Chup Chup Ke (English: Quietly, Quietly) is a 2006 Bollywood film directed by Priyadarshan. Originally titled as Khatta Meetha, the story of the film is adapted from the Malayalam film Punjabi House (1998), with a tagline of "Love meets confusion meets love." The film has Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in their third film together along with actors, Neha Dhupia, Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Shakti Kapoor, Om Puri and Anupam Kher. The film was elevated to an "average" status at the box office.

Plot[link]

Jeetu (Shahid Kapoor) is constantly getting himself and his father into trouble because of his inability to properly manage money. Plunging them both into debt, Jeetu breaks off his engagement with his fiance, Pooja (Sushma Reddy) and decides to commit suicide by throwing himself into the sea. Jeetu believes that by killing himself, he can do something right for once: his father can use the money from his life insurance to pay off his debts. Unfortunately, it does not go as planned and Jeetu is found tangled in some nets by a pair of fishermen, Gundya (Paresh Rawal) and Bandya (Rajpal Yadav). Gundya owes money to a Gujarati businessman, Prabhat Singh Chauhan (Om Puri). He reads a note found in Jeetu's pocket, which makes him think Jeetu is rich, rather than in debt. The two fishermen hatch a scheme in which they will offer Jeetu to Prabhat in exchange for the money Gundya owes.

Jeetu does not want to reveal too much, and therefore pretends to be deaf and mute. A hilarious row of sequences follow as this pretense of his gets both him and the fishermen into comical situations. Soon, it is revealed that Prabhat's niece Shruti (Kareena Kapoor) also happens to be mute, but not deaf. Her brother Mangal (Sunil Shetty) wants her to get married and everything seems okay when her marriage is arranged. However, the groom's family breaks the marriage, humiliating Shruti and angering Mangal. One night, when Jeetu gets drunk, he begins to sing, but is caught when Shruti and her cousin Meenakshi (Neha Dhupia) hear him (and consequently know his secret). They promise to keep his secret but in return he must do something for Shruti. A greedy bridegroom is interested in marrying Shruti but only for her wealth; Jeetu must pretend to be her lover to break the marriage before it ruins Shruti's life.

Meenakshi finds out that Jeetu is in debt and she thinks he will do anything for money. Unfortunately, Jeetu is involved in a car crash with Prabhat who, at the time, was carrying a lot of money. Meenakshi tells the police about her suspicions and they beat Jeetu mercilessly. Her views about him change however when Prabhat announces that Jeetu was the one that saved him and took him to the hospital. In the meantime, Bandya has returned from Jeetu's village with a suitcase full of money. He tells Jeetu that Pooja is married, but Pooja believes she is Jeet's widow, though the two never got married. At the same time, Shruti confesses her love for Jeet. Mangal finds out about the romance and practically forces Jeetu to marry Shruti. Free of debt, he agrees to marry Shruti, having fallen in love with her too. But when his family learns of this, they intrude on the marriage, wanting him to come home and marry Pooja instead. However, when Pooja learns that Shruti is mute, she has a change of heart and tells Jeetu to marry Shruti. Jeetu and Shruti get married and live happily ever after.

Cast[link]

• Shahid Kapoor as Jeetu Prasad Sharma
• Kareena Kapoor as Shruti Singh Chauhan
• Neha Dhupia as Meenakshi Singh Chauhan
• Suniel Shetty as Mangal Singh Chauhan
• Rajpal Yadav as Bandya
• Paresh Rawal as Gundya
• Shakti Kapoor as Natwar Jhunjhunwala
• Anupam Kher as Jai Ved Prasad
• Om Puri as Prabhat Singh Chauhan
• Amita Nangia as Jeetu's mother
• Manoj Joshi as Mohan Prakash
• Asrani as Sharmaji
• Sushma Reddy as Pooja

Soundtrack[link]

• Music Label: T-Series
• Music Director: Himesh Reshammiya
• Lyricist: Sameer

Trivia[link]

• In this film, Kareena Kapoor has no lines whatsoever, because her character is a mute.
• The film has Paresh Rawal's character being in debt to Gujarati businessmen. Within the film, his character takes many cracks at Gujaratis in general. In reality, Rawal is a Gujarati and has often played characters of Gujarati background.

External links[link]

• iNterFlicks
• Chup Chup Ke at the Internet Movie Database

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