Khosla Ka Ghosla!

Plot synopsis:
Kamal Kishore Khosla (Anupam Kher) is a middle-class man living in New Delhi. He is a simple man with simple tastes. The film begins with a dream sequence where Khosla sees his death, the irony being that nobody really cares about his demise; instead his children and neighbours are more occupied with banal small talk. Waking up from this nightmare, Khosla goes to visit a site where he has purchased a plot of land to build a house. He is accompanied by his family — wife, elder son Chirauonji Lal a.k.a. Cherry (Parvin Dabas) (who does not like his name and wishes to change it), younger son Balwant a.k.a. Bunty (Ranvir Shorey), and his daughter. Kamal Kishore has invested all of his savings (Rs.3 million) into buying the plot; Cherry is not too interested in his father's future plans of settling together in the new house. He is a software engineer and, although a source of pride for his father, he finds his current lifestyle too drab and has planned to shift to the US by taking up a job there. However, he has not let his family in on his plans. The only person Cherry discusses his plan with are Asif Iqbal (Vinay Pathak), the agent helping him with his passport and visa paperwork. Much later, he shares this with his close friend Meghna (Tara Sharma) — who has a very visible romantic interest in him (one which he does not seem to fully realise) — she, however, feels hurt and angered by his choice to desert her and his family.
Just when Cherry reveals his migration plans to his family, who are all disturbed by it, during a routine family visit to their land, they find the plot encroached upon by someone. Probing further reveals that the squatters are part of a property usurping nexus headed by the corrupt and powerful Kishan Khurana (Boman Irani). Upon being urged so by the property dealer who had facilitated the purchase of the plot, Kamal Kishore and Bunty visit Khurana. Khurana places before them, a demand for Rs.1.5 million to vacate the plot, an amount which Khosla neither has nor agrees to pay. Kamal Kishore appeals to authorities and agencies, including the police, lawyers, political parties, NGOs and social activists for help. None of them offers more than to get the amount demanded by Khurana reduced by a few lacs, in exchange for a hefty commission for mediating, of course.
Spurred by his father's helplessness, Bunty gets help from a gang of local strongmen (pahalwans) who demolish the boundary walls built by Khurana's men and take possession of the plot back by force. This success is short-lived as the corrupt Khurana has the police in his pocket and Kamal Kishore is arrested on trumped up charges of trespass. Released at Khurana's guileful behest after spending a day in the jail, Khosla's will is broken and pride battered. After the catastrophic event Khosla tells his family (especially Cherry) to avoid taking any further action as he is not capable of fighting back and wants Cherry to concentrate on the job that he's arranging abroad. Cherry discusses the grim situation with Asif Iqbal who is revealed to have been an old partner of Khurana's and who has been cheated by him, usurping Asif's own ancestral land. Asif offers to help the Khoslas with a group of Meghna's friends, and they set up a plan to deceive Khurana. They portray a land (owned by the fisheries department, but which has been vacant since decades) as their own, and seek help of Meghna's mentor, Bapu (Navin Nischol) to portray himself as the owner of the land, who is looking for a buyer. The deal is almost finalised, and Khurana requests to visit the land. With the help of the rest of the theatre group, they manage to create a situation which makes Khurana believe of the authenticity of the land and its owner. They successfully turn the tables on Khurana, and dupe him of Rs 3.5 million in cash. From that money, Kamal Kishore pays the ransom 1.2 million to Khurana and gets possession of his plot back, and the remaining cash is divided equally between Asif and the theatre group.
The turmoil suffered throughout by the family and the victory of their efforts stirs emotions that bring Cherry close to Meghna and his family. Cherry scraps his plans of migrating to the US, marries Meghna and settles with his family in their new abode built on their plot. As an additional favour, his father allows him to change his name from Chironji Lal to Chirag. As for Khurana, he is left looking bitter, having finally tasted his own medicine.

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Review:
The forte of this movie lies in its simplicity, sincerity and substance and much of that credit goes to the director Divakar Banerjee.At the crust of the movie are two of the finest actors in the country today; Anupam Kher as the ordinary middle class fifty six year old man (Khosla)in Delhi whose only drive in life is to build a new house for his family that has his wife (Kiran Juneja), his elder son Balwant(Ranveer Shourie), his second son Chirounjilal aka Cherry (Parvin Dabas) and his daughter.
Balwant is a jobless waster and Cherry works for an MNC but wants to leave the country for a better job in America.Navin Nishcol (Bapu) and Vinay Pathak (Asif Iqbal) are also assets to this movie.Boman Irani(Khurana) is a very wealthy and sly business man who captures the plot of land that Khosla had bought for building his dream house.
