Khichdi: The Movie
| Khichdi: The Movie | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Aatish Kapadia |
| Story by | Aatish Kapadia |
| Produced by | Jamnadas Majethia |
| Starring | Supriya Pathak Anang Desai Rajeev Mehta Jamnadas Majethia Nimisha Vakharia |
| Narrated by | Kesar Majethia Markand Soni |
| Cinematography | Sanjay Jadhav |
| Edited by | Hemal Kothari |
| Music by | Raju Singh |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
Release date | 1 October 2010 |
Running time | 120 Minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹62 million |
Khichdi: The Movie is a 2010 Bollywood comedy film, directed by Aatish Kapadia. It is the first film by Hats Off Productions and stars Anang Desai, Supriya Pathak, Rajeev Mehta, Nimisha Vakharia and Jamnadas Majethia in the lead roles. The film is based on the STAR India TV franchise Khichdi, which ran for two seasons titled Khichdi and Instant Khichdi. It is the first film in the history of Hindi cinema to be based on a television series.[1]
Plot
The film starts with two kids Jacky (Markand Soni) and Chakki (Kesar Majethia), narrating the story of their hilariously madcap Parekh family to their classmates on a camp. When Chandrakant Sheth (Arvind Vaidya), father of Himanshu (Jamnadas Majethia) and Hansa (Supriya Pathak) passes away, he manages to tell the Parekh family that his last wish is to have his son Himanshu married. Now, Himanshu has one ambition since childhood, that is to have a memorable, legendary love story. It is all together another matter that he is not in love with anyone and neither is he capable of getting any sensible girl to like him. But as Babuji (Anang Desai) often wisely says, "for every idiotic Praful (Rajeev Mehta), there is an even more idiotic Hansa made", his prophecy turns out to be true. Parminder (Kirti Kulhari), Himanshu's neighbor, falls in love with Himanshu for no logical reason and the 2 get engaged to get married. That is when the story line takes a turn – Himanshu realizes on the eve of the wedding that the impending ceremony would mean impending doom to his desire to have a legendary love story, as nothing interesting has happened in his love story to make it memorable. It was a simple non happening take with a boring happy ending. No resistance, no conflict, no separation, no sad song, no climax, nothing. So, in order to make the Himanshu–Parminder love story a legendary one, Himanshu, along with Babuji, Praful, Hansa and Jayshree (Nimisha Vakharia), sets out to stall the wedding. And then begins their journey to create all those missing stages in Himanshu's love story in order to make it legendary. However, in this hilariously hare brained process, they make a mess of everything and how at the incredibly ridiculous climax Himanshu eventually manages to win his love back, makes up the rest of the story of the film.
Cast
- Anang Desai as Tulsidas Parekh a.k.a. Babuji
- Rajeev Mehta as Praful Tulsidas Parekh
- Supriya Pathak as Hansa Praful Parekh
- Jamnadas Majethia as Himanshu Chandrakant Sheth
- Nimisha Vakharia as Jayshree Parekh
- Kirti Kulhari as Parminder (Himanshu's love interest)
- Gireesh Sahedev as Parminder
- Farah Khan as herself (cameo) – special appearance
- Arvind Vaidya as Chandrakant Sheth
- Dinyar Contractor as Judge
- Satish Shah as Ishwar (cameo)
- Deven Bhojani as hospital patient (cameo)
- Paresh Ganatra as Advocate Pandit (cameo) [2]
- Kesar Majethia as Chakki Praful Parekh (narrator)
- Markand Soni as Jacky Bharat Parekh (narrator)
Note: Vandana Pathak, who originally portrayed Jayshree in Khichdi and Instant Khichdi, was approached to play the same role in the film as well and accepted. However, due to her prior commitments, she was unable to do so; hence, Nimisha Vakharia was offered the role, and she accepted.
Box office
The film performed well despite competition from such simultaneous releases as Siddharth Anand's Anjaana Anjaani.[3] It grossed a total of₹62 million (US$780,000) during its entire theatrical run.[4]
Awards and nominations
- Nominated:
Apsara Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role — Jamnadas Majethia
- Nominated:
Zee Cine Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role — Jamnadas Majethia[5]
- Nominated[6]
Best Actor In A Supporting Role – Female — Supriya Pathak
Sequel
After Khichdi: The Movie, makers are planning a sequel to the movie.[7][8][9]
References
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1738293/
- ^ Partner Portals. "Movie : Khichdi - The Movie Cast". Bollycurry.com. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Boxofficeindia.com". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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- ^ "Now sequel to 'Khichdi – The Movie'". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- ^ "Now sequel to 'Khichdi – The Movie'". IMDb. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- ^ "Now, a sequel to Khichdi-2? – Hindustan Times".
