''Ghoomketu'' is a 2020 Indian

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-language comedy drama film written and directed by Pushpendra Nath Misra. The film stars

Nawazuddin Siddiqui Nawazuddin Siddiqui (; born 19 May 1974) is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Siddiqui's feature film debut was alongside director Prashant Bhargava in ''Patang'' (2012). He ga ...

Ragini Khanna Ragini Khanna (born 9 December 1987) is an Indian film and television actress,model,comedian,singer and television host. She has hosted various reality shows, such as ''India's Best Dramebaaz'' (2013) and '' Gangs of Haseepur'' (2014). She is b ...

, Anurag Kashyap,

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Raghuvir Yadav Raghubir Yadav is an Indian actor, music composer, singer and set designer who works in Hindi films. He made his film debut with '' Massey Sahib'' (1985), in which he played the title role. He has won two International Awards as Best Actor for ...

and

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in the main lead roles while also featuring Amitabh Bachchan,

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and

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in cameo appearances. The film was produced under two production banners

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and Sony Pictures Networks Productions, acquired by

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. The plot based on an aspiring novice writer from a small town who runs away to Mumbai to achieve his dreams. The film was streamed via

platform on 22 May 2020 instead of theatrical release due to

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Synopsis

Ghoomketu is the story of an aspiring writer from a UP village called Mahona. His father referred by everyone as 'Dadda' (elder brother) has a very high temper and married for the second time after death of his first wife, whereas his younger brother a local muscle-man remains unmarried after father of his lover refuses to marry his daughter with him. Over a period of time he becomes a strong politician of the region but is never out of word of Dadda. He is recently married to a girl in a group marriage ceremony, charitable function which was organized by his uncle. As fate would have it, his to be bride gets exchanged in the confusion of the group marriage and he ends up with a fat lady Janaki Devi and out of disappointment he doesn't even see her face even after 10 days marriage. Dadda is deeply disappointed by antics of his Ghoomketu and never supports his dream of becoming a writer, however his aunt gives supports him wholeheartedly and gives him money and supplies enough to last 1 month in Mumbai so that he can fulfill his dream. After his disappearance his family launches a complaint in police and his uncle pressurizes police to find him within a month. Here in Mumbai Badlani, a lazy corrupt officer is assigned the case to find him in 30 days or be sent on a punishment posting. As fate would have it Ghoomketu finds nighttime accommodation in Badlani's Tailoring shop, however since there is no photo of Ghoomketu he is not able to identify him. Ghoomketu is of simple and jovial nature and befriends everyone around him including son and wife of Badlani. Ghoomketu faces rejection everywhere, disheartened he decides to return. On his way home after visiting Shahrukh Khan's office his file of scripts is stolen. He goes to the police station where Badlani is working and as he is giving out his details Badlani realizes he is the person he is looking for. As he goes to verify his details Ghoomketu leaves for home. After a close chase he finally sees Ghoomketu's train departing and his final hope of retaining his post. When he reaches home, he whole heartedly apologizes to his wife and after some convincing she accepts his apology. Later his father comes terms with his son's aspirations and they have an emotional reunion. He is however pleasantly surprised to find Janaki has lost weight (because of depression) and when she reveals her face for the first time, he realizes how beautiful she is. His scripts are sold by a thief to a scrap dealer, which is bought by Bhelpuri vendor and reaches Amitabh Bachhan whilst he got Bhelpuri wrapped in Ghoomketu's script. He uses these lines in the climax of his film, which Ghoomketu watches at a local theater with his wife.

Cast

as Ghoomketu *

as Janki Devi *

Richa Chadda Richa Chadda (born 18 December 1986) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. After debuting in a small role in the comedy film '' Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'' (2008), Chadda's breakthrough came in 2012 with a supporting role in the noir gang ...

as Pagaliya * Anurag Kashyap as Inspector Badlani , Badlani's father & Badlani's Grandfather (

Triple Role Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a " treble": Sports * Triple (baseball), a three-base hit * A basketball three-point field goal * A figure skating jump with three rotations * In bowling terms, three strikes in a row * ...

) *

Razak Khan Abdur Razzak Khan (28 March 1951 – 1 June 2016) was an Indian actor who has worked in Bollywood films. Khan was noted for supporting and comic roles. He was known for his comic role of Manikchand in the 1999 Abbas–Mustan directed film '' Ba ...

as Sailu Nai *

as Editor Joshi *

Deepika Amin Deepika Amin (born Deepika Deshpande) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. She is known for her roles in the films '' Fan, Raanjhanaa and'' ''Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.'' She has also worked in the TV shows ''Farmaan'' and ''Tash ...

as Mrs. Badlani, Inspector's wife *

as Dadda *

as Santo Bua *

Swanand Kirkire Swanand Kirkire ( Marathi: स्वानंद किरकिरे) (born 29 April 1972) is an Indian lyricist, playback singer, writer, assistant director, actor and dialogue writer, both in television with Marathi and Hindi films. Kirkire ...

as Guddan Chacha * Jayant Gadekar as Inspector Shinde * Varun Kulkarni as Assistant Director of Ghoomketu * Satya Ranjan as Pagal * Amitabh Bachchan in a cameo appearance *

in a cameo appearance *

in a cameo appearance * Nikkhil Advani in a cameo appearance *

Lauren Gottlieb Lauren Gottlieb (born June 8, 1988) is an American dancer and actress who works mainly in the Indian film industry. She was a contestant on the third season of the reality dance competition ''So You Think You Can Dance'' and played the lead role ...

in a cameo appearance * Huma Qureshi in a cameo appearance * Mohammad Nawaaz as young Badlani

Production

Nawazuddin signed in this project to play the titular role of ''Ghoomketu'' in the lead role and it was the first time he signed to play a comic role in his film acting career. The film marks maiden collaboration for Anurag Kashyap and Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Anurag was roped in to play the small role as a police cop. Lyricist Swanand Kirkire was roped into play the role of chacha to Nawazuddin. The shooting of the film was completed in 2014 and due to financial troubles as well as inability to find ideal distributors for film release, the film release was delayed for years. The film was initially speculated to have its theatrical release on 16 November 2018 but was postponed.

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