One of the good movies of 2001. Light comedy with good acting by Mahima Chaudhary, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal.
A must see …
yeah can't wait!!
"The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat."
Is sure was a good one, couldn’t stop laughing all through the movie.
A very entertaining movie. Worth $6
Karachites will like this movie…
Yeh Tera Ghar Yeh Mera Ghar***
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/oct2001-weekly/nos-28-10-2001/instep.htm
Review from JUNG
Starring: Sunil Shetty, Mahima Chaudhry and Paresh Rawal.
Based loosely on the Indian Rent Act, Priyadarshan’s latest film is a non glamourised, comical take on real life situations. Starring muscle man, Sunil Shetty in the role of a relatively simple and exceedingly irritating Daya Shankar, the story revolves around his attempts to have his house released from the clutches of pesky tenants who refuse to budge.
Daya Shankar, as the film narrates, is a villager who has spent the last dozen years or so of his life fighting court cases pertaining to his deceased father’s property and getting his three sisters married off. Numerous visits to lawyers and the courts have left him with more than basic knowledge of the judicial system and half of his dialogues are a spate of legal jargon. Unlike the Mithun movies where a loving sister adoringly ties a rakhi on her brother’s wrist, the siblings on this reel are all clamoring for their slice of the pie. Unfortunately the pie has been badly burnt and we feel initial pangs of sympathy for an almost bankrupt hero whose last resort is a house in Mumbai.
The tenants are Saraswati’s family consisting of a meek and wooden mother, a young sister and a dumpling brother.
Mahima’s character is yet another in the line of the typical middle class working women in Mumbai (publicised greatly by the serial called Kkusum on Sony TV). There are numerous financial and family responsibilities on her shoulders and for all practical purposes Saraswati is shown as the man of the house. Wearing cotton sarees with half sleeved blouses sheis overtly sentimental, with a love for buildings and roads and yells frequently; but is also smart enough to utilize her femininity just in time to melt the egoisitcal inspector Yadav (Paresh Rawal).
There was an old Raj Babbar and Padmini Kolhapure film called Kirayedar which Yeh Tera… has shades of. It basically ends up dealing with the issue of encroachment and encampment on other people’s land in a semi humorous way as Daya Shankar lands up in Mumbai initially believing that his tenants who have been paying a grand total of eighty rupees per month as rent will peacefully pack their bags and leave. Both he and Saraswati try to play one up in front of the inspector in a bid to get his help in achieving their objective. Paresh Rawal, still funny after his hysterical turn in Hera Pheri is quite good as a police officer who is more than proud of having arrested a small time don.
There are shades of stereo typical characterization throughout. Yadav is shown to be a complete brahamchari “not interested in women” until he sees Saraswati and end up falling for her. Even Sunil’s and Mahima’s roles begin on a much repeated note of two people who cannot stand each other and go out of their way to make their lives difficult until one fine day when they realise that the other person is not all that bad. Asrani has a small role as a money hungry lawyer and the only aspect remembered about his role is that he tells Daya Shankar to move in to his occupied house and try to make life ultra miserable so that the Panday family eventually leaves.
A chawl or semi slum like setting, it has the usual line of nosy neighbors each claiming to be the cat’s whiskers. And few interesting character artistes in the form of Daya Shankar’s friend who sells gola gandas and his boss a miserly Seth whose daughter the vendor friend intends on marrying in order to become rich overnight.
The direction or rather the script flows in a constant flow, there are no sharp turns or twists, it does not have shots of the Swiss Alps and the dream sequences are barely there. The soundtrack is not too bad. Hanaste Ho… is the love song so to speak. The Kabhi Idhaar… song by Adnan Sami Khan has a fun feel while Saraswati Yeh Tera Ghar… is barely hummable. Naghma has done one more special song appearance called Aayee Ga… and that is just one more in the list of puns intended.
Property, land and shortage of space are pressing issues in most densely populated cities. The issue of forced tenancy is also quite common in Mumbai, Karachi and a lot of other cities. Watch this movie before letting out your house. And it is an absolute must for active members of the land mafia!-
Shahzareah Husain
SUCKS!
Jitna Diya Sarkar Nay Mujko, Itni Meri Auqat Nahi, Yeh Saab Tumhara Karam Hai Aqa, Mujh Mein Aisi Koi Baat Nahin.
Love happens once . . .
i thought it was pretty good…not as good as “hera pheri” was…but still pretty decent…definitly worth a rental
http://www3.pak.org/gupshup/smilies/ok.gif
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes…
I think it was pretty good comedy movie.....and was about an average indian person...like what people go through in everyday lives etc....unlike other modern fantisizing Indian movies which look so fake.