''Xcuse Me'' is a 2003

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-language

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directed by

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. It is the sequel to

's 2001 film ''

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''. The film was released on 26 September 2003.

Plot

Bantu and Chantu are unemployed and are not able to get any jobs due to lack of experience. They come across an advertisement for a hotel management program in

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, and make their way there. Once there, they hoodwink the trainer by posing as the nephew of the owner of the hotel, and thus enroll themselves in the training course. In the course of the program, they expose several employees and guests as cheats, earning their wrath but also the admiration of the two daughters of the hotel owners. Things turn sour for the two when the guests and former employees get together to avenge their humiliation.

Cast

* Sahil Khan as Amit (Chantu) *

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as Nehal (Bantu) *

Sudhir Dalvi Sudhir Dalvi is an Indian actor. He first came to prominence for portraying Guru Vashishta in Ramanand Sagar's TV series ''Ramayan (1987 TV series), Ramayan'' and is well known for his role as Sai Baba of Shirdi, Sai Baba. He also acted as Sai ...

as Kelkar *Sonali Joshi as Saundarya Khanna (a.k.a. Sundri) *

Mushtaq Khan Mushtaq Khan (born December 31, 1959) is an Indian film and television actor and comedian who has worked in several Bollywood, Hindi films in a career spanning three decades. He is best known for his roles in films like ''Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke ...

as Gomes *Monica Patel as Gomes' wife * Jaya Seal as Monica Khurana (a.k.a. Mundri) *Shashi Sharma as Maharani of Janakpur *

Saurabh Shukla Saurabh Shukla (born 5 March 1963) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, and film director who works in Hindi and a few Tamil language, Tamil and Telugu language, Telugu films. He is best known for his roles in ''Satya (1998 film), Satya'' (1998), ...

as Mr. Gill, Institute Manager *

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as Sahiba (Hotel Owner) * Hemant Jha as Khanna * Muni Jha as Khurana *

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as Principal Sardesai * Dilip Rawal as Maharani of Janakpur's secretary

Soundtrack

The music score was given by Sanjeev-Darshan and Abbas Katka written the lyrics.

Reception

Vidya Srinivasa Rao of

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wrote, "Overall, though, the movie is a fun experience. If you are not laughing at the leading men's jokes and antics, you are laughing at their stupidity. Whichever way, your jawbones are always working. Watching XCuse Me would not be a bad idea this weekend."

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gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, XCUSE ME is a fair entertainer that should appeal to the youth mainly."

References

External links

* 2003 films 2003 comedy-drama films 2000s Hindi-language films Indian sequel films Films directed by N. Chandra Films scored by Sanjeev Darshan Indian comedy-drama films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub