Thank You (2011 film)
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Thank You is a 2011
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 Bollywood
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 romantic comedy film
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 directed by Anees Bazmee
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 and produced by UTV Motion Pictures
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. It features Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...

, Bobby Deol
Bobby Deol
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, Sonam Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films. Kapoor made her acting debut in the unsuccessful film Saawariya opposite newcomer Ranbir Kapoor, which earned her a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She earned her first commercial success in I Hate Luv...

, Suniel Shetty
Suniel Shetty
Sunil Shetty is an Indian film actor, producer, hotelier and liquor and fashion boutique owner. He is mainly active in Bollywood.-Career:Shetty made his acting debut in the 1992.His film Balwaan which was a moderate success. He gave 2 hit films in 1993 Pehchaan and Waqt Hamara Hai. His first...

, Irrfan Khan, Celina Jaitley
Celina Jaitley
Celina Jiya Jaitley is an Indian actress born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She appears in mainly Bollywood films. As a former beauty queen and model, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe in 2001.-Early life:...

 and Rimi Sen
Rimi Sen
Rimi Sen is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films.-Biography:Sen was born as Shubhomitra Sen in Kolkata, West Bengal. She completed her schooling from Bidya Bharati Girls' High School in the year 1998. She completed her graduation in Commerce from Kolkata University.-Career:Since...

. The film was released on April 8, 2011. Thank You is about three married men trying to have some fun outside their marriage. Akshay Kumar plays a detective who specializes in extra-marital relationships. Most of the scenes in this film were shot in Vancouver
Vancouver
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 and Toronto
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, Canada
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 and Bangkok
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. Other Bollywood
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 films which have focused around a similar concept are Masti
Masti
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, No Entry
No Entry
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, Shaadi No. 1
Shaadi No. 1
Shaadi No.1 is an Indian film released in November 2005. The film directed by David Dhawan stars Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, Zayed Khan, Sharman Joshi, Ayesha Takia, Soha Ali Khan, Esha Deol, Riya Sen, Aarti Chhabria, Sophia Chaudhary and Satish Shah...

and to a certain extent, Do Knot Disturb
Do Knot Disturb
The soundtrack of the film is composed by Nadeem-Shravan while the lyrics are penned by Sameer....

.

Plot

Raj (Bobby Deol
Bobby Deol
Bobby Deol is a Bollywood actor. Deol is the son of the acclaimed Bollywood actor Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Mumbai based Indian film industry....

), Yogi (Suniel Shetty
Suniel Shetty
Sunil Shetty is an Indian film actor, producer, hotelier and liquor and fashion boutique owner. He is mainly active in Bollywood.-Career:Shetty made his acting debut in the 1992.His film Balwaan which was a moderate success. He gave 2 hit films in 1993 Pehchaan and Waqt Hamara Hai. His first...

) and Vikram (Irrfan Khan) - best friends, business partners, serial womanizers and happily married! Happy, because their lovely wives have no clue that their husbands cheat on them with every pretty young thing they can lay their eyes on. This picture perfect world is rocked when Raj's wife, Sanjana (Sonam Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films. Kapoor made her acting debut in the unsuccessful film Saawariya opposite newcomer Ranbir Kapoor, which earned her a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She earned her first commercial success in I Hate Luv...

) begins to suspect her husband and hires the suave private detective, Kishan (Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...

), to tail him. Kishan has built his reputation as a man who saves marriages by getting erring husbands to mend their ways, and is also an expert in playing the flute. In this particular case, however, his overwhelming attraction towards Sanjana means he may not be acting in her best interest!

Unaware what Sanjana has done, somehow Raj gets confused how Sanjana is finding everything out, and to solve this case, he also goes to private detective Kishan. Though, Kishan pretends he has no idea of who Sanjana is. They don't know that its Kishan himself. Until, Raj, Vikram and Yogi find out that Kishan was playing a game on them. They surround him, when Sanjana comes in. Raj divorces Sanjana. Raj then gets drunk, and when he's fully hungover, Kishan comes over with a wedding card. Raj suspects its Kishan and Sanjana's wedding, and starts to beat Kishan black-and-blue. Since he is drunk, he keeps missing and then accidentally smashes a police officer. The three friends are then arrested, but later bailed out my Mafia don, King (Mukesh Tiwari
Mukesh Tiwari
Mukesh Tiwari is an Indian actor who has appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu language films as a character role. He belongs To Sagar. His first appearance was as a bandit "Jagira" in China Gate in 1998...

