2011 Hindi-language buddy road comedy-drama film
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
(
transl.
You Only Live Once
), also abbreviated as
ZNMD
, is a 2011
Hindi
-language
road
romantic
comedy drama
film
directed by
Zoya Akhtar
and produced by
Farhan Akhtar
and
Ritesh Sidhwani
under
Excel Entertainment
. The film stars an
ensemble cast
of
Hrithik Roshan
,
Abhay Deol
,
Farhan Akhtar
,
Katrina Kaif
and
Kalki Koechlin
. A
co-production
between India and Spain, it was filmed in Spain, India and the United Kingdom on a budget of
?
45
crore
(equivalent to
?
93 crore or US$11 million in 2023). The music and background score are composed by
Shankar?Ehsaan?Loy
with lyrics by
Javed Akhtar
.
The film's story follows three childhood friends, Arjun, Kabir, and Imran, who reunite for a three-week road trip. They set off to Spain and meet Laila, who falls in love with Arjun and helps him overcome his
compulsion to work
. Kabir and his fiancee Natasha experience significant misunderstandings, while Imran wishes to meet his biological father, an artist. During their trip, each friend chooses a dangerous sport for the group to partake in.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
was initially planned to release on 27 May 2011, but technical problems with
post-production
work led to the release being postponed to 24 June, and again to 15 July of that year. The film had a worldwide release on 1,800 screens and was a commercial success grossing
?
1.53 billion
(US$18 million) and received widespread critical acclaim
[4]
for its direction, story, screenplay, music, humor, cinematography and performances of the ensemble cast.
At the
57th Filmfare Awards
,
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
received a leading 13 nominations, including
Best Actor
(
Hrithik Roshan
),
Best Supporting Actor
(
Abhay Deol
) and
Best Supporting Actress
(
Kalki Koechlin
), and won a leading seven awards, including
Best Film
,
Best Film (Critics)
,
Best Director
(
Zoya Akhtar
) and Best Supporting Actor (
Farhan Akhtar
). Additionally, at the
59th National Film Awards
, it won two awards ?
Best Choreography
(
Bosco-Caesar
for "Senorita") and
Best Audiography
(Baylon Fonseca). It's a cult classic among college-going youth in India.
Plot
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Kabir Dewan, an architect at his father's firm, gets engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Natasha Arora, and plans a three-week road-trip bachelor party in Spain with his old school friends ? Imran Qureshi, an advertising copywriter; and Arjun Saluja, a financial broker based in London. The three friends have a long-standing pact in which during the road trip, each of them will pick a surprise adventure sport that they all have to participate in together. Arjun is initially reluctant as he does not want to miss work. Imran secretly plans to find his absent biological father after discovering letters from his late foster father Faisal Qureshi, though his mother Rahila resists the thought.
The three men fly to Spain separately and meet in
Barcelona
, where Imran takes Kabir out to find an art gallery where they come across the work of Salman Habib, an artist who lives in Spain. They plan to visit
Costa Brava
,
Seville
, and
Pamplona
. On the way to Costa Brava, Imran and Kabir are annoyed when Arjun
continues working
. While Arjun is driving and answering a phone call, Imran casually throws his mobile out of their car, which results in a physical altercation. Arjun, in a fit of rage, accuses Imran of being unapologetic for being involved four years prior with Arjun's then-girlfriend Sonali; Kabir stops the argument and advises them not to bring up Sonali as she was the main reason why the trip was cancelled four years prior. Upon reaching their destination, they meet Laila, an
Anglo-Indian
woman studying fashion design, whom Arjun is immediately attracted to; Imran flirts with her and makes Arjun jealous.
Kabir chooses underwater diving as their first sport, and they later find that Laila is their diving instructor. Arjun, who cannot swim and is
aquaphobic
, receives assistance from Laila to overcome his fears, and finishes the sport successfully, gaining a new perspective of life. Laila invites them to attend the
La Tomatina
festival with her in
Bunol
, interfering with Arjun's planned activity but he accepts. Meanwhile, Natasha becomes suspicious that Kabir is involved with Laila when she sees her on a video call with Kabir; he tries to explain that Laila is just a friend who has been invited over to the boys' villa for dinner, but Natasha does not believe him. She crashes the bachelor party trip, much to Kabir's discomfort. Imran spends time with Laila's friend Nuria, and Arjun with Laila. Arjun opens up to Laila on his past. After the men leave for Seville, both Arjun and Laila realise they have fallen in love. Not to regret the their parting, Laila chases them on a bike, kissing Arjun passionately before saying goodbye. Arjun now feels much more at peace with himself, and Natasha is relieved of her suspicions about Kabir.
