Casting: Raja Bundela, Ritesh Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Govinda, Satish Kaushik, Sohail Khan, Kunal Kumar, Sushmita Sen, Ranvir Shorey, Rajpal Yadav
Director: David Dhawan
Release Date: 2 October 2009
Review: In the past decades David Dhawan has successfully given us highly enjoyable movies on the subject of extra marital affairs such as “Biwi No.1″, “Gharwali Baharwali” and “Sajan Chale Sasural”. But his current “Do Knot Disturb”, lacks the famous David-Govinda punch and fails to provide the expected entertainment factor to the viewers. Though the movie does manage to make you laugh in some particular scenes but the number of those hilarious moments is too small for a David-Govinda comic venture.
Chal Chala Chal (2009)
Murli Sharma – Union Leader Mr. Singh
Reema Sen – Payal
Rajpal Yadav – Sundar
Om Puri
Asrani – Lawyer
Manoj Joshi – U.U. Upadhyay
Upasna Singh – Chhaya
Amita Nangia – Aprana
Razzak Khan – Basantilal
Asif Basra – Harilal
Director: Rajiv Kumar
Release Date: February 6, 2009
Stroryline: Deepak, a young man has been switching jobs as he does not want to succumb to the corrupt system that exists everywhere. His father, Omkarnathji, the ex-principal of a private school, has for several years now, fighting a court case against the school to get his dues. He finally wins the case and the school is ordered to give him some property as compensation, if there is no money in its funds. And thus a bus is given as reparation. However, instead of selling it off, and acting on his father’s advice, Deepak decides to put the bus into good use and start a transport business with it. However, it’s a roller-coaster ride where mishaps are more than the commuters. Corruption chases Deepak here too but what saves him, is his faith in his principles and his father’s love – acting as the strong backbone in bitter-sweet times.
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Salaam-E-Ishq (2007)
Casting:
Salman Khan … Raúl / Rahul
Priyanka Chopra … Kamna ‘Kamini’
Anil Kapoor … Vinay Malhotra
Juhi Chawla … Seema Malhotra
Akshaye Khanna … Shiven Dungarpur
Ayesha Takia … Gia Bakshi
John Abraham … Ashutosh Raina
Vidya Balan … Tehzeeb Hussain
Govinda … Raju
Shannon Esra … Stephanie
Sohail Khan … Ram Dayal
Isha Koppikar … Phoolwati Dayal
Anjana Sukhani … Anjali
Kushal Punjabi … Rohit Chaddha
Vishal Malhotra … Jaggi
Director: Nikhil Advani
Release Date: 26 January 2007 (UK)
Stroryline: Six young couples in different situations, face different quandaries. All their problems are apparently caused by love, too much, too little, love for the wrong people, love for people who don’t want it, unrequited love, amnesia-afflicted love and what have you. Each of the 6 stories is moderately developed, the most believable being the Hindu-Muslim couple – the Ashutosh-Tehzeeb (John and Vidya) story. Then there is the starlet hungry to make it big, hatching up a publicity stunt which backfires – the Kkamini-Rahul (Priyanka-Salman) deal. The 3rd pair is that of Stephanie-Raju (Shannon and Govinda) pair, she searching for her faithless Indian boyfriend and he the Indian taxi-driver who ferries her around the country. And then there is the Shiven-Gia (Akshaye-Ayesha) yuppie marriage fiasco, with the groom with the cold-feet. The 5th story is of the stable married couple – Vinay-Seema (Anil and Juhi), whose 15 year marriage is threatened when the husband wants more than just boring, suburban life. The 6th couple’s story is of Isha-Sohail as a rural couple unable to give vent to their passion. The film runs through these 6 stories almost in parallel, taking us to their respective conclusions.
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Maharaja (1998)
Director: Anil Sharma
Release Date: 4 September 1998 (India)
Stroryline: Fearing his death, Ranbir Singh (Salim Ghouse) decides to kill Kohinoor when he is a child, in vain though. After 20 years Kohinoor (Govinda) returns to claim his rightful place in the kingdom. He has developed advanced powers over matter and animals, which he uses to his advance to free his nanny, Ameenabi (Aruna Irani) who is being held by Ranbir and his associates. Kohinoor must pass numerous tests, including being exploited by a television reporter, Shaili Mathur (Manisha Koirala), who claims that she loves him; and fight hungry, blinded, man-eating lions.
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Bhagam Bhag (2006)
Director: Priyadarshan
Release Date: 22 December 2006 (UK)
Stroryline: Champak Chaturvedi runs a theatrical troupe in India. He hires two men, Bunty – a graduate in Arts, and Babla- who cannot read nor write English. One has to play the role of the play’s hero, while one the villain. Both men end up squabbling with each other, as both want the hero’s part. Then Champak finds out that Bunty has molested the play’s heroine, Anjali, and punishes him. The group gets a contract to stage 30 plays in Britain, however, on the day of the departure, Anjali opts out, leaving Champak no alternative but to travel without a heroine, but hoping to recruit one while in Britain. Upon arrival, Babla sets about to find a suitable heroine from the Indian population, but Bunty beats him to it and recruits a woman named Munni. Babla has his suitcase switched by another containing heroin, and as a result both men end being suspects by the local Police, whose Commissioner is an Indian, J.D. Mehra. Then both Munni and Bunty fall in love with each other. Then Munni has an accident with a vehicle and ends up in a hospital. When she regains her senses, she tells everyone that she is Nisha Chauhan, and is married to Vikram, who lives in Liverpool. Vikram arrives, thanks everyone, and takes his wife, who has suicidal tendencies, home. A few days later, Bunty receives a phone call from a frantic Nisha, who tells him to come over immediately. He, along with Champak and Babla, arrive there to find her body in flames. She is declared dead in hospital. Now the troupe is on the hunt for another heroine for their play – when the unexplainable happens – as Bunty claims that he saw Nisha. No one believes him, but then subsequently a terrified Champak and then a bewildered Babla both claim to have seen her. These sighting hurl the trio in a non-stop chaotic situation involving drug dealers, goons who want revenge, as well as the Police Commissioner himself, who also has a role to play in this comedy of errors and terrors.
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