This movie is about how an ordinary middle class old man tries to reclaim his stolen (robbed) dream back from the powerful clasps of this crooked property dealer.The film looks real.
All along these years, we've been watching films that crawl without any story or soul...only effort going into them being a good make up in terms of ostentatious song and dance routines only to make it more sale-able.
Every character is sketched out so immaculately that for even a second you can't say that you don't know this person in real life.An absolutely brilliant background score makes this movie a thorough joyride with the highs and troughs dealt with extreme intelligence.As for the performances, we know what Anupam Kher is capable of and Boman Irani is definitely a class apart.
His chemistry with Vibnay Pathak in The Great Indian Comedy Show seems to have rubbed off onto KKG too and both give absolutely mesmerizing performances along with the rest of the cast.Every scene, every dialog...gives you a great sense of happiness...which you might not identify then and there itself in the theater, as in the case of Lageraho Munnabhai, but you'll definitely ponder over it and a smile will cross your face even after you've come out of the theater and it will stay with you for a long long time.Brilliant piece of Cinema...Go watch it!!!!Nine and a half on Ten!!!.
Khosla Ka Ghosla talks about a family in Delhi headed by Mr. Khosla (Anupam Kher) who invests all his life's savings to buy a plot on which he dreams of building his own bungalow.
An average audience can so much relate to the characters of the film since none of them play the conventional larger-than-life Bollywood hero but a common man.
The background score attributed to Boman Irani's character, every time he enters the scene, needs a special mention.Post Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Maara, this is Anupam Kher's best performance.
Now I really wanted to watch that movie when it was released but just didn't had the time to and right now, I wasn't in the mood for it but since nothing else on TV was worth a watch, I decided to see the film.After a while I realized that 40 minutes had gone by and not for one moment did I feel that KKG had a scene so far which was boring or unnecessary.
Khosla is a very innocent middle-class service man who gets a plot of land from Kishan Khurana (Boman Irani) out of his life-savings, a lump amount of 30 lacs but things get terrible when Khurana doesn't exactly let Khosla get the land until Khosla would pay Khurana another 10-15 lacs.As much as I would love to say that Khosla Ka Ghosla was a movie which belonged to Anupam Kher and Boman Irani, I cannot deny that it belonged to the other artists as well.
What I like so much about Khosla Ka Ghosla is that it does not star big mainstream artists in it except Boman Irani & Anupam Kher and if it did, maybe it would have lost its simplicity.
Although Khurana and his assistant reminded me of Lucky Singh & Kuku in Lage Raho Munnabhai bit, basically because of the role they played.Boman and Anupam of course do play the parts beautifully but one performance which I liked a lot was that was Bappu's (Navin Nischol).
The other tracks too offer great help in carrying the story forward.When Anupam Kher had said that this is a tribute to Hrishikesh Mukherjee's film-making style, I'm sure he truly meant it.
Such a movie which every Dilliwala (Delhi-ite) can relate to one way or the other.And the best part is authentic Dilli ki (Delhi's) language and amazing comic timing of each and every character.
A family as muddled and comic as most of our families are.The movie has awesome performances by two of the most versatile actors of the industry - Anupam Kher and Boman Irani, who lead the show.
Tara Sharma is also quite well cast, though Koel Purie could have been a better choice.The things that strike you in the movie are the typical characters, the sarcastic humor, the realism and the wonderful Delhi feel that is hard to miss.
The characters themselves are typical of the kind of people you come across in real life, which adds humor to the whole story.Overall, the movie is really good fun to watch..
Very original and well made with great acting,Khosla ka Ghosla is really one of the better bollywood movies made at low cost.Boman Irani is just too good as a crooked property dealer,he delivers another masterpiece.Ranvir Shorey comes good again after Pyar ke Side Effects.I have never seen such a good Vj turned actor.
:)Anupam Kher,Parvin Dabbas,Tara Sharma,Vinay Pathak,Navin Nischol all of them are very good in their roles.The originality,simplicity of every character and script are strong points of the movie,and it struck right at time,when demolitions in Delhi are being carried out..
I don't say that the title is not apt for the movie but at first instance it gives a totally different impression of what the movie is going to be like than it actually is.Kamal Kishore Khosla (Anupam Kher) is just another head of a middle-class family who spends his entire life's earning to buy a plot in Delhi.
Chirounjilal works for an MNC and is trying hard to get out of the country and his elder brother Balwant is just another unemployed big-on-plans self-proclaimed genius.Boman Irani(Khurana) is a rich businessman who illegally takes possession of the plot of land that Khosla had bought for building his dream house.
