Welcome Movie Details:
| Movie Name | Welcome |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Release Date | 21 December 2007 |
| Running Time | 2hr 38min |
| Cast | Anil Kapoor Nana Patekar Akshay Kumar Katrina Kaif Paresh Rawal Feroz Khan Mallika Sherawat |
| Directed by | Anees Bazmee |
| Written by | Anees Bazmee Rajiv Kaul Praful Parekh |
| Produced by | Firoz Nadiadwala |
| Narrated by | Om Puri |
| Cinematography by | Sanjay F. Gupta |
| Edited by | Ashfaque Makrani |
| Music by | Songs: Sajid-Wajid Anand Raj Anand Himesh Reshammiya Background Score: Sajid-Wajid |
| Production Company | Base Industries Group |
| Distributor | UTV Motion Pictures Indian Films |
| Budget | ₹32 crore |
| Box Office Collection | ₹117.91 crore |
Welcome Movie Cast and Characters:
- Anil Kapoor as Sagar Pandey “Majnu Bhai” Uday’s best friend, a gangster and an artist
- Nana Patekar as Don Uday Shetty Bhai, Sanjana’s brother, Majnu’s best friend, a gangster who wants to become an actor
- Akshay Kumar as Rajiv Saini, Dayal’s nephew, Sanjana’s love interest.
- Paresh Rawal as Dr. Dayal Ghungroo, Rajiv’s uncle, Payal’s husband.
- Katrina Kaif as Sanjana Shetty, Uday’s sister, Rajiv’s love interest.
- Feroz Khan as Ranvir Dhanraj Xaka “RDX”, an Italy based gangster, Lucky’s father, Uday and Majnu’s boss
- Mallika Sherawat as Ishika Kanojia, Payal’s sister, Rajiv’s best friend, Uday and Majnu’s love interest
- Supriya Karnik as Niharika “Payal” Ghungroo, Rajiv’s aunt, Dayal’s wife, Ishika’s elder sister
- Shereveer Vakil as Lucky Xaka: RDX’s son.
- Asrani as Akhilendra Chandel
- Charlie as Nandan Singh
- Snehal Dabi as Kakhil
- Paresh Ganatra as Purushottam Bhan (Pappu), Municipal Officer
- Sharad Sankla as Aadesh Mehta, Municipal Officer
- Adi Irani as Harkesh Sahni, Advocate
- Mushtaq Khan as Balwish Dey alias Ballu
- Sanjay Mishra as Pandit Manilal Shastri
- Om Puri as Narrator
- Vijay Raaz as Dhanesh Varman
- Ranjeet as Rakesh Kapoor
- Suniel Shetty as himself
- Malaika Arora in item number song “Honth Rasiley”
Storyline:
A man falls in love with a beautiful woman, but later discovers that her brothers are gangsters.
About Welcome Movie:
- Welcome marked the last screen appearance of Feroz Khan who died in 2009.
- Budgeted at ₹320 million (US$4.0 million) which includes making and marketing costs, Welcome was distributed by UTV Motion Pictures.
- It was theatrically released worldwide on 21 December 2007, coinciding with the Christmas festival. The film received mostly mixed to positive reviews from critics leading to stiff competition with Aamir Khan’s Taare Zameen Par. Nevertheless, Welcome was a major commercial success and went on to become the second highest grossing hindi film of the year with global revenues of ₹1.22 billion (US$15 million).
- The film is the first installment of the Welcome series and spawned a sequel, Welcome Back in 2015 that also became a commercial success.
- According to The Hindu, the film’s climax scene is a rip-off from the 1990 Tamil film Michael Madana Kama Rajan.
