Khatta Meetha
Tags: satire

Plot synopsis:
The film revolves around a struggling road constructor, Sachin Tichkule (Akshay Kumar). He dreams big but there seems to be no chance of his dreams coming true as he doesn't have any money to bribe the bureaucracy. His family have lost faith in him, telling him to earn money through honest means. To make matters worse, the new Municipal Commissioner turns out to be his former girlfriend, Gehna Ganpule (Trisha Krishnan), who now hates him due to his wayward ways. His brothers-in-law Trigun (Manoj Joshi), Suhas Vichare (Milind Gunaji) and his elder brother (Paritosh Sand) were all responsible for a bridge collapsing accident in which many people were killed. They were helped by a politician named Sanjay Rana (Jaideep Ahlawat). After putting the blame of the mishap on their driver Vishwas Rao, (Tinu Anand) they kill him later fearing he would reveal the truth. Meanwhile Sanjay's lustful eyes fall on Sachin's sister Anjali (Urvashi Sharma). Sachin warns him to keep away from Sandhya by slapping him in his office. Meanwhile Azad Bhagat (Makrand Deshpande) wants justice as his family were killed in that accident. Anjali gets married to Sanjay, unbeknownst to Sachin. When he confronts his father Ramakant Tichkule (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) as to how the marriage is finalized to an evil man without his knowledge, he reprimands Sachin, saying he has no right to say he didn't know anything because he has no money to marry his sister off. After losing contact, Sachin learns that Anjali has been attempting to contact him and when he goes to their house one night, he is informed by the guard that they have gone out. Sachin spots Azad escape from Sanjay's house. He then learns of Anjali's death because of an accident. Sachin and his parents are devastated. Sachin is suspicious and smells foul play in her death. He then meets Azad again at the Municipal office and he learns of Azad's intentions and that he had acquired strong evidence which would help in putting the people involved behind bars. They both then agree to help each other to reveal the corruption behind the faulty construction of the bridge. Sanjay comes to know of Azad's intentions and hires masked robbers, who kill Azad while he was on his way to court. Sachin takes the fatally injured Azad to the hospital for treatment. At the hospital, while Azad is dying in Sachin's arms, he reveals that while he was stealing the evidence, he saw Sachin's sister Anjali being raped by Sanjay's friends and it not clear whether she was murdered by her rapists while she escaped or she committed suicide. In an attempt to make sure the evidence isn't revealed, Sanjay steals it after robbing Azad's house. Sachin spots Sanjay fleeing with the bag full of evidence and a fight ensues between Sanjay and Sachin. Sanjay is then killed after being run over by a bus and Sachin successfully retrieves the evidence. Sachin's brother and brothers-in-law are arrested and the whole family especially Sachin's sisters-in-law begin belittling him, claiming he was jealous of them and unlike his successful brother and brothers-in-law , blaming him for tarnishing the family name. Sachin then argues back that they didn't lose anyone and he had to deal with the pain of losing Anjali the most. He agrees to leave, until his father stops him and realizes his honesty and trustworthiness, re-kindling their relationship. Gehna tells that she remained a spinster waiting for Sachin and confesses her love for Sachin and they decide to get married.

Review: The chicken music was also funny when it was used during the bathroom peeking scene.It is amazing that even though the Indian economy is not as good as China's, but their filmmakers are making impressive realistic films about bureaucracy than any Chinese directors can ever make!
In my view this is a world class movie and brilliant acting done by all and of course Akshay has proved he can handle any kind of role thrown at him.And shame on Indian masses for liking the useless rubbish of srk, salman, and aamir but not this gem of a movie..
Khatta Meetha is an excellent film made by Akshay Kumar & Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision Ltd,., directed by Priyadarshan.
Those who have missed it in the theaters will I sure love it when they see it on TV and will then know that it was more pleasurable watching it than other so called critically acclaimed movies released during that period.
And the director has done an excellent job of putting everything together and getting a good work from all actors.
The movie has a good story, a family an honest retired judge whose children and in-laws are just the opposite and are corrupt And one of the children happen to be Akshay who is corrupt but has a conscience.
The actors Akshay , Rajpal Yadhav, Jonny Lever, Kulbhushan Karbhanda, Aruna Irani, Asrani ...
Light-hearted yet enjoyable, this movie is one of the good comedy flicks in Bollywood.
This movie has veteran actors like Manoj Joshi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda,Milind Gunaji, Aruna Irani, Asrani and our very favorite Akshay Kumar who is a great comedian himself.
