''Kyaa Kool Hain Hum'' (), also known as KKHH, is a 2005 Indian

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

-language adult comedy film directed by

Sangeeth Sivan Sangeeth Sivan (1958/59 – 8 May 2024) was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Malayalam film, Malayalam and Hindi film, Hindi film industries. He is best known for directing ''Vyooham (1990 film), Vyooham'' (1990), ''Yodh ...

and produced by

Ekta Kapoor Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television and film producer, known for her work in Hindi television and Bollywood cinema. She is the founder of Balaji Telefilms, Balaji Telefilms Limited, where she serves as joint managing directo ...

. The film stars

Tusshar Kapoor Tusshar Kapoor (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian actor and producer who works in Hindi films. Early and personal life Tusshar Kapoor is the son of actors Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor. His elder sister, Ekta Kapoor is a television and ...

and

Ritesh Deshmukh Riteish Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and television presenter who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Marathi cinema, Marathi films. Known for his comic portrayals, Deshmukh is a recipient of several ...

. It is the first installment of the ''Kyaa Kool Hain Hum'' series and was a surprise commercial success despite mixed reviews.

Plot

Rahul is sincere and hardworking, while Karan Pandey is just the opposite. Both are best friends and cool wannabes. When they are evicted from their flat, they both enter their flat from the back of the apartment and live secretly. They try to find girlfriends and secretly enter a college reunion party from where they are thrown out after being caught. Karan tricks a girl into roaming with him by stealing a car but gets caught by the police and gets beaten up. He lies to Rahul that he had fun with the girl. While running from tailor Popat, Rahul is advised by a baba that his true love will have a mole on her chest. When the city is rocked with a series of rapes and killings, the police, along with psychiatrist/psychologist Dr. Screwvala, are in search of this dreaded serial killer. Due to some misunderstanding, Rahul becomes the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Karan gets beaten up by a violent lady inspector and again lies about the incident to Rahul. Things take a funny turn when the job of nabbing Rahul is entrusted to Urmila Matondkar. Urmila and Doctor again misinterpret Rahul's actions. Urmila is taken to a salon and kept gagged with tape on her mouth while the doctor instructs how she has to be disguised while she moans through the tape on her mouth. She meets Rahul in a complete makeover as a hot woman. Rahul falls in love with her and invites her to live in his flat secretly. She tries to seduce him in sexy clothes to reveal his true nature, and she loves him back, not remembering she is on a police force mission. By this time, Karan falls in love with D.K., i.e., his boss's ex Kiran, who is actually the brother of Rekha, a psychologist and Karan's ex-college mate. After a roller coaster ride of mistaken identities and comedy of errors, the film reaches its peak when Karan is about to wed Kiran at the temple, but he is not aware that she is a

transvestite Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender. From as early as pre-modern history, cross-dressing has been practiced in order to disguise, comfort, entertain, and express onesel ...

, but Rekha and D.K. reach on time, where D.K. takes Kiran away and Rekha reveals that it was she who used to call and write letters to him in the name of Kiran. Karan realises his true love and reunites with her. The police are on the verge of arresting Rahul as the rapist when the true rapist reveals himself and turns out to be Uma Shankar Tripathi and is arrested by police. Rahul and Urmila reunite, and the film ends.

Cast

as Rahul Khanna / Sanju *

Riteish Deshmukh Riteish Deshmukh (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and television presenter who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Marathi cinema, Marathi films. Known for his comic portrayals, Deshmukh is a recipient of several ...

as Karan Pandey / Guddu / D.K. Bose *

Isha Koppikar Isha Koppikar (born 19 September 1976) is an Indian actress, politician and Model (person), model who has acted mainly in Hindi cinema, Hindi films, but also in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu language, Telugu, and Marathi language, Marathi ...

as Sub Inspector Urmila Matondkar *

Neha Dhupia Neha Dhupia (born 27 August 1980) is an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the title of Femina Miss India in 2002 and represented India at Miss Universe 2002. She is primarily known for her work in Hindi films and t ...

