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Director Gene Saks
Cast Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn
Plot Julian Winston (Matthau), an easy-going bachelor dentist, is stringing along his dizzy mistress, Toni (Hawn), by telling her he has a wife and children. When Toni tries to commit suicide, he promises to marry her. When Toni insists on meeting his wife, Winston convinces receptionist-nurse Stephanie (Bergman) to pose as his wife, leading to hilarious situations.
l The script was based on a French play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, which was brought to Broadway in 1965 and ran to packed houses for three years before Hollywood picked up the catchy plot.
l Goldie Hawn won both the Oscar and the Golden Globe in the Best Supporting Actress category for her big-screen debut.
l A little known actress, Tuesday Weld, was first offered the role of Toni which finally went to Hawn.
l The original music for the film was composed by Quincy Jones and included the song A time for love is anytime, written by Cynthia Weil and sung by the ?Queen of R&B?, Sarah Vaughan.
l Cactus Flower also included the classic Neil Diamond number I?m a believer.
Director David Dhawan
Cast Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, Katrina Kaif
Plot A remake of the Gene Saks film, here Dr Sameer (Salman) is an orthopedic who lies to lady love Sonia (Katrina) about being married to nurse Naina (Sushmita).
l This is the first film to feature the three Khan brothers ? Salman, Arbaaz and Sohail ? together. While Salman and Sohail have full-fledged roles, Arbaaz just has a cameo at the end.
l The actress who plays Salman?s mother, Beena Kak, is, in fact, the former tourism minister of Rajasthan who even had a tete-a-tete with Bill Clinton when the former US President came to India.
l Like his previous scores, Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya, Hello Brother and Tere Naam, music director Himesh Reshammiya has a chunari song in the film ? Ishq chunariya...
l Sohail came up with the title of the film from his baby boy Nirvan, who keeps shouting ?Kyun? Kyun??
l The earlier Salman-David Dhawan film Mujhse Shaadi Karoge also had Sameer as Salman?s screen name and featured Vikram Phadnis as the costume designer.