| Tell Me O Kkhuda | |
| Director: | Hema Malini |
| Producer: | Madan Paliwal[1] Hema Malini |
| Starring: | Esha Deol Arjan Bajwa Dharmendra Vinod Khanna Rishi Kapoor Farooq Sheikh Deepti Naval Chandan Roy Sanyal Richa Pallod Salman Khan (Guest appearance) |
| Music: | Pritam Abhijeet Hegdepatil |
| Cinematography: | Tribhuvan Babu Sadineni |
| Studio: | Miraj Entertainment Ltd |
| Distributor: | Hema Malini Creations |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
Tell Me O Kkhuda is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Hema Malini, starring Esha Deol, Arjan Bajwa, Sudhanshu Pandey, Vinod Khanna, Dharmendra, Rishi Kapoor, Farooq Sheikh, Deepti Naval and Chandan Roy Sanyal. Salman Khan makes a guest appearance. It released on 27 October 2011 coinciding with the Diwali festival to mixed reviews at the box office. The music was composed by Pritam and lyrics were by Mayur Puri.
The film bears a resemblance to Malini's first directoral venture Dil Aashna Hai (1992) and is an unofficial remake of the 2008 Hollywood hit Mamma Mia!.[2]
The film tells the story of a girl named Tanya (Deol) who learns that she was adopted by Colonel Ravi Kapoor and his wife when he rescued her from a burning hospital. This leads Tanya to go on a journey in search of her biological parents.
The first man she visits is the ruler of a patriarchal district in Rajasthan, Abhay Rana Pratap Singh (Khanna), where female infanticide is common. However, it is revealed that Manjuri, brought up as Singh's niece, is his actual daughter. Her nanny had hidden the truth from everyone and even Rana Pratap had not known that his wife had given birth to a baby girl before dying in a fire.
Tanya then travels to Turkey to meet Altaf Zardari (Kapoor). Zardari and his non-Indian wife live a peaceful life, but the wife does not remember losing her baby girl in the fire that demolished the hospital Tanya was born in. Tanya helps her regain her memory about the incident and to accept her daughter's death. A heartbroken Tanya returns to India to her foster parents.
She then embarks on one last mission to find her father, this time to see Tony Castello (Dharmendra), a mafia leader. Initially doubtful of her, he meets up with his ex-flame, Susan (Malini), who is now a nun. Eventually, after a gang fight, Tony accepts Tanya as his daughter and the movie ends with her and her best friend (Bajwa) marrying in a church, with all four of Tanya's fathers walking her down the aisle.
The film was shot in Mehboob Studio. Most of it was filmed in Turkey, with the Turkish star Meltem Cumbul making a guest appearance. It was promoted by Videocon on the posters. Though the film was to be released on 30 September 2011, it was postponed by a month due to personal incidents of the crew.
BoxOffice India declared the film a "disaster".[3] The film had poor box office receipts due to its clash with the mega budget Ra.One (another Diwali release).
| Tell Me O Kkhuda | |
| Type: | soundtrack |
| Artist: | Pritam |
| Genre: | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label: | Junglee Music |
| Prev Title: | Mausam |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Desi Boyz |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
The music of the film was composed by Pritam and the lyrics were written by Mayur Puri.