Welcome is an Indian 2007 Hindi-language comedy film directed and co-written by Anees

Bazmee,[3] which stars Feroz Khan, Akshay Kumar, Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Paresh
Rawal, and Mallika Sherawat, with Suniel Shetty making a guest appearance and Malaika
Arora featuring in an item number. Narrated by Om Puri, Welcome marked Khan's last film
appearance,[4] and was produced by Firoz Nadiadwala. The second highest-grossing Hindi film of 2007
after Om Shanti Om,[5] it was the first installment of the Welcome franchise,[6] and spawned a sequel
named Welcome Back which released in 2015. The film was made on a reported budget of ₹40 crore
and grossed over ₹122 crore at the worldwide box office; Box Office India declared it a blockbuster.
Welcome released worldwide on 21 December 2007, to mixed critical reviews, and despite initial
competition from Taare Zameen Par,[7][8] was a strong financial success at the box office both in
India[9] and overseas.[10] According to The Hindu, the film's climax scene is a rip-off from the Charlie
Chaplin film, The Gold Rush and Michael Madana Kama Rajan.[11]

Contents

 1Plot
 2Cast
o 2.1Shetty family
o 2.2Xaka family
o 2.3Ghungroo family
o 2.4Others
 3Soundtrack
o 3.1Track listing
 4Box office
 5Sequel
 6References
 7External links

Plot[edit]
Uday (Nana Patekar), a criminal don, takes it upon himself to get his kindhearted sister, Sanjana
(Katrina Kaif) married, but he is unsuccessful since no one wants to be associated with a crime family.
Dr. Ghunghroo (Paresh Rawal) has also been trying to get his nephew, Rajiv (Akshay Kumar) an
auctioneer, married but due to his condition—the alliance must be with a purely decent family—he is
also unsuccessful.
When Rajiv jumps into a burning building to save Sanjana, he is smitten by her. Uday and Majnu (Anil
Kapoor), Uday's brother gangster hatch a plan for an alliance with Dr. Ghunghroo. The plan works and
Dr. Ghunghroo confirms the alliance, thinking that Uday is a very decent man. But when he is later told
that Uday and Majnu are mobsters, he quickly takes his family and flees to Sun City, South Africa to
escape. However, Majnu and Sanjana have come to Sun City as well. Rajiv meets Sanjana again and
the two fall in love.
Dr. Ghunghroo reconciles with Uday and Majnu and finally agrees to the alliance. Uday and Majnu
invite a powerful don of the underworld, RDX (Feroz Khan) to the engagement. At the party, a girl
named Ishika (Mallika Sherawat) arrives, claiming to be Rajiv's childhood betrothed. Ishika is actually
the niece of Dr. Ghunghroo whom Dr. Ghunghroo asked to come and try to break off the engagement.
Ishika manages to do so, leaving Rajiv and Sanjana heartbroken. Dr. Ghunghroo reveals that he did
this for Rajiv's mother, who had married into a crime family and was harassed and tortured, thus telling
Dr. Ghunghroo to raise Rajiv away from crime when he was born. Dr. Ghunghroo decides he will
agree to the marriage only if Uday and Majnu give up their life of crime. Rajiv and Sanjana do this by
reawakening Uday's love for acting and encouraging Majnu to pursue his love for painting. With these
things keeping them busy, Uday and Majnu have no time for crime any more.
Rajiv's actions anger RDX's son, Lucky, who attempts to shoot Rajiv. Sanjana gets hold of the gun
and fires a shot that hits Lucky, causing him to go unconscious. RDX is informed of his son's death
and comes to attend the cremation. However Lucky, who is still alive, escapes, trying to show his
father that he's actually alive. RDX sets the pile of wood on fire, believing he is cremating his son's
body. However Lucky, who had been hiding under the wood, jumps out upon realising the wood is on
fire, and the truth is revealed to RDX. Rajiv, Ghunghroo, his wife, Ishika, Uday, Majnu and Sanjana
are captured by RDX and brought to a cabin set next to a cliff. The frightened group is forced to
play Passing the Parcel (Hot Potato) with a globe—but the one who ends up with the globe must jump
off the cliff. When Rajiv refuses to pass the globe to Sanjana, Lucky angrily yanks it out of his hands,
just as the music stops. Now that his son has the globe, RDX figures the only way he can maintain his
image is by killing everyone. Before he can, several government brokers sneak up and cut the footings
of the cabin, causing the house to start falling over the cliff, with everyone trapped inside. However,
the cabin is suspended by only one column.
Hilarious chaos ensues as the group tries to balance the cabin together and keep it from falling off the
cliff. Rajiv finds a rope and the group uses it to get back onto stable ground. But to everyone's shock,
the floor breaks and Lucky is found hanging on the edge of the cabin. While Rajiv is trying to rescue
him, Sanjana reveals the truth to everyone that she was the one who shot Lucky, but Rajiv blamed
himself so that Sanjana wouldn't get in trouble. After Rajiv rescues Lucky, the cabin he is standing on
falls off into the cliff. Sanjana keeps crying for him thinking he is dead. However, Rajiv survives the
event and is reunited with Sanjana and his family. Lucky and RDX are grateful to Rajiv for saving their
lives and RDX gives up his life of crime, allowing Rajiv and Sanjana to finally get married. However,
they realise that Ishika fooled them along with Rajiv, as a part of his plan to marry Sanjana. This
angers Uday and Majnu, who decide to kill Rajiv as he escapes along with Sanjana and Ishika.

