Welcome (2007 film)

Welcome
Theatrical release poster
Hindi	वेलकम
Directed by	Anees Bazmee
Produced by	Firoz Nadiadwala
Written by	Aneez Bazmee Rajiv Kaul Praful Parekh
Starring	Akshay Kumar Nana Patekar Anil Kapoor Feroz Khan Katrina Kaif Malika Sherawat Paresh Rawal
Narrated by	Om Puri
Music by	Anand Raj Anand Himesh Reshammiya Sajid-Wajid
Cinematography	Sanjay F. Gupta
Edited by	Ashfaque Makrani
Production company	Base Industries Group
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release date	21 December 2007 (2007-12-21)
Running time	159 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	est.₹48 crore (US$7.1 million)
Box office	est.₹116 crore (US$17 million)

Welcome is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language masalacomedy film directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Firoz A. Nadiadwala and Ronnie Screwvala under the banner of UTV Motion Pictures. The film features a large ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Katrina Kaif, Paresh Rawal, Malika Sherawat and Feroz Khan in his last film appearance, whilst Sunil Shetty makes a guest appearance and Malaika Arora Khan appears in an item number. The film spawned a sequel, named Welcome Back and became the first installment of Welcome film series.

Welcome released worldwide on 21 December 2007, to mixed critical reviews and despite initial competition from Taare Zameen Par, was a strong financial success at the box office both in India and overseas. 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.

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), married but due to his condition—the alliance must be with a purely decent family—he is also unsuccessful.