''King of Bollywood'' is a 2004

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language,

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written, edited, directed and produced by

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, starring

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in the lead role. The film is a satire of the

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(Bollywood).

Plot

British journalist Crystal Chaurasia decides to make a documentary about a faded Bollywood star of yesteryear, Karan Kumar. She follows KK as he tries to make his comeback with a new movie. Meanwhile, his son Rahul disapproves of his efforts, but he increasingly comes to like Crystal.

Cast

as Karan Kumar ("KK") *

Sophie Dahl Sophie Dahl (born Sophie Holloway on 15 September 1977, later taking her mother's name for professional reasons) is an English author and former fashion model. Her first novel, ''The Man with the Dancing Eyes'', was published in 2003 followed b ...

as Crystal Chaurasia *

Diwakar Pundir Diwaker Pundir (born 11 November 1975 in Hyderabad) is an Indian actor in Bollywood and a model. He has won the title of Graviera Mister India Grasim Mr. India (''formerly Adonis - Graviera Man of the Year'') was a national male beauty pagea ...

as Rahul *

Kavita Kapoor Kavita Kapoor is an Indian film and television actress, most known for her role in television series ''Yes Boss (TV series), Yes Boss'' (1999 -2009). She is a part of shows like ''Just Mohabbat'' (1996-2000), ''Saans'' (1998-1999). Career Kavit ...

as Mandira Kumar *

Manoj Pahwa Manoj Pahwa (born 8 December 1963), is an Indian film and television actor who is noted for his role as Bhatia in the comedy series ''Office Office'' (2001). He has acted in over 70 films as a character actor, including '' 7½ Phere'' (2005), ' ...

as Ratnesh, Karan Kumar's secretary *

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as Sunny

Release

The film released worldwide on 24 September 2004.

Music

# "My Heart Goes Dhak Dhak All The Time" (

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) # "King Of Bollywood" (Chetan Shashital) # "Tu Hai Sehari Babu, Babu" (

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, Shaan) # "Road Dancer, Road Dancer" (

Kunal Ganjawala Kunal Ganjawala (born 14 April 1972) is an Indian playback singer whose songs are mostly featured in Hindi and Kannada films. He has also sung in Marathi, Bengali and other official languages of India. Kunal began his career by singing jingl ...

) # "Pyaar Me Haar" (

Vijay Prakash Vijay Prakash (born 21 February 1976) is an Indian Playback singer and also a Music Composer from Karnataka. He has given his voice for predominantly Kannada and Telugu language films. In addition, he has also sung in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam an ...

)

References

External links

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Om Puri is the king of Bollywood!

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