Plot

This is a story about love, friendship and music. Two copywriter brothers have lost in pop music contest called Jhankaar Beats for the last two years. They take the help of an apprentice to compete in a music contest.

The jobs of "Sholay" obsessed Deep and Rishi are on the line with their advertising firm if they do not come up with a one-liner for Mr. Roy's condoms. While Deep resides with his pregnant wife, Shanti, and a daughter, Muskaan; Rishi has separated from his wife, Nicki, and depends on Shanti for meals, apprehending a bitter divorce. When the time comes close to delivering her child, Shanti's mom moves in them temporarily, much to the chagrin of Deep. Shanti would like Nicki and Rishi to meet and patch-up their differences, however, Rishi knows that Nicki is having an affair with her attorney, and is not inclined in this direction. The main obsession for Deep and Rishi is Bollywood's music maestro, Rahul Dev Burman; and 'Jhankaar Beats' a contest they had competed to win in vain. With the deadline for Mr. Roy's one-liner closing in, Rishi gets an offer to work in America, jeopardizing any chance the group may have for competing in the upcoming 'Jhankaar Beats'.—rAjOo ([email protected])

This movie was a tribute to R. D. Burman. Jhankaar Beats is a story about love, friendship, and music. Deep (Sanjay Suri) is happily married to Shanti (Juhi Chawla), with a little daughter Muskaan and another baby on the way. Rishi (Rahul Bose) is his best friend and colleague at an advertising agency. Rishi is a little immature and stubborn and this keeps on causing fights at home with his equally headstrong wife Nicky (Rinke Khanna). Rishi and Deep are dedicated musicians, obsessive about the music of R.D. Burman. They play at a club sometimes and compete in an annual pop music contest called "Jhankaar Beats" which they have lost for the past two years.

When the movie starts, Rishi has been kicked out of his house by Nicky and the two are considering getting a divorce. Deep's nagging mother-in-law (Shashikala) has come for a two-month visit. Divorce lawyer of Nicky (Parmeet Sethi) annoys Rishi no end as he is very handsome. His own lawyer is Absent-minded Mr. Deboo (Kurush Deboo). Nicky is angry with Rishi as he does not understand what her issues are. Nicky thinks Rishi has spent too much time on his music and the competitions, while Rishi hates her window shopping and wasteful expenditures. Rishi is also pissed that Nicky has never supported his participation in Jhankaar beats. Rishi tells Deep that he thinks Nicky is fucking her lawyer.

Mr. Kapoor (Vijayendra Ghatge) is the owner of the ad agency where both Rishi and Deep work. He is constantly asking about progress on the condom account and guys haven't worked on it. The men are under pressure to get an advertising campaign ready for a new client, an oddball condom manufacturer, who likes to pick his nose. Around this time they meet Neel (Shayan Munshi), who is the son of their boss Mr. Kapoor and is joining the company. Neel is an ace guitarist who has his own problems - he is attracted to a pretty girl, Preeti (Riya Sen) but cannot muster the courage to talk to her. To make things worse, his father has decided that he is wasting his life and has given him an ultimatum - find a girl in two months or settle down with a wife his parents choose.

Rishi and Deep, though they tease him mercilessly, grow very fond of Neel, and he has a sure ally in Shanti. Shanti, meanwhile, is trying to get Rishi to see sense and make up with Nicky. Shanti tells Neel not to play for Rishi and deep unless they help him win over Preeti. The guys see condom company owner talking to owner of rival ad firm (Archana Puran Singh). Kapoor has convinced the owner to give their company another chance. Deep wants to buy a second hand keyboard for the upcoming Jhankaar Beats, but Sashi asks him to reconsider given that their 2nd child is on the way. Deep gets really offended and says that he has been saving for 2 yrs and Sashi was selfish in deciding to have a 2nd kid, when she knew that Deep's passion was in music. Neel tries to talk to Preeti, but it bombs badly as Preeti refuses his offer of ice-cream and dinner. Deep and Rishi help Neel by serenading Preeti at a local church, by singing a song about God. She finally accepts Neel's proposal and starts dating him.

One night, the guys get into the rival ad company's office late at night and find the owner discussing the condom ad campaign with her clients competitor. Turns out the condom manufacturer's competitor had hired her to run a bad campaign to wipe out his rival from the market. The guys blackmail the ad company owner and win the condom ad campaign account for themselves. Rishi goes to reconcile with Nicky. He finds Nicky with the lawyer. In reality she is only talking about getting back together with Rishi, but Rishi thinks she is fucking the lawyer and leaves. Rishi takes a job from Mr Kapoor that requires him to relocate to US. Jhankaar is also in 2 days and Deep is super upset. Rishi leaves, but then cant abandon Deep and comes back to play at Jhankaar Beats. They play an RD Burman song and Sashi goes into labor in the middle of the performance. Rishi and Deep leave with her. Neel comes to the hospital to tell them that they won Jhankaar Beats. Rishi makes up with Nicky.