Hulla (2008)

A stockbroker who moves into a flat finds that he cannot sleep because of the loud whistle blown by the night-watchman. This leads him into conflict with the building's secretary who insists on the use of the whistle.

Director:

Jaideep Varma

Writers:

Milind Dhaimade (dialogues), Sanjeev Sharma (lyrics),

Stars:

Sushant Singh, Kartika Rane, Rajat Kapoor

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sushant Singh	...	Raj Shiv Puri
Kartika Rane	...	Abha (as Kartikadevi Rane)
Rajat Kapoor	...	Janardhan Parikh
Mandeep Mazumdar	...	Kamini J. Parikh
Vrajesh Hirjee	...	Dev
Dibyendu Bhattacharya	...	Ronnie Gonsalves
Chandrachood Karnik	...	Roger Mathew
Balaji Deshpande	...	Kulkarni
Susheel Parashara	...	Chaddha (as Susheel Parashar)
Dinesh Thakkerr	...	Khadilkar
Nassar Abdulla	...	Gupta (as Nasser Abdullah)
Bhagyashree Desai	...	Mrs. Shenoy
Datta Sonawane	...	Inspector Pophle
Jayant Gadekar	...	Inspector Santosh Sawant
Anil Bhagwat	...	Sr. Shenoy

Storyline

This energetic black comedy (or drama with a sense of humour) turns a contemporary eye on something that is taken too much for granted in Indian cities, especially Mumbai - private space. It's about the clash between a stockbroker who is not allowed to sleep at night and a small-time trader who won't let him (as the secretary of the building society they live in). This seemingly trivial, even laughable, problem eventually snowballs into disasters for both of them and their families, while unspooling the attitudes of people around them. A very real but highly entertaining portrait of urban India.

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Taglines:

The whistle that blew things out of proportion!

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Gujarati Marathi English

Release Date:

19 September 2008 (India)

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cartwheel Features, Handmade Films, Reliance Big Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 107 min (original)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Color Color (35 mm version)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film script was written in 2001 and took seven years to see the light of day. Several directors and actors including Pankaj Kapur, Konkona Sen Sharma and Saif Ali Khan (actors) and 'Rajit Kapur' (director) were associated but still the film didn't find a producer. It was eventually made on a very small budget.

User Reviews

Great Beginning but Bad Finish

Rarely one gets to see such a simple movie being made, about simple problems of life. "Hulla" is one such story. Débutante director and writer Jaideep Verma tries to woo the audience with a simple story of a mumbai man, whose cannot sleep because the security man would not stop making noise. The subject is one which is sure to interest the urban people, specially in Mumbai. He does make a great beginning and you smile and laugh as well. But despite the excellent actors, the movie goes no where after the first hour. You keep on seeing the same thing again and again. The dialogs of Rajat Kapoor and Sushant Singh go from bad to worse. There could have been so much portrayed but the writer ,J.Verma surely fails the director, J.Verma. So in the end, yes the movie does give you some smiles but the final 1 hour leaves you bewildered.