looks were the main priority while preparing for her role in the film. Made on a budget of , principal photography was handled by Ravi K. Chandran and Gopal Shah. The filming took place in Film City, London and other places in both Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Ahmed Khan was the choreographer, while Manish Malhotra and Rocky Star were the costume designers. While Anuj Mathur designed the sound, Sharmishta Roy served as the art director. After the filming ended, Mujhse Dosti Karoge! was edited by Ritesh Soni and V. Karnik. Soundtrack The soundtrack for Mujhse Dosti Karoge! was composed by the debutant Rahul Sharma; he accepted the offer in April 2001 when he was on a concert tour with his father Shivkumar Sharma. Rahul Sharma described its soundtrack as "young and fresh", adding, "[It] is about urban young people, so the music had to be romantic and soft." He used santoor, flute and an orchestra contains 60 violinists for the background score. In later years, he told The Hindu that composing the film's soundtrack was a "great" and "learning" experience. The lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi, with vocals performed by Alisha Chinai, Alka Yagnik, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan, and Sonu Nigam. The soundtrack album was released on 12 July 2002 by Saregama. According to the film-trade website Box Office India, with around 1.2 million units sold, the soundtrack became the eleventh highest-selling music album of the year. The soundtrack received mixed reviews from music critics; Narendra Kusnur of Mid-Day called it "hummable", and wrote, "Rahul's orchestration style is youthful, and the use of guitars is interesting and innovative." Kusnur, however, felt that "some songs have that typical [Yash] Chopra['s] banner flavour that has become very predictable and hackneyed of late". In a review published in the entertainment portal Bollywood Hungama, Joginder Tuteja believed that Sharma "does a superb job in churning out a number of melodies in one single package". The Hindu elaborated, "The title song ... is quite hummable. With quite a bit of Western tunes synthesized with Indian, this song is likely to hit the charts. A rather lengthy medley of various Hindi songs from old and new films is inserted." Release Expectations for Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (one of the most-anticipated films of the year) were high, as the film was Kohli's debut as a film director, and due to its A-list star cast.