Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
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Hindi	प्रेम रतन धन पायो
Directed by	Sooraj R. Barjatya
Produced by	Ajit Kumar Barjatya Kamal Kumar Barjatya Rajkumar Barjatya
Screenplay by	Sooraj R. Barjatya
Story by	Sooraj R. Barjatya
Based on	The Prisoner of Zenda by Wells Root and Donald Ogden Stewart
Starring	Salman Khan Sonam Kapoor Neil Nitin Mukesh Anupam Kher
Music by	Songs: Himesh Reshammiya Score: Sanjoy Chowdhury Himesh Reshammiya
Cinematography	V. Manikandan
Edited by	Sanjay Sankla
Production company	Rajshri Productions
Distributed by	Fox Star Studios
Release date	12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)
Running time	164 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹1.8 billion
Box office	est. ₹4 billion

Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (English: Found a Treasure Called Love) is a 2015 Indian romantic drama film, written and directed by Sooraj Barjatya, produced by Rajshri Productions and distributed by Fox Star Studios. It stars Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor in lead roles. This is the fourth collaboration between Barjatya and Khan after their previous films Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, and Hum Saath Saath Hain.

The cinematography of the movie was done by V. Manikandan and was edited by Sanjay Sankla. The soundtrack was composed by Himesh Reshammiya, and the background music done by Sanjoy Chowdhury. The film was released in India and Pakistan on 12 November 2015. It emerged as a commercial success and ranks among the highest-grossing Bollywood films, with a gross of ₹400 crore (US$59 million) worldwide. The movie was reported to be inspired by the South Korean movie Masquerade which itself was loosely based on the novel The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope.

The film was also released in Telugu and Tamil versions as Prema Leela and Meymarandhen Paaraayo, respectively.

Yuvraj Vijay Singh (Salman Khan) is the crown prince of Pritampur, who is soon to be crowned as king. He is engaged to Maithili (Sonam Kapoor) a princess from the royal family of a neighboring kingdom. However, due to his stiff and stubborn nature Vijay faces many problems with Maithili as well as with his brother and sisters. His rich half sisters Rajkumari Chandrika (Swara Bhaskar) and Rajkumari Radhika (Aashika Bhatia) live in a separate rented bunglow outside the royal palace with chandrika working as accounts head in a municipal school and have filed case against Vijay for a share in the royal property, because they felt their mother (Lata Sabharwal)(a poet and later mistress to the late King) was wronged by the Queen(Karuna Pandey)when she disgraced her in the presence of all of the King's children.Furthermore, Radhika's and Maithili earlier who were best friends during school times,their frienship is shattered owing her engagement with Vijay.Similarly, his half brother Yuvraj Ajay Singh (Neil Nitin Mukesh) vows vengeance and has been wanting to kill him and take the crown for himself. He enlists the help of his manager Chirag Singh (Armaan Kohli) and Vijay's secretary Sameera(Samaira Rao),Chirag is misguiding Ajay at every step while betraying him at his back. Yuvraj Vijay barely escapes an assassination plan coordinated by Yuvraj Ajay and Chirag to kill him but gets badly injured. He's hidden in a secret chamber maintained by two doctors.