''Chhappad Phaad Ke'' is a 2019 Indian

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...

-language

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term ori ...

film directed by Sameer Hemant Joshi, produced and bankrolled by Yoodlee films, film division of

Saregama Saregama India Ltd. (Saregama refers to the first four notes of the Indian musical scale); formerly known as The Gramophone Company Of India Ltd. is India's oldest music label owned by the RP- Sanjiv Goenka Group of companies. The company i ...

with

Vinay Pathak Vinay Pathak (born 12 July 1968) is an Indian theater and film actor. He has starred in many films including '' Khosla Ka Ghosla,'' '' Bheja Fry,'' ''Island City'' and '' Johnny Gaddaar'' and had a supporting role in movies like ''Jism'', ''R ...

, Siddharth Menon,

Ayesha Raza Mishra Ayesha Raza Mishra (born 26 September 1977) is an Indian actress. Career Ayesha Raza Mishra began her career working in theatre, advertisements, and television shows. She went on to portray motherly roles in several films including Madaari, ...

and Sheetal Thakur in lead roles for

Hotstar Specials Disney+ Hotstar (also known as Hotstar) is an Indian brand of subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Novi Digital Entertainment of Disney Star and operated by Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, both divi ...

. 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

Hotstar Disney+ Hotstar (also known as Hotstar) is an Indian brand of subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Novi Digital Entertainment of Disney Star and operated by Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, both ...

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 * Sheetal Thakur as Ketaki Gupchup *

Madhav Vaze Madhav Vaze (born 21 October 1939) is a theater artist, director and film actor. He has acted and directed mainly in theater and has had a few stints in films. Early life He was born on 21 October 1939. Career He started out his career as a chil ...

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

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...

Soundtrack

Songs and background score composed by Prashant Pillai.

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 ''

The Quint ''The Quint'' is an English and Hindi language Indian general news and opinion website founded by Raghav Bahl and Ritu Kapur after their exit from Network18. The publication's journalists have won three Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalis ...

'' 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 ''

Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Ly ...

'' 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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chappad Phaad Ke 2010s Hindi-language films Disney+ Hotstar original films Indian comedy films Hindi-language comedy films 2019 direct-to-video films 2019 films 2019 comedy films