No Problem

2010 · India

Director: Anees Bazmee
Screenplay: Ikram Akhtar
Producer: Anil Kapoor
Music: Pritam Chakraborty
Cinematography: Bobby Singh

Cast

What it is about

Yash and Raj Ambani are small-time crooks and childhood friends. Raj wants to live honestly, but Yash keeps doing things that jeopardise his plans. After a robbery at a bank, the manager Zandulal is blamed for having sheltered the two friends. While they hide out in Durban, an underworld gang led by Marcos is hunting for stolen diamonds, and inspector Arjun Singh tries to catch him.

How it was made

No Problem was directed by Anees Bazmee from a screenplay by Ikram Akhtar and was produced by Anil Kapoor, who also stars alongside Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Sunil Shetty, Sushmita Sen, Kangana Ranaut and Paresh Rawal. The music was composed by Sajid–Wajid, Pritam and Anand Raj Anand, and the cinematography is by Bobby Singh. Shooting began in July 2010 in South Africa and Mumbai. It is a Hindi action comedy with a light, playful tone.

Reception and legacy

The film was released worldwide on 10 December 2010 and received mostly negative reviews from Indian critics, several of whom gave it a single star. It performed poorly at the box office, and Box Office India declared it a flop. A sequel, No Problem 2, directed by Ahmed Khan, is upcoming, and a mobile video game based on the film was released.