120-409: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic comedy drama written and directed by Karan Johar and produced by his father Yash Johar under Dharma Productions . It stars Shah Rukh Khan , Kajol , Rani Mukherji , Salman Khan and Sana Saeed . The plot combines two love triangles set years apart. The first half covers friends on a college campus, while the second tells
240-438: A December 2016 release. In October 2015, it was announced that Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor were cast in the lead roles. In December 2015, YRF announced that the music of the film will be produced by Vishal–Shekhar and Jaideep Sahni , both of whom would return to collaborate with YRF after roughly 9 years. The film marked Chopra's directorial comeback 8 years after Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008). A theatrical trailer of
360-541: A bad storyline, though Santosh Thundiyil and Sharmishta Roy were praised for their camerawork and art direction, respectively. Nandita Chowdhury in a review for India Today , said that Karan Johar was almost able to rekindle the Khan-Kajol magic of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge , and that overall the film was "a good distraction". In January 2023, IndieWire ranked Kuch Kuch Hota Hai as the world's best romantic comedy (rom-com) on Netflix , above Scott Pilgrim vs.
480-585: A core vocabulary of native Prakrit and Sanskrit-derived words. However, Hindi is written in the Devanagari script and contains more direct tatsama Sanskrit -derived words than Urdu, whereas Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script and uses more Arabic and Persian loanwords compared to Hindi. Because of this, as well as the fact that the two registers share an identical grammar, a consensus of linguists consider them to be two standardised forms of
600-528: A day before the release of the film, the Vishva Hindu Parishad released a statement to its members that they were "satisfied " with the certification of the film and assured that all protests will be ceased. At the time of the statement, Pathaan was slated to be screened in 5500+ movie theatres in India and 2500+ movie theatres in more than 100 countries internationally thereby making it
720-469: A director was the musical romantic drama Mohabbatein (2000) starring Amitabh Bachchan , Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai , and also launched his brother Uday Chopra into the film industry. The film was also written and co-produced by Chopra and emerged as the highest-grossing film of the year , earning Chopra his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Director. The next film under
840-571: A larger amount are still used in Urdu poetry written in the Devanagari script. Many words borrowed from Persian in turn were loanwords from Arabic (e.g. muśkil "difficult", havā "air", x(a)yāl "thought", kitāb "book"). Hindi also makes extensive use of loan translation ( calqueing ) and occasionally phono-semantic matching of English . Many Hindustani words were derived from Portuguese due to interaction with colonists and missionaries: Aditya Chopra Aditya Chopra (born 21 May 1971)
960-541: A literary language in the 19th century. Earliest examples could be found as Prēm Sāgar by Lallu Lal , Batiyāl Pachīsī of Sadal Misra, and Rānī Kētakī Kī Kahānī of Insha Allah Khan which were published in Devanagari script during the early 19th century. John Gilchrist was principally known for his study of the Hindustani language , which was adopted as the lingua franca of northern India (including what
1080-490: A loss in business to both films, Ritesh Sidhwani and Shahrukh Khan, the producers of Raees approached Chopra to work out a settlement to ensure both projects are exhibited comfortably across centres. However, Chopra disagreed to shift his release date stating the poor performance of Khan's prior releases ( Dilwale and Fan ) in the global box office. Moreover, Chopra ensured that YRF Distributors (his film distribution leg) exhibit Sultan to more than 3100 screens (out of
1200-468: A major hit at the box office. In 2004, Chopra produced the romantic comedy Hum Tum , the action thriller Dhoom and the epic love saga Veer-Zaara (for which he was also the screenwriter) under the YRF banner. All three films went on to become major critical and commercial successes, earning more than ₹ 200 crore (US$ 24 million) (unadjusted for inflation) in the worldwide market. The films became
1320-536: A medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit and secondarily on other languages. It
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#17327916127851440-461: A new level for style in Hindi cinema with this film. He and his friend Manish Malhotra , the film's costume designer, made trips to London for costumes, much to the chagrin of his father and producer Yash Johar, who was concerned about the budget. Many of the costumes in the film prominently displayed logos from designers such as DKNY and Polo . In addition to the designer fashions, Johar also created
1560-410: A part of the process of Sanskritisation , new words are coined using Sanskrit components to be used as replacements for supposedly foreign vocabulary. Usually these neologisms are calques of English words already adopted into spoken Hindi. Some terms such as dūrbhāṣ "telephone", literally "far-speech" and dūrdarśan "television", literally "far-sight" have even gained some currency in formal Hindi in
1680-500: A second language. A Hindi proponent, Indian-born Paramananda Jha , was elected vice-president of Nepal. He took his oath of office in Hindi in July 2008. This created protests in the streets for 5 days; students burnt his effigies, and there was a general strike in 22 districts. Nepal Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that his oath in Hindi was invalid and he was kept "inactive" as vice-president. An "angry" Jha said, "I cannot be compelled to take
1800-598: A section of users calling the visuals "vulgar" and "infuriating". Chopra wrote to the Office of the Prime Minister explaining this issue a week before the release of the film. On 18 January 2023, the Prime Minister of India sent out a warning to the workers of all national political parties to "strictly refrain from making comments on films". It was the first-ever public statement strategically released by
1920-549: A somewhat fantastical world where the students speak Hinglish and enjoy a pristine college campus, where there is no crime or hate, and traditional Hindu values are pervasive. Johar admitted that the look and feel of the college scenes in the film were patterned after Beverly Hills 90210 , saying, "The art, the costumes, tilt toward the West, but the soul of the film is Indian." He hired Sharmishta Roy as art director, and told her to produce something similar to Riverdale High School of
