Bharatpedia - User contributions [en]

Paying Guests

2024-02-22T19:08:08Z

2405:201:8003:C097:8C13:3033:266A:ECBA:

{{about|the 2009 Bollywood film|the Bollywood 1957 film|Paying Guest|the 2014 novel|The Paying Guests}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ankash Talaash
| image = Ankash Talaash Bengali movie.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Haranath Chakraborty]]
| producer = {{plainlist|
*[[Subhash Ghai]]
*Raju Farooqui
}}
| writer = [[Paritosh Painter]]
| starring = <nowiki>{{plainlist|</nowiki>
*<nowiki>[[Mithun Chakraborty]</nowiki>
*[[Rachana Banerjee]]
*[[Hara Pattanaik]]
*[[Rajatava Dutta ]]
*[[Amitabha Bhattacharya ]]
*[[Paoli Dam]]
*[[Neha Dhupia]]
*[[Sayali Bhagat]]
<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
| music = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| cinematography = V Pravahakar
| editing = Swapan Guha
| studio = [[Mukta Arts]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2008|03|04}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Paying Guests''''' is a [[Bollywood]] film starring [[Ashish Chaudhary]], [[Shreyas Talpade]], [[Javed Jaffrey]], [[Vatsal Seth]], [[Celina Jaitly]], [[Neha Dhupia]], [[Riya Sen]], [[Sayali Bhagat]] and [[Johnny Lever]]. It is directed by [[Paritosh Painter]] under [[Subhash Ghai]]'s [[Mukta Arts]] banner. It is a comedy film revolving around four close friends who reside together in Pattaya. It borrows the basic plot from the 1966 comedy movie ''[[Biwi Aur Makan]]'' directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee (which was based on the Bengali movie ''Joy Maa Kali Boarding'') and which was an inspiration for the Marathi movie ''[[Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi]]''(1989), Telugu movie ''[[Chitram Bhalare Vichitram]]'' (1991), two Kannada movies - ''[[Bombat Hendthi]]'' (1992) and ''Olu Saar Bari Olu'' (2003), Tamil movie ''[[Aanazhagan]]'' (1995), Punjabi ''[[Mr & Mrs 420]]'' (2014) and Bengali movie ''[[Jio Pagla]]'' (2017).

Shooting started in the second week of April 2008.<ref>[http://www.indiafm.com/news/2008/01/11/10714/index.html Mukta Arts launches 'Paying Guest']</ref> Riya Sen was originally offered Neha Dhupia's role, Aarti Gupta, but declined and instead chose the role as Jayesh's [[melodramatic]] girlfriend, Alpita. A sequel, ''Paying Guests 2'', is in production and will take place against the backdrop of a beauty pageant.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/06/29/stories/2009062950480100.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121107180721/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/06/29/stories/2009062950480100.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 7 November 2012 |title= Makeover specialist |author= Harshikaa Udasi |date= 29 June 2009|accessdate=10 January 2010 |work= [[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

==Plot==
Three friends - Bhavesh ([[Shreyas Talpade]]), Parag ([[Javed Jaffrey]]) and Pariksheet ([[Ashish Chaudhary]]) live in [[Pattaya]], as paying guests in a house owned by Kiska Miglani ([[Asrani]]). Bhavesh works as a [[chef]] in a restaurant called Namaste India, owned by Ballu Singh ([[Johnny Lever]]). Ballu has a younger brother, Ronnie ([[Chunky Pandey]]), who wants ownership the restaurant, because he owes a considerable amount of money to a gangster, Murli (Inder Kumar). Parag is a [[screen writer]] for a television channel and Parikshit is a [[car]] [[salesman]] working for Aarti Gupta ([[Neha Dhupia]]). Eventually all three of them lose their jobs. The three friends are later joined by Jayesh ([[Vatsal Seth]]) from [[Mumbai]], who is a cousin of Parikshit's, and tells them that an [[apartment]] is included if he gets a job at an [[architecture firm]]. After getting drunk celebrating Jayesh's arrival, they privately insult Kiska, who arrives back home unexpectedly, hears what they are saying and kicks them out. They go out in search of a place to stay and a friend of Parikshit's suggests paid lodgings. Parikshit and Jayesh go to the home to find its owner is Ballu Singh, to whom they are oblivious of the fact that he is Bhavesh's former employer. Ballu and his wife, Sweety ([[Delnaaz Paul]]), agree to let them stay on one condition - they must be married.

