Main Hoon Na is a Hindi Bollywood film written and directed by Farah Khan and produced by Gauri Khan and Shahrukh Khan; it was released on April 30, 2004 and was considered a box-office success.

It is about Indian Army Major Ram Sharma (Shahrukh Khan) who returns to college in order to find his estranged half-brother and to protect the daughter of a General.

Main Hoon Na was nominated for ten Filmfare Awards, among them Best Actor, Best Comedian, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Villain and Best Film, but ultimately, it only won one award: Filmfare Best Music Director Award for Anu Malik.

Plot Summary

Main Hoon Na (which translates as I am here now) tells the story of Major Ram Prasad Sharma (Shahrukh Khan) and his efforts to foil the terrorist Raghavan (Sunil Shetty). Major Sharma is simultaneously attempting to mend relations with his father's estranged first wife and his half-brother Lakshman; complications ensue.

Raghavan wants to sabotage a military project called Milaap (Unity), a first step towards friendship between India and Pakistan. India will release fifty Pakistanis imprisoned for crossing the border into India -- most of them illiterate villagers who wandered over the border by mistake. Raghavan doesn't want the state of war between India and Pakistan to end; he lost his son in the Indo-Pak wars in Kashmir and cherishes an abiding hatred for Pakistan and all Pakistanis.

First he tries to stop Project Milaap by killing the general in charge; This fails, though he does succeed in killing Major Sharma's (Ram's) father.

As the father dies, he begs Ram to re-establish relations with his half-brother Lakshman (Zayed Khan ), who is to be found at a college town in the Himalayas. Both brothers should cast their father's ashes into the Ganges.

Raghavan again tries to stop Project Milaap, this time by threatening the general's daughter Sanjana (Amrita Rao). The general asks Major Sharma to protect Sanjana; Ram pleads that he has family responsibilities. The general points out that, by a strange coincidence, Sanjana attends school in the same town where Lakshman lives. Major Sharma can protect Sanjana and look for Lakshman at the same time.

So Ram pretends to be a college student, returning to college after many years away. He is much older than the other students, who at first make fun of him. He soon proves his worth and becomes a big man on campus. He finds Lakshman, befriends Sanjana, and succeeds in foiling Raghavan. He also falls in love with a beautiful chemistry teacher (Sushmita Sen).

The film is notable for lively music and dance sequences (the director got her start as a choreographer) and for thrilling action scenes featuring Matrix-style slow-motion effects -- such as the stunning car-chase sequence involving a flaming rickshaw.

Cast

• Shahrukh Khan ... Major Ram Prasad Sharma
• Zayed Khan ... Lakshman Sharma
• Amrita Rao ... Sanjana
• Sushmita Sen ... Miss Chandni
• Sunil Shetty ... Raghavan
• Kabir Bedi ... General Bakshi
• Naseeruddin Shah ... Shekhar Sharma
• Kiron Kher ... Mrs. Sharma
• Bindu ... Mrs. Kakkad
• Boman Irani ... The Principal
• Satish Shah ... Professor Rasai

Trivia

• the film was shot in only twenty days
• it is said to include cameo appearances by Karan Johar and Tabu
• Aishwarya Rai was offered the role of Miss Chandni, but turned it down
• Hrithik Roshan was offered the role of Lucky, but he also declined it
• the actor who played Percy, the lovable nerd, is actually a computer specialist