Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
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| Hindi | फिर भी दिल है हिंदुस्तानी |
| Directed by | Aziz Mirza |
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Shah Rukh Khan Juhi Chawla Aziz Mirza |
| Written by | Sanjay Chhel (story idea & dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Raaj Kumar Dahima Manoj Lalwani |
| Starring |
Shahrukh Khan Juhi Chawla Johnny Lever Paresh Rawal |
| Music by | Jatin-Lalit |
| Cinematography | Santosh Sivan |
| Edited by | Javed Sayyed |
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21 January 2000 |
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Running time
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166 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹13 crore |
| Box office | ₹25.46 crore |
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| Studio album by Jatin Lalit | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 33:26 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Jatin-Lalit | |||
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Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (English: Yet the heart is still Indian) is a Bollywood comedy-drama film released by Dreamz Unlimited, now Red Chillies Entertainment on 21 January 2000. The film was directed by Aziz Mirza and stars Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla focuses on the media war being fought in the TV newsrooms. Ajay Bakshi and Ria Banerjee are two television reporters for rival news channels who try to save the life of a man who has been fixed by a politicians for the death of his brother, from a death sentence. The film marked the first attempted by Khan, Chawla and Mirza under their new production company Dreamz Unlimited, now Red Chillies Entertainment. This film won the IIFA Award for Best Special Effects.
Ajay Bakshi (Shahrukh Khan) is a successful loudmouthed reporter, working for a reputed news channel. His father was a freedom fighter living on a measly pension. Ajay thinks that his fathers ideal & sacrifices have given him nothing. He has no respect for his father's ideals, which his father still sticks to. The rival news channel ropes in Ria Banerjee (Juhi Chawla) as his answer. Ria is the antithesis of Ajay & uses her charm to get her work done.
Pappu Junior alias Choti (Johnny Lever) is a don who is soon to be ousted from his own gang, owing to his inability to make it big in the crime world. Ajay approaches Choti with an offer: arrange a fake attack on a minister Ramakant's (Shakti Kapoor) brother-in-law(Mahavir Shah) on national TV. Choti will earn respect & Ajay's channel will gain TRP. Little does Ajay know that the plan is going to turn too real.
The minister's brother-in-law is gunned down by an assailant named Mohan Joshi (Paresh Rawal). When Ajay learns that he was not Choti's man, he panics. Ria learns about Ajay & Choti's deal, but they decide to help each other nevertheless. Minister Ramakant, takes advantage for his brother's death to gain votes and sympathy he organises a pogrom. In the turn of events, Mohan is arrested, but does not open his mouth even once during police torture. To avoid any public unrest, the ACP (Anjan Srivastav) declares that Mohan is a terrorist working for unknown terror organisations. Meanwhile, Mohan somehow escapes out of jail.
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