Parag poses as Jayesh's wife, Kareena, and Bhavesh as Karishma, Parikshit's wife. Jayesh gets the job and will get the allotment to the flat in fifteen days' time. Ballu Singh and Sweety leave to pick up Sweety's sister, Kalpana ([[Celina Jaitly]]). When they arrive home, Jayesh's girlfriend, Alpita ([[Riya Sen]]), arrives with them and sees the four friends having (what she believes is) sex. She is instantly outraged at Jayesh and leaves him. Meanwhile, Parag seeks permission to marry Seema from her father (Paintel) and Bhavesh, while wooing Kalpana, finds himself in a situation where Ronnie tries to [[rape]] Karishma and in the process of saving Bhavesh, Jayesh nearly drowns him by accident.

While discussing the event with Parag and Parikshit, he discovers the apple he has been eating has ''half'' a worm in it, Sweety hears Bhavesh [[vomiting|vomit]] and mistakes him for someone being [[pregnant]]. In the meantime, Paintel has agreed that Parag can marry Seema, Aarti has fallen for Parikshit, Kalpana has chosen Bhavesh as her life partner and Jayesh has reconciled with Alpita. The four friends decide that it is time for them to tell Ballu and Sweety the truth. In a shopping centre, an accomplice of Ronnie's sees them and tells Ronnie.

When they come home, they find Ronnie, Ballu Singh and Sweety there, but they do not know that anyone except the villain is there. Ronnie has persuaded Ballu to sign the papers transferring ownership of the restaurant, Bhavesh snatches the papers away and they all end up in a theater showing of Mughal-e-Azam, where they all don various costumes and each make their own humorous attempts to retrieve the documents. Ballu gets back the restaurant and forgives them on one condition - they give them the dream of a small child in the house, which they gladly set out to do.

==Cast==
*[[Ashish Chaudhary]] as Parikshit Pandey
*[[Shreyas Talpade]] as Bhavesh Verma / Karishma
* [[Javed Jaffrey]] as Parag Melwani / Kareena
* [[Vatsal Seth]] as Jayesh Thakur
* [[Celina Jaitly]] as Kalpana Singh
*[[Neha Dhupia]] as Aarti Gupta
*[[Riya Sen]] as Arpita
* [[Sayali Bhagat]] as Seema
* [[Johnny Lever]] as Ballu Singh
* [[Delnaaz Paul]] as Sweety Singh
* [[Chunky Pandey]] as Ronnie
* [[Asrani]] as Kiska Miglani
* [[Inder Kumar]] as Murli
* [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] as Seema's Father

==Box office==
''Paying Guests'' had a weak start but sales picked up in subsequent weeks and the film was declared a semi-hit.

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name = Paying Guests
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Sajid–Wajid]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">21 May 2009 (India)</div>
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[Junglee Music]]
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}

Music is composed by Sajid–Wajid with lyrics provided by Jalees Sherwani, Wajid, A K Upadhyay.

{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing <ref name="autogenerated6">{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/audiolisting/13801/index.html |title=Paying Guests Soundtrack}}</ref>
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| title1 = Jack & Jill
| extra1 = [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Earl D'Souza]]
| length1 = 3:56
| title2 = Jack & Jill
| note2 = remix
| extra2 = Shaan, Earl D'Souza
| length2 = 4:04
| title3 = Nazar Se Nazaria
| extra3 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length3 = 3:57
| title4 = Nazar Se Nazaria
| note4 = remix
| extra4 = Sunidhi Chauhan
| length4 = 3:29
| title5 = Paying Guests
| extra5 = [[Sajid–Wajid|Wajid]]
| length5 = 4:22
| title6 = Ya Rabul Aalameen
| extra6 = [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Amrita Kak]], Earl D'Souza
| length6 = 4:31
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1176961|Paying Guests}}
* [http://www.indiafm.com/movies/cast/13801/index.html ''Paying Guests'' at IndiaFM]
* [http://www.aol.in/bollywood-story/paying-guest-movie-review/438819 ''Review'' at AOL India]
* [http://www.payinguests.com Paying Guest]

[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Marathi films]]
[[Category:Indian slapstick comedy films]]
[[Category:Foreign films shot in Thailand]]
[[Category:Cross-dressing in Indian films]]
[[Category:2009 comedy films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language comedy films]]
[[Category:Films set in Pattaya]]

Olot Palot

2024-02-22T19:01:37Z

2405:201:8003:C097:8C13:3033:266A:ECBA:

{{More citations needed|date=April 2021}}'''''[[RAAJ JOSH]]'''''{{Infobox film
| name =
| image = raajjosh.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Swapan Saha]]
| producer = [[Mukta Arts]]
| writer =[[Rajat Kaushik]]
| screenplay =[[Sb Surjit]]
| story =
| starring = [[Hiran Chatterjee]] [[Rajatava Dutta]] [[Rishi]] [[Sudipta]] [[Shriya Jha]]
| music = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| cinematography =[[Rana Dasgupta]]
| editing =[[Suresh Urs]]
| studio =
| distributor = T.Sirkar Productions
| released = {{Film date|2008|5|27|df=y}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget = ₹ 3.5 million
| gross = ₹ 5.5 million
}}

