''Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost'' () is a 2003 Indian

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-language

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starring

Abhishek Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and the grandson of poet Harivansh Rai Bach ...

Lara Dutta Lara Dutta (born 16 April 1978) is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and the winner of the Miss Universe 2000 pageant. She was previously crowned as Miss Intercontinental 1997. In her career, she has primarily worked in Hindi films. She is the ...

and

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 ...

. The film is directed by

Apoorva Lakhia Apoorva Lakhia is an Indian film director. Early life Lakhia was born and brought up in Ahmedabad, India. He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. He dropped out of a filmmaking course in New York University to assist Mira Nair on ''Th ...

. The film touched on the subject of the influence of

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on village life. This is the first film in which Abhishek Bachchan did not keep a clean shaven look, which proved popular with audiences.

Synopsis

Dinanath Singh (Snehal Lakhia) is honored by the

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, which is televised live. While receiving the honors, Dinanath informs the Government that his village is still without electricity, and he is promised that electricity will be provided in his village immediately. And electricity is provided in the village. Dinanath's grandson, Karan "Kanji" (

), who is in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, hears of this and returns to the village along with a C-Band ten foot satellite dish and a super flat stereo television. When the satellite is set up, the villagers are thrilled by the TV shows. This helps create a running gag of copying TV culture into the rural lives. The changes lead to the village priest (

Akhilendra Mishra Akhilendra Mishra is an Indian film and television character actor best known for his role as ''Kroor Singh'' in the 1990s Doordarshan fantasy television series '' Chandrakanta''. His other notable works include the character of ''Mirchi'' Se ...

) complaining to Chotey Thakur Rudra Pratap Singh ( Yashpal Sharma) that the villagers are turning away from his temple and worship. Rudra is not concerned as he himself has a TV set in his home. But when the priest informs Rudra that his sister, Kesar Pratap Singh aka Kesi (

) and Kanji are in love, Rudra makes a threat to destroy Kanji and all of the village in the presence of a TV crew filming the whole drama and telecasting it live worldwide. The plot comes to a culmination when, angered by Kanji's antics, Rudra arrives to destroy the village. The villagers stand up to the exploitation and fight Rudra and his goons.

Cast

as Karan "Kanji" Singh *

as Kesar "Kesi" Pratap Singh *

as Sanjay "Sanju" Singh *

Aditya Lakhia Aditya Lakhia is an Indian character actor. He did his schooling from Mayo College, Ajmer. He began his acting career in 1988 playing small roles and worked as an assistant director in ''Akele Hum Akele Tum''. The character of Kachra in the movie ...

as Surya * Yashpal Sharma as Chotey Thakur Rudra Pratap Singh *

Rajendra Gupta Rajendra Gupta (born 17 October 1947) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor and director who is known for his television roles of Adina Beg Khan Sahib e Azam in 2010 series of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Pandit Jagannath in the 1990s Doorda ...

as Sameer Goswami *

Daya Shankar Pandey Daya Shankar Pandey (born 19 November 1965) is an Indian film and television actor. He has acted in a number of Hindi movies like ''Lagaan'' (2001), ''Gangaajal'' (2003), ''Swades'' (2004) and ''Raajneeti'' (2010). He began his career with the ...

as Hari Malhotra *

as Priest *

Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...

as Narrator *

Raageshwari Raageshwari Loomba is an Indian singer, actress, television personality, mindfulness speaker. Biography Raageshwari attended the Auxilium Convent High School. As a teenager, Raageshwari signed her first film as an actor, ''Zid'' (released i ...

as Reporter Priya *Snehal Lakhia as Grandfather *Ajay Khamosh as Guru *Shubro Bhattacharaya as Abdul *Aahi Khan as Binti *Bhagwati Singh as Gulaboo *Akbar Naqvi as Bhima *Narender Kumar as Gora *Sonal Choksi as Salma *Divya Sharma as Priest's wife *Ritu Vij as Thakur's wife *Tan Singh as Postman *Deepash Nihalani as Cameraman *Shawn Aranha as Boomman *Nihal as Adi *Vishal Nihalani as Vicky *Amul Mhatre as Police Inspector *Kapil Sharma as Kanji's Father *Shruti Gupta as Kesi's friend *Ritu Singh as Kesi's friend *Mr. Malhotra as Minister *Mrs. Meera Lakhia as Minister's Aide *Laxmi Singh as Gypsy woman *Eashak Khan as Lalu *Latif Khan as Salim *Nihal Khan as Karim *Santosh Bhopa as Rasili *Jaana as Parwati *Sua Satan as Manju *Mr. Vyas as Police *Kiran Shinde as Massage man *Alam Khan as Thakur's cousin *Razak Khan as Thakur's cousin *Babloo Ramesh as Thakur's cousin *Imran Khan as Thakur's cousin *Nabab Ali Nababuddin as Thakur's cousin *Eashan as Thakur's cousin *Ramjan Khan as Thakur's cousin

Soundtracks

The music was created by

Anu Malik Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is an Indian National Award and Filmfare Award winning musician, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film indus ...

. The music response for this movie was very good and some of the songs like "Shaher Ka Jadoo Re" topped some of the Bollywood music charts.

External links

*https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PnKbKmQv3E4&feature=youtu.be on YouTube *{{IMDb title, 0363833 2000s Hindi-language films 2003 films Mumbai in fiction Films scored by Anu Malik Films about television Films scored by Ranjit Barot Films directed by Apoorva Lakhia