Dhoondte Reh Jaoge (2009)

A failed film producer and an unemployed Chartered Accountant decide to make a 'sure flop' movie

Director:

Umesh Shukla

Writers:

Shabbir Ahmed (lyrics), Rajeev Jhaveri (story),

Stars:

Paresh Rawal, Kunal Khemu, Sonu Sood

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paresh Rawal	...	Raj Chopra
Kunal Khemu	...	Anand Pawar
Sonu Sood	...	Aryan Kapoor / Veeru
Soha Ali Khan	...	Neha Chattopadhayay / Basanti
Johnny Lever	...	Parvez Asharraf / Rubbar Singh
Dilip Joshi	...	Mama Nautanki
Asrani	...	Ratan - Aryan's Secretary
Malay Chakrabarty	...	Beggar (as Malay Chakravorty)
Razak Khan	...	Usman Kujli - Prison Inmate (as Razzak Khan)
Deepal Shaw	...	Lulu - Raj's girlfriend
Hrishitaa Bhatt	...	Riya - Actress
Pravin Mayak
Jaydeep Shah
Manoj Shah
Amit Thakur	...	Bajaj

Storyline

A Bollywood producer-turned-petty thief, Raj Chopra (Paresh Rawal), who blames Subhash Ghai, Yash Chopra, Ronnie Screwvala, and others for his failures, and an unemployed Chartered Accountant, Anand Pawar (Kunal Khemu), cook up a scheme to attract 5 Crores each (50 million rupees) from 21 investors (a total of 105 Crores). Raj invests 5 Crores to make the worst possible movie 'Solay Se L'Gaan Tak', with the worst possible crew and actors, ensure that it has a storyline that is sure to fail at the box office, and pocket the remainder of the 100 Crores. All goes according to plan - but then Murphy's Law prevails - resulting in hilarious chaos.

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Plot Keywords:

accountant | investor | film producer | chase | scam | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

6 March 2009 (India)

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$5,126 (USA) (6 March 2009)

Gross:

$5,126 (USA) (6 March 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bindaas Productions, UTV Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Spoofs Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

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Soundtracks

"Nako-Re-Nako"
Written by Jalees Sherwani
Composed by Sajid Ali and Wajid Ali
Performed by Wajid Ali and Javed Ali
Courtesy of Super Cassettes Industries Limited (T-Series)

User Reviews

Funny!

This movie had me in stitches, just like the film within this film, you'll find yourself laughing for all the wrong reasons and at all the wrong scenes that aren't even meant to be funny.

Kunal Khemu (or as I like to call him...'Cutie-pie') plays an up and coming accountant who gets dragged into the world of movie-making when one day while out celebrating the birthday of his girlfriend (played by Soha Ali-Khan) he is conned by a movie-producer (played by Paresh Rawal). Exhausted from butting heads with Raj Chopra (Rawal's character) he devises a plan with the help of Chopra to pull a Ponzie scheme on a bunch of fellow movie producers to invest in an epic film project they plan to sabotage for their selfish purposes.

Top notch performances by Paresh Rawal, Kunal Khemu, Sonu Sood & Soha Ali-Khan, although I could have done without seeing Soha Ali-Khan dressed up as Jodhaa from 'Jodhaa Akbar' (just one of the many films spoofed within the film).