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''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?'' () is a 2010 Indian
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-language
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directed by
Ashwni Dhir Ashwni Dhir (born 23 September 1968) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He has also written and produced various TV serials for SAB TV He has directed films like ''One Two Three'' (2008), ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?'' (2010), ''Son Of S ...
, and produced by Amita Pathak. Loosely based on the short story ''Tum Kab Jaoge, Athithi?'' by
Sharad Joshi Sharad Joshi was an Indian poet, writer, satirist and a dialogue and scriptwriter in Hindi films and television. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1990. Biography Early life and education Sharad Joshi was born on 21 May 1931 in Ujjain, Madhya ...
, the film stars
Ajay Devgn Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director, and producer. One of the most prolific actors of Hindi cinema, Devgn has appeared in over Ajay Devgn filmography, 100 films and ha ...
,
Paresh Rawal Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has Paresh Rawal filmography, appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient of various L ...
and
Konkona Sen Sharma Konkona Sen Sharma (; born 3 December 1979) is an Indian actress and filmmaker who works primarily in Bengali and Hindi films. She has received several awards, including two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards. The daughter of filmm ...
. It was released on 5 March 2010. The film was a commercial success and earned more than double its budget. It received numerous nominations at Indian award ceremonies.
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also released a
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based on the film.


Plot

Puneet Bajpai (
Ajay Devgn Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director, and producer. One of the most prolific actors of Hindi cinema, Devgn has appeared in over Ajay Devgn filmography, 100 films and ha ...
), a movie scriptwriter, lives with his Bengali interior-designer wife Munmun ( Konkona Sensharma) and their six-year-old son Ayush in a high-rise apartment in
Goregaon Goregaon (Help:IPA/Marathi, oːɾeɡaːʋ is a suburb of Mumbai city, in the Mumbai Suburban district of India. It has a Goregaon railway station, railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Western Line (Mumbai Suburban Railwa ...
in Mumbai. Ayush repeatedly hopes for a guest to arrive at their home. The couple's happy life is upended when Lambodar ''Chacha'' (
Paresh Rawal Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has Paresh Rawal filmography, appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient of various L ...
), a distant uncle of Puneet's, turns up unannounced one morning and slaps the guard, causing a commotion. Lambodar was searching for a son of his late cousin Putani (Puneet's father) and, finding Puneet, refers to him as Pappu—which he is not accustomed to—and proceeds to take over the couple's life by making unreasonable demands, gargling loudly early in the morning, eating heavily and farting loudly. The couple is at their wits' end before long, but Ayush is overjoyed. Lambodar interferes in every aspect of their lives, from forcing the maid to quit her job after she is tired of being ordered around by him (much to Munmun's dismay), to incessantly trying to catch Puneet's attention, to bringing in strangers as newly formed friends he met on the way or calling him when he is not around. Others, however, are impressed by his display of devotion at the local temple, or his apparent ability to cure backaches by kicking the sufferer in their rear. A desperate Puneet, on one occasion, gets himself arrested so that he can complete his script without Lambodar's well-meant interference. One day Puneet brings Lambodar to his film set, built on a grand scale and directed by the well-known Ranjeet Taneja. There, Lambodar requests an actor (
Viju Khote Viju Khote (17 December 1941 – 30 September 2019) was an Indian actor best known for his role as Kaalia, a dacoit in the 1975 film ''Sholay'' with the iconic dialogue, “Sardar, maine aapka namak khaya hai.” His career spanned six deca ...
)—Kaalia of ''
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'' fame—repeatedly to repeat his famous dialogue from that film (''How many men were there? Two''), much to the latter's vexation. A distraught Kaalia tries to escape Lambodar and reaches the set of a mansion, which is to be blown up on the count of two. However, an undeterred Lambodar once again asks Kaalia to say his dialogue, and on hearing the word 'two', the bomb operator blows up the mansion well before time, leading to an irate Taneja firing Puneet, who defends Lambodar when Taneja tries to insult him. By this point, Puneet, now jobless, and Munmun are desperately hoping for Lambodar to leave, he had stayed for well over two months. They ask a friend acting in a TV serial to fake a relative's death so that Lambodar will depart, but the friend gets arrested instead after Lambodar sees through the hoax. On another occasion the couple has to go to Delhi; Munmun arranges for Lambodar's train tickets and pretends to be tearful when he leaves, but they later discover that Lambodar jumped off the train and returned to their flat. The couple books a hotel room one night along with Ayush, but Puneet is arrested when a police raid discovers him apparently 'molesting' Munmun. They then hire a don to send Lambodar back, but Lambodar instead takes him home, thus saving his life because he would otherwise have been shot by a rival gang. Time passes and Puneet is accepted back into his job as Taneja apologizes when he realizes how brave Puneet was when he was defending his Chacha while he was mute as his wife was abusing his own father. Puneet also gets his repossessed car back from the bank on account of Chacha's friendship with an apparent nobody (who Puneet treats with disdain) who turns out to the manager of the bank. His kid also shines in his school thanks to the lessons taught by Chachaji earning the praise of the teachers. They eventually warm up to realize the value of having elders in the house. On the occasion of
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, during the immersion celebrations at
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beach, Lambodar goes missing in a stampede, and Puneet spends the night at a hospital hoping he was not killed. He returns home in the morning only to find Lambodar hale and hearty, and the couple begs for forgiveness as Lambodar is about to leave. At this point a second son of Putani's arrives — the actual Pappu — and asks Lambodar to stay at his home, apologising profusely for the confusion as his flat number was the same as Puneet's but in a different tower in the same housing society.