On their way to Seville, Kabir drops Natasha at the airport while Arjun and Imran discuss Kabir's change in behaviour around her. The trio then visits Seville to go skydiving, Arjun's choice of sport. During the task, Imran is forced to confront his
acrophobia
and hesitates to take part, but does so anyway. After skydiving, the three men go to a bar and get drunk. After a prank backfires, they are arrested and held in custody until Imran reveals to his friends that Salman is his father. Imran calls Salman, who bails them out and takes them to his home. In a conversation with Imran, Salman is proud of his son's hidden writing talent but reveals that he never wanted the responsibility of married life or children while Rahila did. Imran realizes that Salman still does not feel sorry for leaving Rahila and storms out. Realizing how his actions must have hurt Arjun four years ago, Imran sincerely apologises to him. Arjun appreciates this and forgives him with a hug.
The three friends learn of the
running of the bulls
in Pamplona, which is Imran's choice, baffling Kabir and Arjun. Imran contacts Laila, who joins them. When confronted by his friends, Kabir reveals that he proposed to Natasha by accident; he had bought a ring as a birthday present for his mother, and while showing it to Natasha, she had mistaken it for an engagement ring. Kabir eventually played along, spurred on by his family's approval. Arjun realises why the trip was so important to Kabir; nobody apart from his two best friends would tell him to cancel his wedding. On the morning of the bull run, Imran suggests they make another pact for if they survive the event: Imran vows to publish his secret poetry, Arjun vows to follow Laila to
Morocco
and live to the fullest, and Kabir vows to tell Natasha he's not ready to marry her. The three friends complete the event successfully, gaining a renewed sense of life.
In the epilogue, Imran, Kabir, Nuria, and Natasha attend Arjun and Laila's wedding. Natasha and Kabir are no longer together but are still friends, and Natasha introduces him to her new partner. Imran's poems are revealed to have been published.
Cast
[
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Anupam Kher
filmed scenes as Imran's step-father Faisal Qureshi, but he did not make the theatrical cut.
[14]
Production
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Development
[
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In November 2009, director-writer
Zoya Akhtar
and
Reema Kagti
completed the scripting of a film after three months of work.
[15]
The script had the
working title
Running with the Bulls
, before the title
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
was finalised,
[16]
the new title being an amendment of the line "Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara" from the
title song
of
Rock On!!
(2008).
[17]
Akhtar and Kagti incorporated real-life observations and wrote the character of Imran for the former's brother
Farhan
, who wrote the dialogue for the film.
[18]
Farhan produced the film with
Ritesh Sidhwani
under
Excel Entertainment
.
[8]
The theme of the film was "three guys on the verge of making commitments in life", according to him.
[19]
They used Farhan's father
Javed Akhtar
's poetry as a voiceover because they felt the poetry added depth to the characters and lent voice to their feelings.
[20]
A special poem inspired by a fan's poem was written for
Katrina Kaif
's character after she was cast in the project.
[21]
The first choice for the location of
principal photography
was Mexico, but was later changed to Spain because the climax features the running of bulls and Zoya wanted a country that blended history, culture, and sports.
[20]
The film's release date was postponed twice because its original editor
Chandan Arora
fell ill and they had to re-edit it.
[22]
Casting
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Initially, the producers wanted
Ranbir Kapoor
and
Imran Khan
to play two of the three leads, but they declined without specifying a reason.
[23]
Farhan Akhtar had worked with Zoya on her debut film
Luck by Chance
(2009) and also wrote dialogue for the film; Zoya felt he would know exactly what she wanted from the film.
[24]
He was the first actor to be cast in the film.
[25]
Farhan Akhtar defined his role as a "fun character" and a "guy who for the longest time takes nothing seriously".
[19]
Hrithik Roshan
was chosen for another lead role because he was one of Zoya's favourite actors.
[26]
After finalising the two, she needed someone "who could not just fit in with them visually but also bring something new to the table." She sought
Abhay Deol
for the role, as he was her friend and had worked with her before in Kagti's
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
(2007)
[24]
For the role of Laila, Zoya wanted someone with an accent who would be willing to
scuba dive
,
[26]
and was a half-Indian and half-Caucasian woman. A lot of women were auditioned for the part in New York and London. Later, at a party, Zoya met Katrina Kaif and chose her for the role.