). Earlier, the three friends saved King from his marriage getting destroyed.

Raj jumps into the wedding and straightly shoots Kishan. Though, the bullets were all fake. Kishan says he did this all because he had a wife (Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan
Vidya Balan is an Indian actress, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating with a degree in sociology, she started her career starring in music videos, television shows and commercials, before appearing in feature films....

), who committed suicide after finding out that Kishan was cheating on her. After that, Raj, Yogi and Vikram promise to give up outside-relationships. All the couples get back together, Raj and Sanjana get remarried, and finally Kishan leads off to solve another couple's case, like Raj and Sanjana.

Cast

  • Akshay Kumar
    Akshay Kumar
    Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...

     as Kishan
  • Sonam Kapoor
    Sonam Kapoor
    Sonam Kapoor is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films. Kapoor made her acting debut in the unsuccessful film Saawariya opposite newcomer Ranbir Kapoor, which earned her a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She earned her first commercial success in I Hate Luv...

     as Sanjana Malhotra
  • Bobby Deol
    Bobby Deol
    Bobby Deol is a Bollywood actor. Deol is the son of the acclaimed Bollywood actor Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Mumbai based Indian film industry....

     as Raj Malhotra
  • Irrfan Khan as Vikram
  • Rimi Sen
    Rimi Sen
    Rimi Sen is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films.-Biography:Sen was born as Shubhomitra Sen in Kolkata, West Bengal. She completed her schooling from Bidya Bharati Girls' High School in the year 1998. She completed her graduation in Commerce from Kolkata University.-Career:Since...

     as Shivani
  • Suniel Shetty
    Suniel Shetty
    Sunil Shetty is an Indian film actor, producer, hotelier and liquor and fashion boutique owner. He is mainly active in Bollywood.-Career:Shetty made his acting debut in the 1992.His film Balwaan which was a moderate success. He gave 2 hit films in 1993 Pehchaan and Waqt Hamara Hai. His first...

     as Yogi
  • Celina Jaitley
    Celina Jaitley
    Celina Jiya Jaitley is an Indian actress born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She appears in mainly Bollywood films. As a former beauty queen and model, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe in 2001.-Early life:...

     as Maya
  • Smita Jaykar
    Smita Jaykar
    Smita Jaykar is an Indian actress known in her native country for frequently playing supporting roles in Bollywood movies and TV shows.A native of the Thakurdwar neighbourhood in South Mumbai, she is a Maharashtrian whose husband, Mohan Jaykar, is the son of esteemed Marathi barrister Barr Jaykar...

     as Sanjana's Mum
  • Chahat Khanna as Kuku (Sanjana's sister)
  • Shilpi Sharma as Kammo
  • Mukesh Tiwari
    Mukesh Tiwari
    Mukesh Tiwari is an Indian actor who has appeared in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu language films as a character role. He belongs To Sagar. His first appearance was as a bandit "Jagira" in China Gate in 1998...

     as King
  • Rakhee Tandon
    Rakhee Tandon
    Rakhee Tandon Vijan is an Indian comedy actress. She is the sister-in-law of Indian actress Raveena Tandon.She played in the serial Heena....

     as King's wife
  • Ranjeet
    Ranjeet
    Gopal Bedi is an actor in Indian films and television, born in Jandiala Guru near Amritsar . He has played mostly character roles, with roles as the villain dominating his over 200 Hindi films...

     as TT (a Don)
  • Jaya Mathur as Kishan's Mum
  • Vidya Balan
    Vidya Balan
    Vidya Balan is an Indian actress, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating with a degree in sociology, she started her career starring in music videos, television shows and commercials, before appearing in feature films....

     as Kishan's wife (Special appearance)
  • Mallika Sherawat
    Mallika Sherawat
    Mallika Sherawat is a former Indian model, now working as an actress in mainly Bollywood films. Known for her bold onscreen attitude, Sherawat has been frequently featured in the media as a sex symbol...

     as Razia (Special appearance in item song)

Production

Sonam Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood films. Kapoor made her acting debut in the unsuccessful film Saawariya opposite newcomer Ranbir Kapoor, which earned her a nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She earned her first commercial success in I Hate Luv...

 replaced Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif is a British Indian actress and former model who appears in Indian films, mainly in the Hindi-language film industry. She has also appeared in Telugu and Malayalam films. She was voted the sexiest Asian woman in the world by Eastern Eye in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011...

 as the lead actress, since the director wanted to have a change with Akshay Kumar's love interest. The film was shot at different locations in Vancouver
Vancouver
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, Toronto
Toronto
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, Canada
Canada
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 and Bangkok
Bangkok
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. It was made on a budget of 50 crore, while an additional amount of 8 crore was spent on promotions.

