Santa Banta Pvt Ltd

Santa Banta Pvt. Ltd.
Directed by	Akashdeep Sabir
Written by	Asad Ajmeri Pawan Soni
Produced by	Sheeba Akashdeep Viacom 18 Motion Pictures [1]
Starring	Vir Das Boman Irani Neha Dhupia Lisa Haydon
Edited by	Nitin Rokde
Music by	Jassi Katyal Nadeem Amjad Jaidev Kumar
Production company	Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Distributed by	Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
Release date	22 April 2016 (2016-04-22)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Hindi and Punjabi

Santa Banta Pvt. Ltd. is a 2016 Bollywood spy-comedy film directed by Akashdeep Sabir, produced by Viacom 18 and distributed by Viacom 18 and Cinetek Telefilms. ^[2] The film features Vir Das, Boman Irani, Lisa Haydon and Neha Dhupia in leading roles.

Cast

• Vir Das ^[1] as Banteshwar Singh Bollad/ Banta
• Boman Irani ^[1] as Santheshwar Singh Sollad/ Santa
• Neha Dhupia ^[1] as Kareena Roy / Biloo Kaur
• Lisa Haydon as Queenie "QT" Taneja ^[3]
• Johnny Lever as Pushkar Nepali aka Chooza
• Ram Kapoor as Sonu Sultan
• Vijay Raaz as Arvind Dhariwal
• Sanjay Mishra as Akbar Allahbadi
• Ayub Khan as Shankar Roy, Indian High Commissioner and Kareena's husband

Production

The film was primarily shot in Fiji and Punjab. ^[4]

On his film's association with Viacom 18, director Akashdeep said, "It’s very important to have a corporate firm that believes in you. At the end of the day, I don’t have an all-India network for the film’s release. Corporate firms guarantee a good release. Distribution of films is sheer commerce with no creative satisfaction". ^[4]

Soundtrack

Singer Sonu Nigam has sung five songs in the film. ^[5]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Machli Jal Ki Rani Hai"	Kumaar	Jaidev Kumar	Sonu Nigam, Vikas Bhalla
2.	"Lo Aa Gaye Santa Banta"		Nadeem Amjad	Sonu Nigam
3.	"Hit Kardi"		Jassi Katyal	Sonu Nigam, Diljit Dosanjh
4.	"Ishq Karle Anytime"		Jassi Katyal	Sonu Nigam, Mika Singh
5.	"Tooti Boldi"	Kumaar	Jassi Katyal	Sonu Nigam, Mika Singh

Controversy

The majority Sikh state of Punjab, India banned the film for allegedly portraying the Sikh community in a mocking manner. ^[6]

References

1. "My character in Santa Banta ode to Johnny Lever: Boman Irani". Indian Express.
2. "Eros, Viacom18 strike distribution pact". Screen Daily.
3. Akashdeep, Sheeba; Irani, Boman; Das, Vir; Dhupia, Neha; Haydon, Lisa; Kumar, Jaidev; Katyal, Jassi; Nadeem, Amjad (2016), Santa Banta Pvt. Ltd., Shemaroo Entertainment, OCLC   953530279 , retrieved 7 September 2021
4. "The rules are his". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014.
5. "Sonu Nigam will show his dance moves in an item song". Times Of India.
6. "Punjab Bans Santa Banta Pvt Ltd For Allegedly Mocking Sikhs". NDTV.com.

External links

• Santa Banta Pvt Ltd at IMDb