[16]
Her role was described as "a free- spirited girl, a wanderer at heart and a bohemian gypsy by nature".
[21]
Zoya had wanted to work with
Kalki Koechlin
ever since seeing her in
Dev.D
(2009) and
That Girl in Yellow Boots
(2011); she felt Koechlin would suit the character of Natasha because she had "the sense of comedy, but not over-the-top".
[27]
Spanish actress
Ariadna Cabrol
was chosen for the role of Nuria because Zoya liked her work in the 2009 Spanish film
Eloise's Lover
.
[24]
Filming
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Principal photography began in June 2010 and took place in the United Kingdom, Egypt, Mumbai, and in Spain at Barcelona,
Pamplona
,
Bunol
and
Andalusia
.
[28]
[29]
Cinematographer Carlos Catalan, who had worked with Zoya on
Luck by Chance
, wanted all three lead actors to appear tanned because he "didn't want everything glossed over" and wanted to make the film as realistic as possible.
[20]
Kaif's introduction scene was shot on a nudist beach; during the filming, the crew asked beach-goers stay out of the frame to avoid objections from the
Central Board of Film Certification
.
[16]
The
La Tomatina
festival of Bunol was re-created for the song "
Ik Junoon
"; almost sixteen tons of tomatoes worth
?
10 million
(US$120,000) were flown in from Portugal for the scene.
[30]
A scene involving a kiss between Roshan and Kaif was filmed despite the couple's reluctance to do so.
[31]
The filming of the
flamenco
song "
Senorita
" took place in
Alajar
, a town in the
province of Huelva
. The crew warned local residents about the song's volume because the scene was filmed at night. On the third day of filming, locals dressed in costumes attended and the mayor of Alajar joined them.
[16]
The climax of the film, which features the
running of the bulls
, was filmed at Pamplona.
[32]
The final schedules were at
Vashi
and
Alibag
in Mumbai in December 2010.
[33]
Soundtrack
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Composer trio
Shankar?Ehsaan?Loy
, who had worked with Farhan Akhtar in
Rock On!!
(2008) and
Karthik Calling Karthik
(2010), composed the soundtrack for the film. The lyrics were written by Javed Akhtar. The composers engaged
Maria del Mar Fernandez
, a Spanish
flamenco singer
, to perform the vocals on "Senorita"; her film-singing debut.
[34]
The song is also the singing debut of Roshan and Deol, who sang it along with Farhan Akhtar.
[35]
Marketing
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The trailer of the film was revealed with the prints of
Ready
which released on 3 June 2011,
[36]
and was released online on 15 May 2011.
Excel Entertainment
partnered with
Aircel
to make promotional videos for the film available on mobile phones and the Internet.
[37]
The trailer was watched over 55 million times within 48 hours of its release.
[38]
Two more videos?one each for the songs "Ik Junoon" and "Senorita"?were released on 27 May. The music launch and promotion event took place at Nirmal Lifestyle, Mulund, Mumbai.
[39]
A press conference promoting the film was held on 1 July at
Chandigarh
.
[40]
Two dialogue promos of the film were released on 3 July. On 7 July the cast and crew embarked on a road trip from Mumbai to Delhi via Surat, Vadodra, Ahmedabad, Udaipur, Ajmer and Jaipur that culminated in a concert at Gurgaon. It is believed that British Auto manufacturer
Land Rover
?which is now owned by
Tata Motors
?sponsored the
Land Rover Discovery
driven by the cast members during the trip.
[41]
A premier at the
12th IIFA Awards
before the worldwide release was planned but was not executed.
[42]
The film's marketers released branded promotional items with
Mountain Dew
,
[43]
Gillette
[44]
and
ING Vysya Bank
.
[45]
A mobile video game based on
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
and the La Tomatina festival was released by Jump Games on 19 July 2011 for popular
mobile operating systems
.
[46]
OPIUM Eyewear launched exclusive
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
sunglasses
[47]
to promote the film.
Release
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The release of
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
was initially scheduled for 27 May 2011,
[48]
but was postponed to 24 June 2011
[49]
and again to 15 July 2011. It was released in 1,800 screens worldwide.
