Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge

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Dhoondte Reh Jaoge
Dhoondte Reh Jaoge Poster.JPG
The movie poster
Directed by Umesh Shukla
Produced by Ronnie Screwvala
Starring Kunal Khemu
Soha Ali Khan
Sonu Sood
Paresh Rawal
Dilip Joshi
Johnny Lever
CinematographyManoj Gupta
Edited byAshfaque Makrani
Music by Sajid–Wajid
Distributed by UTV Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 6 March 2009 (2009-03-06)
Running time
131 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Dhoondte Reh Jaoge (English: You Will Keep on Searching) is a 2009 Indian comedy film directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by UTV Motion Pictures. The film stars Kunal Khemu, Paresh Rawal, Sonu Sood, Soha Ali Khan, Dilip Joshi and Johnny Lever. It was released on 6 March 2009 in India, and 20 March 2009, in the United States. The film is directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by Ronnie Screwvala. [1] The music was composed by duo Sajid–Wajid.

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Plot

Set in Mumbai, the film starts with Raj Chopra, a good-for-nothing movie director whose recent films, have all failed at the box office. He gets threatened by his landlord and creditors that if he does not pay them on time, he will be homeless. At the same time, chartered accountant Anand tries to cheer up his girlfriend Neha on her birthday. Neha is a wannabe actress whom Anand takes to a 5-star restaurant for her birthday. Raj meets Ratan at the restaurant. Ratan is the manager of famous Bollywood actor Aryan Kapoor, and Raj has come to see Ratan to sign a movie deal with Aryan.

Raj and Ratan buy as much food as they can, and put the bill on Anand, who cannot pay and is sent to jail. When he comes out, Anand is eager for revenge, and sees Raj shoplifting. Raj goes over to Aryan and Ratan, and right when he gets the movie contract papers out, an Inspector shows up and arrests Raj for shoplifting, which was recorded by Anand. Raj escapes from jail only to get attacked, and he is saved by Anand. Anand and Raj come up with a movie plan together, to put money towards a film and ensure it is a flop. They collect a lot of money and pretend to be rich and wealthy men to show off in front of Aryan, who signs the papers, and gets in the movie. Anand and Raj try to make the movie as bad as they can to get their share on money, but they don't know that each of them has a different plan.

They borrow money from a well known gangster to finance the movie. They use Neha for the actress role, because Anand knows that with Neha in the film, it will definitely be a flop. While the movie is filming, they contact Asharraff to be the writer, who mixes up Sholay, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Gadar, and Lagaan (in that order). At the premier, the film is declared as a "hit," and the assassins get ready to kill them both. When Raj is about to escape with the money, he finds that Anand has already looted all the money. Both, on the run, meet each other while looking for a hiding place, and both decide there is no better place to hide than Jail itself. The two run in jail for making a fraud film and looting money. Once they come out of jail, the two embrace in friendship, and Neha Anand reunites, and everyone decides to make another film.

Cast

Soundtrack

  1. Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge – Sonu Nigam
  2. Pal Yeh Aane Wala Pal – Neeraj Shridhar
  3. Salma-O-Salma – Palash Sen
  4. I Am Falling in Love – Wajid
  5. Nako-Re-Nako – Wajid, Javed Ali
  6. Apne Ko Paisa Chahiye – Wajid, Sowmya Raoh
  7. Instrumental – Sajid

Reception

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, DHOONDTE REH JAOGE is silly, but quite funny. A film that offers laughter in the garb of mindless entertainment. It might just work with people who are looking for some time pass fun, without taxing the brains." [2]

Shashi Baliga of Hindustan Times wrote, "The movie gets so progressively atrocious that after a point you’re not sure what’s spoof and what’s not. And the climax is a complete howler, except that by then, you can’t even laugh at the banality of it all." [3] Patcy N of Rediff.com wrote, "While a good spoof may have been enjoyable, Dhoondhte is dull, slow and boring. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dhoondte Reh Jaoge". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008.
  2. ↑ Adarsh, Taran (6 March 2009). "Dhoondte Reh Jaoge Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Baliga, Shashi (20 April 2009). "Review: Dhoondte Reh Jaoge". Hindustan Times . Mumbai. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  4. ↑ N, Patcy (6 March 2009). "Watch Dhoondte Reh Jaoge at your own risk". Rediff.com . Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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