'Partner' inspired from 'Hitch'

Hollywood films have often inspired movies in Hindi film industry. Director David Dhawan’s upcoming film Partner is one such flick. It has been inspired from director Andy Tennant’s Hollywood movie ‘Hitch’ (2005), a romantic comedy featuring Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James and Amber Valleta.‘Hitch’ was about a professional date doctor who specializes in the art of wooing women. He guides one of his clients in wooing a celebrity. But the date doctor finds himself unable to woo the woman he desires. In the end, he discovers that it is not so much about using methods in wooing women. It is about letting love finds its own way. In ‘Partner’, Salman Khan plays an expert on women who guides Govinda in winning the love of Katrina Kaif . But Salman himself has tough time wooing Lara Dutta .David Dhawan doesn’t deny that ‘Partner’ is inspired from ‘Hitch’, but he makes it clear that his movie is not a copy of the English film. “The film (Hitch) sparked an idea in my mind. I have used that idea in telling the story in an Indian context with my own treatment of the subject,” Dhawan is quoted as saying. Dhawan promises that ‘Partner’ will have very desi humour. The comedy in ‘Partner’, the director insists, is not lifted from ‘Hitch’. ‘Partner’ is produced by Sohail Khan productions. The film is slated to hit the theatres on July 20.