[50]
A special screening of the film was held at the residence of
Shah Rukh Khan
on 16 July, on the occasion of Kaif's birthday. The event was attended by several celebrities, including the film's cast and crew.
[51]
The far-right political party
Shiv Sena
criticised the event because it was held three days after the
2011 Mumbai bombings
.
[52]
The producers of the film donated the collections of the film from around 10 theatres in Mumbai to the Maharashtra government as a mark of charity to the victims of the bombings.
[53]
On 24 March 2012,
ZNMD
was screened at
Bucks New University
in
High Wycombe
, England.
[54]
The film was released on DVD on 30 August 2011.
[55]
It is available in
Dolby Digital
5.1 and stereo formats with English and Arabic subtitles.
[56]
The film is also available on
Blu-ray
disc. Later on, the film was made available in both
Netflix
and
Amazon Prime Video
.
Critical reception
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Zoya Akhtar has a unique, compelling voice and unlike many of her contemporaries, she actually respects that a cinema audience can be both intelligent and mature.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
garnered widespread acclaim from critics who praised its direction, story, screenplay, music, humor, cinematography and performances of the ensemble cast. On the
review aggregator
website
Rotten Tomatoes
, 93% of 14 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10.
[58]
Pratim D. Gupta
of
The Telegraph
called
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
"a beautifully scripted journey of catharsis" and praised director Zoya Akhtar for being "fearless in the way she shoots".
[59]
In his review for
Hindustan Times
, Mayank Shekhar gave the film four stars praised the film as "a game-changer for Hindi films since
Dil Chahta Hai
(2001), and wrote, "What you take home are memorable, amusing moments of three truly adventurous amigos we've all grown up with. And will continue to."
[60]
Shivesh Kumar of
IndiaWeekly
awarded the film 4 stars.
[61]
Taran Adarsh
of
Bollywood Hungama
gave the film 3.5/5, calling it a film for "a more evolved, mature and cinema-literate audience that's geared up to embrace and support newer genres of cinema".
[62]
Nikhat Kazmi
of
The Times of India
gave the film 3.5/5 stars and lauded its lead performances; "If Abhay is the anchor of the group, Farhan's funster role is full of beans and Hrithik's metamorphosis from uptight, money-minded stock broker to carefree vagabond is a class act".
[63]
S. Chatterjee of
NDTV
, gave the film 3/5 stars and said its philosophy is quite old; he praised Zoya Akhtar's direction, stating, "Zoya Akhtar, by investing the tale with a delightful lightness of touch and dollops of gentle wit, brings a degree of freshness to bear upon the plot".
[64]
Shaikh Ayaz of
Rediff
rated the film 3.5/5 stars and wrote that Zoya Akhtar had put together a familiar plot but the film's fresh energy is entertaining. He wrote, "Akhtar's invigorating characters pump in fresh energy into a film that could have been strictly mediocre".
[65]
Kaveree Bamzai of
India Today
also praised for Akhtar's direction and said, "By the time I finished watching Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara I was convinced that no one can make a romance as beautifully as a woman", giving the film 4 stars.
[66]
Subhash K Jha rated
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
3.5/5 and wrote; "Zoya, God bless her aesthetics, sucks us into the beauty of the moment, not giving us any reason to believe that life's most precious truths are swathed in squalor".
[67]
Blessy Chettiar of
DNA India
praised the music and Farhan Akhtar's acting as highlights of the film, saying, "For all this, the storywriters use heavy doses of symbolism. Deep-sea diving at Costa Brava, sky-diving in Sevilla and the San Fermin bull run in Pamplona, not to forget the Tomatina festival in Bunyol, where Arjun finally lets go. Fears are drowned, let open in the sky and finally at the mercy of raging bulls", giving it 3 stars.
[68]
Rajeev Masand
of
CNN-IBN
stated, "
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
takes the light-hearted tone of a fun, all-boys road trip through Spain to give you a deep and heartfelt message on why we should live life by seizing the moment and following our hearts". He also praised the performances, highlighting them as one of the main positives of the film, but also said the film's length "sucks some fun of out of the ride" and gave a rating of 3.5 stars.
[57]
Raja Sen
of
Rediff
said the film "tried too hard to be cool" and gave it 1.5/5 stars.
[12]
Sudhish Kamath of
The Hindu
said "Zoya Akhtar's second outing as a director is way more filmi than her first about the film industry. This one only pretends to be real. It's not."