2040-584: A standardised form of Hindustani separate from Urdu took form. In 1881, Bihar accepted Hindi as its sole official language, replacing Urdu, and thus became the first state of India to adopt Hindi. However, in 2014, Urdu was accorded second official language status in the state. After independence, the Government of India instituted the following conventions: On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in
2160-425: A temporary closure of its offices. After the release of its final film in July 2017, Disney exited all film operations in India and was permanently liquidated. In January 2019, YRF reached a ₹ 19,000 crore (US$ 2.3 billion) valuation by SEBI , thereby making it the largest Indian film production company of all time. In 2012, Ajay Devgan , Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Eros International together moved
2280-573: A ten-day period. in several picturesque locations in Scotland , including Eilean Donan , Glen Coe , Loch Lomond and Tantallon Castle with the nearby Bass Rock as a backdrop in one scene. The scenes from the summer camp in Shimla were filmed at Wenlock Downs in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. During the bicycle sequence in the song "Yeh Ladka Hai Deewana", Kajol lost control of her bike, fell flat on her face, and
2400-467: A virtual West inside India. Karan Johar was certain from the beginning that he wanted to cast Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol in the lead roles, having observed them during the making of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge . It took longer to fill the role of Tina. The role was written with Twinkle Khanna in mind, but she turned it down. Other actresses such as Urmila Matondkar , Tabu , Shilpa Shetty , Aishwarya Rai , Raveena Tandon and Karisma Kapoor were offered
2520-626: A worldwide opening weekend of ₹ 8.06 crore (US$ 1.95 million), and grossed ₹ 15.13 crore (US$ 3.67 million) in its first week. It is the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1998 worldwide. It also became the third highest-grossing Indian film then, behind Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge . It opened on Friday, 16 October 1998, across 240 screens, along with Bade Miyan Chote Miyan , and earned ₹ 87 lakh (US$ 210,818.63) nett on its opening day. It grossed ₹ 2.74 crore (US$ 663,957.53) nett in its opening weekend, and went on to record
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#17327916127852640-578: A young applicant, the Film Division of India eventually honored him with the National Award for his achievements in 1995 , 2004 , 2007 and 2015 . Widely regarded as the most influential executive in Indian entertainment , Chopra has however rejected the publicity and fame that came with being Yash Chopra 's son and the chief executive of Yash Raj Films. Chopra, the elder son of
2760-522: Is Rahul's soulmate and she had realised that Anjali loved Rahul. Anjali Khanna sets about reuniting the two to fulfil her mother's final wish, as stated in her letter. The older Anjali is engaged to Aman, but leaves for a month before her wedding, to conduct a dance workshop in Shimla . Anjali Khanna enrols in the camp, being supported by her grandmother, and Rahul ends up meeting the older Anjali when he shows up to see his daughter. Having not spoken in years,
2880-657: Is a standard register of the Hindustani language; additionally, Indian media are widely viewed in Pakistan. A sizeable population in Afghanistan , especially in Kabul , can also speak and understand Hindi-Urdu due to the popularity and influence of Bollywood films, songs and actors in the region. Hindi is also spoken by a large population of Madheshis (people having roots in north-India but having migrated to Nepal over hundreds of years) of Nepal . Apart from this, Hindi
3000-596: Is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and studio executive who works in Hindi cinema . He is the Chairman of India's multi-national film, media, and entertainment conglomerate Yash Raj Films (YRF). The films he has produced make him one of the highest grossing Indian film producers of all time. Having denied Chopra admission into the National School of Drama due to his severe stammering as
3120-409: Is an official language of Gujarat , along with Gujarati . It acts as an additional official language of West Bengal in blocks and sub-divisions with more than 10% of the population speaking Hindi. Similarly, Hindi is accorded the status of official language in the following Union Territories : Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu . Although there
3240-550: Is based on the language that was spoken in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab ( Delhi , Meerut and Saharanpur ) called Khariboli ; the vernacular of Delhi and the surrounding region came to replace earlier prestige languages such as Awadhi and Braj . Standard Hindi was developed by supplanting foreign loanwords from the Hindustani language and replacing them with Sanskrit words, though Standard Hindi does continue to possess several Persian loanwords. Modern Hindi became
3360-628: Is borrowed from Sanskrit as tatsam borrowings, especially in technical and academic fields. The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native speakers. They may have Sanskrit consonant clusters which do not exist in Hindustani, causing difficulties in pronunciation. As
3480-455: Is commonly used to specifically refer the modern literary Hindi language, as opposed to colloquial and regional varieties that are also referred to as Hindi in a wider sense . Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit , through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th century CE. The sound changes that characterised
3600-589: Is mirror to a hand with bangles, What is Persian to a literate. The emergence of Modern Standard Hindi in the 19th century went along with the Sanskritisation of its vocabulary, leading to a marginalisation of Persian vocabulary in Hindi, which continued after Partition when the Indian government co-opted the policy of Sanskritisation. However, many Persian words (e.g. bas "enough", khud "self") have remained entrenched in Standard Hindi, and
3720-609: Is no specification of a national language in the constitution, it is a widely held belief that Hindi is the national language of India. This is often a source of friction and contentious debate. In 2010, the Gujarat High Court clarified that Hindi is not the national language of India because the constitution does not mention it as such. Outside Asia , the Awadhi language (an Eastern Hindi dialect) with influence from Bhojpuri , Bihari languages , Fijian and English
