What's Your Raashee (2009) & Mr. Yogi (1989)

Hi Bobby,
This is Jayesh Adhyaru, a journalist from Divya Bhaskar, a Gujarati Daily from Dainik Bhaskar Group. Earliar, we talked on your \'Lalola-Mr. ya Mrs.\'post.

Yes, U r right, Mr. Yogi and WYR is based on the same novel By Eminent Gujarati writer Mr. Madhu Rye named \'Kimble Ravenswood\'. He is our columnist and lives in New Jersey, USA.

When I talked to Mr. Naushil Mehta (wel known playwright and co-writer of WYR), he told me that from very beginning Ashutosh wanted to make film on this subject. Naushil Mehta made stage play named \'Mangamti Kanyaa Ni Shodh Ma\' (In Search Of Suitable), and he told me that Ashutosh was present there, too.

Entire Gujarati novel was translated into English to prepare script for the movie.

Mr. Rye wasn\'t too happy with the changes made by Mr. Ketan Mehta in Mr. Yogi.

Few years back some drama students played play based on this novel named \'Yogesh Patel Nu Vevishal\' (Yogesh Patel\'s engagement) being very faithful to the original novel.

Mr. Ketan Mehta wanted to make pun in \'Y. I Patel\' as \'Why I Patel\', so he changed from \'Yogesh Shankarlal Patel\' (which was in original novel) to \'Yogesh Ishwarlal Patel\' in Mr. Yogi.

At the time of Mr. Yogi both Ketan Mehta and Late Mr. Mohan Gokhale went to USA and three of them prepared script of Mr. Yogi, but after that many changes been done in that script.

Original Novel has the character of Yogesh\'s American girlfriend named \'Peggy\' which is not in the movie WYR.

As per my knowledge, Mr. Madhu Rye is writing sequel of Kimble Ravenswood.

Warm Regards,
Jayesh Adhyaru

Hie Bobby,
Thank You!
In WYR, there is \'Yogesh Bharatbhai Patel\' i.e. Y. B. Patel (to make pun as \'Why Be Patel\')!
We can read writer\'s name \'Dr. Madhusudan Thakar\' on the book \'What\'s Your Raashee?\' which Yogesh reads in the whole movie.
"Madhusudan Thakar" is original name of Madhu Rye. But he has not write any book on astrology or isn\'t an astrologer! :)
Warm Regards,
Jayesh

I liked this serial much.I would like to buy the set of this serial Mr.Yogi. can u do something for it ? If yes then send me the details for it so that I can step towards it.

thanks