I myself have heard about many such cases which were common when Gurgaon was not as developed as it is now.Getting back to the movie, the rest of it shows how The Khoslas try to get back possession of their plot leaving no stone unturned and turn out to be successful too.All the actors starting from Anupam Kher and Boman Irani to Navin Nishchol and Parvin Dabas have performed very well.
He creates sheer magic with his character (a meek, hardworking 50-something father of three) and nurtures it to what is befittingly a happy end.Khosla ka Ghosla is a quick witted, light hearted comedy/drama that has kept up to the potential of its star cast.
This reflects in the film being an honest to goodness story that fails to connect with the everyday 'junta'.Indian cinema is coming of age and this is yet another step in the right direction.7.5/10.
Is it so difficult to make a movie with a tight script, good character building and great acting.
No great locations (Yashraj style), no designer clothes (Johar style), no melodrama (Barjatya style), but still more than managed to hold the viewer's attention.But then what else do you expect from a movie with real 'actors' like Anupam Kher, Boman Irani and not to forget, Navin Nischol.
'Khosla Ka Ghosla' should be undoubtedly one of the best bollywood movies made in recent times.
Anupam Kher,Tara Sharma,Vinay Pathak,Ranvir,Parvin Dabas Boman Irani and others have done a fantastic job.They all justify their roles very honestly.Best part about this movie is everything is very simple and realistic.And my favourite no songs in between interupting the story and pace of the movie.
Every one who involved in making this film should be greatly appreciated, especially Director Dibakar, Anupam kher, Ranveer, Parveen Dhabas and every actor who just lived in their character all through the movie.
Mr. Khosla (Anupam Kher) sinks all his life savings into buying a plot of land in South Delhi.
The Khoslas' attempts to win back their land begin with the surreal "Jai Bajrang Bali" wrestler gang and end with a crafty scheme the execution of which is worth the cost of your ticket money.The movie begins as a sort of comedy but turns into a scathing commentary on the law and order and socio-political situation in the capital.
The acting is superb - Anupam Kher and Boman Irani vie for top acting honors with excellent performances, every one else is very good but I particularly liked Navin Nischol as Bapu - the superb actor but naive man.
This movie showcases middle-class Delhi beautifully, with all its good and bad points shown with a bucketful of humour.
Mr. Khosla (Anupam Kher) bought some land with his retirement money and found that he has been cheated by Khurana (Boman Irani) a powerful and rich builder.
While corruption is, unfortunately, found everywhere, the fact that the movies from India talk about it so much is a surprise to a westerner.When the film begins, Kamal (Anupam Kher) has a horrible dream that he's died and no one in particular is sad.
Khosla ka Ghonsla is a low-budget and simple yet admirable movie which is a realistic picture of the horrifying reality in Indian metros being faced by the middle class Indian people.Indian cities (and villages too) are the victims of many kinds of mafias, viz.
It's a deservingly much acclaimed movie directed by Dibakar Banerjee.The story belongs to a salaried person, Mr. Khosla (Anupam Kher) who buys a plot with his life-long savings to build his own house, spacious enough to accommodate his whole family involving his wife, daughter and sons.
How the Khosla family, with the help of some actors (Navin Nischal and Nitish Pandey) and Cherry's girlfriend, Meghna (Tara Sharma) are able to swindle Khurana for a hefty sum and get its plot released from him by paying him his own money, forms the remaining part of the story.The story is very impressive and except the final sequences of the Khoslas' swindling Khurana, is utterly realistic.
The emotions of a middle-class straightforward man, his simplicity and naiveness in dealing with the shrewd ones, his pain upon seeing his dreams shattered, the family bonds, the indifference of the young professional towards the feelings of his parents, everything is touchingly realistic and contributes in making this simple movie a winner all the way.Cinematic liberties have been taken for the sequences in the later part of the story.
The title of the movie is also apt because own house is as dear and as coveted a thing to a middle class Indian as nest is to a bird.The performances are just excellent.
Khosla Ka Ghosla is one movie you could watch over and over again, in good times, in bad times, and in times which can't be categorized under either.
Mr. Anupam Kher is mind blowing and was perfectly cast for the role of typical middle class Delhi family man and Boman Irani continues to impress me with his pure and perfect acting his mannerisms as real estate businessman were perfect.
On the whole great picture with flawless direction by Dibakar Banerjee and great dialogues by Jaideep Shahni the man who gave company and jungle under RGV.I don't have any hesitation to say that Khosla ka Ghosla is one of the best movies that I have seen in past few years.This movie is lot better than any of the big budget movies made in last year like Dhoom2 or Fanna My rating 7.5/10.
The actors are so damn good that it feels like you are among them and living a life in South Delhi.
The detailing in movie is very good like in the scene where Khosla meets khurana.