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3840-526: Is now present-day Pakistan ) by British colonists and indigenous people. He compiled and authored An English-Hindustani Dictionary , A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language , The Oriental Linguist , and many more. His lexicon of Hindustani was published in the Perso-Arabic script , Nāgarī script , and in Roman transliteration .In the late 19th century, a movement to further develop Hindi as
3960-453: Is pregnant with Rahul's daughter, but has complications that lead to her bleeding internally. Knowing she will not survive, she writes letters for her newborn daughter, for her to read as she grows up. Tina passes away, and Rahul names his daughter Anjali Khanna. Eight years later, when Anjali Khanna grows up, she reads in Tina's letter that Rahul knew another Anjali from college, who Tina believes
4080-740: Is spoken by the large Indian diaspora which hails from, or has its origin from the "Hindi Belt" of India. A substantially large North Indian diaspora lives in countries like the United States of America , the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates , Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, South Africa, Fiji and Mauritius , where it is natively spoken at home and among their own Hindustani-speaking communities. Outside India, Hindi speakers are 8 million in Nepal ; 863,077 in
4200-531: Is spoken in Fiji. It is an official language in Fiji as per the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, where it referred to it as "Hindustani"; however, in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji , it is simply called " Fiji Hindi " as the official language. It is spoken by 380,000 people in Fiji. Hindi is spoken as a first language by about 77,569 people in Nepal according to the 2011 Nepal census , and further by 1,225,950 people as
4320-879: Is the dominant form of Hindi online. In an analysis of YouTube comments, Palakodety et al., identified that 52% of comments were in Romanised Hindi, 46% in English, and 1% in Devanagari Hindi. Traditionally, Hindi words are divided into five principal categories according to their etymology: Hindi has naturally inherited a large portion of its vocabulary from Shauraseni Prakrit , in the form of tadbhava words. This process usually involves compensatory lengthening of vowels preceding consonant clusters in Prakrit, e.g. Sanskrit tīkṣṇa > Prakrit tikkha > Hindi tīkhā . Much of Standard Hindi's vocabulary
4440-712: Is thrilled that she fulfilled her mother's final wish. After the experience of assisting and acting in Aditya Chopra 's directorial debut, the musical romantic drama Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Karan Johar was encouraged to try his own hand at directing. With Kuch Kuch Hota Hai , he chose to pair up the same lead actors, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, for his own romance film. During the filming of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge , Khan had also encouraged Johar to make his own film, and said that he would be willing to star in it. They were signed by producer and his father Yash Johar in early 1997. Yash Johar officially announced
4560-570: Is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida . Devanagari consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is written from left to right. Unlike Sanskrit, Devanagari is not entirely phonetic for Hindi, especially failing to mark schwa deletion in spoken Standard Hindi. The Government of India uses Hunterian transliteration as its official system of writing Hindi in the Latin script. Various other systems also exist, such as IAST , ITRANS and ISO 15919 . Romanised Hindi , also called Hinglish ,
4680-460: The lingua franca of North India . Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language , which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of
4800-492: The 2011 census of India . The term Hindī originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain . It was borrowed from Classical Persian هندی Hindī ( Iranian Persian pronunciation: Hendi ), meaning ' of or belonging to Hind (India) ' (hence, ' Indian ' ). Another name Hindavī ( हिन्दवी ) or Hinduī ( हिन्दुई ) (from Persian هندوی 'of or belonging to
4920-637: The Archie Comics , with some 90210 influence as well. Johar said of the outcome, "If you see KKHH , Shahrukh plays Archie , Rani Mukherji plays Veronica , and Kajol played Betty . It was exactly that. And the principal looked like Weatherbee , and Ms. Grundy was Archana Puran Singh." Johar also hired Farah Khan to do the choreography, Jatin–Lalit to provide the music, Santosh Thundiyil as cinematographer, and Nikhil Advani as his associate director. Shabina Khan assisted Manish Malhotra with costume design. Filming began on 21 August 1997. The crew
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5040-516: The BBC , the first place being taken by Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge , an album which was also composed by Jatin–Lalit. On 2002, Sony Music India also released Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in Telugu version. While comparing the film to Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India gave Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 3.5 out of 5 stars. She especially liked the performance of Kajol, and thought that
5160-598: The Competition Commission of India against Yash Raj Films and Aditya Chopra, accusing the company of using monopolistic business practices and rampantly abusing their dominant position and clout in the Entertainment Industry of India by entering into a tie-in arrangement with 1,500 single screen film exhibitors (out of a total of 2,100) of India, that obliged them to showcase the company's Jab Tak Hai Jaan (and not Son of Sardaar ) on
5280-496: The Diwali weekend. The film received positive reviews from critics upon release, with high praise for its setting, direction, screenplay, soundtrack, cinematography, cast performances and overall presentation. It was successful in India and abroad, becoming the highest-grossing Indian film of the year and the third highest-grossing Indian film at that time. Outside India, the film was the highest-grossing Hindi film ever until its record
5400-599: The Government of India a few days prior to its release. The film managed to gross ₹ 63 crore (US$ 7.5 million) after a two-week theatrical run at the global box office , failing to manage break-even business for YRF. In 2004, Chopra started producing under the YRF banner. He produced Hum Tum , Dhoom and Veer-Zaara (for which he was also the screenwriter), all three films went on to become critical and commercial blockbusters, earning more than ₹ 200 crore (US$ 24 million) (unadjusted for inflation) in
