''Apna Sapna Money Money'' () is a 2006 Indian
Hindi
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comedy film
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released on 10 November 2006. Directed by
Sangeeth Sivan
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Sangeeth Sivan is the eldest son of filmmaker Sivan. His ...
, ''Apna Sapna Money Money'' is a tale of several characters who are in a mad race to be rich. The film, produced by
Subhash Ghai Subhash may refer to:
People
* Subhash Agarwal, Indian professional player and coach of English billiards and snooker
* Subhash Awchat (born 1960), Indian artist and author based in Mumbai
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, is a
situational comedy
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. The film stars
Suniel Shetty
Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films he has also worked in tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and kannada films. In a ca ...
,
Ritesh Deshmukh
Riteish Vilasrao Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor, comedian, television presenter, writer, director and film producer. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh. He works in Hindi and Marathi cin ...
,
Shreyas Talpade
Shreyas Talpade (born 27 January 1976) is an Indian actor, film director and producer who appears in Hindi and Marathi films. He has appeared in several critically and commercially successful films. He is better known for his role as Shah Rukh ...
,
Celina Jaitly
Celina Jaitly (born 24 November 1981) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. She won the Miss India in 2001 and was the 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 2001. She made her acting debut with the 2003 thriller ''Janasheen''.
E ...
,
Koena Mitra
Koena Mitra (born 7 January 1984) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films. She is mostly known for her item numbers and for her appearance as Julie in the movie ''Apna Sapna Money Money''.
Early life
Mitra was born in Ko ...
,
Anupam Kher,
Riya Sen
Riya Sen (born Riya Dev Varma; 24 January 1981) is an Indian actress and model. who predominantly appears in Hindi, Bengali, English, Telugu and Tamil films.
Sen comes from a royal background; her father Bharat Dev Varma hails from the royal ...
,
Jackie Shroff
Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), popularly known as Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model. He has been in the Bollywood industry for over four decades, and , has appeared in over 220 films in 13 languages namely Hi ...
,
Bobby Darling
Pakhi Sharma, famous as Bobby Darling and formerly known as Pankaj Sharma, is a trans, Indian actress active in Bollywood and regional Indian film industry.
Personal life
Pakhi Sharma was born in Delhi, India, as Pankaj Sharma. She is famously ...
,
Rajpal Yadav
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,
Chunky Pandey
Suyash Panday (born 26 September 1962), better known by his stage name Chunky Panday, is an Indian actor who works in Bollywood films. He has appeared in over 100 films in a career that has spanned over three decades.
His most successful films ...
, and
Sunil Pal
Sunil Pal is an Indian comedian, actor and voice actor. He was the winner of the series ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge''. He has played comic roles in various Bollywood films.
In 2010, he wrote and directed a comedy film, ''Bhavnao Ko S ...
. The movie got mixed reviews and was declared a "semi-hit" at the box office.
Plot
6 Alvares House in Bandra, Mumbai, is the residence of myopic, widowed, devout Hindu, Satyabol Shastri, who lives there with his daughter, Shivani. Shivani is in love with her Christian neighbor, Arjun Fernandes, who is a mechanic and lives with his wanna-be singer sister, Julie, and a younger ailing sister, Titli. Satyabol disapproves of Arjun and wants his daughter to marry Sarju Maharaj Banaraswale's son. Other than Satyabol chasing Badshah, the pet dog of Arjun, and ending up in the women's bathroom, the area is fairly peaceful.
Then Arjun and his friends try to think of a plan to stop Sarju from marrying his son to Shivani but can't. So Arjun calls his best friend Kishan to help them. Kishan comes disguised as Sarju Maharaj Banaraswale by tricking the real Sarju into getting off the train and as soon as he gets off the train, some goons who think he is a relative of Kishan catch him and take him to find out where Kishan is. Meanwhile, Kishan becomes Sarju and convinces Satyabol that his (Sarju's) son is not good for his (Shashtri's) daughter by dancing in the bar and kissing Julie who was in the act. Then Shashtri informs the fake Sarju that he does not want to marry his daughter to Sarju's son and that he can go now. So having finished his mission, Kishan prepares to leave when Arjun tells him to stay back as he loves Julie but Kishan refuses to say that he is not destined for Julie. Then after Arjun leaves and Rana turns up with the real Sarju but when Kishan says that all the is with Sarju they leave Kishan and run after Sarju while Kishan escapes, disguises himself as a woman named Sunaina and says 'she' is Arjun's aunty and soon Shashtri falls in love with her. Then in the neighbourhood also comes Matha Prasad who runs a dairy farm and moonlights as the hitman of Bangkok-based underworld Don, Carlos. The once honest cop Namdev Mane ( pronounced as Maa-ne ) teams up with Carlos' girlfriend Sania who is on the lookout for hidden diamonds and facing bankruptcy - Carlos himself - as they face off in one of the most hilarious stand-offs to seek wealth and to fulfill their individual dreams.