Cast

*
Ajay Devgn Vishal Veeru Devgan (born 2 April 1969), known professionally as Ajay Devgn, is an Indian actor, film director, and producer. One of the most prolific actors of Hindi cinema, Devgn has appeared in over Ajay Devgn filmography, 100 films and ha ...
as Puneet Bajpai 'Pappu' *
Konkona Sen Sharma Konkona Sen Sharma (; born 3 December 1979) is an Indian actress and filmmaker who works primarily in Bengali and Hindi films. She has received several awards, including two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards. The daughter of filmm ...
as Munmun Bajpai *
Paresh Rawal Paresh Rawal (born 30 May 1955) is an Indian actor, comedian, film producer and politician known for his works primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. He has Paresh Rawal filmography, appeared in over 240 films and is the recipient of various L ...
as Lambodar Singh (Atithi) *
Bikramjeet Kanwarpal Major (rank), Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal (29 August 1968 1 May 2021) was an Indian film and television actor. A retired army officer, Kanwarpal had played supporting roles in many films and television serials. Kanwarpal shared screen space wit ...
as Munmun's Boss * Sayyed Taziem (Mahib) as special guest *
Satish Kaushik Satish Chandra Kaushik (13 April 1956 – 9 March 2023) was an Indian actor, director, producer, comedian, editor and screenwriter. He found his fame in Hindi cinema, Bollywood with ''Mr. India (1987 film), Mr. India'' starring Anil Kapoor, Sri ...
as Ranjeet Taneja * Sanjay Mishra as Building Watchman Shamsher Singh Rana *
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 ...
as Suleiman Bhai / Ramu *
Viju Khote Viju Khote (17 December 1941 – 30 September 2019) was an Indian actor best known for his role as Kaalia, a dacoit in the 1975 film ''Sholay'' with the iconic dialogue, “Sardar, maine aapka namak khaya hai.” His career spanned six deca ...
as himself / Kaalia (Kitne Aadmi The) *
Mukesh Tiwari Mukesh Tiwari is an Indian actor, who has worked predominantly in Bollywood and few Tamil, Punjabi, Kannada and Telugu films. He is known for playing negative and comic side roles. He graduated from National School of Drama National Scho ...
as Inspector *
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as Niranjan Tripathi *
Hrishikesh Joshi Hrishikesh Joshi, born in Kolhapur, is a Marathi people, Marathi actor. He has acted in numerous Hindi, Marathi Movies, tele-serials and theater and has won applauds from many noted professionals. He has acted in award-winning films like Harish ...
as Godbole Saab * Nataliya Kozhenova as Sonia *
Mac Mohan Mohan Makijany (24 April 1938 – 10 May 2010), popularly known as Mac Mohan, was an Indian actor, who worked in Hindi cinema. He was known for his villainous roles in films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared in over 200 films, in ...
* Satish Sharma as Pappu (Real)


