''Kaagaz Ke Fools'' () is a 2015 Indian

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directed by Anil Kumar Chaudhary and produced by Faisal Kapadia and Arun Bhairav under the Globe Filmy Entertainment banner. The film was released on 24 April 2015.

Cast

* Vinay Pathak as Purushottam Tripathi *

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as Nikki *

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as Rubina * Saurabh Shukla as Dev *

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as Kuku * Amit Behl as Vinay *

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as Inspector

Plot

Revolving around a middle-class family, Kaagaz Ke Fools touches upon the issue of lack of good novel writers.

Production

The title is a pun of the 1959 film ''

Kaagaz Ke Phool ''Kaagaz Ke Phool'' () is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced and directed by Guru Dutt, who also played the lead role in the film along with Waheeda Rehman. It is the first Indian film in CinemaScope and the last film off ...

''.

Reception

Critical response

''Kaagaz Ke Fools'' received generally negative reviews from critics. The film is one of the worst movie of 2015. Shubhra Gupta of ''

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'' stated, "You keep wanting this film to ‘ho ja shuru’, but ‘Kaagaz Ke Fools’ doesn't have the feet for it."

Ratings

Sushmita Murthy of ''

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'' gave the film 1/5 stars and stated, "The name of the film leads you to believe that Kaagaz ke Fools is a comedy, but it is at best, an attempt at it with rather painful results." Shubha Shetty-Saha of '' Mid-Day'' giving the same ratings stated, "The 1959 Guru Dutt classic 'Kaagaz Ke Phool' was so ahead of its time that it tanked at the Box Office, and later got elevated to world cult classic status. Ironically, and perhaps reflecting the sad state of Bollywood’s growth, in 2015 we get a film titled 'Kaagaz ke Fools', which is so regressive and dated that it just might have made some sense back in the 50s. Well, if nothing, the film makes us painfully aware of the difference between a phool and a fool."

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the album was composed by Sangeeta Pant and lyrics were written by Sangeeta Pant, Ravi Basnet.

References

External links

* * 2015 films 2010s Hindi-language films Indian comedy-drama films Films shot in Mumbai 2015 comedy-drama films {{2010s-Hindi-film-stub