Hera Pheri (2000)

Three unemployed men find the answer to all their money problems when they recieve a call from a kidnapper. However, things do not go as planned...

Director:

Priyadarshan

Writers:

Siddique (story), Lal (story),

Stars:

Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty

5 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Paresh Rawal	...	Baburao Ganpatrao Apte
Akshay Kumar	...	Raju
Sunil Shetty	...	Ghanshyam (Shyam)
Tabu	...	Anuradha Shivshankar Panikar
Om Puri	...	Kharak Singh
Gulshan Grover	...	Kabira
Kulbhushan Kharbanda	...	Devi Prasad
Mukesh Khanna	...	Police Inspector, Prakash
Asrani	...	Bank Manager
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sulabha Arya	...	Raju's mom
Dinesh Hingoo	...	Chaman Jhinga
Mushtaq Khan	...	Devi Prasad's servant
Kashmira Shah	...	Kabira's Sidekick

Storyline

Baburao is a landlord in India, who is very near-sighted, and always in financial trouble. He has a tenant named Raja, who has not paid his rent for several months. He also has anther tenant named Shyam, who has come to the city to look for a job in his late father's place, but is unable to find employment. The three men quarrel amongst themselves frequently. Then one day, the three men get a phone call from a kidnapper named Kabira, and decide to make use of this phone call to overcome their financial problems - pretend to be the real kidnappers, increase the ransom amount, keep the incremental amount for themselves, and then give the original ransom demanded to Kabira. Will they get away with this idea?

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Plot Keywords:

kidnapper | kidnapping | daydreamer | telephone call | critically acclaimed | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

31 March 2000 (India)

Filming Locations:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

A.G. Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

156 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was launched as Raftaar with a grand mahurat just before Kartoos (1999) was to be released and the cast at that point was Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Paresh Rawal and Karishma Kapoor. Steven Seigal attended the mahurat and mentioned that he was going to do a cameo in the movie.

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Quotes

Raju: [Baburao is trying to pay off all his debt even before getting money from kidnappers] Cow is grazing and you are planning to sell curd !
Baburao Ganpatrao Apte: What?
Raju: Dont plan for expenditure before we get money

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Connections

References Bandit Queen (1994)

User Reviews

The Best Indian Comedy Movie 'EVER'.

Talk of comedy in Indian cinema , and anybody would snap "Hera Pheri". This is one of the movies which make a permanent imprint on your mind and give you a lot to talk about. With snappy dialogs , impeccable story and a perfect combination of actors and actresses this is certainly a must see. With Indian cinema being crippled by the "HIGH" emotional dramas containing stories of ultimate suffering of impossible proportions, Hera Pheri was the turning point, where all the bollywood film industry saw the power of a simple comedy. Starring Paresh Rawal, Suniel Shetty , Akshay Kumar , Tabu , Asrani, Om Puri , Gulshan Grover Hera Pheri had all the ingredients of a super hit. If you hate Indian movies and are against all the high melodrama dose you get free with a DVD of Indian movie, Hera Pheri is just the movie for you. With a sequel now being aired "Phir Hera Pheri" which is too good for a sequel. Go watch both of these movies and have a big laugh.