Khatta Meetha

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Product Description Struggling road construction contractor, Sachin Tichkule (Akshay Kumar) is doomed to dream big. There is no chance in hell that his dreams will ever come true, simply because he has no money to bribe! To make matters worse, the new municipal commissioner turns out to be his ex girlfriend (Trisha) who now hates him.Even as you laugh as Sachin bumbles his way from one disaster to another, the film reveals in a light hearted way, the extent of corruption and bribery rampant in the system. And the ingenious means you have to adopt if you want to survive. Enjoy the bumpy ride! Review Khatta Meetha offers a satirical view at present-day bureaucracy and the problems faced by the common man. The film boasts of three wild and whacky comedy sequences which almost bring the house down. --platform47.com P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Actor Akshay Kumar was born as Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia on the 9th September 1967 in Amritsar to a middle class Punjabi household. His father was a government worker. He grew up in Delhi and later in Mumbai s Koliwada area. He did his schooling at the Don Bosco School and his college years were spent in Khalsa College, where he showed an inclination for sports. He studied martial arts in Bangkok while working as a chef.He came back to Delhi to teach martial arts when one of his students suggested he try his hand in modeling, which led to an offer to act in Deedar as the lead actor. Akshay was linked with several of his co-stars like Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty, Pooja Batra and even Rekha. He is currently married to actress turned entrepreneur Twinkle Khanna and they have a son Araav.Akshay Kumar didn t grab any headlines with his debut Saugandh in 1991. Deedar, Dancer and Khiladi were released in 1992. With Khiladi being one of the biggest hits of the year. In 1993, he came out with atleast six movies all of which fell flat. But he more than made up for it in 1994 with hits like Mohra with Raveena Tandon, Yeh Dillagi with Kajol and Saif Ali Khan and Mein Khiladi Tu Anari with Saif Ali Khan and Shilpa Shetty. He received a nomination for the Filmfare Best Actor award for his romantic role in Yeh Dillagi.He tried his hand in the comedy stream quite successfully in 2000 with Hera Pheri, which was a laugh riot. Dhadkan with pal Suneil Shetty and Shilpa Shetty also was a good performer at the box office. In 2006 he starred in a sequel to Hera Pheri titled Phir Hera Pheri. As was the former, the sequel became a huge success at the box office. He established himself as a successful comedy actor with a series of comedy releases.2007 proved to be Kumar's most successful year during his career in the industry, and as described by box office analysts, "probably the best ever recorded by an actor, with four outright hits and no flops." Singh Is Kinng was a huge success at the box office and broke the first-week worldwide record of Om Shanti Om, the previous highest figure. He also made a debut on the small screen with Fear Factor India. About the Director Priyadarshan was born in Thiruvananthapuram, India to Mr.Nair who worked as a librarian at the University of Kerala. He had an inclination to play cricket professionally but an injury to his left eye owing to a cricket ball dashed his hopes. He is married to Lizzy, a Malayalam actress also known as Lakshmi Priyadarshini, with whom he has worked with in several movies. They have two children, Kalyani and Siddharth.Priyadarshan wrote and directed the Malayalam comedy Poochakkoru Mookkuthi in 1984 which became a huge hit. It was remade in Hindi as Hungama in 2003. He worked with friend Mohanlal in Boeing Boeing (1985) that was another comedy. Chitram (1988), with Mohanlal playing the lead was a commercial success. The movie was reworked in Hindi as Chori Chori with Mithun Chakraborthy. Abhimanyu (1991) was a story around the involvement of a man with the underworld. Gardish (1993) starring Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia was a remake of Sibi Malayil s Kireedam.Other movies include Kaala Pani (1996) an action-drama with Mohanlal and Tabu, Chandralekha (1997) and Virasat (1997) a copy of Kamal Hassan s Thevar Magan with Anil Kapoor, Tabu and Pooja Batra.He later came up with a string of remakes including Hera Pheri (2000) (remake of Ramji Rao Speaking), Hungama (2003) (remake of Poochakkoru Mookkuthi), Hulchul (2004) (remake of Godfather), Garam Masala (2005) (remake of Boeing Boeing), Chup Chup Ke (2006) (remake of Punjabi House),Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) (Remake of Manichitrathazhu), Bhagam Bhag (2008) (Remake of Mannar Mathai Speaking) and Billu (2009) (Remake of Kadha Parayumbol). See more