I think if you like satirical comedies, this movie is definitely worth a watch.
backed up with awesome comedy, satire, action and superb acting by all the actors, this movie is off the level.
i don't know why it is rated very low and i feel sorry for the people who don't like this movie and rather watch typical Bollywood crap, akshay kumar, rajpal yadav and several other supporting cast has done very well, this movie depicts the condition of our government offices and workers quite well, it is surprising for a movie in Bollywood to show a serious topic of society with comedy in it..
The reason why the movie didn't work like other Akshay Kumars flick is because, Priyadarshan called this movie a funny flick.
Anyway, The movie was really well made from the proper contractor look given to Akshay Kumar, who portrays it brilliantly with his comic timing, to Rajpal Yadav's expressions.The movie has gives a social message as well as entertains you.
The actors are loud too plus Asrani is really annoying at times.The film is really good..
After The Release of the movie, all the reviews written for "Khatta Meetha" is far different from this one.
Usually, people go to theaters to watch a Priyadarshan flick only to enjoy to some good comedy(yes comedy, not humor.
This time not only does Akshay Kumar acts in A Priyan Movie but also produces it.Watching the over-humorous promos of "Khatta Meetha", one will run to theaters only to experience bellyache r comedy by The most famous comedians like Akki, Rajpal Yadav , Johnny Lever, Asrani & many Others.
The Story covers on Sachin Tichkule(Akshay Kumar), A Hard-struggling Road contractor whose dream is to get pool & shopping-mall projects.
From here, the main storyline continues.Usually, Priyadarshan movies only make us laugh too much but this one's very different from his older works because beside making us laugh beating the chair handles, it also shows the shameful politics and the ultra violence and the severity that politics involves.
His comedy timings, expressions, dialogue throwing and serious acting in some scenes - everything will make the whole cineplex whistle and clap and also beat the cuisines where the audiences are sitting themselves.
Which reminds me that this film has some good dialouges which were never before heard and expected in Priyadarshan's Comic Movie Making tradition.
But the ones who snatch the eyeballs were Rajpal Yadav, Asrani in their comic best; Johnny Lever as a cameo and Hot Kainaat Arora in the party song of the year "Aila Re Aila".Music Was not so good except the funny satiric "Bullshit" & "Aila Re Aila".
Many attempts like the Road-Roller scene, Karodimal's house decoration and some more like that will make u laugh in the theaters but returning home, when u will think about the movie the foregoing scenes will feel like unnecessary.
But if you watch the film cool-minded then maybe it will not feel unwell to you otherwise you will be willing for the film to end not taking any more pressure in mind.The final word for "Khatta Meetha" is that if you are a die-hard Akshay or Akshay's comic talent fan, then this one's only for you.
It's a good movie to watch, simple and realistic.
Common man will like this movie.Its mixture of some good comedy and serious drama.
Priyadarshan has made bad movies in his time but...............
I just could not make my self care for the characters.The only good point was that most of the cast tried very hard, but the script was so disjointed that in the you just wanted it to end.The sad thing is that the basic story line had potential but i felt that the script writer and the director were drunk or stoned or both while filming this mess.In the end let me just say that the basic story is very thought provoking and emotional, but sadly it was not handled right.
Very Good movie from Trisha and Akshay, but underrated.
I also laughed hard when the road roller was running backward.The chicken music was also funny when it was used during the bathroom peeking scene.It is amazing that even though the Indian economy is not as good as China's, but their filmmakers are making impressive realistic films about bureaucracy than any Chinese directors can ever make!
I am certain that these kinds of things are happening in mainland China right now, bridges collapsing, roads that need to be fixed constantly due to corruption, etc.However, Chinese film directors can never make any films like this one due to communist censorship.This is another film which Chinese directors should all watch, and make one of their own.I Specially Like Trisha in Hindi.
She is Awesome Movie is very much realistic, yet interesting Akshay and Trisha worked very well.Slap on System.This is must watch movie.Comedy, romance, politics.I LIKE TRISHA, I LOVE TRISHA!!!
I don't know why a very few comedies get good ratings in IMDb. I will say 'Khatta Meetha' is too much underrated as this is going with only 5.8/10 rate!
Under a comic stream built by Akshay, Asrani, Rajpal & Johny Lever, there goes a fight for justice of Makrand Deshpandey against the corrupted ministers, politicians to engineers.
Every thing of the movie is good except the average rating.
I think the movie is under-rated because people might have watched the movie thinking it as full-on comedy movie like previous Akshay and Priyadarshan movies as it was advertised like that, but in reality it is funny only in bits and parts, while main plot covers the subject of corruption.
