Khatta Meetha (2010 film)
| Khatta Meetha | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Hindi | खट्टा मीठा |
| Directed by | Priyadarshan |
| Produced by |
Cape of Good Films Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. |
| Screenplay by | Priyadarshan |
| Story by | Sreenivasan |
| Starring |
Akshay Kumar Trisha Krishnan Urvashi Sharma Rajpal Yadav |
| Music by |
Songs: Pritam Shehzad Roy Background Score: Ouseppachan |
| Cinematography | V. Manikandan |
| Edited by | Arun Kumar |
| Distributed by |
Hari Om Entertainment Co. Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd |
Release date |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹ 31 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹ 60 crore |
Khatta Meetha (English: Sour and Sweet) is a 2010 Hindi comedy drama film written and directed by Priyadarshan that stars Akshay Kumar and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles. The film is a remake of Priyadarshan's previous Malayalam film Vellanakalude Nadu (1988), scripted by Sreenivasan.[2] The film was produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd and Hari Om Productions.[3] It was released on 5 August 2010.
Plot
The film revolves around a struggling road constructor, Sachin Tichkule (Akshay Kumar). He dreams big but there seems to be no chance of his dreams coming true as he doesn't have any money to bribe the bureaucracy. His family have lost faith in him, telling him to earn money through honest means. To make matters worse, the new Municipal Commissioner turns out to be his former girlfriend, Gehna Ganpule (Trisha Krishnan), who now hates him due to his wayward ways. His brothers-in-law Trigun (Manoj Joshi), Suhas Vichare (Milind Gunaji) and his elder brother (Paritosh Sand) were all responsible for a bridge collapsing accident in which many people were killed. They were helped by a politician named Sanjay Rana (Jaideep Ahlawat). After putting the blame of the mishap on their driver Vishwas Rao, (Tinu Anand) they kill him later fearing he would reveal the truth. Meanwhile Sanjay's lustful eyes fall on Sachin's sister Anjali (Urvashi Sharma). Sachin warns him to keep away from Sandhya by slapping him in his office. Meanwhile Azad Bhagat (Makrand Deshpande) wants justice as his family were killed in that accident. Anjali gets married to Sanjay, unbeknownst to Sachin. When he confronts his father Ramakant Tichkule (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) as to how the marriage is finalized to an evil man without his knowledge, he reprimands Sachin, saying he has no right to say he didn't know anything because he has no money to marry his sister off. After losing contact, Sachin learns that Anjali has been attempting to contact him and when he goes to their house one night, he is informed by the guard that they have gone out. Sachin spots Azad escape from Sanjay's house. He then learns of Anjali's death because of an accident. Sachin and his parents are devastated. Sachin is suspicious and smells foul play in her death. He then meets Azad again at the Municipal office and he learns of Azad's intentions and that he had acquired strong evidence which would help in putting the people involved behind bars. They both then agree to help each other to reveal the corruption behind the faulty construction of the bridge. Sanjay comes to know of Azad's intentions and hires masked robbers, who kill Azad while he was on his way to court. Sachin takes the fatally injured Azad to the hospital for treatment. At the hospital, while Azad is dying in Sachin's arms, he reveals that while he was stealing the evidence, he saw Sachin's sister Anjali being raped by Sanjay's friends and it not clear whether she was murdered by her rapists while she escaped or she committed suicide. In an attempt to make sure the evidence isn't revealed, Sanjay steals it after robbing Azad's house. Sachin spots Sanjay fleeing with the bag full of evidence and a fight ensues between Sanjay and Sachin. Sanjay is then killed after being run over by a bus and Sachin successfully retrieves the evidence. Sachin's brother and brothers-in-law are arrested and the whole family especially Sachin's sisters-in-law begin belittling him, claiming he was jealous of them and unlike his successful brother and brothers-in-law , blaming him for tarnishing the family name. Sachin then argues back that they didn't lose anyone and he had to deal with the pain of losing Anjali the most. He agrees to leave, until his father stops him and realizes his honesty and trustworthiness, re-kindling their relationship. Gehna tells that she remained a spinster waiting for Sachin and confesses her love for Sachin and they decide to get married.
