Bheja Fry (2007)

Ranjit, who makes fun of idiots, gets completely annoyed when he invites a tax inspector and a singer to his house.

Director:

Sagar Ballary

Writers:

Sagar Ballary (screenplay), Arpita Chatterjee

Stars:

Vinay Pathak, Rajat Kapoor, Sarika

Top Rated Indian Movies #177 | 2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Vinay Pathak	...	Bharat Bhushan
Rajat Kapoor	...	Ranjeet Thadani
Sarika	...	Sheetal R. Thadani
Milind Soman	...	Anant Ghoshal
Ranvir Shorey	...	Asif Merchant
Bhairavi Goswami	...	Suman Rao
Tom Alter	...	Dr. Shepherd
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harsh Chhaya	...	Kapoor
Sharat Katariya	...	Dinner Guest 1
Sushma Kaul	...	Bharat's Colleague
Ikhlaq Khan	...	Jagdish Verma (as Ikhlaque Khan)

Storyline

Ranjeet Thadani lives a wealthy lifestyle in Mumbai along with his wife, Sheetal, who is a singer, while he manages Soundtrack Industries. At the request of his friend, Jagdish Verma, he decides to invite a singer and Libran, Bharat Bhushan, to his residence for dinner, as well as listen to him sing. Ranjeet, suffering from back pain, does not realize that Bharat is also an Income-Tax Inspector, and upon arrival at Ranjeet's residence, will virtually and hilariously turn his life upside down.

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Plot Keywords:

singer | dinner | telephone call | tax collector | swimming pool | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

13 April 2007 (India)

Also Known As:

Ужин с придурком

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,773,555

Company Credits

Production Co:

Handmade Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the beginning of the movie, the first dinner guest is Sharat Kataria, who had also written the dialogues of the film. Also, he is the writer of hit films like Dum Laga Ke Haisha, Fan and Sui Dhaga.

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Quotes

Bharat Bhushan: Asif, this is Bhushan.
Asif Merchant: Bharat, your Dhoni was washed out by the Pakistanis.
Bharat Bhushan: Even I'm watching the match, there are a lot of overs left.
Asif Merchant: If they couldn't do anything in 43 overs, what can they uproot now?
Bharat Bhushan: Have you forgotten about the Multan one-day? So badly we uprooted you, that you are still holding it in your hand.
Bharat Bhushan: Get lost!
Asif Merchant: You get lost!
Bharat Bhushan: You get lost!
[Bharat bangs the phone]
Anant Ghoshal: What a character, man!
[...]

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Connections

Remake of Le Dîner de Cons (1998)

User Reviews

A very different experience

This movie is quite different and handled very uniquely. The theme, storyline and everything about this movie is so refreshingly new that you are charmed by these. The entire movie is a laugh riot and the acting by the main character Bharat Bhushan ( Vinay Pathak )is just exhilarating. Others including Rajat kapoor, Milind Soman and Sarika have done very well.

The movie is about the entire stretch of a night and how a man pays for his mischief that he intended to play on others. A very light hearted comedy and very enjoyable.

Then why just 6 stars ? Well reading through some others reviews on this site I find that this movie is a copy of the french movie "Dinner Games" . To verify this I checked on the plot of the original and I found that indeed it is true. This requires that the director should acknowledge this fact in the titles but I don't remember having seen that in the movie titles.

Well apart from this fact ( though a very embarrassing one ) the movie's direction is flawless and the story is very humorous.