# Jaan-E-Mann (जान-ए-मन)
**Jaan-E-Mann** (जान ए मन; also released as *Jaanemann* and *Jaan-E-Mann: Let's Fall in Love... Again*) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language musical romance directed by [Shirish Kunder](https://www.edgepedia.org/shirish-kunder), produced by [Sajid Nadiadwala](https://www.edgepedia.org/sajid-nadiadwala) under [Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/nadiadwala-grandson-entertainment), and starring Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Preity Zinta.[1](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=381) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jaan_e_mann) It was released on 20 October 2006 on the Diwali weekend, ran 165 minutes, and was a box office failure despite a reported ₹350 million (₹35 crore) budget.[1](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=381) • [3](https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=381)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | 20 October 2006 (Diwali), 165-minute runtime, Hindi-language love story[1](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=381) |
| Principal cast | Salman Khan as Suhaan Kapoor, Akshay Kumar as Agastya Rao, Preity Zinta as Piya Goyal[1](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=381) |
| Key crew | Shirish Kunder (director, story, screenplay, dialogue, editing), Anu Malik (music), Gulzar (lyrics), Farah Khan (choreography)[1](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=381) • [4](https://jephmann.com/movies/film.php?id=59267) |
| Budget | ₹350 million (₹35 crore), committed by the producer after a two-minute narration[3](https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=381) • [5](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sajid-nadiadwala-110906.html) |
| India box office | ₹251.3 million (₹25.13 crore) nett; opening day ₹24.3 million (₹2.43 crore), first week ₹136 million (₹13.60 crore)[6](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jaan-e-mann/box-office/) |
| Worldwide gross | ₹455.2 million (₹45.52 crore) per Bollywood Hungama; ₹462.6 million (₹46.26 crore) per Box Office India[6](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jaan-e-mann/box-office/) • [3](https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=381) |
| Verdict | Flop (Box Office India, Bollywood Hungama)[3](https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=381) • [6](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jaan-e-mann/box-office/) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
The film is a love triangle built around a scheme. Suhaan Kapoor ([Salman Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/salman-khan)) is a one-time Bollywood star secretly married to Piya ([Preity Zinta](https://www.edgepedia.org/preity-zinta)); when she files for divorce and demands a large alimony payment, he looks for a way out.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jaan_e_mann) Agastya Rao ([Akshay Kumar](https://www.edgepedia.org/akshay-kumar)) is a geeky NASA astronaut who was Suhaan's college rival and has loved Piya since then; when he learns she is about to be divorced, he decides to pursue her.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jaan_e_mann) Spurred by his uncle (Aman Verma), Suhaan offers to help Agastya woo Piya, but only to avoid paying alimony himself.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jaan_e_mann) Suhaan accompanies Agastya to New York and coaches him, and the engagement is arranged; complications follow when Suhaan discovers he has a daughter and realizes he still has feelings for Piya.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jaan_e_mann) Anupam Kher plays Bonney Kapoor, Suhaan's lawyer, in a dwarf role.[7](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sirish-kunder-010906.html)
## Production
**Origin.** Shirish Kunder, until then a film editor, conceived the story as one of the ideas he habitually shared with choreographer [Farah Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/farah-khan), his wife; at a party she narrated it to producer Sajid Nadiadwala, who liked it.[7](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sirish-kunder-010906.html) Nadiadwala described committing 350 million (35 crores) to the project on the strength of a two-minute narration, although the full writing process took about a year.[5](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sajid-nadiadwala-110906.html) Kunder took on the multiple roles of writer, director, and editor in his debut film.[5](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sajid-nadiadwala-110906.html)
**Casting and crew.** Kunder wrote the film with Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, and Preity Zinta in mind; he cast Khan as Suhaan, an actor from India, Kumar as Agastya, an astronaut working for NASA, and Zinta as Piya, an interior decorator based in New York.[7](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sirish-kunder-010906.html) According to Nadiadwala, both Khan and Kumar agreed immediately and had not read the script until the first day of shooting.[5](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sajid-nadiadwala-110906.html) [Anu Malik](https://www.edgepedia.org/anu-malik) composed the music, having previously scored Nadiadwala's *Judwaa* and *Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega*; Gulzar wrote the lyrics, and Farah Khan choreographed.[5](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sajid-nadiadwala-110906.html) • [1](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=381) Sudeep Chatterjee was the cinematographer and [Sabu Cyril](https://www.edgepedia.org/sabu-cyril) the art director.[4](https://jephmann.com/movies/film.php?id=59267)
**Shooting.** The New York schedule included public locations such as [Times Square](https://www.edgepedia.org/times-square) and the Bronx; the unit arrived during the United Nations' 60th anniversary celebrations, when security was tight, but shooting proceeded without problems.