Chal Mere Bhai
2000 film by David Dhawan
Chal Mere Bhai (transl. Come on, brother) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language comedy film produced by Nitin Manmohan and directed by David Dhawan. It stars Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan and Karishma Kapoor.
Plot
Chal Mere Bhai is the story of two brothers, Vikram "Vicky" Oberoi (Sanjay Dutt) and Prem Oberoi (Salman Khan) and how their lives are turned upside down by a girl named Sapna (Karisma Kapoor).
Vicky is a business tycoon who runs his family's huge business empire. Sapna applies for the position of his secretary. She is an orphan who has just moved to Bombay from Pune and is currently living with her uncle and aunt and doesn't have the required experience to be Vicky's secretary, but Vicky's father, Balraj Oberoi (Dalip Tahil) is impressed by Sapna's passion and hires her.
Prem is an aspiring actor, much to the chagrin of Balraj, who would like Prem to also work for the family business. However, Prem's grandmother (Sushma Seth) and Vicky support Prem's decision to be an actor. He works with Sapna's uncle (Shakti Kapoor) who is a theater director.
Sapna is very inefficient at work and annoys Vicky constantly with her clumsy behavior and incompetence.
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