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Partner
Partner
Soundtrack album by Sajid–Wajid
Released	12 June 2007
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	T-Series
Producer	Sajid–Wajid
Sajid–Wajid chronology

Partner
Partner
	Poster for Partner
Directed by	David Dhawan
Written by	Screenplay:; David Dhawan; Yunus Sajawal; Sanjay Chhel; Dialogues:; Sanjay Chhel
Based on	Hitch; by Andy Tennant
Produced by	Sohail Khan; Parag Sanghvi
Starring	Govinda; Salman Khan; Lara Dutta; Katrina Kaif
Narrated by	Salman Khan
Cinematography	Johny Lal
Edited by	Nitin Rokade
Music by	Songs: ; Sajid–Wajid ; Background Score: ; Salim–Sulaiman
Production; companies	K Sera Sera Private Limited; Sohail Khan Productions
Distributed by	Eros International
Release date	20 July 2007;
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹28 crore
Box office	₹100.91 crore

Partner is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by David Dhawan and, produced by Sohail Khan and Parag Sanghvi. The story of the film was inspired by the 2005 American film Hitch.^[2] The film stars Govinda, Salman Khan, Lara Dutta and Katrina Kaif.^[3]

The film revolves around a love guru, Prem, who gives wooing advice and ideas to his client, Bhaskar for the latter's ladylove Priya, and also himself falls in love with a widowed mother, Naina. The film's music is composed by Sajid–Wajid, with background score by Salim–Sulaiman.

Partner was released on 20 July 2007. It received a highly positive response, with particular praise for its comedy scenes and Govinda's performance. A critical and commercial blockbuster, Partner collected ₹100.91 crore (US$12 million) worldwide and was the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2007. Dhawan has expressed interest in creating a sequel to the film, but as of 2022 no script had been finalized and news outlets have reported that the film has been shelved entirely.^[4]^[5]

Plot

Prem (Salman Khan) is a Love Guru who solves the love issues of his clients. Bhaskar Diwakar Chaudhary (Govinda) comes to Prem for help. Bhaskar loves his boss, Priya Jaisingh (Katrina Kaif), but is unable to express it as she is the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Prem initially refuses to help Bhaskar and goes to Phuket, Thailand. Bhaskar follows him and convinces him to help.

After returning from Thailand, Prem meets Naina, a photojournalist fleeing from Chhota Don (Rajpal Yadav), who mimics Shahrukh Khan in Don. Prem saves her and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, he starts teaching Bhaskar how to impress Priya. But rather than Prem's tactics, Bhaskar's simplicity and nonsense endear him to Priya, who falls in love with him. Prem learns that Naina (Lara Dutta) has a son named Rohan from her previous marriage, and to impress her, he takes care of him.

Bhaskar reveals to Prem that Priya will marry someone according to her father's will. The two attend Priya's wedding ceremony with Rohan, who convinces his mother to marry Prem while Priya's father is convinced by Bhaskar. Priya prepares to marry Bhaskar.

Meanwhile, a spoilt brat named Neil Bakshi (Rajat Bedi) asks Prem to convince a girl to have a one-night stand with him. Prem angrily tells him that he does not help people with bad intentions. Neil manages to get his one-night stand anyway and ditches the girl, telling her the love guru gave him the advice to do so. The girl turns out to be Naina's friend, Nikki. Naina finds out the Love Guru is Prem. She starts hating Prem and publishes a front-page article exposing him and using Priya-Bhaskar's relationship as an example. Bhaskar is fired from his job as a result.

Prem tells Priya what really happened. Priya realizes that all the things she liked about Bhaskar are what Prem wanted Bhaskar to hide from her and is ready to take Bhaskar back. Prem makes up with Naina by making her hear the truth about him not helping Neil. The two happily marry their partners.

