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''Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!'' () is a 2005 Indian
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comedy drama Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...
film written and directed by
Mahesh Manjrekar Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɦeːʃ maːɲd͡zɾekəɾ born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi language, ...
, and produced by Sangeetha Ahir, starring
Shahid Kapoor Shahid Kapoor (; born 25 February 1981) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Initially recognised for portraying romantic roles, he has since taken on parts in action films and thrillers, and is the recipient of List of awards and n ...
,
Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Balraj Dutt (born 29 July 1959) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who works in Hindi cinema in addition to a few Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi films. Dutt has won several accolades and acted in over 160 films. ...
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Amrita Rao Amrita Rao (born 7 June 1981) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. Known for her quintessential girl-next-door portrayals, Rao is the recipient of several accolades including an IIFA Awards, IIFA Award and two ...
and
Arshad Warsi Arshad Khan (born 19 April 1968) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the recipient of List of roles and awards of Arshad Warsi, several awards including a Filmfare Award from five nominations and is noted for acting in varied f ...
. It was released on 23 December 2005. The film draws inspiration from the films '' Mudhal Thethi'', '' It's a Wonderful Life'', ''
Naukri ''Naukri'' () is a 1978 Bollywood film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It was critically acclaimed and became an unexpected flop at the box office. However over the years, the film has been appreciated by the audiences in its screening in tel ...
'', ''
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'' and ''
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Plot

Aditya Verma, fondly called Adi Chachu or Adi Uncle (Shahid Kapoor) by the children of his brothers (Adi has two brothers; one died in a plane crash along with his wife), lives in a large mansion in Mumbai with his other brother (Mohnish Bahl) who has a drinking problem, sister-in-law, sister, and grandmother. He is the only working member in the family. He falls in love with a tuition teacher, Piya (Amrita Rao). They confess their feelings for each other and plan to get married. However, while going to work to attend an important meeting, Adi is run over by a truck while trying to save Parth (Parth Dave) and dies. In the afterlife, he meets the Hindu god of death, Yama (Sanjay Dutt), a kind-hearted, emotional deity with designer clothes and a red car. Yamraj allows Adi to go back to Earth as a ghost to stop his evil uncle (Prem Chopra), who wants to sell Adi's mansion to industrialist Hirachand (Sharat Saxena). Adi enlists the aid of Shakti, a little boy who was being taken with Adi to heaven, to save his family home. At first, they reach Earth, but no one can listen, see, or feel them. Then they meet Fakira Bhai B.P.C.M. (Arshad Warsi), who gives them the power to touch humans as before they were not able to, and then for his family, Yamraj comes and gives him the ability to see his family for a couple of minutes before he takes the both of them back—Shakti and Adi. When Adi's family sees Adi, they ask Yamraj to take them as well, as they do not want to live without Adi. Yamraj gets emotional and leaves him to stay with his family and the little boy Shakti also. When the family members wake up, they think that this was a bad dream, but only Adi and Shakti know that they died and came back to life. A film actor and Yamraj's lookalike,
Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Balraj Dutt (born 29 July 1959) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who works in Hindi cinema in addition to a few Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi films. Dutt has won several accolades and acted in over 160 films. ...
, offers to buy Adi's property, but Adi refuses to sell his property and lives happily with Piya and his family.