Cast
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Suniel Shetty
Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films he has also worked in tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and kannada films. In a ca ...
as Namdev Mane, an honest cop dedicated to putting criminals behind bars. Some clever criminals who work in disguise have kept him on his toes.
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Ritesh Deshmukh
Riteish Vilasrao Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor, comedian, television presenter, writer, director and film producer. He is the son of former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh. He works in Hindi and Marathi cin ...
as Kishan / Sania Badnaam, a young man from
Goa
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whose brain is full of every conceivable trick to make a quick buck. He cons people by slipping into different outfits and by assuming many guises. Julie's Boyfriend turned Husband.
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Shreyas Talpade
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as Arjun Fernandes, an honorable man who is content making a simple living with whatever money he earns from his garage. And later on, he meets the woman of his dreams Shivani Shastri.
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Celina Jaitly
Celina Jaitly (born 24 November 1981) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. She won the Miss India in 2001 and was the 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 2001. She made her acting debut with the 2003 thriller ''Janasheen''.
E ...
as Sania Badnaam, a con-woman who uses her beauty to lure men and leave them penniless later. Beautiful and unwilling to surrender to emotions easily, Sania craves only money and power.
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Koena Mitra
Koena Mitra (born 7 January 1984) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films. She is mostly known for her item numbers and for her appearance as Julie in the movie ''Apna Sapna Money Money''.
Early life
Mitra was born in Ko ...
as Julie Fernandes. Julie is a bar dancer with quite a reputation, but behind her raunchy exterior is a compassionate, kind-hearted woman who goes out of her way to help the needy. Kishan's Girlfriend turned Wife.
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Anupam Kher as Pandit Satyabol Shastri, the stubborn, overprotective, and aging father of Shivani who will not give away his daughter easily.
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Riya Sen
Riya Sen (born Riya Dev Varma; 24 January 1981) is an Indian actress and model. who predominantly appears in Hindi, Bengali, English, Telugu and Tamil films.
Sen comes from a royal background; her father Bharat Dev Varma hails from the royal ...
as Shivani Shastri who is a simple girl from a
Brahmin
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family, but her strict father, Pandit Satyabol Shastri, would never let her marry Arjun. It will take a lot of effort to win her hand from her father.
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Jackie Shroff
Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff (born 1 February 1957), popularly known as Jackie Shroff, is an Indian actor and former model. He has been in the Bollywood industry for over four decades, and , has appeared in over 220 films in 13 languages namely Hi ...
as Danny Carlos is a merciless underworld don with wacky fashion sense. He works from
Bangkok
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and operates in
India
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through Sania.
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Sanjay Mishra as Sarju Maharaj Banaraswale, a man who comes to see Shivani to make her his daughter-in-law.
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Rajpal Yadav
Rajpal Yadav (born 16 March 1971) is an Indian actor which works in Hindi, Punjabi Marathi, Telugu and one Gujarati and one Bengali and one avadhi, comedian and film maker known for his work in Indian Film industry. His breakthrough came in Ra ...
as Matha Prasad
*
Chunky Pandey
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His most successful films ...
as Rana Jang Bahadur
*
Bobby Darling
Pakhi Sharma, famous as Bobby Darling and formerly known as Pankaj Sharma, is a trans, Indian actress active in Bollywood and regional Indian film industry.
Personal life
Pakhi Sharma was born in Delhi, India, as Pankaj Sharma. She is famously ...
as Bobby Mohabbati
*
Sunil Pal
Sunil Pal is an Indian comedian, actor and voice actor. He was the winner of the series ''The Great Indian Laughter Challenge''. He has played comic roles in various Bollywood films.
In 2010, he wrote and directed a comedy film, ''Bhavnao Ko S ...
as Matha Prasad's assistant
Music
All songs featured in the film were composed by
Pritam
Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also known mononymously as Pritam, is an Indian composer, instrumentalist, guitarist, and singer. After working as an ad jingles composer, he debuted as a co-composer in the 2001 Hindi film Tere Liye. A ...
and lyrics penned by
Shabbir Ahmed apart from the song 'Paisa Paisa' which was written by
Mayur Puri
Mayur Puri is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, actor and film-maker working in Mumbai. He has written songs, screenplays and dialogue for several movies, including'' Om Shanti Om'' (2007) starring Shah Rukh Khan, Shahrukh Khan directed by Farah K ...
. The
film score
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was composed by Sunil Singh.
References
External links
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2006 films
2006 comedy films
2000s Hindi-language films
Cross-dressing in Indian films
Films featuring songs by Pritam
Indian comedy films
Films directed by Sangeeth Sivan