''Praan Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye'' is a 2003 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

black comedy Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally ...

film directed by Sanjay Jha which depicts various aspects of

chawl A chawl ( Marathi: चाळ) is a type of residential building found in western India, similar to a tenement. Typically low quality housing, chawls are generally associated with poverty. The first chawls were constructed in the early 1700s, as ...

culture in

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

. It was inspired by the Malayalam film Vietnam Colony. This film was co-produced by Raj Lalchandani,

Mahesh Manjrekar Mahesh Vaman Manjrekar (Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɦeːʃ maːɲd͡zɾekəɾ born 16 August 1958) is an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer who works primarily in Hindi films, alongside Marathi language, ...

, Asoo Nihlani and Sagoon Wagh. The film stars

Aman Verma Aman Verma may refer to: * Aman Verma (actor) (born 1961), Indian television anchor and actor * Aman Verma (footballer) (born 1987), English footballer * Aman Verma, fictional character portrayed by Akshay Kumar in the 1999 Indian film ''Sanghar ...

and

Rinke Khanna Rinke Khanna (born Rinkle Jatin Khanna; 27 July 1977) is a former Indian actress. She is the youngest daughter of actress Dimple Kapadia and actor Rajesh Khanna, sister of Twinkle Khanna. She made her film debut with ''Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi'' ...

Plot

Aman Joshi (

) is on a research assignment. His subject is the

Chawl A chawl ( Marathi: चाळ) is a type of residential building found in western India, similar to a tenement. Typically low quality housing, chawls are generally associated with poverty. The first chawls were constructed in the early 1700s, as ...

dwellers of

. He rents a small tenement there and talks to the people living there. He soon gets involved in their lives, and even gets attracted to plain-looking Suman (

). Aman's kindness is mistaken for generosity by all the chawl dwellers, and they swarm him for his money, trying to get loans and gifts, to improve their lives. Then the lives of this small community are turned upside down, when the owner Parveen Seth (

Sachin Khedekar Sachin Khedekar (born 14 May 1965) is an Indian actor and director known for his work in Hindi, Marathi and Telugu films. His well-known films include '' Kaksparsh'', '' Astitva'' and Shyam Benegal's '' Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgot ...

) announces that he intends to tear the building down.

Cast

as Aman Joshi *

as Suman *

Raveena Tandon Raveena Tandon (born 26 October 1972) is an Indian actress primarily known for her work in Hindi films. Considered as one of the leading actresses of the 1990s and early 2000s, Tandon is a recipient of several awards, including a National Film ...

as Laxmi Rathod *

Namrata Shirodkar Namrata Shirodkar (born 22 January 1972), is an Indian actress, producer and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned the Femina Miss India in 1993. She is primarily known for her work in Hindi films. She is best known for her works in film ...

as Mona *

Dia Mirza Dia Mirza Rekhi (born Dia Handrich; 9 December 1981) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. She won the title of Miss Asia Pacific International in 2000 after being crowned Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 2000. Mirza made her ...

as Saundarya *

Divya Dutta Divya Dutta (born 25 September 1977) is an Indian actress. She has appeared primarily in Hindi and Punjabi language, Punjabi cinema, and has received accolades including a National Film Award and a Filmfare OTT Awards, Filmfare OTT Award. Dutt ...

as Dulari *

Shweta Menon Shwetha Menon (born 23 April 1974) is an Indian actress, model, television anchor and beauty pageant titleholder. She has won '' Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994''. She has predominantly acted in Malayalam and Hindi language films, besides ap ...

as Sheela *

as Parveen Seth *

Vijay Raaz Vijay Raaz (born 5 June 1963) is an Indian actor, film director and narrator, who predominantly appears in Hindi films. He debuted with '' Bhopal Express'' (1999) and since worked in more than 90 films. His breakthrough came when he played the ...