5520-586: The Hindi Belt ), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English. In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has developed as a lingua franca for the people living in Haflong , Assam who speak other languages natively. In Arunachal Pradesh , Hindi emerged as a lingua franca among locals who speak over 50 dialects natively. Hindi is quite easy to understand for many Pakistanis , who speak Urdu, which, like Hindi,
5640-647: The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and the Filmfare Award for Best Film , in addition to the Filmfare Award for Best Director for Chopra. Chopra eventually went on to write the dialogues and the story of his father's 1997 musical romance Dil To Pagal Hai , (which won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment), also made under YRF. His next film as
5760-855: The United States of America ; 450,170 in Mauritius; 380,000 in Fiji; 250,292 in South Africa; 150,000 in Suriname; 100,000 in Uganda ; 45,800 in the United Kingdom; 20,000 in New Zealand ; 20,000 in Germany ; 26,000 in Trinidad and Tobago; 3,000 in Singapore . Linguistically , Hindi and Urdu are two registers of the same language and are mutually intelligible. Both Hindi and Urdu share
5880-455: The sixth , third and highest-grossing Indian films of 2004. The company won most of the Indian film awards in the year, with Veer-Zaara also winning the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Chopra then produced and wrote several other highly critically and commercial successful films over the years, namely Bunty Aur Babli , Salaam Namaste , Fanaa , Dhoom 2 and Chak De India (which also won
6000-404: The tomboyish Anjali Sharma are best friends in their college. Unknown to him, Anjali harbours a secret crush on him. When Tina Malhotra, the attractive daughter of the college principal, enrols in the college, Rahul is immediately smitten. Anjali is heartbroken and returns to her hometown to be with her family, leaving Rahul forever. Rahul and Tina become a couple, and gradually get married. Tina
6120-631: The 50th birthday of Beohar Rajendra Simha on 14 September 1949, the efforts came to fruition following the adoption of Hindi as the official language. Now, it is celebrated as Hindi Day . Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English: (1) The official language of
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#17327916127856240-573: The CCI dismissed the case filing as they found YRF to not be in contravention of the Competition Act of India; YRF won the case. Raees (2017) was a film produced by Excel Entertainment and Red Chillies Entertainment helmed by Rahul Dholakia . Principal photography of the film was completed in April 2015 and a few months were allotted to its post-production work. A teaser/trailer of the film
6360-700: The Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India replacing the previous usage of Hindustani in the Perso-Arabic script in the British Indian Empire . To this end, several stalwarts rallied and lobbied pan-India in favour of Hindi, most notably Beohar Rajendra Simha along with Hazari Prasad Dwivedi , Kaka Kalelkar , Maithili Sharan Gupt and Seth Govind Das who even debated in Parliament on this issue. As such, on
6480-680: The Diwali week of 2012 and continue its theatrical run for two weeks after the worldwide release. The trio eventually moved the Competition Appellate Tribunal on 30 October 2012 against YRF but were turned down by the bench heading the Tribunal. Both films opened on 13 November 2012; Jab Tak Hai Jaan released on 3500 screens and Son of Sardar released on 2000 screens, in the worldwide market. However, in November 2013,
6600-402: The Hindi heartland. Persian borrowings reached a heyday in the 17th century, pervading all aspects of life. Even grammatical constructs, namely the izafat , were assimilated into Hindi. The status of Persian language then and thus its influence, is also visible in Hindi proverbs : हाथ कंगन को आरसी क्या, पढ़े लिखे को फ़ारसी क्या। Hāth kaṅgan ko ārsī kyā, Paṛhe likhe ko Fārsī kyā. What
6720-580: The Hindu/Indian people') was often used in the past, for example by Amir Khusrau in his poetry. The terms Hindi and Hindu trace back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name Sindhu ( सिन्धु ), referring to the Indus River . The Greek cognates of the same terms are Indus (for the river) and India (for the land of the river). The term Modern Standard Hindi
6840-526: The Indian music charts for over a year, and the album peaked at number #2 on the Malaysian albums chart ( RIM ) in 1999. Sony Music Indonesia also sold 300,000 copies in Indonesia, for a combined 8.3 million copies sold in India and Indonesia . In 2012, it was voted as the most popular film song of the previous decade by NDTV . The full soundtrack came in second place in a similar poll conducted by
6960-422: The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment). Chopra also made his third film as a director in 2008 with the romantic comedy Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi starring Shahrukh Khan and launching newcomer Anushka Sharma . The film received mixed reviews upon release, but emerged as one of the highest-grossing films for Khan and YRF at that time, earning ₹ 172 crore (US$ 21 million) in
7080-548: The Official Languages Act of 1963, which provided for the continued use of English indefinitely for all official purposes, although the constitutional directive for the Union Government to encourage the spread of Hindi was retained and has strongly influenced its policies. Article 344 (2b) stipulates that the official language commission shall be constituted every ten years to recommend steps for
7200-461: The PMO to safeguard the release of a film in India. The Ministry for Information and Broadcasting further cautioned political leaders and workers against making remarks on important films. Followingly, the state governments of Gujarat , Uttar Pradesh , Madhya Pradesh , and Assam assured YRF protection for its viewers and assurance that protestors will be strictly prosecuted. On 24 January 2023,
7320-551: The President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union. Article 351 of the Indian constitution states: It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as