The execution of this film is brilliant on a very serious subject on a humorous platform.I am about to enter into real estate dealings and I don't know why due to the ongoing builder scams and news, every time I lookout to purchase a new property, the characters in this film keep haunting me and I get chills imagining myself in similar situation with my hard earned money.I specially want to say the acting by Mr. Kher and Khurana along with the person dealing as property agent was exceptional.
Khosla ka Ghosla strikes a cord with the urban middle class, with no bravado, no super human efforts this movie was way more realistic than the khan trashes which keep coming out these days.
Impeccable screenplay and near perfect dialogues .This movie has to be one the best coming from the pen of an Indian writer and out of the brains of an Indian Director.A cast of highly talented actors and equally wonderful performances Khosla Ka Ghosla is truly an amazing motion picture.The story focuses on a typical middle class family from Delhi- the Khoslas and the perils they get involved in courtesy the "WORLD FAMOUS PROPERTIES" Agent Vijender and the Flamboyant Crook Khurana.Boman Irani , Anupam Kher,Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shourie, Kiran Juneja, Naveen Nischol among others star in this film.Funny, entertaining and mischievously devious , the movie makes light of the pitiable situation of our society, where one has to swindle in order to lead an honest and clean life..
Bollywood has several slapstick comedies but there are even some situational comedies made mostly in 70's KHOSLA KA GHOSLA(2006) is one such film where you can identify with the characters and their problems appear realThe characters of the KHOSLA parivaar are damn identifiable and this is a big strength The problems faced appear naturalThere are many funny scenes none overdone The film also has emotional scenes which strike your heartTheir plans to overpower Boman may look unnatural but there are treated in a nice manner and till the climax the film holds your attentionDibakar does a g8 debut and does a g8 job Music is goodAmongst actors Anupam proves why he is one of the best actors, he plays Khosla brilliantly, he looks the characters and portrays it with such simplicity yet powerfully he makes you feel for him Ranveer excels with his Haryanvi Boman too excels in his role which has a hangover of LRMB but yet he excels(this film started before LRMB though) Parvan Dabbas is good too in his role Navin Nischol strikes a perfect comeback and is superb as Bapu Tara Sharma is okay Vinay Pathak too excels in a brief role.
The audience gapes, but this time to appreciate the content of the movie, apart from its comic feature.The movie depicts the story of a very middle-class family, with a very orthodox patriarch, played by Anupam Kher (Khosla).
Couldn't be as much as it looks on screen.From the beginning you realise that this movie has bad dubbing with all the voices having the same depth, and to add to that some really pathetic lighting, I've seen some really low budget movies even from the yesteryear's but even those have higher quality shooting, dubbing, lighting than this movie, even the editing is a bit jarry.That being said this movie is very good in almost all other aspects, the middle class Delhi family is very easy to identify with, the language is also very much like what I've heard people in Delhi speak.The story is simple and sweet, and I've been told land grabbing is really quite an issue in many parts of India.The acting is great all around, Kher is predictably good , Boman is much the same, the people who really stand out is the supporting cast who have really done a brilliant job, Ranvir, Vinay, Parvin Nitish Pandey and especially Navin Nischol did a splendid job, Tara Sharma voice was as annoying as ever and Khers daughter was an eye-sore and couldn't act either.One of the most brilliant things about this movie is that how menacing Boman comes across without seeming completely evil, you almost hate him but never quite really reach that point.The front half is low and bordered on boring for some of my friends who weren't the type to overly sympathise with independent films and do stuff like call it cinema and call anything independent brilliant much like many others do just to be with it, I too felt that the first half was considerably dry especially compared to the second half.The humour except for a couple of scenes will never really evoke anything more than a smile and that reduces a lot of points from this movie.
From frame one, the "action" begins and next two hours you just wont let anything disturb you watching it.Khosla (Anupam Kher) has saved every penny he earned in his life for building a dream home on a newly purchase plot at South Delhi.
Just as everything seems set for a ground breaking ceremony, a powerful builder, Khurana (Boman Irani) encroaches the plot and shatters all his dreams.How the motley crew of his family and their friends help Khosla finally realize his dreams, forms the rest of the story.
Apart from great performances by veterans like Anupam Kher, Boman Irani and Navin Nischol, you will enjoy even the characters played by off-beat actors like Ranvir Shorey (Frankly I didn't knew he can act so well), Parvin Dabas, Nitish Pandey and Vinay Pathak.I would call it "A Superb Comic Thriller".
Set in a middle class family of Delhi the movie is a remarkable achievement as far as the defining of character goes.
Anupam Kher plays the tole of KK Khosla who is from a middle class family staying in Delhi.