Josh (2000 film)
Josh is a 2000 Indian action romance film directed and co-written by Mansoor Khan. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Chandrachur Singh and Sharad Kapoor in the lead roles. The Hindi language film, with occasional Konkani, was set and filmed in Goa. The film is set in the year 1980, amidst the backdrop of real estate deals in Goa.
The film marks the comeback of director Mansoor Khan after a hiatus of five years. It is written by Neeraj Vora and Aatish Kapadia based on the story by Mansoor Khan, with a screenplay by Neeraj Vora, Mansoor Khan, and dialogues by Nidhi Tuli. The film was produced by Ganesh Jain, Ratan Jain and Balwant Singh. The film was released on 9 June 2000 and was distributed by United Seven Creations. The film earned a total of Rs 35 crore net, was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2000 in India. The movie had few plot points inspired by the 1961 movie West Side Story.
Plot
In the town of Vasco in Goa, there exist two rival street gangs - the Bichhoos, who are Hindu migrants and the Eagles, who are local Christians. The Bichhoos leader is Prakash Sharma, while the Eagles are led by Max Dias.Prakash is a local enforcer, who uses his gang to engage in underhanded activities within the Vasco real estate market. Max along with his educated twin sister Shirley are orphans who belong to a rowdy motorcycle crew, together with the other members of the Eagles.
The gangs are sworn enemies and have demarcated the town in order to avoid altercations. They are usually stopped from fights by Father Jacob or the town Police Inspector.
Prakash's brother Rahul is a well-educated master-chef working in Mumbai. He comes to visit Vasco after two years, intending to take his family back to Mumbai with him. Rahul decides to tour Vasco and rediscovers his love for the city. While in the Eagles territory, he spots Shirley and becomes fascinated by her heavenly beauty and elegance at first sight. He eventually develops a deep attraction for Shirley and decides to settle in Vasco and opens a pastry shop. Meanwhile, he unknowingly becomes part of the Eagles - Bichchoo rivalry and gets closer to Shirley.
Prakash, in desperate need of money, plans to take over the village grounds. The grounds historically belong to Alberto Vasco, the landlord of the entire village and the man after whom the town is named. Rahul finds out that the ground was passed from Alberto to a woman named Mary Anne Louise. Unaware of his brother's schemes, Rahul visits the address listed for Mr. Vasco, and it is revealed that Mary was a renter in the villa which belonged to Lady D'Costa, twenty-two years ago. Rahul learns that Mary is Max and Shirley's mother and the twins are the illegitimate children of Alberto Vasco, born in 1958.
Having developed a close relationship with Shirley, Rahul plans to reveal this information to her in the form of a letter, however, it falls into the hands of Prakash. Prakash plots to murder Max in order to receive Alberto Vasco's valuable land. A bloody fight breaks out between the Bichhoos and the Eagles, and Max accidentally shoots Prakash while defending himself. Max is arrested by the police and his trial puts a rift between Shirley and Rahul. Max is about to go to the gallows, but the truth is finally revealed by Rahul and he acknowledges Prakash's mistake.
Finally, Rahul and Shirley are married, Max too marries his longtime crush Rosanne.
Cast
- Shah Rukh Khan as Max "Maxie" Dias
- Aishwarya Rai as Shirley Dias
- Sharad Kapoor as Prakash Sharma
- Chandrachur Singh as Rahul Sharma
- Priya Gill as Rosanne
- Raymond Alberquerque as Alberto Vasco
- Vivek Vaswani as Savio
- Ruhshad Nariman Daruwalla as Child Artist
- Sharat Saxena as Police Inspector
- Puneet Vasishtha as Michael
- Sushant Singh as Gotiya
- Nadira as Lady D'Costa
- Suhasini Joshi as Rahul Sharma's mother
- Ali Asgar as Deven
- Rajesh Khera as Matwyn
- Manav Gohil as Ganpat
- Shraddha Nigam as Prakash Sharma's Girlfriend
- Manoj Pahwa
Production
Actor Puneet Vashist, who played the role of Michael in the film, has since claimed that his screentime, as well as that of fellow co-actors Aishwarya Rai, Sharad Kapoor & Chandrachur Singh, was reduced in the editing room, with Vashist claiming that almost fifty percent of his scenes were cut out.
Music
was signed in as the music composer first, but he opted out, due to scheduling conflicts with other films. After Rahman opted out, Mansoor Khan roped in Anu Malik to complete the music fast, and release the film on time. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 18,00,000 units sold, the film's soundtrack album was the year's one of the highest-selling. The song "Hai Mera Dil" is based on "Sealed with a Kiss" written by Peter Udell and Gary Geld, and "Djobi Djoba" performed by Gipsy Kings.Reception
Box office
Josh grossed in India and $1.127 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of, against its budget. It had a worldwide opening weekend of, and grossed in its first week. It is the 6th-highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2000 worldwide.In India, the film opened on Friday, 9 June 2000, across 300 screens, and earned nett on its opening day. It grossed nett in its opening weekend, and had a first week of nett. The film earned a total of nett, and was declared "Average" by Box Office India. It is the 5th-highest-grossing film of 2000 in India.
Among overseas territories, Josh had an opening weekend of $575,000 and went on to gross $800,000 in its first week. The film earned a total of $1.127 million at the end of its theatrical run. Overseas, It is the 9th-highest-grossing film of 2000.
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| International ' | $1.127 million |
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