After surviving a suicide attempt in which his family and fellow villagers believe he drowned, a debt-ridden man decides to start his life afresh in another village. He pretends to be mute and starts working for a rich man where he falls in love with his mute daughter.
Acting
Rajpal Yadav's Bandya is unhinged perfection. Paresh Rawal matches his chaos beat for beat.
Direction
Priyadarshan's Malayalam-remake magic: tightly plotted farce that somehow holds for 165 minutes.
Writing
The mute-pretense double-layer creates genuinely clever tension, not just lazy gags.
Director
Priyadarshan
Shahid Kapoor
Jeetu Prasad Sharma
Paresh Rawal
Gundya
Rajpal Yadav
Bandya
Kareena Kapoor Khan
Shruti Singh Chauhan
Neha Dhupia
Meenakshi Singh Chauhan
Om Puri
Prabhat Singh Chauhan
Shakti Kapoor
Natwar Jhunjhunwala
Suniel Shetty
Mangal Singh Chauhan
Anupam Kher
Jeetu's Father
Manoj Joshi
Pooja's Father
Sushma Reddy
Pooja
Asrani
Sharma ji
Amita Nangia
Jeetu's Mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A remake of Priyadarshan's own Malayalam hit Punjabi House (1998), part of his profitable 2000s Hindi remake streak including Hera Pheri and Hungama.
Kareena Kapoor's actual voice was used for Shruti's 'inner monologue' scenes, technically making this one of her rare 'silent' performances with maximum screen presence.
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