Acting wise Akshay as always is awesome in both funny and serious roles at different stages of the movie.
Both the actresses, Trisha and Urvashi does not have long role throughout the movie and only appear in gaps but whenever they appear they are pleasant to watch..
OK so its starring akshay kumar and thats only the plus point of the movie...
the director himself doesn't know if he is making a serious or comedy movie??
Akshay Kumar is never known for his acting nor does he care to be considered one, But this actor can hold a screen and embellish other actors with his charm for comedy in the face of adversity or downright tragedy.
This movie had so much potential, some of the potential was lost due to comedy scenes and some of them due to .
Trisha, Rajpal Yadav and Johny Lever Super acting.Praveen.
this movie is really hilarious and witty akshay kumar definitely steals the show great editing nice songs i like to listen to them all day flawless performances of every actor great screenplay great story everything thing is positive i enjoyed it a lot the heroine newcomer was above average performer overall my rating is 9/10 *********/**********.
You think okay the director is going to do something bring about a change to Akshay Kumar's character- does that happen, NO, instead the film goes from worse to awful when his sister dies and Akshay does nothing except for act really bad in the ending scene when Kulbushan is now proud of his dumb stupid pathetic son, akshay.
People gives the false review becoz the promotion was like the movie was full of comedy but its not.
I am happy that priyan sir made a good movie with akshay & i hope in future he could do more better.Akshay's acting was superb he's speechless he's totally was in the character of sachin tichkuley, i love the movie and one actor who's acting surprises me is rajpal yadav(Rangeela) he's brilliant.At the end it is a good movie, a simple and clear family flick my rating is 7/10.........
Bad. Khatta Meetha directed by Priyadarshan is awful.After watching this awful movie,you feel sorrow that you wasted your money on this movie.I can't believe that he is the same director who won the National Award for Best Director 2-3 years back The story of the movie is about corruption in India.Whats new?This has been told in more than thousand movie.But here the Sachin Tichkule (our very own Akshay Kumar) shows corruption in a comical way.The movie is a big letdown in terms of direction,acting(except Johnny Lever and Asrani),music,story,screenplay...everything.Performances-As mentioned above Johnny Lever and Asrani are the only ones who shine in brief roles.Trisha Krishnan is okay.The rest are dull(including Akshay Kumar).On the whole Khatta Meetha is bad!.
Akshay High Time You Stop Acting In Comedy Movies.
Khatta Meetha,directed by Priyadarshan is a painful watch.The film deals with corruption in India in a comical way.The story has been told many times in several movies.Secondly,the jokes just do not bring smile on your face.Barring one or two.Priyadarshan,who is known to make comedy hits such as Hera Pheri,Hungama etc.
does a bad job this time.The music is average.Performance wise-Johnny Lever and Asrani in brief roles are superb.Akshay Kumar,please quit doing comedy movies.Trisha fails.Rajpal Yadav,Tinnu Anand,Neeraj Vora and Manoj Joshi shout throughout the movie.Urvashi Sharma is weird.Kulbhushan and Aruna acted much better in 70's movies.Overall Khatta Meetha is bad..
Priyadarshan's direction is just about okay.Acting wise, Akshay Kumar does well, but he's repeating himself.
She is just about OK as "Khatta Meetha" doesn't showcase her talents to the fullest glory.Tinnu Anand & Aruna Irani:: Hardly had any role.Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever & Asrani:: Should take a break from Priyan movies.
I think this is one of the few movies where Akshay Kumar is absolutely hilarious and in his element in a comic role.
The first half of the movie has most of the laughs when the character of Akshay Kumar is introduced to the film goers.
The second half of the movie is a bit more serious where one sees Akshay come to his senses and do the right thing by his father and his sister.
Its struggling road construction contractor, Sachin Tichkule ( i.e. Akshay Kumar) who dreams much Big and Dooms Big. There is almost no chance ever that his doom dreams will come true, its for reason because he has no money for bribe!
(This movie is Trisha's Bollywood Debut) Khatta Meetha will go you taking from one disaster with Sachin Tichkule to another and another.
by seeing this movie it proved that priyadarshan is one of the best directors of this amazing yet super yet fantastic yet outstanding yet excellent etc...
the actors the acting was superb and i liked the lead heroine trisha krishanan she handled her role very very well.
