Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century

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Fun2shh: Dudes in the 10th Century
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Directed byImtiaz Punjabi
Written byStory and Screenplay:
Imtiaz Punjabi
Screenplay and Dialogues:
Pravin Rai
Rajesh Khattar
Produced bySeema Kar
Dhilin Mehta
Starring Gulshan Grover
Paresh Rawal
Farida Jalal
Anuj Sawhney
Iqbal Khan
Raima Sen
Natanya Singh
CinematographyFaroukh Fali Mistry
Edited by Onir
Music bySongs:
Pritam
Background Score:
Salim–Sulaiman
Distributed by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited
Release date
  • 19 December 2003 (2003-12-19)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹4.41 crore [1]

Fun2shh: Dudes in the 10th Century is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language science fiction comedy film written and directed by Imtiaz Punjabi (in his directorial debut) and produced by Seema Kar and Dhilin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited, with a script co-written by Pravin Rai and Rajesh Khattar. The film stars Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover, Anuj Sawhney, Iqbal Khan, Natanya Singh, Raima Sen and Farida Jalal. [2] The music is composed by Pritam and the background score by Salim–Sulaiman. [3]

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Plot

Mumbai lives in fear of a notorious thief who calls himself Chindi Chor and steals whenever and whatever he desires without any regard to security or police protection. When Ghoshal announces the exhibition and subsequent auction of a crown once worn by Emperor Babushah, Chindi challenges him that he is going to steal this priceless crown, and Ghoshal accepts the challenge and hires private security guards. Chindi carries out the theft, and two of the security guards, Vikram and Ajay, and an accomplice, John D'Souza, become prime suspects and are on the run. They must apprehend Chindi and recover the crown to absolve themselves of this crime. While being chased by security guards, the trio crashes into a wall and is transported back to the 10th century, straight into the palace of Emperor Babushah himself. The trio thinks they are on the set of a Bollywood film and takes nothing seriously until they are imprisoned. It is then the hapless trio realise that they must not only escape but must also take the crow, back with them to the 21st century to absolve themselves of this crime. Only a miracle can get them back to the 21st century.

Cast

Music

The songs are written by Pravin Rai, Nitin Raikwar and Amitabh Verma.

All music is composed by Pritam

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Hold, You Will Be Mine" K. K., Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan 4:28
2."Dhuan Dhuan Sa Sama, Gila Gila Aasman" K. S. Chithra (background vocals by Sanjeevani)4:58
3."Fun2shh" (Female Version) Usha Uthup 5:37
4."Fun2shh" (Male Version) Kunal Ganjawala 5:32
5."Hum Hai Fun2shh"Nitin Raikwar, Vinod Rathod, Kunal Ganjawala 5:09
6."Time Kharab Hai" Sonu Nigam, Farida Jalal, Paresh Rawal, Iqbal Khan, Anuj Sawhney, Sudesh Bhosle 4:39
Total length:30:23

Reception

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, FUN2SHH has an interesting first half, but an uninspiring second half takes away the sheen from the enterprise. The film has some curiosity value, but the content [script] does not match the expectations one has from a subject like this. " [4] Jyoti Shukla of Rediff.com wrote, "Fun2shh appears to be a mix of a few episodes of the television serial Chandrakanta, a few Asterix comics and some Bollywood song and dance masala. The result is neither satirical nor comical. Just a test of the viewers' patience. [5]

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