[5](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sajid-nadiadwala-110906.html)
## Music and style
The film was presented as a musical in which songs carry the narrative rather than interrupting it. Malik said he had never scored music for a musical before, and described the approach as comparable to a Broadway musical, in which a scene sometimes breaks into a song and vice versa.[8](https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/anu/20061019.htm) Reviewers noted the stage-musical staging, with surreal sets and chorus lines, and the integration of songs into the story.[9](https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/jaan/20061023.htm) • [10](https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/jaan/20061025.htm) The soundtrack includes numbers such as "Humko Maloom Hai" ([Sonu Nigam](https://www.edgepedia.org/sonu-nigam) and [Sadhana Sargam](https://www.edgepedia.org/sadhana-sargam)) and "Ajnabi Shehar", and features many playback singers, including [Udit Narayan](https://www.edgepedia.org/udit-narayan), Sunidhi Chauhan, Sukhwinder Singh, Adnan Sami, and Indian Idol contestants Amit Sana, Rahul Vaidya, and Prajakta Shukre.[11](https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/jaan/20060925.htm) • [12](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jaan-e-mann/cast/) Kunder called the film's innovative storytelling technique and visual treatment its unique selling point.[7](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sirish-kunder-010906.html)
## Release and box office
The film was scheduled for Diwali and released on 20 October 2006 on about 700 screens in India.[3](https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=381) The opening was low: ₹24.3 million (₹2.43 crore) on day one and ₹80.2 million (₹8.02 crore) over the opening weekend in India.[6](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jaan-e-mann/box-office/) • [3](https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=381) Lifetime India nett collections were ₹251.3 million (₹25.13 crore) against a ₹350 million (₹35 crore) budget, with worldwide gross of ₹455.2 million (₹45.52 crore) per Bollywood Hungama (Box Office India lists ₹462.6 million (₹46.26 crore)), and both outlets classified the film as a flop.[6](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jaan-e-mann/box-office/) • [3](https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=381) In the United States it earned $650,000 per [Box Office Mojo](https://www.edgepedia.org/box-office-mojo) (Bollywood Hungama lists $510,000 through 27 October), and in the United Kingdom £493,734.[13](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0456481/) • [6](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jaan-e-mann/box-office/)
## Reception
Critical response was mixed. Poonam Joshi of BBC.com gave 4/5, writing that "fantasy, wit and biting humour combine, breathing life into the otherwise staid 'love triangle' formula".[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jaan_e_mann) The Times of India rated it three stars, praising the wacky treatment and self-deprecating humor while noting the sentimental excess.[14](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bollywood/jaan-e-mann/articleshow/2219927.cms) Time Out called it contrived even by Bollywood standards but noted its outlandish musical sequences.[15](https://www.timeout.com/movies/jaan-e-mann) Rediff's Vidya Pradhan found the film over the top but technically dazzling, with strong performances from Khan and Kumar and a decorative role for Zinta.[9](https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/jaan/20061023.htm) On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 50% Tomatometer from 10 reviews and a 76% audience score.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jaan_e_mann)
## Legacy
In 2023, critic Rahul Desai of Film Companion wrote that "films like Jaan-E-Mann tried to walk so that those like *Jagga Jasoos* could run", placing it as an early attempt at the Hindi musical film genre.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jaan_e_mann) Rediff's Kiran Kamath, reviewing at release, called it one of the finest directorial efforts of the year and praised a musical that breaks the traditional Hindi film seven-song format by integrating songs into the story.[10](https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/jaan/20061025.htm)
## References
1. [Jaan-E-Mann – Movie, Box Office India](https://www.boxofficeindia.com/cast_crew.php?movieid=381)
2. [Jaan E Mann, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jaan_e_mann)
3. [Jaan-E-Mann – Movie, Box Office India](https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=381)
4. [Jaan-E-Mann (2006) production credits, Jephmann](https://jephmann.com/movies/film.php?id=59267)
5. [35 crores on a two-minute narration! – Sajid Nadiadwala, Filmibeat](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sajid-nadiadwala-110906.html)
6. [Jaan-E-Mann Box Office Collection, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jaan-e-mann/box-office/)
7. [Sirish Kunder on his debut film, Filmibeat](https://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/sirish-kunder-010906.html)
8. [How Anu Malik made Salman, Ash sing, Rediff.com](https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/anu/20061019.htm)
9. [Jaaneman is a bizarre movie, Rediff.com](https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/jaan/20061023.htm)
10. [Jaan-E-Mann: Good Job, Shirish!, Rediff.com](https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/jaan/20061025.htm)
11. [Jaan-E-Mann: Mixed bag of music, Rediff.com](https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/jaan/20060925.htm)
12. [Jaan-E-Mann Cast & Crew, Bollywood Hungama](https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/jaan-e-mann/cast/)
13. [Jaan-E-Mann: Lets Fall in Love Again, Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0456481/)
14. [Jaan-E-Mann review, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bollywood/jaan-e-mann/articleshow/2219927.cms)
15. [Jaan-E-Mann film review, Time Out](https://www.timeout.com/movies/jaan-e-mann)
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