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#17327916127857440-545: The Republic of India . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary, standard Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu , another recognised register of Hindustani, as both Hindi and Urdu share a core vocabulary base derived from Prakrit (a descendant of Sanskrit). Hindi is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi ). Outside India, several other languages are recognised officially as "Hindi" but do not refer to
7560-430: The Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other nearby languages, such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri . Such languages include Fiji Hindi , which has an official status in Fiji , and Caribbean Hindustani , which is spoken in Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , and Guyana . Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. If counted together with
7680-460: The Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals. (2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement: Provided that
7800-403: The World (2010) at number two and Notting Hill (1999) at number three. IndieWire writers Kate Erbland and Alison Foreman called Kuch Kuch Hota Hai "a love triangle for the ages" and said it is "a bittersweet and bubbly story of young love, missed opportunity, and female friendship" with "what’s quite possibly the most romantic gazebo scene of all time." According to Box Office India ,
7920-455: The age of 18 as an assistant director, working with his father on films such as Chandni (1989), Lamhe (1991) and Darr (1993). He also wrote his first screenplays for his father's Parampara (1992) and his mother's independently produced film Aaina (1993), which was the only film not directed by his father that he served as an assistant director on. Chopra, after gaining a respectable amount of experience, started independently at
8040-403: The age of 23 with the all-time blockbuster romantic comedy-drama Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), with Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol , for which he was the director and writer. The film was scripted by Chopra and produced by his father Yash Chopra, under the YRF banner. Chopra started work on the script of the film in 1990, at the age of 19, and gradually spent time making about five drafts of
8160-430: The banner was the romantic comedy Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), which released in June 2002, starring his brother Uday alongside Tulip Joshi , Bipasha Basu and Jimmy Sheirgill . The film did moderately well at the box office. The studio's final release that year was the romantic drama Saathiya , a remake of the Tamil film Alaipayuthey , which starred Vivek Oberoi opposite Rani Mukerji. The film proved to be
8280-453: The company thereby suffering losses amounting to millions from 2007 to 2010. The films broke YRF's perfect success ratio and were oddly released one after another. Some of the most unsuccessful films produced under the banner were Jhoom Barabar Jhoom , Laaga Chunari Mein Daag , Tashan , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic , Roadside Romeo , and Pyaar Impossible . Chopra then took over as the Vice Chairman of Yash Raj Films in 2010, soon after
8400-418: The end credits of the film. On spotting multiple journalists outside the venue, he reportedly panicked and desperately sprinted towards his car to avoid being photographed. Chopra pulled down the sun visor of his car and drove away. The Walt Disney Company entered India in 2007 through a co-production agreement ( Ta Ra Rum Pum , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic , and Roadside Romeo ) with YRF. Disney's move
8520-435: The film "a simple stylish, sensuous and ambrosial love story," further adding that the chemistry between the lead pair was unbeatable. A reviewer for Timeout Film Guide , while commenting that the second love triangle went on too long, liked most of the film, saying that "its performances, camerawork, storytelling and extensive musical numbers [are] all energetically colourful." In 2004, Meor Shariman of The Malay Mail called
8640-610: The film a "must-watch" for Bollywood fans, and also for those seeking an introduction to Bollywood. The film has also been criticized for creating unreal worlds and characters, to which Johar has said that this was part of his vision of escapism. One of the best examples of the iconic status of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was the 2012 Hindi romantic comedy Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi . Farah Khan and Boman Irani re-created scenes and characters from KKHH for posters to promote their film, and also paid homage in one of
8760-416: The film grossed ₹ 80.12 crore (US$ 19.41 million) in India and $ 6.3 million ( ₹ 26.61 crore ) in other countries, for a worldwide total of ₹ 1.06 billion (US$ 25.69 million), against its ₹ 10 crore (US$ 2.42 million) budget. It became the third film to gross over ₹ 1 billion (US$ 24.23 million) worldwide in the 1990s, after Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). It had
8880-551: The film in October 1997 at Mehboob Studios in Bandra . Johar first wrote a story, which was a love triangle between a tomboy, a very pretty girl, and a slightly insensitive boy, but he shelved the idea because he was not very satisfied with it. Then he wrote another plot about a widower and his child, which he shelved as well. Eventually, he decided to merge the two stories into one. He explained in an interview with Rediff.com : "It
9000-478: The film was released at the Eiffel Tower and across social media platforms in the month of October. The film was budgeted at ₹ 70 crore (US$ 8.4 million) (including print and advertising costs ) and released across 2900 screens worldwide on 9 December 2016. It opened to widespread negative reviews across platforms and faced heavy losses to its business because of the currency demonetisation implied by
9120-399: The film would appeal to young and romantic viewers primarily for its "MTV ambience" and "Valentine's Day flavours". On the negative side, she said "The second half, however, gets drowned in a sea of emotions. Too many people begin to cry a bit too much." In contrast to these views, the reaction of Sujata C J, writing for Rediff.com, was that the film was very disappointing, with many cliches and
9240-418: The film's original script. Chopra even managed to convince his brother Uday Chopra and Karan Johar , both aspiring filmmakers, to enter the film industry as assistant directors with the film. Chopra once said that the presence of his relatives during the making of the film worked as a huge emotional support. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge eventually went on to become one of the biggest hits of all time and won