as Rekha Kapoor *

Rajendranath Zutshi Rajendranath Zutshi (born 4 February 1961) is an Indian film and television actor. Personal life Zutshi was born on 4 February 1961 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India into a Kashmiri Pandit family. Raj Zutshi is a grandson of Dina Nath Zu ...

as D.K. Bose *

Anupam Kher Anupam Kher (born 7 March 1955) is an Indian actor, director and producer who works primarily in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over four decades, he has acted in more than 540 films. A veteran of Indian cinema, Kher is recipient of two Na ...

as Dr. S. Screwvala *

Shoma Anand Shoma Anand is an Indian film and television actress. She started her career opposite Rishi Kapoor in Pramod Chakraborty's romantic-crime movie '' Barood'', then played a role in '' Patita'', produced and directed by the same person. She had ...

as Parvati Singhania *

Bobby Darling Pakhi Sharma, famous as Bobby Darling and formerly known as Pankaj Sharma, is a trans Indian actress active in Bollywood and regional Indian film industry. Personal life Pakhi Sharma was born in Delhi, India, as Pankaj Sharma. She is famously ...

as Kiran Jhangiani *

Sushmita Mukherjee Sushmita Mukherjee is an Indian actress and author. She has starred in several Hindi movies and television shows. She studied at Jesus and Mary College of the University of Delhi. She is an alumnus of National School of Drama passing out in 198 ...

as Hira Hingorani * Anil Nagrath as Flat owner *

Dinesh Hingoo Dinesh Hingoo (born 13 April 1940) is an Indian actor who played comic and supporting roles in Hindi films. He has appeared in over 300 films, from ''Taqdeer (1967)'' to ''Be Careful (film), Be Careful (2011)'', and is known for his laughter an ...

as Flat buyer *

Vijay Patkar Vijay Patkar (born 29 May 1961) is an Indian theatre, television, Marathi film and Bollywood actor. He is known for his comic roles in films including ''Tezaab'', '' Apna Sapna Money Money'', '' Golmaal 3'', '' Tees Maar Khan'', '' Daddy Cool' ...

as Inspector Havaldar *

Avtar Gill Avtar Gill (born 14 May 1950) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the De ...

as Police Commissioner *

Razzak Khan Abdur Razak Khan (28 March 1951 – 1 June 2016) was an Indian actor who has worked in Bollywood films. Khan was noted for supporting and comic roles. He was known for his comic role of Manikchand in the 1999 Abbas–Mustan directed film '' Baa ...

as Popat (Laundry wala) * Rana Jung Bahadur as Watchman *

Rajpal Yadav Rajpal Naurang Yadav (born 16 March 1971) is an Indian actor and comedian. His breakthrough came in Ram Gopal Varma's ''Jungle'' (2000) with a negative role. Although Yadav has gained widespread recognition for his slapstick comic performances ...

as Uma Shankar Tripathi / Rapist (Cameo appearance) * Sophiya Chaudhary as Host of MTV Style Night (Special appearance) *

Johnny Lever John Prakash Rao Janumala, better known by his stage name Johnny Lever (born on 14 August 1957) is an Indian actor and comedian who is known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is one of the most recognised comedic actors in India and is widely ...

as the Narrator *

Jay Sean Kamaljit Singh Jhooti (born 26 March 1981), known professionally as Jay Sean, is a British singer and songwriter. He debuted in the UK's Asian Underground scene as a member of the Rishi Rich Project with " Dance with You", which reached No. ...

in a Special Appearance in the song 'Dil Mera' *

Juggy D Jagwinder Singh Dhaliwal ( Punjabi: ਜਗਵਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਧਾਲੀਵਾਲ, born 19 November 1981), is an English singer of Indian descent from Southall, London. Music Juggy D has been performing since the age of 14. He ma ...

in a Special Appearance in the song 'Dil Mera' *

Veronica Mehta Veronica Mehta, is a British singer and songwriter based in London, UK. She sings in English, Hindi and Punjabi. Career Veronica's passion for music started at a very young age. She successfully auditioned in her teens for the part of female voc ...