Cast
- Akshay Kumar as Sachin Tichkule
- Trisha Krishnan as Gehna Ganpule, Municipal Commissioner
- Rajpal Yadav as Rangeela
- Makrand Deshpande as Azad Bhagat
- Asrani as Seth Karodimal
- Johnny Lever as Anshumaan
- Milind Gunaji as Suhas Vichare, Sachin's brother-in-law
- Aruna Irani as Sheetaladevi, Sachin's mother
- Urvashi Sharma as Anjali Tichkule, Sachin's sister
- Manoj Joshi as Trigun Fatak, Sachin's brother-in-law
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Ramakant Tichkule, Sachin's father
- Tinu Anand as Vishwas Rao, driver
- Atul Parchure as Chintan
- Neeraj Vora as Mr Ganpule
- Jaideep Ahlawat as Sanjay Rana
- Anupam Bhattacharya as Police inspector
- Kainaat Arora as the item girl in song "Aila Re Aila"
- Paritosh Sand as Harish Tichkule, Sachin's elder brother
- Anant Jog as Ramakant's samdhi
- Sanjay Rana as Jaideep
- Swatantra Bharat as Mr Adiwarkar
- Preity Pundir as Sandhya, Ganpule's wife
- Pooja Bhatt as Subhadra Tichkule, Harish's wife
- Esha as Akanksha Vichare, Suhas's wife and Sachin's elder sister
- Geeta Vijan as Gayatri Fatak, Trigun's wife
- Ajay Shah as Ajay
- Kanchan Pagare as Jadia
- Sanjay Belose as Gangya
- Satish as Joshi
- Nitin Desai as Lawyer
- Paresh Brahmabhatt as Peon
- Prafull as Gopi
- Nagesh Bhosle as Inspection Officer
- Pradeep Vengurlekar as Vigilance Officer
- Anand Ingle as Politician
Reception
Critical response
Upon release, the film received mixed reviews from critics. Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN rated the film 1 out of 5 saying, "Khatta Meetha is a schizophrenic film".[4] Sukanya Verma of Rediff gave it 2/5 saying, "The story with its baggage of generic turns and contrived twists seems all too familiar in making its even-now significant point. In addition, it seems a tad too long at its three hours running time.[5] Mayank Shekhar of the Hindustan Times gave it 1/5 and stated, "This one's about wacky Akki alone. Truly, few things unite Indians, besides a high illiteracy rate, and films of Bollywood superstars. One benefits from the other. And Priyadarshan gets to churn out his own no-brainer remakes every other week."[6] Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film 1.5/5 while stating, "Khatta Meetha is a major letdown from the accomplished director. It's not a full-blown comedy. It's not a full-scale satire either. Hugely disappointing!"[7] Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL rated the film 1.5/5 and stated, "In no way does 'Khatta Meetha' look like a film made by a director who has made 80 films till date. Certainly not from a director who got a National Award barely a year back for 'Kanchivaram'. This one is a rather amateur product which is best avoided."[8] Blessy Chettiar of DNA gave it a rating of 2/5 and said, "Khatta Meetha is a hotchpotch of too much drama and very little comedy".[9] Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India gave it the highest rating of 3/5 saying, "Tune off a bit for the tedious middle and you could be in for some fun and frolic in Khatta Meetha".[10]
Awards and nominations
- 6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards
- Nominated – Apsara Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) – KK for "Sajde Kiye"[11]
- Nominated – Best Female Debut – Trisha Krishnan[12]
Soundtrack
| Khatta Meetha | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Pritam | |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Label | T-Series |
The film's soundtrack is composed by Pritam with lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil, Shehzad Roy and Nitin Raikwar.[13][14]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nana Chi Taang" | Kunal Ganjawala | 5:01 |
| 2. | "Sajde Kiye" | KK & Sunidhi Chauhan | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Bullshit" | Shehzad Roy | 3:55 |
| 4. | "Aila Re Aila" | Daler Mehndi & Kalpana Patowary | 4:22 |
| 5. | "Nana Chi Taang" (Remix) | Kunal Ganjawala | 4:05 |
| 6. | "Sajde Kiye" (Remix) | KK & Harshdeep Kaur | 4:39 |
| 7. | "Aila Re Aila" (Remix) | Daler Mehndi & Kalpana Patowary | 4:00 |
| 8. | "Nachde Re" (instrumental) | DJ Suketu |
References
- ↑ "Akshay aces again". Mid Day. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ↑ "Trisha to Enter Bollywood Soon". indiglamour. 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- ↑ "Akshay Kumar to produce Khatta Meetha". 9 January 2010.
- ↑ "Masand: 'Khatta Meetha' is a schizophrenic film". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ↑ "Khatta Meetha is only part-funny". Rediff. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ↑ "Mayank Shekhar's Review: Khatta Meetha". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ↑ "Movie Review: Khatta Meetha". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ↑ "AOL Movie Review: Khatta Meetha".
- ↑ "Khatta Meetha is more sour than sweet". DNA India. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ↑ Kazmi, Nikhat (23 July 2010). "Khatta Meetha Movie review". Times of India. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ↑ "Nominations for 6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ↑ "Nominations for Zee Cine Awards 2011". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ↑ "Music Review". Musicaloud. 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ↑ "Khatta Meetha Music Review". Realbollywood. 2010. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
External links
- Khatta Meetha on IMDb
- Khatta Meetha at Rotten Tomatoes
- Khatta Meetha at Box Office Mojo
- Khatta Meetha at Bollywood Hungama