Cast[edit]
Shetty family[edit]

 Nana Patekar as Don Uday Shetty

 Anil Kapoor as Don Sagar Pandey/Majnu Bhai, Uday's cousin
 Katrina Kaif as Sanjana Shetty, Uday's younger half sister
Xaka family[edit]

 Feroz Khan as Don Ranvir Dhanraj Xaka/RDX, the powerful don of

underworld
 Shereveer Vakil as Lucky Xaka, RDX's son
Ghungroo family[edit]

 Paresh Rawal as Dr. Dayal Ghungroo

 Supriya Karnik as Payal Ghungroo, Dayal's wife
 Akshay Kumar as Rajiv Saini, Dayal's nephew
 Mallika Sherawat as Ishika Saini, Dayal's niece and Rajiv's sister
Others[edit]

 Asrani as Producer Akhilendra Chandel

 Charlie as Municipal Worker Nandan Singh
  Snehal Dabi as Kakhil
 Paresh Ganatra as Municipal Officer Purushottam Bhan
 Sharad Sankla as Municipal Officer Aadesh Mehta
 Adi Irani as Advocate Harkesh Sahni
 Mushtaq Khan as Ballu
 Sanjay Mishra as Pandit Manilal Shastri
 Om Puri as Narrator
 Vijay Raaz as Fake Director Dhaknesh Varman
 Ranjeet as Rakesh Kapoor
 Suniel Shetty (special appearance)
 Malaika Arora (special appearance in song "Honth Rasiley")

Soundtrack[edit]
The soundtrack was composed by Anand Raj Anand, Himesh Reshammiya and Sajid-Wajid. The
lyrics were penned by Anand Raj Anand, Sameer, Shabbir Ahmed, Ibrahim Ashq and Anjaan
Sagiri.[5][12] According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 15,00,000 units sold,
this film's soundtrack album was the year's fifth highest-selling.[13]
Track listing[edit]
No. Title Lyrics Music Singer(s) Length
1. "Honth Rasiley" Anand Raj Anand Raj Anand Shankar Mahadevan, Anand 4:40
Anand Raj Anand, Shreya Ghoshal
2. "Insha Allah" Sameer Himesh Krishna Beura, Shaan, Akriti 5:38
Reshammiya Kakkar, [14]
3. "Kiya Kiya" Anjaan Sagiri Anand Raj Anand Anand Raj Anand, Shweta 5:02
Pandit
4. "Uncha Lamba Kad" Ibrahim Ashq Anand Raj Anand Anand Raj Anand, Kalpana 4:40
Patowary
5. "Welcome" Shabbir Sajid–Wajid Shaan, Sowmya Raoh, Wajid 4:18
Ahmed
6. "Kola Laka Vellari[15]" Sameer Himesh Himesh Reshammiya 5:38
Reshammiya

Box office[edit]
At the box office, Welcome opened to a massive response locally, by grossing ₹350
million (US$4.9 million) on its opening week.[16] Despite facing competition from the popular Aamir
Khan-starrer, Taare Zameen Par which was also a huge success, Welcome grossed ₹700
million (US$9.8 million) domestically.[17] It became the second highest-grossing film of 2007, just
behind Om Shanti Om. The worldwide gross was around ₹1.22 billion (US$17 million).[2]

Sequel[edit]
A sequel to the film, titled Welcome Back has been released. The sequel features John
Abraham, Shruti Haasan, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar and Paresh Rawal. Earlier reported to release on
19 December 2014, the project finally released on 4 September 2015.[18]
References[edit]
1. ^ "Welcome". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 1
November 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b "Top All Time Worldwide Grossers Updated 11/5/2012".
boxofficeindia. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012.
Retrieved 11 May 2012.
3. ^ Rohini Bhandari (8 August 2007). "UTV acquires worldwide rights for
Welcome". Business of Cinema. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
4. ^ "Bollywood actor Feroz Khan dies". BBC News. 27 April 2009.
Retrieved 28 August2012.
5. ^ Jump up to:a b "Welcome Cast & Crew". Bollywood Hungama.
Retrieved 28 August 2012.
6. ^ "Malaika Arora does an item number in Welcome". Oneindia.in. 12
November 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
7. ^ "Welcome V/S Taare Zameen Par". Bollywood Hungama.
Retrieved 30 August 2012.
8. ^ Meenakshi Verma (26 December 2007). "Taare Zameen Par adds to
Christmas sparkle at BO". Economic Times. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
9. ^ "Box Office 2007". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 27
October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
10. ^ Joginder Tuteja (27 December 2007). "WELCOME creates record in
US, UK, UAE". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
11. ^ Kamath, Sudish (4 January 2008). "No, thank you! -- Welcome". The
Hindu. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
12. ^ "Welcome songs". Smashits. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
13. ^ "Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)". Box Office India. Archived
from the original on 24 June 2010.
14. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcjRNNbYEkM
15. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVZvo_AmCUw
16. ^ "Top First Week Earners (First 7 days only)". BoxOffice India.com.
Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 28
May 2016.
17. ^ "Welcome Rules At The Box Office". BoxOffice India.com. Archived
from the originalon 19 February 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
18. ^ "John gets pricey, pockets Rs 15 cr for Welcome Back". India Today.
22 April 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2016.

External links[edit]
 Welcome on IMDb

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