released on 18 July 1997 and emerged as a commercial success at the box-office, with a worldwide gross of 23 crore (US$2.8 million). The film received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics upon release, with praise for its humor, soundtrack and the performances of the cast, but criticism for its script and pacing.

At the 43rd Filmfare Awards, Yes Boss received 6 nominations, including Best Actor (Khan), Best Actress (Chawla) and Best Villain (Pancholi), and won Best Male Playback Singer (Abhijeet Bhattacharya for "Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon")

Yes Boss partially inspired the Malayalam film Junior Senior (2005) and was remade in Tamil as Guru En Aalu (2009). The rights of the film are owned by Khan's production company Red Chillies Entertainment.

Plot

Ambitious, Rahul Joshi wants to be rich, and is lucky enough to find a job with extra earnings from his boss, Siddharth, a lustful person having extramarital affairs, who has deviously trapped the rich Sheela. Rahul earns overtime money in keeping the affairs a secret. Later, Siddharth is lustfully attracted to the elegant and gorgeous Seema Kapoor, an aspiring model also desiring a life of luxury. Siddharth asks Rahul to help him trap Seema too. Helpless, Rahul does so, but also has a soft spot for her. Anyway due to his efforts, Seema is impressed by Siddharth's personality. Gradually, the two get closer; Seema begins liking Siddharth. However, she also grows close to Rahul while seeking his help.

As their companionship blossoms, Seema meets Rahul's mom, Sonali, a heart patient sensitive to any shocking news in life. Sheela's cousin Bhushan takes this benefit and tells Sonali that Rahul has married Seema, overjoying her. To not shock her, Rahul and Seema act as a happy couple and slowly fall in love. Siddharth learns about them, and offers Rahul his dream office, with unsaid implication that it was in return for Seema. Rahul realises he was supporting his lustful habits for his dream office by being a bootlicker to him. He says he wants only Seema.

After this fiasco, true love triumphs as Seema decides to spend her life with Rahul and Sonali, who wholeheartedly accepts their relationship again. Rahul decides he'd have a luxurious life for him and Seema by his own money, not by bootlicking anyone.

Cast

Production

"Main Koi Aisa Geet" song was shot in Bern, Switzerland. [4]

Music

Yes Boss
Soundtrack album by
Released9 May 1997 (1997-05-09)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length30:21
Label Venus Records & Tapes
Producer Jatin–Lalit
Jatin–Lalit chronology
Tum Jiyo Hazaro Saal
(1997)
Yes Boss
(1997)
Badadin
(1998)

The film's 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 for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon". Other contributing artists are Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik.[ citation needed ] The song "Suniye To" is based on "Ahla Ma Feki" by Hisham Abbas.

#TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Chaand Taare" Abhijeet 04:48
2."Choodi Baji Hai" Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik 05:05
3."Ek Din Aap" Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik04:30
4."Jaata Hai Tu Kahan"Abhijeet04:41
5."Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon"Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik05:11
6."Suniye To"Abhijeet05:12

Reception

K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote that "with bubbly Shahrukh Khan at his best, you cannot afford to give this film a miss". [5]

Box office

Yes Boss grossed 19.48 crore (US$2.3 million) in India and $975,000 (3.48 crore) in other countries, for a worldwide total of 22.96 crore (US$2.8 million), against its 5 crore (US$600,000) budget. It had a worldwide opening weekend of 3.07 crore (US$370,000), and grossed 5.65 crore (US$680,000) in its first week. [2] It is the 12th-highest-grossing Indian film of 1997 worldwide. [6]

India

It opened on Friday, 18 July 1997, across 180 screens, and earned 57 lakh (US$68,000) nett on its opening day. It grossed 1.79 crore (US$210,000) nett in its opening weekend, and had a first week of 3.29 crore (US$390,000) nett. The film earned a total of 11.33 crore (US$1.4 million) nett, and was declared a "Hit" by Box Office India. [2] It is the 14th-highest-grossing film of 1997 in India. [7]

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. [8]

Awards

43rd Filmfare Awards :

Won

Nominated

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