''Naughty @ 40'' (also known as/earlier titled as ''Excuse Me Please'') is a 2011

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adult comedy film directed by

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, while produced by Anuj Sharma under ''Gangani Multimedia Corporations'' and also distributed by ''Srishti Creations''. The film stars

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and

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in the lead roles, with

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, Sanjai Mishra and

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in supporting roles. The film is a remake of the 2005

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buddy film, '' The 40-Year Old Virgin''.

Plot

Harvinder (

) is a 40-year-old man living in London with his parents, Laxminarayan Srivastav (

) and Maya Srivastav (

), an ardent lover of the Lord. He's still a virgin and sleepwalks in the nights. One night he sleepwalks into an unknown white woman's bedroom, causing mayhem for her lover until the white woman's husband shows up. Harvinder's father seeks the help of his employee Shafarat Ali (

) and his nephews to help Harvinder lose his virginity, but all their efforts are futile. This brings embarrassment to LM Kapoor. Harvinder's friends attempt to hook him up, where one of his friends talks to a Chinese girl, who then leads Harvinder to her room. However, much to the dismay of Harvinder, he discovers "she" is a man. The next day, Randy, Sandy, and Shafarat Ali led Harvinder to the massage parlour. Harvinder then accidentally breaks the female massage parlour's nose. In a fit of fear, they break into a run. LM Kapoor then invites Harvinder to Uncle Chatur's ( Sanjay Mishra) house, who is a heart patient, where Harvinder is head over heals over his daughter. However, one night, Harvinder ends up causing trouble for another woman due to sleeping on her bed. Because of his sleep-walking problem, girls reject him. The family leaves for Manali, where Harvinder marries Gauri (

), a girl much younger than him. However, Gauri is up to childish pranks all the while, which results in Harvinder getting into a physical relationship with a London-based model who is in the town for a photo shoot. Harvinder thinks nobody will find out, but when Gauri does discover the truth, she gets a rude shock, which brings about a change in her attitude.

Cast

as Harvinder Srivastav (Happy Brother) *

as Gauri Bahl *

as Laxminarayan 'Allan' Srivastav (LM Kapoor) *

as Sharafat Ali *

as Maya L. Srivastav * Harish Kumar as Sandeep / Sandy (Sanjeev's cousin) * Sanjai Mishra as Sanjeev's uncle * Sayali Bhagat as Woman who rejects Sanjeev *

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as Dayashankar (Gauri's father) *

as Laxminarayan's employee * Satwant Kaur as Sayali's mother * Sudesh Lehri

Soundtrack

The album consists of four tracks and was released on Venus music label.

Controversy

The film's release was delayed for over two years when the producers Anuj Sharma and Sandeep Kapoor had a fall out. Kapoor approached the Delhi High Court in 2009 seeking recovery of a loan of 1.32 crore which he had allegedly advanced to Sharma. Justice V.K. Jain allowed Sharma to go ahead with the film's release after his lawyer deposited a demand draft of 1 crore with the court registry. However, the court declined Kapoor's plea to release the amount to him stating "The question of release of money to the petitioner (Kapoor) would be decided after the entire amount is deposited with the court". He also asked Sharma to pay the remaining amount by 6 April 2011.

Reception

''Naughty @ 40'' opened to mixed reviews from critics.

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rated the film with two stars out of five saying, "The film is for the hardcore masses who relish double entendres and saucy jokes."

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gave the film three stars out of 5 and stated, "''Naughty @ 40'' is a non-stop laughathon."

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gave two and a half stars and commented, "Looked really good with all the trailers, but turned out as one of those rare films that barely get anything right!"

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of the ''

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'' awarded two and a half stars saying, "You have a film that can be an average weekend getaway. Nothing more, not even the plot of the laugh riot ''The 40-Year-old Virgin''."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Naughty at 40 2011 films 2010s Hindi-language films 2010s sex comedy films 2011 romantic comedy films Indian romantic comedy films Indian sex comedy films Indian remakes of American films Films directed by Jag Mundhra