Bobby Jasoos
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| Directed by | Samar Shaikh |
| Produced by | Dia Mirza Sahil Sangha Reliance Entertainment |
| Screenplay by | Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh |
| Starring | Vidya Balan Ali Fazal Arjan Bajwa |
| Music by | Shantanu Moitra |
| Cinematography | Vishal Sinha |
| Edited by | Hemal Kothari |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹18 crore (US$2.7 million) [1] |
| Box office | ₹10.85 crore (US$1.6 million) [2] |
Bobby Jasoos ("Bobby Detective") is a 2014 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Samar Shaikh and produced by Dia Mirza and Sahil Sangha. The film stars Vidya Balan and features Ali Fazal, Arjan Bajwa, Supriya Pathak, Rajendra Gupta and Tanvi Azmi in supporting roles. It tells the story of Bilkis "Bobby" Ahmed, a Hyderabadi woman who aspires to be a detective despite facing a series of obstacles.
Plot
Living in a middle class orthodox family of Old Hyderabad, Bilqis Ahmed aka Bobby (Vidya Balan) is a wannabe private detective. To pursue her passion of spying, Bobby solves petty neighbourhood cases. Such as helping Tasawur (Ali Fazal) a TV show host, to get rid of marriage proposals brought home by his parents. Bobby finally gets her big break when a rich NRI Anees Khan (Kiran Kumar) hands her a case of finding two missing girls named 'Nilofer' and 'Amna' with a birth mark on their hand and shoulder, respectively. To solve the case, Bobby takes up many get-ups such as 'beggar', 'peon', 'hawker', 'nerd student', 'astrologer' and even a fake ' TV producer'. After locating the targets, Khan pays her a tremendous fee and also offers huge amount of money to both girl's fathers for reasons unknown to Bobby. Khan also hands over his 3rd and final case of finding a boy with a missing toe named 'Ali'.
Meanwhile Bobby and Tasawur's family fix their marriage leaving both into the dilemma of how to get rid of this situation. A local goon Lala (Arjan Bajwa) also offers a case to Bobby to break Lala's girlfriend's marriage, which is forcefully fixed by her mother. On Bobby's denial, Lala makes her realize that she has been helping the NRI for a wrong cause. Doubting on that Bobby tries to know the whereabouts of the two girls, but gets to know that both girls are missing. Scared and shocked Bobby takes help from Tasawur and sneaks into Khan's hotel room to check his background only to be caught and thrown out. But Bobby manages to get a hold of Khan's diary and his old photograph, which later gets in the hands of Lala who since then starts following Bobby.
Khan now suddenly goes into hiding and Bobby starts searching for him with the belief that Khan will not leave the town without his third target Ali. With the help of clues in Khan's diary such as a London based library's stamp and a Biryani order from a local restaurant. Bobby gets to know about Khan's background and later Khan is shown following Ali. It turns out to be a trap to capture Khan. With the twist in the climax, it is revealed that the three people Khan was looking for were his long lost children during communal riots. Khan has offered money to both girl's foster parents for helping them and sent the girls to London to pursue a higher education. Tasawur also enters the scene along with Lala who is Khan's long lost son 'Ali'. Film ends with Bobby becoming a famous detective, while she and Tasawur now in love with each other but are still confused about their marriage.
Cast
- Vidya Balan as Bilkis Ahmed/Bobby
- Ali Fazal as Tasawur Sheikh
- Arjan Bajwa as Lala
- Kunjan Luthra as Sunita
- Vinay Varma as Tasawur's Father
- Gangadhar Panday as Naeem
- Anupriya Goenka as Afreen
- Arjan Bajwa as Lala
- Supriya Pathak as Ammi/ Zebo Ahmed
- Tanvi Azmi as Kausar Khaala
- Benaf Dadachandji as Noor
- Prasad Barve as Shetty
- Aakash Dahiya as Munna
- Zarina Wahab as Afreen's Ammi/ Saida
- Rajendra Gupta as Abba
- Kiran Kumar as Anees Khan
- Raina Rao
- Tejas Mahajan as Sohail
- Sundeep Hemnaoni as Arif
- Surbhi Chandana as Amana Khan/ Additi
Production
Filming of Bobby Jasoos was postponed by 11 days from the scheduled date due to an emergency heart surgery of Dia Mirza's mother. Mirza later stated that the filming will commence from 25 November 2013.[3] The filming will commence from Hyderabad, the city where the story is based and is supposed to wrap by January 2014.[4][5] Shooting for the film started on 23 November 2013. The film will be shot in one long schedule of 55 days.[6]
Vidya Balan was cast in the lead role and Ali Fazal was signed opposite her.[7]
Soundtrack
Shantanu Moitra composed the film score, while lyrics are written by Swanand Kirkire. Singers Shreya Ghoshal and Papon were also reported to record a song for the film. Aishwarya Nigam has also recorded a song.[8] Singer Bonnie Chakraborty said in an interview that he has recorded a duet for the film with Shreya Ghoshal.[9]
Track listings
| # | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1 | "Jashn" | Bonnie Chakraborty & Shreya Ghoshal | 5:55 |
| 2 | "Tu" | Papon & Shreya Ghoshal | 7:02 |
| 3 | "B.O.B.B" | Neeraj Shridhar & Shreya Ghoshal | 5:35 |
| 4 | "Sweety" | Aishwarya Nigam & Monali Thakur | 4:38 |
| 5 | "Tu (Reprise)" | Papon & Shreya Ghoshal | 7:03 |
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