Cast

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Shahid Kapoor Shahid Kapoor (; born 25 February 1981) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Initially recognised for portraying romantic roles, he has since taken on parts in action films and thrillers, and is the recipient of List of awards and n ...
as Aditya Verma (Adi Chachu) *
Sanjay Dutt Sanjay Balraj Dutt (born 29 July 1959) is an Indian actor, playback singer and film producer who works in Hindi cinema in addition to a few Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi films. Dutt has won several accolades and acted in over 160 films. ...
as Yamaraj "Yama" and himself *
Amrita Rao Amrita Rao (born 7 June 1981) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi cinema, Hindi films. Known for her quintessential girl-next-door portrayals, Rao is the recipient of several accolades including an IIFA Awards, IIFA Award and two ...
as Piya, Aditya’s love interest *
Arshad Warsi Arshad Khan (born 19 April 1968) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the recipient of List of roles and awards of Arshad Warsi, several awards including a Filmfare Award from five nominations and is noted for acting in varied f ...
as Fakira B.P.C.M (Bhoot Pret se Connecting Medium) *
Prem Chopra Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years. Life and education Chopra, the third of six children of Ranveerlal and Rooprani Chopra, a Punjabi Hindu family, was ...
as Harish * Adil Badshah as Shakti *
Shweta Basu Prasad Shweta Basu Prasad (born 11 January 1991) is an Indian actress known for her works in television, Hindi cinema, Telugu cinema and Tamil cinema. She won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for her role in ''Makdee'' (2002). After ''Iq ...
as Shweta *
Vivek Shauq Vivek Shauq (21 June 1963 – 10 January 2011) was an Indian actor, comedian, writer and singer. He had acted in Hindi and Punjabi films, television serials, theatre and television commercials. He was also a popular writer and singer. Shauq w ...
as Vishal Sharma *
Upasna Singh Upasana Singh (born 29 June 1975) is an Indian actress and stand-up comedian who works in Hindi and Punjabi language films. Singh is known for her role as a deaf-mute in the 1997 film '' Judaai''. Later on, she got famous for her negative por ...
as Kitty Sharma, Vishal’s wife *
Suhasini Mulay Suhasini Mulay (born 20 November 1950) is an Indian actress in Assamese, Bollywood and Marathi films as well as television. She won five National Film Awards. Early life and education Suhasini was born in a Marathi-speaking family in Patna w ...
as Dadi *
Sharat Saxena Sharat Saxena (born 17 August 1950) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films along with Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in more than 250 Bollywood films. Saxena started his career in the early 1970s and has mainly played ...
as Hirachand *
Mohnish Bahl Mohnish Bahl (born 14 August 1961) is an Indian actor working in the Indian film industry and on Indian television. Career Mohnish Bahl debuted with the film ''Bekarar'' in a supporting role opposite Padmini Kolhapure and Sanjay Dutt but the fi ...
as Sunil Verma *
Rajat Bedi Rajat Bedi is an Indo-Canadian actor and producer, who primarily appears in Hindi cinema. He is best known for portraying Raj Saxena in the film '' Koi... Mil Gaya'' (2003). Personal life Bedi was born on October 23, 1970, in Mumbai ...
as Punky * Palak Jain as Palak *
Aman Verma Aman Verma may refer to: * Aman Verma (actor) (born 1961), Indian television anchor and actor * Aman Verma (footballer) (born 1987), English footballer * Aman Verma, fictional character portrayed by Akshay Kumar in the 1999 Indian film ''Sanghar ...
as Magic show presenter *
Radhika Apte Radhika Apte () (born 7 September 1985) is an Indian film and television actress. She began acting in theatre and made her film debut with a brief role in the fantasy drama ''Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!'' (2005). Her first lead role was in the 2009 ...
as Anjali (cameo appearance) *
Smita Jaykar Smita Jaykar (born 29 June 1964) is an Indian actress known for playing supporting roles in Hindi movies and TV shows. She is currently working on a theatrical adaptation of '' Devdas'' with Ashvin Gidwani Productions (AGP World). A native o ...
as Piya's mother * Parth Dave as Parth * Ishaan Khatter as Ishaan * Satya Manjrekar as Satya *
Ekta Sohini Ekta Sohini, known mononymously as Ektaa is an Indian actress. After several small 1980s television roles, she made her film debut opposite Arbaaz Ali Khan in the coming-of-age romance film '' Solah Satra'' (1990). She starred as Aditya Panchol ...
as Sunita * Tanvi Hegde as Tanvi * Syed Hussain Haider Abidi as Sunny * Shivangi Kale as Shivangi * Darshil Mashru as Chandu * Sagar Kabbur as Vikram 'Vicky', Aditya’s friend * Atul Kale as Bahadur *
Sanjeeda Sheikh Sanjeeda Sheikh (born 20 December 1984) is an Indian actress who works in the Hindi films and television. Sheikh is best known for playing Namrata "Nimmo" Mathuria in '' Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa'', Ayesha Shergill in '' Kayamath'', Nitya Goenka / Du ...
as an
item number In Indian cinema, an item number or special song is a musical number inserted into a film that may or may not have any relevance to the plot. The term is commonly used within Indian films ( Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu c ...
in "Teri Yaad Yaad" * Aamir Dalvi as Rohit, Anjali's fiancé.


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* 2005 films 2000s Hindi-language films 2000s ghost films 2000s fantasy comedy films Films directed by Mahesh Manjrekar Films scored by Himesh Reshammiya Films scored by Ajay–Atul Indian ghost films Indian fantasy comedy films Hindu mythology in popular culture 2005 comedy films {{2000s-Hindi-film-stub