Remaking his own 1988 Malayalam movie, "Vellanakalude Naadu", it seems that the director and his writing team think that they are purely invincible and can go on delivering mediocre products like these to the Hindi Film viewers at frequent intervals.So, once again we are made to witness a directionless film which is supposed to be a comic satire featuring the famous icon Akshay Kumar.
And in all possibilities Akshay will be the only person who will have to face the unfavourable consequences of this weak flick placed on his broad shoulders in this crucial time of his career.Interestingly the initial half an hour of the movie is pretty good which introduces every character in a fine way and you start liking the new background of government contractors and builders.
Hence the movie completely fails in its romance part.Secondly, Priyadarshan's handling of Akshay's sister's character is simply below standards and insensitive.
The writers simply move on after her death to the other sub-plots of the script as they were to catch some train in order to reach their homes in time.And lastly it's the concluding part of the movie in which everything falls in place just like that and Akshay emerges as the good son of the family as expected.
In fact Priyadarshan ends the movie like he was forced to do it by the producers in a given length and time.Besides these, there are songs jumping in from no-where, having nothing to do with the script as usual and actor of the caliber of Johny Lever called in only for one particular scene to add some face value.
Pritam's music doesn't rise above the routine and both Cinematography & Art- Direction remind you of many previous movies of the director.On the performance scale, Akshay is good but its time he should look at his projects half way down the lane to know how they are shaping up.
The film also wastes a lot of talent in minor roles like Aruna Irani, Makrand Deshpande, Tinnu Anand, Neeraj Vora, Milling Gunaji and Johny Lever.
Manoj Joshi keeps shouting as seen many times before in all Priyadarshan comedies.
Urvashi in the role of Akshay's sister is OK but the actor playing her corrupt husband shows talent.In all the film keeps hanging between two different genres of comedy and drama.
And there are only three people in it, who give you something to enjoy along with Akshay Kumar namely, Rajpal Yadav, Johny Lever and the one & only Asrani.
So you can easily wait for its Home Video release and then simply fast forward the rest of the movie to see all the funny sequences featuring these three actors in "Khatta Meetha".
That's all the movie has to offer to the fans of Akshay and his comedy genre.In the end, I would sincerely like to request Mr. Priyadarshan to please take a break for some time and try to give us another VIRAASAT or HERA PHERI soon..
Let me start be saying those who went to watch it only as a comic flick i am sorry it is not one the name itself should explain itself it is a comic film with a social message and also a moral with some great action climax scene for all old Khiladi Akshay fans.
I will just say watch it once ,twice you will never get bored i cant wait for action replay,Patiala house go AK Hey also the ending song made everyone in the hall stay back good strategy and no unnecessary twists wrapped the movie quick also after the Horror comdey Bhool Bhulaiya it was a nice change.
Bad Script terrible acting all over the movie.
I thought of watching this movie, knowing that Akshay Kumar stars here with the direction of Priyadarshan.
To be frank with you I must tell that this is the worst movie I watched directed by Priyadarshan.
We expected a lot more from a such a great director.Akshay Kumar is a great actor especially with comedy.
Khatta Meetha was Akki-Priyan's subsequent release after the average De Dana Dan, which was a comedy this is a satire and tries to be different but ends being a mayhem.
Priyan had given Akshay's career a filip with Garam Masala which was the film that made him famous in comedies and became a hit but sadly off recent their pairing became not too successful.
The second half gets dramatic and does get a bit engaging towards the end but it's less to undo the harmPriyan handles some scenes well especially comedy scenes and dramatic scenes too but it's getting boring now, But the scene in Asrani's house, the climax fight between Akshay and Jaideep are well handled Music is okay, Sajde is the best song, rest are forcedAkshay Kumar tries hard to look a commonman and does well but does tend to scream and overdo too often too much.
Trisha fails as an actress, she doesn't look a municipal commissioner Amongst rest mostly regulars of Priyan films Rajpal Yadav does his same role it's getting boring, Asrani is as usual, Johny Lever does invoke laughter in a small role, Manoj Joshi is loud, Milind Gunaji has too brief a role, Khulbushan Kharbanda is okay, Aruna Irani seen after a hiatus is wasted, Makrand gets no role, Jaideep is amazing, Urvashi last seen in NAQAAB is okay.
Akshay Kumar was a terrible actor from 1997-1999 as his 12 films completely bombed at the box office.
Every character displays some average to decent comedy but the whole movie seems like a bunch of comic one liners and no story.
Even an awful comedy film should have a story which this somewhat contains.
Though, there is no flow in the story and after a bit, it seems like the director is trying his best to just make you laugh which fails as well as some jokes are just stupid.