Kanjoos Makhichoos

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Kanjoos Makhichoos
Kanjoos Makhichoos Movie Poster.jpg
Official release poster
Directed by Vipul Mehta
Written by Vipul Mehta
Based onSajan Re Jhooth Mat Bolo (Gujarati Play)
Produced by Deepak Mukut
Srishti Sharma
Kushagra Sharma
Starring
CinematographyPratik Parmar
Music bySongs:
Sachin–Jigar
Guest Composition:
Shabbir Ahmed
Background Score:
Rachita Arora
Production
companies
Soham Rockstar Entertainment
ThunderSky Entertainment
Distributed by ZEE5
Release date
  • 24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Kanjoos Makhichoos is an Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Vipul Mehta and produced by Soham Rockstar Entertainment along with ThunderSky Entertainment. [1] [2] The film is based on the famous Gujarati play Sajan Re Jhooth Mat Bolo. [3] The film stars an Kunal Khemu, Shweta Tripathi, Piyush Mishra, Alka Amin, Rajeev Gupta and Raju Srivastava. [4] The film was released on 24 March 2023, on ZEE5. Kanjoos Makhichoos is comedian Raju Srivastav’s last film appearance. [5]

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Plot

Set in Lucknow, [6] Kanjoos Makhichoos is a black comedy about a miserly person named Jamnaprasad Pandey who saves money to send his parents on a pilgrimage. However, fate has other plans when he loses his parents in a flood. Jamuna Prasad Pandey is left distraught when he realises that he would be receiving only half the compensation amount announced by the government due to middlemen and rampant corruption. The rest of the story follows several hilarious twists and turns as he fights against the corrupt system to get the rightful compensation. [7]

Cast

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Production

The shoots of the film started soon on 10 September 2021, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. The shoots were wrapped on Dusshera, 15 October 2021. The film was shot across Rishikesh and Lucknow. [9] [10]

Music

The Background Score was composed by Rachita Arora and the songs were composed by Sachin–Jigar except one, which was guest composed by Shabbir Ahmed, while the lyrics were written by Shabbir Ahmed, Vayu and Priya Saraiya.

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