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Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge is a film of genre Comedy directed by Umesh Shukla released in USA on 6 march 2009 with Kunal Khemu
Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge (2009)
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Add to a movie listDhoondte Reh Jaoge (Hindi: ढूंढते रह जाओगे, English: You Will Keep on Searching) is a 2009 Bollywood comedy film produced by UTV Motion Pictures, starring Sonu Sood, Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, and Paresh Rawal, released 6 March 2009 in India, and 20 March 2009, in the United States. The film is directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by Ronnie Screwvala. The music was composed by duo Sajid-Wajid. The concept of creating a flop film in order to make money is adapted from the Mel Brooks film The Producers. The film was declared a hit by boxoffice India.
Another movie with the same name was made in 1998 that was directed by Kumar Bhatia.
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Set in Mumbai, the film starts with Raj (Paresh Rawal), a good-for-nothing movie director who has released certain films, but none of them ever do well at the box office. He gets threatened by his landlords that if he does not pay them on time, he will be homeless. While chartered accountant Anand (Kunal Khemu) tries to cheer up his girlfriend Neha (Soha Ali Khan) on her birthday. Neha is another useless wannabe actress who Anand takes to a 5-star restaurant for her birthday. Raj meets Ratan (Asrani) at the restaurant. Ratan is the manager of famous Bollywood actor Aryan Kapoor (Sonu Sood), and Raj has come to see Ratan to sign a movie deal with Aryan.Actors
Kunal Khemu
(Anand Pawar)
Soha Ali Khan
(Neha Chattopadhayay / Basanti)
Sonu Sood
(Aryan Kapoor / Veeru)
Paresh Rawal
(Raj Chopra)
Johnny Lever
(Parvez Asharraf / Rubbar Singh)
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