Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate () is a 1998 Indian Hindi

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars

Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor (born 24 December 1956) is an Indian actor and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, besides television and international films and television. In a career spanning over 40 years as an actor and since 2005 as a producer, Kapo ...

Juhi Chawla Juhi Chawla (born 13 November 1967) is an Indian actress, film producer and entrepreneur. She established herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema from the late 1980s through the early 2000s. Recognised for her comic timing and v ...

, Amrish Puri,

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, Anupam Kher and

Sajid Khan Sajjad Khan (born 28 December 1951) is an Indian actor and singer. Born into poverty in the Bombay slums, he became the adopted son of Bollywood filmmaker Mehboob Khan, founder of Mehboob Studios. He worked in a handful of Indian films, debutin ...

. The film was the last film of Hrishikesh Mukherjee as director.

Summary

Shankar, an actor of sorts, loves Urmila, but since Urmila is the daughter of a conservative and orthodox retired police officer Abhayankar, it'll take a lot for Shankar to win over the Abhayankar family. Shankar then begins to create a series of lies (hence the title, when he lies, the crow caws) in attempting to get the one he loves.

Cast

as Ramanuj/Shankar *

as Urmila * Amrish Puri as Mr Abyankar *

as Mrs Abyankar * Anupam Kher as Rashid Khan * Sajid Khan as Chunky * Harpal Singh Thakur as Shanker

Music

Music was by Anand–Milind and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. Playback singers who rendered their voices are Udit Narayan (for Anil Kapoor), Abhijeet (for Sajid Khan), Vinod Rathod (for Anupam Kher), Shaiamak Davar (for himself), Parvez and Alka Yagnik (for Juhi Chawla). The soundtrack consists of 7 original songs.

Reception

Nandita Chowdhury of ''

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'' wrote, "''Jhoot Bole Kauva Kaate'' has an old world charm but technically and artistically, the film is stuck in the '70s. The dialogues are stilted and Jal Mistry's cinematography often resembles that of a television sitcom." Sharmila Talliculan of

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wrote, ″The pace is fluent, befitting Hrishida's awesome reputation as one of the movie industry's finest editors. Even at the end, when the mood gets serious, the film does not jar. I found the climax very engrossing and laughed through the rest of the flick. There is always a comedy of errors in Hrishida's comedies, and the denouement arrives after much confusion. Jhoot Bole... maintains this tradition.″

References

External links

* * 1998 films 1990s Hindi-language films Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee Films scored by Anand–Milind Indian comedy films {{1990s-Hindi-film-stub