''Oh Darling Yeh Hai India'' () is a 1995 Indian

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directed by

Ketan Mehta Ketan Mehta (born 21 July 1952) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter who has also directed documentaries and television serials since 1975. Early life and education Born on 21 July 1952 in Navsari in Gujarat, Mehta did his sch ...

, starring

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and

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. It also stars

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in a supporting role.

Plot

Don Quixote (

) is a don who plans to sell India in a widely publicised auction. His plan is simple — kidnap the president (

), replace him with a lookalike (also Anupam Kher), throw a scare, and "force" the fake president to sell India. Hero (

) is new to Bombay and broke. Miss India (

) is busy living it up the night she meets Hero. They meet and decide to spend the night entertaining each other in any way possible. Meanwhile, Don Quixote's son Prince (

Javed Jaffrey Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaffrey (born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, dancer, and comedian who has appeared in Hindi films and television shows. He is the son of the comedian Jagdeep. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in March, 2014 and cont ...

) has set his eyes on Miss India, who shows no interest in him. The night turns out to be an adventurous one for Hero and Miss India. Hero discovers that Miss India's father is a drunkard who wants her to enter prostitution, while Miss India discovers that Hero has a brain tumor. When they find out Quixote's plans, they decide to save the president. Quixote is killed in some riots and Prince takes his throne. Prince decides to continue his father's plan. Hero and Miss India, in disguise, manage to enter the auditorium where the auction is taking place. Prince, in his father's don attires, suddenly makes an entry with his henchmen. Hero, Miss India, and their friends successfully overpower the cronies. Some people previously rescued by Hero and Miss India kill the fake president, pushing a hose in his mouth, causing his stomach to inflate and explode. When Prince attacks Hero and Miss India, causing all three of them to smash the glass and fall out of the building, Hero and Miss India create a parachute from an

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, taken from Prince's body. During the jump, Prince falls to his death. Hero and Miss India land on the roof of a

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, and Hero declares that he is glad to be alive. When Miss India reminds him that he has a brain tumor, Hero tells her that the X-ray she saw was taken a year and a half ago.

Cast

Soundtrack

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0114031 1995 films 1990s Hindi-language films 1990s Indian films Films directed by Ketan Mehta Films scored by Ranjit Barot Indian satirical films Indian parody films