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Khosla Ka Ghosla! Dvd

Kamal Khosla’s land is grabbed by a thug named Khurana. In a bid to retrieve their land, Khosla’s son Cherry and his friends step in armed with a clever plan to fool the crook.

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Khosla Ka Ghosla (transl. Khosla’s nest) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Dibakar Banerjee, in his directorial debut. It was produced by Savita Raj Hiremath under the Taandav Films label and Ronnie Screwvala from UTV Motion Pictures. Written by Jaideep Sahni, the film stars Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabas, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey and Tara Sharma in the lead roles. The story follows Kamal Kishore Khosla (Kher), a middle-class Delhiite and his family’s attempt to reclaim their land which has been seized by a builder named Khurana (Irani).

Banerjee, an advertising filmmaker, wanted to make a feature film which showcased Delhi the way it is. The initial idea conceived by Hiremath and Sahni was about a generation gap. After finishing the script, Sahni informed Banerjee that he had found a producer in Delhi and asked him if he wanted to direct the film; Banerjee agreed to do so. The film had no buyers for two years during which time editing continued. The team showed the film to several people who loved it but were unwilling to back it. In 2006, UTV Motion Pictures stepped in and distributed the film.

Khosla Ka Ghosla was screened at the 2006 Kara Film Festival and was released on 22 September 2006 to positive critical reception. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi at the 54th National Film Awards. Made on a production budget of ₹37.5 million, the film earned a total of ₹66.7 million at the box-office, making it a commercial success. It was later remade in 2008 in Tamil as Poi Solla Porom, and in Kannada as Rame Gowda Vs. Krishna Reddy in 2010.

Plot

Kamal Kishore Khosla is a middle-class man living in New Delhi where he has purchased a plot of land to build a house. His family includes his wife Sudha, the younger son, Chirauonji Lal a.k.a. Cherry, elder son Balwant a.k.a. Bunty and his daughter Nikki. Kamal has invested all his savings into buying the plot. Cherry is not too interested in his father’s plan to settle together in the new house. He is a software engineer and intends to move to the US to take up a job there. However, Cherry has not let his family in on his plans. The only person he discusses this with is Asif Iqbal, the agent helping him with his passport and visa paperwork. Much later, he shares this news with his girlfriend Meghna. Later Cherry reveals to his family about his new job in America.

During a visit to their land for Bhumipujan, they find their plot encroached upon by someone. Further probing reveals the squatters are part of a property usurping nexus headed by the corrupt and powerful Kishan Khurana. Upon being urged so by the property dealer who had facilitated the purchase of the plot, Kamal and Bunty visit Khurana who demands ₹1.5 million to vacate the plot, an amount which Kamal neither has nor agrees to pay. He appeals to authorities and agencies for help. None of them offers more than to get the amount Khurana demands reduced by a few lacs in exchange for a hefty commission for mediating.

Spurred by his father’s helplessness, Bunty gets help from a gang of local wrestlers who demolish the boundary walls built by Khurana’s men and take back possession of the plot by force. This success is short-lived when Kamal is arrested on trumped-up charges of trespass. Released at Khurana’s guileful behest after spending a day in jail, Kamal’s will is broken and his pride battered. He tells his family to avoid taking any further action as he is incapable of fighting back and wants Cherry to concentrate on the job that he is arranging abroad. Cherry discusses the grim situation with Iqbal who is revealed to have been an old partner of Khurana’s and who has been cheated by him, having usurped Asif’s own ancestral land. Asif offers to help the Khoslas with a group of Meghna’s friends, and they set up a plan to deceive Khurana. They portray some land (owned by the fisheries department, but which has been vacant for decades) as their own, and seek the help of Meghna’s mentor, Bapu, to act as the owner of the land looking for a buyer. Bapu, who is the manager of a drama theatre group, acts as the owner of the vacant land. With the help of the rest of his theatre group, they manage to create a situation so that Khurana believes the authenticity of the land and its owner. The deal is almost finalised and Khurana asks to visit the land. They successfully dupe Khurana and take his cash. From that money, Kamal pays the ransom to Khurana and regains possession of his plot; the remaining cash is divided equally between the Khoslas, Asif and the theatre group. Cherry scraps his plans to migrate to the US, marries Meghna and settles with his family in their new house built on the plot.

Cast

Anupam Kher as Kamal Kishore Khosla
Boman Irani as Kishen Khurana
Parvin Dabas as Chiraunji Lal “Cherry” Khosla
Vinay Pathak as Asif Iqbal
Ranvir Shorey as Balwant “Bunty” Khosla
Tara Sharma as Meghna
Kiran Juneja as Sudha Khosla
Rajendra Sethi as Vijendar
Rupam Bajwa as Nikki Khosla
Vinod Nagpal as Mr Sawhney
Navin Nischol as Bapu / Mr. Sethi
Nitesh Pandey as Mani
Anusha Lall as Katori
Rajesh Sharma as Munjal

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