[69]
Ryan Gilbey of
The Guardian
was broadly positive about the film; he wrote, "It's still playing to full houses, and you can see why. Slick it may be. But tourist board employees representing the various Spanish cities flattered in the movie are not the only ones who will come out grinning", and that he found the film "stubbornly un-macho" for a buddy film.
[70]
The National
reviewer Kaleem Aftab, in his 4-star review wrote; "Throwing together road trip, romcom and buddy-buddy action in a single picture may sound like an ill-conceived masala mash-up, but like any good dish, the ingredients are blended together with affection to create one of the best feel-good movies of the year".
[71]
Box office
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In India,
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
came in second on release behind
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ? Part 2
. It opened well in the multiplexes; the occupancy ranged from 70 to 100 per cent,
[72]
despite receiving an average opening in single-screen cinemas except in the
metro cities
.
[73]
The film grossed
?
525 million
(US$6.3 million) in its opening three-day weekend,
[74]
including
?
73.9 million
(US$890,000) on its first day,
[75]
and a net total of
?
265 million
(US$3.2 million) on the third day.
[76]
After ten days of worldwide showings it grossed
?
1.08 billion
(US$13 million).
[77]
In 17 days, it grossed over
?
700 million
(US$8.4 million) in India.
[78]
With no significant competition other than
Singham
,
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
remained in second place at the box office for four weeks after its release. It was one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of 2011 in India and internationally; it was declared a blockbuster in India and in overseas territories.
[79]
Outside India,
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
grossed
?
120 million
(US$1.4 million) in three days, which made it the biggest opening for an Indian film in 2011.
[74]
The film reached top-twenty lists in the US and UK.
[80]
It grossed
£
896,289 in UK,
US$
3,103,656 in the US,
AU$
387,384 in Australia and
NZ$
136,380 in New Zealand.
[81]
As of January 2012, the film has grossed
$
7.25 million overseas.
[82]
The film grossed
?
1.53 billion
(US$18 million) worldwide, surpassing the
worldwide gross
of Roshan's
Dhoom 2
(2006) and becoming the ninth-highest worldwide grossing Bollywood film of all time as of October 2011.
[3]
As of October 2021, the film is ranked at No. 89 for worldwide grossing of Indian films.
[83]
Controversies
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After the release of
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
, animal rights organisation
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA) objected to the bull-running scene and sought support from fans via their Twitter page to ban the film. PETA spokesperson Poorva Joshipura spoke about the event and said, "We will now be contacting the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Central Board of Film Certification to take action". The film's producer Ritesh Sidhwani said, "We had submitted all the papers to the Animal Welfare Board India that stated that none of the animals were injured or hurt in any way and only then, the censor board cleared the movie. We are only showing the culture of Spain."
[84]
Spanish-American artist
Charo
sent a letter to Zoya Akhtar on behalf of PETA asking her to remove all of the scenes related to the running of the bulls.
[85]
Accolades
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]
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
won two awards at the
59th National Film Awards
in the
Best Audiography
and
Best Choreography
categories.
[86]
[87]
It won several other awards?mainly for Best Film and Best Director?at the
Filmfare Awards
,
[88]
Stardust Awards
,
[89]
Zee Cine Awards
,
[90]
IIFA Awards
,
[91]
Screen Awards
,
[92]
and the
Asian Film Awards
.
[93]
Potential sequel
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Following the film's release, Zoya Akhtar said she had an idea of making a sequel to
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
; she said, "You never know, I might or may not make a sequel. It all depends on the right content."
[94]
It has been reported that the actors are expected to reprise their roles in the sequel if it is officially launched.
[95]
In an interview with
Hindustan Times
, Roshan said the plot of the sequel could be set five or six years after the events depicted in
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
and that the characters would be older and would have a reason to go on another trip.
[96]
In August 2011, Zoya Akhtar said there were no plans for a sequel, despite requests from many viewers.
[97]
After the IIFA ceremony, Farhan Akhtar said there was no necessity for a sequel.
[98]
Later in 2013, in an interview with
Hindustan Times
, Zoya expressed interest in writing for the sequel after completing the filming of her next project,
Dil Dhadakne Do
(2015), which was released in June 2015,
[99]
although in February 2019 she said, "Honestly, people want a second movie of
ZNMD
, but I think the best franchise would either be
Luck By Chance
or
Dil Dhadakne Do
."
[100]
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