Jodi No.1 (film)

Jodi No.1
Directed by	David Dhawan
Written by	Rumi Jaffery (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Imtiag Patel Yunus Sajawal
Produced by	Dhirajlal Shah
Starring	Sanjay Dutt Govinda Twinkle Khanna Monica Bedi
Cinematography	K.S. Prakash Rao
Edited by	David Dhawan
Music by	Songs: Anand Raaj Anand Himesh Reshammiya Score: Anjan Biswas
Distributed by	Time Magnetics Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	13 April 2001 (2001-04-13)
Running time	154 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	est. ₹11.00 crore[1]
Box office	est. ₹34.13 crore[1]

Jodi No.1 (transl. Pair No.1) is an Indian 2001 Hindi-language comedy film directed by David Dhawan. Released on 13 April 2001, the film stars Sanjay Dutt, Govinda, Anupam Kher, Twinkle Khanna and Monica Bedi. Budgeted at ₹11.00 crore (US$1.3 million) the film was a commercial success, grossing ₹34.13 crore (US$4.1 million) at the box office.

Jai (Sanjay Dutt) and Veeru (Govinda) are good friends and also partners in crime; thus, their friendship is named Jodi No. 1. They first gain the confidence of people and later con them. But soon they have to run from Bombay after an encounter with a local Bhai because they end up having a brawl with his younger brother (Rajat Bedi), and they by accident kill him in a nightclub. While on the run, Jai and Veeru meet Vikramjeet Singh (Aashif Sheikh), an NRI who is on his way to work as a manager in Goa, for Rai Bahadur (Anupam Kher), a wealthy businessman who owns a beer factory.

Jai pretends to be Vikramjeet Singh, and both he and Veeru move into Rai Bahadur's house, intending to befriend and then rob him. However, they fall in love with Rai Bahadur's daughters (Monica Bedi and Twinkle Khanna) and, in a series of hilarious scenes, save the family from Sir John (Ashish Vidyarthi). In the end, while Jai is stealing money from Rai to release Veeru from Sir John, the entire Rai clan is watching the news and finds out that Jai and Veeru are not who they claim to be, but con men. In the end, Rai then lets Jai go with the money to save Veeru, and all goes well, and they marry the daughters of Rai.

The music is composed by Anand Raaj Anand and Himesh Reshammiya, the lyrics were written by Dev Kohli and Sudhakar Sharma.

Writing for Rediff.com, Nidhi Taparia called the film "as humorous as canned laughter" and opined that both Khanna and Bedi "up the glam factor" but "might as well not have acted in the film". She felt that Ashish Vidyarthi, Sayaji Shinde, Shakti Kapoor and Anupam Kher are "wasted" in the film.^[2] Taran Adarsh wrote in his 2-star review for Bollywood Hungama, that the film "will settle to the average category" and if it belonged to anybody it was Govinda. He added that Khanna "oozes oomph" and Bedi added "glamour to the proceedings."^[3]

According to Box Office India the film had an excellent opening. Altogether it made Rs.28 Crores and was declared a "Hit" by Box Office India.^[4] It was also the fifth highest-grossing film of the year. (Bollywood films of 2001).

• Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role - Govinda
• Winner: IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role - Govinda

• Jodi No.1 at IMDb