9360-456: The first film to cross $ 5 million mark outside India, and became the highest grosser at that time. According to Box Office India, the film earned a total of $ 6.3 million ( ₹ 26.61 crore ) overseas. According to the book Global Bollywood , the film grossed $ 8 million in overseas markets outside India. It became the second Bollywood film to break into the UK box office top 10 after Dil Se.. which
9480-402: The four major awards (Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress) at Filmfare. Others include Guide (1965), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) (also starring Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol), Devdas (2002) (also starring Shah Rukh Khan), Black (2005) and Gully Boy (2019). A few years after its release, Sony purchased satellite rights for the film for ₹4 crore . The film
9600-539: The last 125 years, there are no academic studies of any of them – of their use in South Africa, their evolution and current decline. Hindi is adopted as the third official court language in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . As a result of this status, the Indian workforce in UAE can file their complaints to the labour courts in the country in their own mother-tongue. Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains
9720-558: The late filmmaker Yash Chopra and Pamela Chopra , was born on 21 May 1971. His only sibling is actor and producer Uday Chopra . He is the nephew of film producers B.R. Chopra and Yash Johar , and the cousin of filmmakers Karan Johar and Ravi Chopra . He completed his formal education and acquired his Indian Certificate of Secondary Education from Bombay Scottish School . He graduated from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics along with Anil Thadani , Karan Johar and Abhishek Kapoor . Chopra started his film-making career at
9840-541: The most widely released Indian film. After two days of its release, 25 additional screens were added after the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court directed Chopra to add an exclusive version of the film for people with disabilities . On 3 March 2023, Pathaan emerged as the third highest grossing Hindi film of all time. He was married to Payal Khanna, until their divorce in 2009. The couple had no children. On 21 April 2014, he married actress Rani Mukerji in
9960-441: The movie was titled Kuch Kuch Hota Hai , he found the title mediocre, obscene, and vulgar and decided to quit the project. Akhtar later regretted leaving the film, as he found it decent and could see that the title has become quite a buzzword, realizing that he was the only one who disliked the title. The album became the best-selling Bollywood soundtrack of the year, with 8 million units sold in India. The title song remained on
10080-400: The mutually intelligible Urdu, it is the third most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English. According to reports of Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition) Hindi is the third most-spoken language in the world including first and second language speakers. Hindi is the fastest growing language of India , followed by Kashmiri , Meitei , Gujarati and Bengali according to
10200-670: The oath now in Nepali. I might rather take it in English." Hindi is a protected language in South Africa . According to the Constitution of South Africa , the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages. According to a doctoral dissertation by Rajend Mesthrie in 1985, although Hindi and other Indian languages have existed in South Africa for
10320-582: The official language of the imperial court during the reign of Shah Jahan . It is recorded that Emperor Aurangzeb spoke in Hindvi . The Hindustani vernacular became an expression of Indian national unity during the Indian Independence movement , and continues to be spoken as the common language of the people of the northern Indian subcontinent, which is reflected in the Hindustani vocabulary of Bollywood films and songs. Standard Hindi
10440-424: The older Anjali, and tells her he loves her. During the ceremony, Anjali cannot bring herself to continue with the rituals. Aman realises what is happening, and calls off the wedding. Having heard from the younger Anjali that Rahul was his fiance's first love, he advises Anjali to marry Rahul instead. Finally Anjali and Rahul get married in the same ceremony, with Aman and Rahul's family in attendance, and Anjali Khanna
10560-417: The outskirts of Benicàssim , the song was written by Vishal–Shekhar and Kumaar . Choreography and direction was by Vaibhavi Merchant . A few days after release of the song, it started gaining criticism among right-wing ideologists for its lyrics, Padukone's appearance in a saffron bikini, and Khan's appearance in green trousers. A boycott call on Twitter by the name "#BoycottPathaan" began to trend with
10680-490: The place of the English borrowings (ṭeli)fon and ṭīvī . Hindi also features significant Persian influence, standardised from spoken Hindustani . Early borrowings, beginning in the mid-12th century, were specific to Islam (e.g. Muhammad , Islām ) and so Persian was simply an intermediary for Arabic. Later, under the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire , Persian became the primary administrative language in
10800-629: The previous year. YRF however fought the offer and continued as a domestic entity, heavily aided by the Tata Sons . This was followed by the exits of Dick Cook from Walt Disney and Sanjeev Kohli from YRF. In June 2011, Disney acquired UTV at ₹ 2,000 crore (US$ 240 million) to establish Disney-UTV. Records from the Registrar of Companies of the same year showed that YRF received investments from LIC of India , Catamaran Ventures , and Maruti-Udyog . In December 2016, Disney-UTV announced
10920-522: The progressive use of Hindi language and impose restrictions on the use of the English language by the union government. In practice, the official language commissions are constantly endeavouring to promote Hindi but not imposing restrictions on English in official use by the union government. At the state level, Hindi is the official language of the following Indian states: Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan , Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand . Hindi
11040-419: The project on permanent hold. He said, "Animation films are not working nowadays, so as of now I have kept it on stand-by." Hindi-language Modern Standard Hindi ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी , Ādhunik Mānak Hindī ), commonly referred to as Hindi , is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script . It is the official language of India alongside English and
