''Chhappad Phaad Ke'' is a 2019 Indian

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-language

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film directed by Sameer Hemant Joshi, produced and bankrolled by

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, film division of

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with

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, Siddharth Menon,

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and Sheetal Thakur in lead roles for

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. The story revolves around a middle class family, who is low on finances but high on morals and how their life takes a turn when they find a bag full of money. It began streaming exclusively on

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from 18 October 2019.

Synopsis

''Chhappad Phaad Ke'' is satire on the consumerism and hypocrisy in people's lives set in the Maharashtrian family named Gupchups headed by Sharad Gupchup (Vinay Pathak) who is morally upright. The movie revolves around the family when they found an unaccounted cash of five crores going down with ethical crisis in determining the right thing to do with the family desires and aspirations coming in way.

Cast

as Sharad Atmaram Gupchup * Siddharth Menon as Shubham Gupchup *

as Vaishali Gupchup *

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as Ketaki Gupchup *

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as Atmaram Gupchup * Mayur Khandge as Wasim Tamboli * Sandeep Mehta as Pramod * Anuj Sullere as Paresh * Vineet Sharma as Ravi * Anjali Atre as Varsha * Shekhar Lohakare as Ramakant Ghuge * Mahesh Kulkarni as Mahendale * Prabhakar Daool as Auto Driver * Vishwas Sahastrabuddhe as Dadasaheb MLA

Production

The filming was done in early 2019 with

joining the sets in March 2019 and wrapped filming in April 2019 at

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Soundtrack

Songs and background score composed by

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Release

It started streaming exclusively on

from 18 October 2019 under its label

marking it as the first film to stream exclusively on the platform.

Reception

The film received a mediocre response from critics. Hina Beg writing for ''

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'' said, "''Chhappad Phaad Ke'' is a twisted comedy that tries too hard and lost what the point which it is trying to make under the developments". Swetha writing for the ''

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'' wrote, "Despite having lined up brilliant actors like Vinay Pathak and Ayesha Raza, debutant director Sameer Joshi offers a film that is neither entertaining nor hard-hitting." Prathyush writing for ''Film Companion'' said, "Hotstar’s first original film, is an over-referenced, under-articulated story of middle-class aspirations, greed, and political ambitions."

References

External links

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