Paying Guests (2009)

Four friends' attempts to find employment and accommodation pits them against landlords and gangsters in Bangkok.

Director:

Paritosh Painter

Writers:

Wajid Ali (lyrics), Rashid Firozabadi (lyrics),

Stars:

Shreyas Talpade, Javed Jaffrey, Aashish Chaudhary

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shreyas Talpade	...	Bhavesh Verma / Karishma
Javed Jaffrey	...	Parag / Kareena
Aashish Chaudhary	...	Parikshit 'Pari
Vatsal Seth	...	Jayesh Thakur
Johnny Lever	...	Ballu Singh
Delnaaz Paul	...	Sweety Kaur
Sayali Bhagat	...	Seema
Neha Dhupia	...	Aarti
Celina Jaitly	...	Kalpana (as Celina Jaitley)
Riya Sen	...	Arpita
Asrani	...	Kiska Meglani
Paintal	...	Seema's dad
Viju Khote	...	Jayesh's boss
Chunky Pandey	...	Ronnie
Inder Kumar	...	Murli

Storyline

After Bhavesh, Parag, Parikshat, and Jayesh ridicule their Bangkok-based landlord, Kiska Meglani, he evicts them. Broke and with nowhere to go, the hapless foursome decide to pose as couples, with Bhavesh and Parag assuming the guise of voluptuous females, Karishma and Kareena respectively. They find a sympathetic landlord, Ballu Singh, who lets them move in. Subsequently, Jayesh finds employment in an architectural firm and assures his friends that their problems may well be resolved. But before that could happen, Ballu's wife, Sweety, comes to know that Kareena is pregnant, and the involvement of gangsters who want a signed deed from Ballu at any and all costs.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

19 June 2009 (India)

Also Known As:

Char Yaar

Box Office

Budget:

INR 100,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mukta Arts

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The names of the characters of the four friends are the names of the director Paritosh Painter's best friends and their respective wives.

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Soundtracks

"Namkeen Hoon Yaar, Chak Le"
Performed by Sunidhi Chauhan
Composed by Sajid Ali, Wajid Ali

User Reviews

A Good Laughter.

Not knowing what this was about, I must say it was a pleasant surprise as it wasn't really advertised at all and especially on TV channels. Three men loose their jobs but when a fourth joins them, they are thrown out of their rented accommodation as well and over night have to find a place to stay. And they do but there is surprise in for one of the man as well as certain conditions..

Starring Shreyas Talpade, Celina Jaitley, Javed Jaffrey, Neha Dhupia, Johnny Lever, Asrani, Chunky Pandey, Paintal, Sayali Bhagat, Riya Sen, Delnaaz Paul and Ashish Choudhary. This is directed by Pantosh Painter and Subash Ghai.

Good acting by all the cast and this can be seen very clearly on the screen and its also nice to see Johnny Lever back after a long time. Shreyas Talpade, from the beginning, along with Javed Jaffrey, Ashish Choudhary and Johnny Lever, goes full steam ahead in this comedy genre movie and there are scenes with him and Johnny Lever, that has one in stitches of laughter. This is very well supported by Javed Jaffrey and Ashish Choudhary and would say that all the cast have an equal role in this movie.

There are moments that have echoes of "Dostana" but this is different and is a change from the other movies this year. It is one of the better ones to watch and have a good laugh and enjoy.

A Good comedy and worth watching.