11160-685: The release of the film Badmaash Company under the same banner. Chopra has produced several commercially viable projects including off-beat content not necessarily fitting into the realm of " masala films ". Chopra is the first to move towards the film studio model through independent projects helmed by talent under his banner. Major post-production work of the company is completed at YRF Studios (co-founded by his ex-wife Payal Khanna), where Chopra serves as Chief Executive . The Government of India appealed both Chopra and Mani Ratnam to focus on content created locally under its Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives. In June 2018, he
11280-562: The role but also turned it down. Aditya Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan noticed Rani Mukherji's acting in Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat (1996), and suggested her to Karan Johar. He thus signed her, giving a boost to her career. Saif Ali Khan and Chandrachur Singh were initially offered the role of Aman, but they both turned it down, thus prompting Johar to rope in Salman Khan. Johar, who is also a costume designer , wanted to set
11400-521: The same day. In November 2012, YRF green-lit their first Indian-American war drama co-production titled Paani with DreamWorks Pictures . The film was to be helmed by Shekhar Kapur and Sushant Singh Rajput was signed for the lead role in December of the same year. Principal photography was to start in June 2013, and it was planned as a December 2015 release by both Chopra and Kapur. A. R. Rahman
11520-502: The same language, Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu. Hindi is the most commonly used scheduled language in India and is one of the two official languages of the union , the other being English. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and is one of 22 scheduled languages of India , also having official status in Uttar Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Delhi , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh and Bihar . Hindi
11640-417: The same period with both Bhansali and Singh being awarded extensively for their work. Rajput was later signed for another independent YRF projects; Detective Byomkesh Bakshy scheduled to release in April 2015. On 12 December 2022, YRF released a song from the fourth project of its spy universe titled " Besharam Rang " across all media platforms. Picturised on Deepika Padukone and Shahrukh Khan in
11760-578: The second-highest first week of the year with collections around ₹ 5.64 crore (US$ 1.37 million) nett, after Bade Miyan Chote Miyan which grossed ₹ 6.33 crore (US$ 1.53 million) nett. The film earned a total of ₹ 46.86 crore (US$ 11.36 million) nett, plus a distributor share of ₹ 29.88 crore (US$ 7.24 million), and was declared an "All-Time Blockbuster" by Box Office India . It is the highest-grossing film of 1998 in India. It had an opening weekend of $ 800,000 ( ₹ 3.38 crore ) and went on to gross $ 1.3 million ( ₹ 5.49 crore ) in its first week. It became
11880-521: The songs, "Ramba Mein Samba". In 2010, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was selected by Time as one of their "Five Essential Bollywood movies to Netflix". It was also mentioned in critic and author Shubhra Gupta's book, 50 Films That Changed Bollywood, 1995–2015 . In 2018, Johar celebrated the 20-year anniversary of the film by hosting an event with the lead cast. Karan Johar wanted to make an animated version of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai , but as of October 2012, had placed
12000-443: The story of a widower's young daughter who tries to reunite her dad with his old best friend. Filmed in India, Mauritius , and Scotland , Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was Karan Johar's directorial debut. One of his goals for the film was to set a new level for style in Hindi cinema . The music was composed by Jatin–Lalit , which was the biggest seller of the year. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai released worldwide on 16 October 1998, coinciding with
12120-457: The total 4230), apparently abusing his dominant position and clout in the Entertainment Industry of India , an allegation that he has battled several times in the past. Sultan eventually released on 6 July 2016, as planned by YRF, across 4310 Indian screens and 1130 screens internationally, to gross ₹ 501 crore (US$ 60 million) in the worldwide market and Raees was postponed to 26 January 2017, scheduled to release alongside Kaabil on
12240-471: The transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi are: During the period of Delhi Sultanate in medieval India , which covered most of today's north India, eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and Bangladesh and which resulted in the contact of Hindu and Muslim cultures , the Sanskrit and Prakrit base of Old Hindi became enriched with loanwords from Persian , evolving into the present form of Hindustani. Hindi achieved prominence in India after it became
12360-570: The two are formal around each other, but soon bond over shared interests such as basketball. Rahul realises he is falling in love with Anjali this time, but finds out she is engaged. Anjali returns home for her wedding with Aman, midway through the dance camp. On the day of the wedding, Rahul and Anjali Khanna arrive at the Sharma house for the ceremonies. The younger Anjali goes missing (she is going to Aman to talk him out of marrying Anjali Sharma), and Rahul goes in search of her. He ends up coming across
12480-439: The two big Indian releases of the year 2008 and were pitted against each other by the press; Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi was to release on Diwali and Ghajini was to release on Christmas , with a gap of a few weeks between them. Chopra was present at a private screening of Ghajini that was held by Khan, for members of the film industry . Chopra was seen leaving through the back entrance of the theatre premise around 2 am, just before
12600-714: The worldwide market. The film earned Chopra his third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Director. YRF launched a number of budding screenwriters and directors under their banner throughout these years. Directors and screenwriters such as Karan Johar (his Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was co-produced and released by Yash Raj Film Distributors), Kunal Kohli , Kabir Khan , Sanjay Gadhvi , Jaideep Sahni , Siddharth Anand , Shimit Amin , Habib Faisal , Shaad Ali , Maneesh Sharma and Vijay Acharya debuted under YRF and have gone on to become independent entities in films. The company also produced films for filmmakers such as Anil Mehta and Pradeep Sarkar under their banner. The company
