Directed by Shaad Ali Screenplay by Mani Ratnam | Written by Gulzar (Dialogues) Story by Mani Ratnam | |
Produced by Mani Ratnam
Karan Johar
Apoorva Mehta
Hiroo Yash Johar Based on O Kadhal Kanmani
by Mani Ratnam | ||
OK Jaanu (English: OK Darling) is a 2017 Indian romantic drama film directed by Shaad Ali, story and screenplay by Mani Ratnam. Produced by Mani Ratnam and Karan Johar under their banners Madras Talkies and Dharma Productions respectively. It is an official remake of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film O Kadhal Kanmani starring Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menen. The film stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in the lead roles, portraying a young couple in a live-in relationship in Mumbai with Naseeruddin Shah and Leela Samson play supporting roles as an older couple in the film, portraying the younger couple's landlords. A. R. Rahman composed the film's score and soundtrack. Gulzar is the dialogue writer of this film. Gulzar has also written the lyrics for the songs in the film.
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The first look was released on 29 February 2016. Principal photography commenced in March 2016. The filming has been officially wrapped up on 29 May 2016, with actress Shraddha Kapoor sharing a photo from the film's set. The film had a worldwide release on 13 January 2017.
Plot
Adi(Aditya Roy Kapur) is a video game developer who accidentally meets Tara(Shraddha Kapoor) at his friend's wedding. Tara is planning to pursue her studies in Paris, while Adi wants to achieve big in US as a video game developer. They soon hangout together, and fall in love. They agree that marriage is not for them and decide to have a live-in relationship instead, and Tara moves into Adi's place, rented from Gopi Srivastava(Naseeruddin Shah). They wish to spend their time with each other before they go their separate ways for their respective careers. Tara and Adi live happily, being playful with each other.
One midnight, Tara has a conversation with Gopi. She tells him that she might get her visa approved for going to Paris, and that it's hard for her to leave Adi and go far away. The next day Tara goes to Jaipur for her business, and Adi starts to miss her terribly. Upon seeing the love and patience his house owner Gopi has for his wife, Charu(Leela Samson), an Alzheimer's patient, who one day even forgets the way to her own house, they begin to understand the importance of each other's presence in their life.
Soon, Adi is selected to develop his skills in video games and to go to the United States. He tells his colleague that it's hard for him to leave Tara. The next day, both of them make an agreement to enjoy themselves to the maximum for the 10 days left before they separate. Nearing the last day, they begin to have little fights and arguments, which don't last long.
One day, Charu goes missing again, as she did when she forgot her house address. While looking for her, they continue arguing about their relationship and finally Adi proposes to Tara and they decide to get married. Post marriage, both of them continue to accomplish their own dreams, one in Paris, another in US. And they live happily married and in love.
Cast
Soundtrack
The film score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman while the lyrics for songs are written by Gulzar. Rahman re-used most of his compositions from the Tamil soundtrack of O Kadhal Kanmani, with the exception of three songs. He composed two new songs for the film which are the Hindi counterparts of "Aye Sinamika" and "Malargal Kaetten" that were part of Tamil version. The Hindi counterpart of "Parandhu Sella Vaa" is a cover version of Rahman's yesteryear classic "Humma Humma" from the 1995 movie Mani Ratnam's Bombay.Dubbed as "The Humma Song", the cover was done by Badshah and Tanishk Bagchi. The full soundtrack was released by Sony Music India on 4 January 2017.
Box office
On opening day the film collected ₹75 lakh (US$110,000) from overseas with ₹45 lakh (US$67,000) from North America(USA and Canada), ₹7 lakh (US$10,000) from Australia, ₹17 lakh (US$25,000) from UK and ₹6 lakh (US$8,900) from New Zealand.