Khichdi: The Movie is a 2010 Hindi Comedy film directed by Aatish Kapadia, starring Supriya Pathak, Rajeev Mehta, and Anang Desai. The film is produced by JD Majethia and is the first film by Hats Off Production. Narrated by the two wise kids of the hilariously madcap Parekh family, namely Jacky and Chakki, Khichdi: The Movie shows a hare-brained scheme by a snail-brained bunch of lovable losers. ^[1]

Plot[link]

This movie is based on the TV serial Khichdi. It features the antics of the Parekh family. Hansa's brother Himanshu has a ridiculous ambition, that is, to have a memorable and legendary love story of his own. It is altogether another matter that he is not in love with anyone, neither is he capable of getting any sensible girl smitten with him. But, as Babuji wisely says, for every idiotic Praful there is an even more idiotic Hansa in the world; his prophecy turns out to be true.

Parminder, Himanshu's neighbor, falls in love with him for no good reason, and the two get engaged to each other. Himanshu realizes, on the eve of the wedding, that the impending ceremony will spell doom for his desire to have a legendary love story: nothing interesting happened in his love life to make it memorable.

And so, the exceptionally dumb Parekh family sets out to stall the wedding. They try to create all those missing stages in Himanshu's love story in order to make it legendary. However, in this hilariously hare-brained process, they make a mess of everything. At the incredibly ridiculous climax, Himanshu eventually manages to win his love back.^[2]

Cast[link]

• Anang Desai as Tulsidas Parekh a.k.a. Babuji
• Rajeev Mehta as Praful Parekh
• Supriya Pathak as Hansa Parekh
• Jamnadas Majethia as Himanshu
• Nimisha Vakharia as Jayshree Parekh
• Kirti Kulhari as Parminder
• Farah Khan (cameo)
• Satish Shah (cameo)
• Deven Bhojani (cameo)
• Paresh Ganatra (cameo) ^[3]

Box office[link]

It failed to make much of an impact at the box office, grossing around Rs.6 Crores only, mainly because it faced competition from two other films, Anjaana Anjaani and the Tamil blockbuster Enthiran which was dubbed in Hindi as Robot — all three were released on the same day.^[4] The other films were average grossers, while this movie was declared below average by BoxOfficeIndia.com.^[5]

Awards and nominations[link]

6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards

Nominated

• Apsara Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role - Jamnadas Majethia (JD)

2011 Zee Cine Awards

• Nominated - Zee Cine Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role - Jamnadas Majethia (JD)

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2011 Filmfare Awards

Nominated^[7]

• Best Actor In A Supporting Role- Female - Supriya Pathak

See also[link]

• Khichdi (TV Series)
• Instant Khichdi (TV Series)

References[link]

External Links[link]

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