12720-423: The worldwide market. The films became the sixth , third and highest-grossing Indian films of 2004. The company won most of the Indian film awards in the year, with Veer-Zaara also winning the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. The company saw an all-time low, with several of their high-budgeted films not doing well at the box office, despite favourable critical reviews and
12840-425: Was about the trauma of a widower and his little child. How the child really wants a mother and how she brings her mother into her father's life. Then I thought: Why not bring a youth aspect to the story? Why not a flashback? That's how the story got made." The story also includes a "personal desires vs. parental loyalties" theme and has some "East meets West" themes, but instead of the characters going abroad, it creates
12960-420: Was also released on VHS, DVD, and eventually Blu-ray. Now Kuch Kuch Hota Hai , along with Johar's second film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), often play on television to consistently high ratings. Johar said, "It's gratifying to know that they've aged well and passed the test of time." Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was the subject of reviews and critical analysis following its initial release. Subhash K Jha called
13080-557: Was awarded membership into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by the Producers Guild of America . Apart from emerging as an equitable brand, his company earned the status of a movie mogul through distribution networks spread across the globe. Photographers of the Indian media caught a glimpse of the extremely-reclusive Chopra on 27 December 2008. Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Aamir Khan's Ghajini were
13200-606: Was broken by Karan Johar's next directorial, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001). Kuch Kuch Hota Hai won various accolades, including the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Film at the Filmfare Awards , Screen Awards , Zee Cine Awards and Bollywood Movie Awards . The film garnered 8 Filmfare Awards and was the only film to win all four acting awards (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress) until Gully Boy (2019). Rahul Khanna and
13320-449: Was completed in 3 months followed by post-production work being completed in May. A teaser/trailer and other marketing material featuring both Khan and Sharma were released simultaneously starting in April across platforms and networks. The film was ready for a 5 July release and as a result, around 4230 theatre screens available in India would have been divided among the two films. Realising
13440-572: Was envisioned that Hindi would become the sole working language of the Union Government by 1965 (per directives in Article 344 (2) and Article 351), with state governments being free to function in the language of their own choice. However, widespread resistance to the imposition of Hindi on non-native speakers, especially in South India (such as those in Tamil Nadu ) led to the passage of
13560-473: Was eventually ranked at Number 1 (among the most successful film production companies in India) in a survey conducted by Filmfare and at number 27 (among the most successful film production companies in the world) in a survey by The Hollywood Reporter , both under the vice-chairmanship of Chopra. In September 2015, YRF announced Chopra's directorial comeback with the romantic comedy Befikre , scheduled for
13680-443: Was knocked unconscious while also injuring her knee. During the promotional Making of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai TV special, Kajol stated that the accident was her most memorable part of shooting the film because she doesn't remember it. During preparation for the reunion scene where the two leads met after more than 8 years apart, the director told them to improvise and rehearse the reactions that they might use, but he secretly taped them and
13800-456: Was released across social media platforms and attached to Bajrangi Bhaijaan on 17 July 2015 announcing it as a 5 July 2016 release; packaged and presented as an Eid project. However, sensing an opportunity in the same period, YRF went ahead to green-light its own Sultan , slated for release on the same day, in January 2016. Principal photography with Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma
13920-401: Was released the same year, and went on to gross $ 2 million. It was a bigger box office success than Titanic when it was screened in Indonesia. Overseas, It is the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1998 . Kuch Kuch Hota Hai received a leading 18 nominations at the 44th Filmfare Awards and won a leading 8 awards, including a sweep in all the major categories. It was the third film to win
14040-674: Was roped in to score the music of the film and pre-production work started in January 2013 with the entire cast and crew at YRF Studios. In February 2013, Sanjay Leela Bhansali offered the lead role to Rajput in his Shakespearean tragic romance Ram-Leela , which was scheduled to be shot throughout the year 2013. Chopra, however, advised Rajput to turn down the role to focus solely on Paani and led Bhansali to sign Ranveer Singh (through YRF Talent) instead. In November 2013, Chopra shelved Paani stating affordability issues faced by YRF during pre-production work. Ram-Leela meanwhile opened to overwhelming critical and box office success in
14160-433: Was seen as a bid to increase its global presence and enter Indian entertainment . This was followed by Warner Bros. , Columbia Pictures , Universal Pictures , and 20th Century Fox , who made similar moves. Post the release of the three films, Disney attempted a ₹ 5,000 crore (US$ 600 million) hostile takeover of YRF in December 2009. The offer was pushed after its acquisitions of Pixar and Marvel from
14280-502: Was so happy with the result that it was put into the film. The soundtrack for Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was composed by Jatin–Lalit and the lyrics were penned by Sameer . This is the first collaboration of the duo with Karan Johar . It was released by the Sony Music label on 19 August 1998. While the film was still untitled, Javed Akhtar was signed to write the lyrics, and even wrote and recorded one song (Koi Mil Gaya). However, when
14400-457: Was young and inexperienced to the point where Shah Rukh Khan had to explain basic technicalities of filming. Khan later said, "Karan makes no bones of the fact that his technical knowledge of filmmaking was not at its peak when he made the biggest hit of the decade." The entire film was shot in nine and half months with a substantial part of it shot in Mauritius . The title song was filmed over
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