Production

The film was shot at Yashraj Studios,
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, Film City and other locations in
Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
. The makers bought the rights to the short story ''Tum Kab Jaoge, Athithi?'' by
Sharad Joshi Sharad Joshi was an Indian poet, writer, satirist and a dialogue and scriptwriter in Hindi films and television. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1990. Biography Early life and education Sharad Joshi was born on 21 May 1931 in Ujjain, Madhya ...
.


Reception

The film received average to good ratings from the critics.
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from
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rated it 3.5 out of 5, and claimed that the film was "fun" and "frolic" for all.
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gave it 3/5 and explained how it should be acclaimed for its family love, and the great message at the end. he Times of Indiagave it 3.0 out of 5 and claimed that the film was Neat subtle and softly funny.


Box office

''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge'' had an "average" opening at the box office, and took about a 35% opening, which is a typical trend for films in the family comedy/drama genre. The collections picked up through good word of mouth and sustained well at the box office for eight weeks despite competition from other films and IPL cricket tournament held during the same time. The film worked well with family audiences but did not find a large youth audience. The film did a domestic gross of 390 million. It was declared an average grosser by Box Office India.


Music

The songs featured in the movie are composed by Amit Mishra and
Pritam Chakraborty Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also popularly known mononymously as Pritam, is a National Award winning Indian composer, instrumentalist, music producer and singer. Graduating from FTII in Sound Engineering, he worked as an ad jin ...
while the lyrics are by
Irshad Kamil Dr. Irshad Kamil (born 5 September 1971) is an Indian poet and lyricist. His songs appeared in Bollywood films including ''Jab We Met'', '' Chameli'', '' Love Aaj Kal'', '' Rockstar'', '' Laila Majnu'', ''Aashiqui 2'', ''Raanjhanaa'', ''Highw ...
. The
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was composed by
Sanjoy Chowdhury Sanjoy Chowdhury is an Indian film score composer. He debuted in 1998, by composing the background score of the Malayalam movie, ''Ennu Swantham Janakikutty''. Shortly afterwards, filmmaker John Matthew Matthan roped him in to compose the backgrou ...
. The soundtrack was released on 20 February 2010. "Aaja Aaja" and its remix are composed by Pritam while the rest were by Amit Mishra.


Adaptation

Author and cartoonist
Abid Surti Abid Surti or Aabid Surti (born 5 May 1935) is an Indian painter, author, cartoonist, journalist, environmentalist, playwright and screenwriter. He was given a National Award by the government of India in 1993 for writing a series of short stor ...
has sued makers of ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge'' claiming that the story is directly lifted from his Gujarati novel ''Bauter Varas No Babo'' published in 1976, which was later translated in
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as ''Bahatar Saal Ka Baccha''. He has filed a case with The Film Writers Association (FWA) and has demanded Rs 11.5 million as compensation, the case is still pending judgment.


Awards and nominations

* Won: Apsara Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role – Paresh Rawal * Nominated: Best Comedian – Paresh Rawal


Sequel

A sequel to film titled ''
Guest iin London ''Guest iin London'' is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Ashwni Dhir. It is a spiritual sequel to ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?'' (2010). It stars Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Kharbanda, Paresh Rawal and Tanvi Azmi. The ...
'' was released on 7 July 2017.


References


External links

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