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Jab Harry Met Sejal (English: When Harry Met Sejal) is a 2017 Indian romantic comedy film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali. It features Anushka Sharma and Shah Rukh Khan in the lead roles, their third collaboration after Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012). Pre-production of the film begun in April 2015 and principal photography commenced in August 2016 in Prague, Amsterdam, Vienna, Lisbon and Budapest.
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| Directed by | Imtiaz Ali |
| Produced by | Gauri Khan |
| Written by | Imtiaz Ali |
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| Music by | Songs: Pritam Diplo Background score: Hitesh Sonik |
| Cinematography | K.U. Mohanan |
| Edited by | Aarti Bajaj |
Production company | Red Chillies Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Red Chillies Entertainment |
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Running time | 144 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ?90 crore |
| Box office | ?150.06 crore |
The film received generally negative response and did not perform well financially in India, though it did perform well overseas.
Screenplay
Harinder "Harry" Singh Nehra (Shah Rukh Khan) is a tourist guide, currently working in Amsterdam. He is shown to be a lonely man and a "cheap womaniser" as he calls himself, also with his clients and thus risking his job, but is a friendly and helpful guide.
After dropping a family at the airport, Harry comes across Sejal Zaveri (Anushka Sharma), a member of the same family, who has lost her engagement ring and wants him to help her. Harry initially doesn’t want to, but to avoid an eventual complain of Sejal to his agency that might make him lose his job, he reluctantly agrees to help. In due course of time while searching for the ring, they become friendly and he tells her that he had left his village, Nurmahal and came to Canada to become a singer, which did not work out and that is how he slowly became a tour guide.
Both Harry and Sejal travel to places in Europe where he had initially taken the family, in search of the ring. During this, Harry ends up falling in love with Sejal, but does not reveal it to her, knowing that she is engaged to Rupen (Kavi Shastri). They soon learn that a criminal, Ghyassuddin Mohammed Qureshi “Gas” (Chandan Roy Sanyal), has stolen the ring. They go to Gas to retrieve the ring but Harry gets thrashed by Gas' men. Later, while looking for antiseptics in her bag for Harry, Sejal finds the ring and realises that the ring was in her bag all along. However, she does not tell Harry, as she wants to spend some more time with him and is unknowingly falling in love with him as well.
The next day, Harry and Sejal fly to Frankfurt for the wedding between Harry’s friend Mayank (Aru Krishansh Verma) and Irina (Evelyn Sharma), where both get questioned by them about their relationship, seeing their evident chemistry. After the wedding, Harry and Sejal get into an argument about it. Harry doesn’t admit his feelings, as he feels he is not good enough for her and she decides to fly back home.
At the airport, Sejal shows Harry the ring and tells him that she found it few days ago and that it was in her bag all along. He asks her to take care and bids her goodbye.
She returns to India and he returns to his work, but begins to miss her and gets depressed, not being able to concentrate during work. On Mayank's insistence, Harry flies to Mumbai to go to her wedding in hope to talk to her about his unrevealed feelings before she marries. On reaching the venue, he learns that Sejals's marriage was called off. He walks out to find her sitting outside. They eventually share their feelings for each other and kiss and go to Harry's village, Nurmahal in Punjab, where he reunites with his family and marries Sejal.
- Anushka Sharma as Sejal Zaveri
- Shah Rukh Khan as Harinder "Harry" Singh Nehra
- Aru Krishansh Verma as Mayank
- Chandan Roy Sanyal as Ghyassuddin Mohammed Qureshi (Gas)
- Evelyn Sharma as Irina
- Kavi Shastri as Rupen, Sejal's fiancé
Jab Harry Met Sejal was initially conceived about a man trying to commit suicide. However, after Khan met Ali, the former suggested to revitalise the story by making it a more jolly film.
Production of the film began in April 2016 and plans to filming were announced in the first part of August 2016, when the film had the working title "Production No. 52". Sharma required several months of diction training to prepare herself for her role, as her character is from Gujarat. She describes her character as "very superficial, doesn’t have any depth as a person. There is no similarity with me. But her morals and values of self-respect are something that I can relate to. But otherwise, the character is quite impulsive by nature."
The film underwent a lot of name changes throughout its production phase from The Ring to Rahnuma to Raula until it was finalised with Jab Harry Met Sejal.] When the title of the film was finally revealed, it received considerable backlash from people who accused that it must be a copy of the 1989 Hollywood iconic film When Harry Met Sally... or that it must have been inspired by it. However, contrary to popular beliefs, the two films have no similarity or connection with one another except both falls under the same genre and the two protagonist start off as strangers. Khan explained, "When Harry Met Sally... is one of the greatest love stories ever made in the history of world cinema. Our film on the other hand, is quite original, a fun space love story by Imtiaz Ali. But it is a takeoff from there as that movie is a classic. It is a way to attribute."
In an interview with The Indian Express, Khan discussed about the possible epilogue of the movie; the couple had three children and moved to a small town for some time. Sejal then works as a lawyer while Harry takes time off and writes a book. The former takes the role of a working partner while the latter looks after the children.
Filming
Filming began in late August 2016 in Prague and continued in Amsterdam & Budapest from September 2016. Filming locations include multiple locations in Europe, as well as in Punjab.
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| Soundtrack album by Pritam | ||||
| Released | 3 August 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016-17 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 57:46 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Sony Music India | |||
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| Singles from Jab Harry Met Sejal | ||||
The music of the film is composed by Pritam while the lyrics have been penned by Irshad Kamil. The first song of the film titled as "Radha" sung by Shahid Mallya and Sunidhi Chauhan was released on 21 June 2017. The second song "Beech Beech Mein" sung by Arijit Singh, Shalmali Kholgade and Shefali Alvares was released on 3 July 2017. The third song "Safar" sung by Arijit Singh was released on 10 July 2017. The fourth song "Butterfly" sung by Dev Negi, Chauhan, Aman Trikha and Nooran Sisters was released on 13 July 2017. The fifth song "Hawayein" sung by Singh was unveiled on 26 July 2017. The sixth and last song titled "Phurrr" was composed by the American DJ Diplo and Pritam. It was sung by DJ Diplo, Pritam, Mohit Chauhan and Tushar Joshi and was released on 3 August 2017. The soundtrack was released by Sony Music India on 3 August 2017.
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