'''''Olot Palot''''' ({{lang-bn|ওলট পালট}}) is a 2009 Bengali [[comedy film]] directed by [[Swapan Saha]] and starring [[Hiran Chatterjee]], [[Rajatava Dutta]], [[Arindam Roy]], [[Sudipta Banerjee]], and [[Shriya Jha]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olot Palot Movie (2009) {{!}} Reviews, Cast & Release Date in - BookMyShow|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/amp/movies/olot-palot/ET00003154|access-date=2021-04-11|website=in.bookmyshow.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Olot Palot on Moviebuff.com|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/olot-palot|access-date=2021-04-11|website=Moviebuff.com}}</ref> in lead roles.

==Plot==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

==Cast==
* [[Hiran Chatterjee|Hiran]] as Rohan
* [[Arindam Roy]] as Tabun
* [[Rajatava Dutta]]
* [[Shriya Jha]] as Sumi
* [[Bodhisattwa Majumdar]]
* [[Sudipta Banerjee]]
* [[George Baker (Indian actor)|George Baker]]
* [[Srikanta Manna]]

==Crew==
* '''Director''': [[Swapan Saha]]
* '''Producer''' :Zee Motion Pictures
* '''Presenter''' :T.Sirkar Productions
* '''Music Director''': Rocket Mondal
* '''Cinematographer''': B.Surojit ( Pele )
* '''Editor''' : Mainak Bhoumik
* '''Playback Singer''' : [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], [[Rupam Islam]], Iman, [[Sumana Chakraborty]], [[Anweshaa]] and others

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olot Palot}}

{{Authority control}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2009 comedy films]]
[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]

{{2000s-Bengali-film-stub}}
{{2000s-comedy-film-stub}}

Olot Palot

2024-02-22T18:58:02Z

2405:201:8003:C097:8C13:3033:266A:ECBA:

{{More citations needed|date=April 2021}}'''''[[RAAJ JOSH]]'''''{{Infobox film
| name =
| image = raajjosh.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Swapan Saha]]
| producer = [[Mukta Arts Limited]]
| writer =
| screenplay =<nowiki>[[Sb Surjit<]]/nowiki>
| story =
| starring = [[Hiran Chatterjee]] [[Rajatava Dutta]] [[Rishi]] [[Sudipta]] [[Shriya Jha]]
| music = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| cinematography =[[Rana Dasgupta]]
| editing =[[Suresh Urs]]
| studio =
| distributor = T.Sirkar Productions
| released = {{Film date|2008|5|27|df=y}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget = ₹ 3.5 million
| gross = ₹ 5.5 million
}}

'''''Olot Palot''''' ({{lang-bn|ওলট পালট}}) is a 2009 Bengali [[comedy film]] directed by [[Swapan Saha]] and starring [[Hiran Chatterjee]], [[Rajatava Dutta]], [[Arindam Roy]], [[Sudipta Banerjee]], and [[Shriya Jha]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olot Palot Movie (2009) {{!}} Reviews, Cast & Release Date in - BookMyShow|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/amp/movies/olot-palot/ET00003154|access-date=2021-04-11|website=in.bookmyshow.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Olot Palot on Moviebuff.com|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/olot-palot|access-date=2021-04-11|website=Moviebuff.com}}</ref> in lead roles.

==Plot==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

==Cast==
* [[Hiran Chatterjee|Hiran]] as Rohan
* [[Arindam Roy]] as Tabun
* [[Rajatava Dutta]]
* [[Shriya Jha]] as Sumi
* [[Bodhisattwa Majumdar]]
* [[Sudipta Banerjee]]
* [[George Baker (Indian actor)|George Baker]]
* [[Srikanta Manna]]

==Crew==
* '''Director''': [[Swapan Saha]]
* '''Producer''' :Zee Motion Pictures
* '''Presenter''' :T.Sirkar Productions
* '''Music Director''': Rocket Mondal
* '''Cinematographer''': B.Surojit ( Pele )
* '''Editor''' : Mainak Bhoumik
* '''Playback Singer''' : [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], [[Rupam Islam]], Iman, [[Sumana Chakraborty]], [[Anweshaa]] and others

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olot Palot}}

{{Authority control}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2009 comedy films]]
[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]

{{2000s-Bengali-film-stub}}
{{2000s-comedy-film-stub}}

Olot Palot

2024-02-22T18:55:28Z

2405:201:8003:C097:8C13:3033:266A:ECBA:

