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  1. Abbas Tyrewala (born 15 May 1974) is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist and director. After making his mark as a screenwriter and dialogue writer in the early 2000s, with award-winning films such as Maqbool (2003) and Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003).

    • Paakhi Tyrewala

      Paakhi A Tyrewala (born Punarnava Mehta) is an Indian writer...

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    Siddharth "Sid" Arya (John Abraham) is an average man who owns a bookstore in London named Kagaz Ke Phool with his friends, Omar (Raghu Ram), a Pakistani and naive but jovial Amit (Omar Khan). His other friends include Omar's pregnant sister Aliya (Alishka Varde), her boyfriend Nick (George Young) and Uday (Prashant Chawla) who is gay. His girlfrie...

    The film was originally titled 1-800-Love, later renamed as Call Me Dil and released under the title Jhootha Hi Sahi. The lead actress of the film Pakhi Tyrewala, is the wife of the director of this film, Abbas Tyrewala. R. Madhavan and Nandana Sen make guest appearances in the movie while Imran Khan, Riteish Deshmukh and Abhishek Bachchan lent the...

    The movie released on 22 October 2010. Earlier it planned to release on 4 July and 15 October, but was delayed since the re-recording of the background score by Rahman took more time than planned. Indiagames also released a mobile video gamebased on the film.

    The original score and songs of the film were composed by A. R. Rahman with lyrics penned by Abbas Tyrewala. He composed eight tracks for the film; however, a track by Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan was not featured in the film or soundtrack album. There were rumours that KK and Adnan Sami have recorded songs for the album, but this did not happen. Rahm...

    Warner Bros. filed a case of copyright violation alleging that the movie was copied from their television series Friends. The producer of the film, Madhu Mantena, responded that it was not true and that the film had nothing to do with Friends; director Abbas Tyrewala has also denied the allegations.

    Critical response

    Jhootha Hi Sahi has received mixed critical responses. On the review-aggregation website ReviewGang, the film scored 5.0/10 based on 4 reviews. Nikhat Kazmi of The Times of India rated it 3.5/5: "The script has a few teasing twists and turns that do not let it fall into the rut of predictable run-of-the-mill romances". Aniruddha Guha of DNA rated it 2/4: "The film may have its moments, but not enough to leave you with a smile at the end. Not even recommended as a date movie". Sukanya Venkatra...

    Box office

    The film opened to 50 – 60% occupancy in the first week. However, it managed to surpass other close releases from the next week on wards, reaching number one in the Indian box office and reaching number 20 in the United Kingdom box office on its opening weekend. By the end of its theatrical run, it had collected ₹15.6 crore (156 million) worldwide.

  2. Abbas Tyrewala was born on 6 June 1984 in India. He is a writer and director, known for Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008), Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) and Pathaan (2023). He has been married to Paakhi A. Tyrewala since 30 April 2006. More at IMDbPro.

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  3. About. Abbas Tyrewala is an Indian director, story writer, screenwriter and dialogue writer who made his debut in the industry as a lyricist and wrote songs for movies like Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar! (2000) and Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega (2001).

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    • Actor
    • Indian
    • June 6, 1984
  4. Feb 05, 2023 09:09 AM IST. Interview with Abbas Tyrewala: Pathaan dialogue writer tells us what went behind creating what could potentially be the biggest blockbuster in the history of Indian...

  5. Oct 29, 2010 · Follow Us. Abbas Tyrewala is best known for Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na. But not many know that prior to direction,he has also penned scripts for Asoka,Maqbool and Munna Bhai MBBS. The writer-turned-director in an honest chat about love,life and directing a romantic trilogy. Critics have argued that Jhootha Hi Sahi (JHS) lacks teeth.

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