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Dum Kaata is a film of genre Comedy directed by Amol Palekar with Sachin Khedekar
Dum Kaata (2007)
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Add to a movie listDumkata (English: A Tale of a Tail!) is a Hindi comedy film released in 2007 and directed by Amol Palekar. The film stars Om Puri and Sachin Khedekar in lead roles. Shernaz Patel and Aseen Desai have important supporting roles in the film. The film was only released in India and the UK in 2007, but in the rest of the world it was released in 2010, since it had been postponed.
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This story is about a boy (Khush Malik), his big brother (Aseen Desai), his mom (Shernaz Patel), his dad (Sachin Khedekar), his grandfather (Om Puri) and his friends. Through the movie the boy finds out he has to get an operation. This is brings the family closer as they are.Actors
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