{{More citations needed|date=April 2021}}'''''[[RAAJ JOSH]]'''''{{Infobox film
| name =
| image = raajjosh.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Swapan Saha]]
| producer = [[Mukta Arts Limited]]
| writer =
| screenplay =<nowiki>[[Sb Surjit</nowiki>
| story =
| starring = [[Hiran Chatterjee]] [[Rajatava Dutta]] [[Rishi]] [[Sudipta]] [[Shriya Jha]]
| music = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| cinematography =[[Rana Dasgupta]]
| editing =[[Suresh Urs]]
| studio =
| distributor = T.Sirkar Productions
| released = {{Film date|2009|5|29|df=y}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget = ₹ 3.5 million
| gross = ₹ 5.5 million
}}

'''''Olot Palot''''' ({{lang-bn|ওলট পালট}}) is a 2009 Bengali [[comedy film]] directed by [[Swapan Saha]] and starring [[Hiran Chatterjee]], [[Rajatava Dutta]], [[Arindam Roy]], [[Sudipta Banerjee]], and [[Shriya Jha]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olot Palot Movie (2009) {{!}} Reviews, Cast & Release Date in - BookMyShow|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/amp/movies/olot-palot/ET00003154|access-date=2021-04-11|website=in.bookmyshow.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Olot Palot on Moviebuff.com|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/olot-palot|access-date=2021-04-11|website=Moviebuff.com}}</ref> in lead roles.

==Plot==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

==Cast==
* [[Hiran Chatterjee|Hiran]] as Rohan
* [[Arindam Roy]] as Tabun
* [[Rajatava Dutta]]
* [[Shriya Jha]] as Sumi
* [[Bodhisattwa Majumdar]]
* [[Sudipta Banerjee]]
* [[George Baker (Indian actor)|George Baker]]
* [[Srikanta Manna]]

==Crew==
* '''Director''': [[Swapan Saha]]
* '''Producer''' :Zee Motion Pictures
* '''Presenter''' :T.Sirkar Productions
* '''Music Director''': Rocket Mondal
* '''Cinematographer''': B.Surojit ( Pele )
* '''Editor''' : Mainak Bhoumik
* '''Playback Singer''' : [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], [[Rupam Islam]], Iman, [[Sumana Chakraborty]], [[Anweshaa]] and others

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olot Palot}}

{{Authority control}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2009 comedy films]]
[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]

{{2000s-Bengali-film-stub}}
{{2000s-comedy-film-stub}}

Olot Palot

2024-02-22T18:53:21Z

2405:201:8003:C097:8C13:3033:266A:ECBA:

{{More citations needed|date=April 2021}}'''''[[RAAJ JOSH]]'''''{{Infobox film
| name =
| image = raajjosh.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Swapan Saha]]
| producer = Zee Motion Pictures
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story =
| starring = [[Hiran Chatterjee]] [[Rajatava Dutta]] [[Rishi]] [[Sudipta]] [[Shriya Jha]]
| music = [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| cinematography =[[Rana Dasgupta]]
| editing =[[Suresh Urs]]
| studio =
| distributor = T.Sirkar Productions
| released = {{Film date|2009|5|29|df=y}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = India
| language = Bengali
| budget = ₹ 3.5 million
| gross = ₹ 5.5 million
}}

'''''Olot Palot''''' ({{lang-bn|ওলট পালট}}) is a 2009 Bengali [[comedy film]] directed by [[Swapan Saha]] and starring [[Hiran Chatterjee]], [[Rajatava Dutta]], [[Arindam Roy]], [[Sudipta Banerjee]], and [[Shriya Jha]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olot Palot Movie (2009) {{!}} Reviews, Cast & Release Date in - BookMyShow|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/amp/movies/olot-palot/ET00003154|access-date=2021-04-11|website=in.bookmyshow.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Olot Palot on Moviebuff.com|url=https://www.moviebuff.com/olot-palot|access-date=2021-04-11|website=Moviebuff.com}}</ref> in lead roles.

==Plot==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}

==Cast==
* [[Hiran Chatterjee|Hiran]] as Rohan
* [[Arindam Roy]] as Tabun
* [[Rajatava Dutta]]
* [[Shriya Jha]] as Sumi
* [[Bodhisattwa Majumdar]]
* [[Sudipta Banerjee]]
* [[George Baker (Indian actor)|George Baker]]
* [[Srikanta Manna]]

==Crew==
* '''Director''': [[Swapan Saha]]
* '''Producer''' :Zee Motion Pictures
* '''Presenter''' :T.Sirkar Productions
* '''Music Director''': Rocket Mondal
* '''Cinematographer''': B.Surojit ( Pele )
* '''Editor''' : Mainak Bhoumik
* '''Playback Singer''' : [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], [[Rupam Islam]], Iman, [[Sumana Chakraborty]], [[Anweshaa]] and others

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olot Palot}}

{{Authority control}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

[[Category:2009 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:2009 comedy films]]
[[Category:2000s Bengali-language films]]

{{2000s-Bengali-film-stub}}
{{2000s-comedy-film-stub}}