Critical

Thank You opened to negative reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh
Taran Adarsh
Taran Adarsh is an Indian film critic, journalist, editor and film trade analyst. He is also a former producer and screenwriter. He is the son of film director and producer, B.K. Adarsh....

 of Bollywood Hungama
Bollywood Hungama
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 rated the film with two stars out of five saying, "What could've been an honest take on dishonesty fails to leave a mark eventually". Rajeev Masand
Rajeev Masand
Rajeev Masand is an Indian film critic and entertainment reporter for CNN-IBN. Masand started his career as an entertainment correspondent at the young age of 16...

 of CNN-IBN gave the film one star and stated, "Badly scripted, shoddily photographed and embarrassingly performed, Thank You is one of those rare films that gets absolutely nothing right." Anupama Chopra
Anupama Chopra
Anupama Chopra is a noted author, journalist and film critic. She has written several books on Indian cinema and has been a movie reviewer with NDTV and India Today.-Career:...

 of NDTV
NDTV
NDTV is an Indian commercial broadcasting television network founded in 1988. It was founded by Prannoy Roy, an eminent journalist and current chairman and director of NDTV Group. NDTV currently has more than 1,000 employees producing news from over twenty locations in India...

 gave one and a half stars and commented, "My brains were battered to pulp and my eardrums are still recovering from Pritam’s cacophonous sound-track." Nikhat Kazmi
Nikhat Kazmi
Nikhat Kazmi is a senior correspondent and well-known film critic from India, who has been writing for The Times of India, since 1987.-Books:* If Shakespeare was a gun: a play. Writers Workshop, 1984....

 of the Times of India awarded two and a half stars saying, "You have a film that can be an average weekend getaway. Nothing more, not even Mallika Sherawat's item number."

Box office

Thank You had a below average opening according to Box Office India. It collected Rs. 4.90 crore nett approx on its opening day but showed a 20% increase on Saturday, collecting Rs. 6.10 crore approximately and bringing the two day total to Rs. 11 crore nett. The film grossed approximately 18 crore by the end of the weekend and 29 crore nett by the end of its first week.
It raked in Rs. 11.25 crore in its second week taking the total to Rs. 40 crore nett. The film netted a total of Rs. 45 crore in India and Rs. 68 crore worldwide by the end of its theatrical run and was elevated to average status by Box Office India. The film however managed to recover 90% of its cost through the sale of satellite, music and territorial rights. The satellite and music rights were sold to Colors and T-Series respectively for a sum of 30 crore.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack is composed by Pritam
Pritam
Pritam Chakraborty , better known as Pritam is a music director and composer from Kolkata who currently works in Bollywood, Mumbai.- Early life :...

. Lyrics are penned by Kumaar, Ashish Pandit and Amitabh Bhattacharya
Amitabh Bhattacharya
Amitabh Bhattacharya is an Indian lyricist and playback singer who works in Bollywood films. He shot to fame with the film Dev.D. The song "Emosanal Attyachar" from the movie was an instant hit. He has been continuously writing lyrics for a variety of Bollywood movies since then and has also sung a...

. The song "Pyaar Do Pyaar Lo" is taken from old film Janbaaz
Janbaaz
Janbaaz is a 1986 Indian film directed by Feroz Khan. The movie became popular for its steamy scenes.-Plot:Rana Vikram Singh lives in a huge farmhouse with his wife, Laxmi, and two sons: Rajesh , a police officer, and Amar , a fun-loving playboy.Rajesh has gone through a traumatic experience of...

. An additional song "Viah Di Raat (Khushiyan Da Mela)" was used in the film but has not been included in the soundtrack album.

Track listing

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