as Ganpat (Narrator) *

as Munna Bhai Hatela *

Sushmita Sen Sushmita Sen (; born 19 November 1975) is an Indian actress and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Universe 1994, becoming the first Indian people, Indian woman to win the title. Sen has since predominantly worked in Hindi films, ...

as herself (Narrator / Special Appearance) *

Shivaji Satam Shivaji Satam (born 21 April 1950/1953) is an Indian television and film actor. He is best known for his role as ACP Pradyuman in the detective television series '' CID''. Early life and education Shivaji Satam attended school at the Antonio ...

as Pandhari *

Sayaji Shinde Sayaji Shinde (Marathi pronunciation: əjaːd͡ʒiː ʃin̪d̪eː born 13 January 1959) is an Indian actor who has acted in Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Gujarati, Hindi, and Bhojpuri films. Sayaji started his act ...

as Sayaji Rane *

Vivek Shauq Vivek Shauq (21 June 1963 – 10 January 2011) was an Indian actor, comedian, writer and singer. He had acted in Hindi and Punjabi films, television serials, theatre and television commercials. He was also a popular writer and singer. Shauq w ...

as Sukhwinder * Pandharinath Kamble as Chitya *

Reema Lagoo Reema Lagoo (born Nayan Bhadbhade; 21 June 1958 – 18 May 2017) was an Indian theatre and screen actress known for her work in Hindi and Marathi cinema. She began her acting career in the Marathi theatre, after which she became a household na ...

Shakti Kapoor Shakti Kapoor (born Sunil Kapoor; 3 September 1952) is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 700 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor team ...

Bharat Jadhav Bharat Jadhav (born 12 December 1973) is an Indian actor and producer in Marathi movies, theatre, and TV shows in India. He is the first actor of Marathi cinema to own a vanity van. He play Sahi re Sahi is the blockbuster the play has completed ...

as Mahendra Rathod *

Makarand Anaspure Makarand Madhukar Anaspure (Marathi pronunciation: əkəɾən̪d̪ ənaːspuɾe born 22 July 1973) is an Indian actor, director and producer mainly appeared in Marathi films and theatre. Early life Anaspure was born in Chhatrapati Sambhajin ...

as Venkat *

Atisha Naik Atisha Naik is an Indian actress and was 8 years old when she made her debut in a Marathi play, ''Good Bye Doctor'' as a child artist. She made her film debut with Mahesh Manjrekar's Hindi film '' Praan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye''. Recently, she p ...

*John Abraham As Jay Abraham

Music

# "Aye Aye Ya Mujhe Isse Pyaar Hua" –

Daboo Malik Israr Sardar "Daboo" Malik is an Indian music director, composer, singer, actor and scriptwriter in the Indian Music Industry. Malik was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to the veteran music director Sardar Malik. Discography • By Daboo's MWM ...

Vinod Rathod Vinod Rathod (born 12 September 1962) is an Indian playback singer and dubbing voice actor who primarily sings in Hindi language films. Rathod is the son of late classical musician, Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod. Music career His career started w ...

# "Hum Tere Sanam Na Hote" – Vinod Rathod, Alka Yagnik # "Chaalee Hamko Jaan Se Pyaaree Hai" – Vinod Rathod, Nitin Raikwar # "Kuch Nayi Nayi Wo Baat Thi" –

Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, dubbing artist and actor. He is one of the most versatile singers and widest vocal ranges in the history of Indian music. His songs vary from romantic to break-up, cla ...

# "Lagi Ye Lagi" – Vinod Rathod # "Loan De Baba" – Vinod Rathod # "Background Score" –

Rahul Ranade Rahul Ranade (born 23 May 1966) is a music composer. His work in music spans from composing music for films, television, drama to events, concerts, composing music for ballets, advertisements, and also albums. Early life Rahul started his mus ...

References

External links

* 2003 films Films set in Mumbai 2000s Hindi-language films Films scored by Daboo Malik Films scored by Nitin Raikwar Indian comedy-drama films Indian black comedy films Indian satirical films {{2000s-Hindi-film-stub