Main Hoon Na (,
translation:
I am here for you) is a
Bollywood masala film written and directed by
Farah Khan and produced by
Gauri Khan. It was released on 30 April 2004 and went on to become a box-office success. It starred
Shahrukh Khan,
Zayed Khan,
Sunil Shetty,
Amrita Rao, &
Sushmita Sen.
Plot summary
Main Hoon Na tells the story of Ram Prasad Sharma (
Shahrukh Khan) and his efforts to foil the terrorist Raghavan Datta (
Sunil Shetty). Ram is simultaneously attempting to mend relations with his father's estranged first wife and his half-brother Lakshman.
Raghavan is a former army officer court-martialed for executing eleven illiterate Pakistani civilians who accidentally crossed the border in search of water. He wants to sabotage Project Milaap (Unity), a first step towards friendship between India and Pakistan.
First he tries to kill General Amar Singh Bakshi (
Kabir Bedi), the commander of the Indian Army, during a television interview. This fails due to Major Ram's intervention, although Raghavan does succeed in killing Brigadier Shekhar Sharma (
Naseeruddin Shah), Major Sharma's father, who had ordered his decommission. He also threatens Bakshi's daughter Sanjana (
Amrita Rao). As the elder Sharma dies, he tells Ram about his step mother Madhu (
Kirron Kher) and half-brother Lakshman (
Zayed Khan) and begs Ram to re-establish relations with them; Madhu had left Brigadier Sharma after discovering that he had a mistress who bore Major Ram.
The general later asks Major...
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