Cast

Salman Khan as Prem / Love Guru
Govinda as Bhaskar Diwakar Chaudhary
Lara Dutta as Naina Sahani
Katrina Kaif as Priya R. Jaisingh Chaudhary
Rajpal Yadav as Chhota Don
Ali Haji as Rohan Sahani, Naina's son
Dalip Tahil as Raj Jaisingh, Priya's father
Aarti Chabria as Nikki, Naina's colleague
Deepshikha as Pramita "Pammi" Purohit, Prem's sister
Suresh Menon as Kiran
Punita Trikha as Jewellery Designer
Puneet Issar as Inspector Rana
Atul Parchure as assistant cop
Tiku Talsania as Naina's boss
Ali Asgar as Ali, Naina's colleague
Rajat Bedi as Neil Bakshi
Deepak Dadwal as Bagha
Vindu Dara Singh as Chadha
Shashi Kiran as a newspaper vendor
Razak Khan as John Uncle
Jason Shah as Priya's fiancé
Dheirya Sorecha as Nakul Purohit, Pammi's son
Chinky Jaiswal as Chinki Purohit, Pammi's daughter
Sohail Khan in a photographic appearance as Dr. Sameer Purohit, Pammi's husband

Soundtrack

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Planet Bollywood	^[6]
Bollywood Hungama	^[7]

The music was composed by Sajid–Wajid. The soundtrack entered the top five on 23 July 2007.^[8] According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 18,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's third highest-selling.^[9]

Track list

#	Song	Singer(s)	Picturised on	Length
1	"Do You Wanna Partner"	Udit Narayan, Shaan, Wajid, Suzanne D'Mello, Clinton Cerejo	Salman Khan & Govinda	04:30
2	"You’re My Love"	Shaan, Shweta Pandit, Suzanne D'Mello, Earl D’Souza, Aastha Gill	Govinda, Katrina Kaif, Salman Khan & Lara Dutta	04:35
3	"Dupatta Tera Nau Rang Da"	Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, Suzanne D'Mello	Govinda, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta & Salman Khan	05:00
4	"Soni De Nakhre"	Labh Janjua, Sneha Pant, Wajid	Govinda, Katrina Kaif & Salman Khan	04:17
5	"Maria Maria"	Wajid, Sonu Nigam, Shakib, Sunidhi Chauhan, Naresh Iyer	Salman Khan & Lara Dutta	04:36
6	"You’re My Love" (Remix by DJ A-Myth)	Shaan, Shweta Pandit, Suzanne D'Mello, Earl D’Souza, Aastha Gill	Excluded in film	04:27
7	"Do You Wanna Partner" (Remix by DJ A-Myth)	Udit Narayan, Shaan, Wajid, Suzanne D'Mello, Clinton Cerejo	Excluded in film	03:58

Reception

Box office

Box Office India declared the film a "Blockbuster" and was the second biggest domestic opener at that time. It grossed Rs. 1.03 billion in India^[10] and $4.19 million overseas.^[11]

Accolades

Won:

Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Male - Govinda
IIFA Awards for Best Comedian Actor - Govinda
Producers Guild Awards for Best Jodi of the Year with (Salman Khan)
Star Gold Excellent Comic Actor Award - Govinda
MTV Lycra Style Most Stylish Comeback Award - Govinda
NDTV Imagine Best Jodi of the Year with (Salman Khan)

Nominated:

IIFA Awards for Best Film - Sohail Khan
IIFA Awards for Best Director - David Dhawan
IIFA Awards for Best Actor - Salman Khan
IIFA Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Govinda
Star Screen Award for Best Comic Actor - Govinda
Producers Guild Awards for Best Actor in a Comic Role - Govinda
Stardust Awards for Best Supporting Actor - Govinda

Legal issues

Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Sony Pictures, owners of the film Hitch, contemplated a $30-million suit against both the Indian producers for copyright infringements.^[12] It would have been the second time after the 1957 film Begunah, an international film company took legal action against an Indian entertainment company for plagiarism. Partner was eventually released, with Sony acquiring the world's exclusive satellite broadcasting rights.^[13]