in a Special Appearance in the song 'Dil Mera' *

Rishi Rich Rishpal Singh Rekhi ( Punjabi: ਰਿਸ਼ਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਰੈਖੀ, born 30 June 1976), better known by his stage name Rishi Rich, is a British-Indian music producer based in London. He began his career in the Asian Underground sce ...

in a Special Appearance in the song 'Dil Mera'

Soundtrack

The songs featured in the movie were composed by

Anu Malik Anwar Sardar "Anu" Malik (born 2 November 1960) is an Indian music composer, singer, music arranger and score composer. He is the recipient of a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards, who primarily composes music for the Hindi film ...

. Drummer Franco Vaz composed the

background score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

of the movie.

Critical response

Taran Adarsh Taran Adarsh (born 13 June 1965) is an Indian film critic and trade analyst. He is best known for giving trade figures and box office updates on social media, as well as his reviews for Bollywood Hungama. Career Taran Adarsh started his journ ...

IndiaFM Bollywood Hungama (lit. "Bollywood Madness" in Hindi), previously known as IndiaFM (or IndiaFM.com), is an Indian entertainment website, owned by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, which acquired the website in 2000. The website provides ...

gave the film 3 stars out of 5, writing ″On the whole, KYAA KOOL HAI HUM is a refreshing, fun-filled entertainer targeted at the youth mainly. At the box-office, the film should sail safe on the basis of the youth brigade. Its business at multiplexes during the weekends mainly will be heartening. Has the potential to grow with a good word of mouth!″ Conversely,

Raja Sen Raja Sen (born 10 November 1955) is an Indian film and television director and the winner of three National Film Awards from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the father of Subhasree Sen and Sreyoshi Sen. Career Raja Sen first received reco ...

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called the film ″Lukewarm″, writing "Kya Kool Hai Hum starts well, sags in the middle, and ends on a surprisingly spry high—which would be acceptable enough, if only the flabby middle wasn't two hours and 40 minutes long."

Sequels

Sequels named ''

Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum ''Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language adult comedy film written and directed by Sachin Yardi. Produced by Ekta Kapoor, it is the second in ''Kyaa Kool Hain Hum'' series and again stars Riteish Deshmukh and Tusshar Ka ...

'' and ''

Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 ''Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language sex comedy film starring Tusshar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani and Mandana Karimi in lead roles along with Gizele Thakral, Claudia Ciesla, Krishna Abhishek, Shakti Kapoor, Darshan Jari ...

'' were released in July 2012 and January 2016 respectively. Deshmukh and Kapoor play the lead roles, while new additions include

Sarah-Jane Dias Sarah-Jane Dias is an India, Indian actress, TV host, video jockey, Model (person), model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Femina Miss India, Femina Miss India World in 2007 and represented India at Miss World 2007. She was a ...

and

Neha Sharma Neha Sharma (, born 21 November 1987) is an Indian actress, model, and businesswoman. Sharma has appeared in several films including '' Yamla Pagla Deewana 2'' (2013), ''Solo'' (2017) and '' Tanhaji'' (2020). She made her web debut with the ...

. Kya Kool Hain Hum 3 had

and

Aftab Shivdasani Aftab Shivdasani (born 25 June 1978) is an Indian actor, producer and model known for his works in Hindi and also working for Tamil and Kannada film industry. Shivdasani was selected as the Farex baby at the age of 14 months and eventually app ...

who replaced

in third installment.

References

External links

* {{Balaji Telefilms 2005 films 2000s Hindi-language films 2000s buddy comedy films 2000s sex comedy films 2005 black comedy films Cross-dressing in Indian films Films scored by Rishi Rich Films scored by Anu Malik Indian buddy comedy films Indian sex comedy films Indian black comedy films Transgender-related films Balaji Motion Pictures films Indian LGBTQ-related films 2005 LGBTQ-related films Films directed by Sangeeth Sivan