Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav
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Directed byMahesh Manjrekar
Screenplay byYash
Vinay
Produced byManik Bedi
Sagoon Wagh
StarringSunil Shetty
Mahesh Manjrekar
Johnny Lever
CinematographyVijay Arora
Edited byV. N. Mayekar
Music byAnand Raj Anand
Sukhwinder Singh
Nitin Raikwar
Release date
  • 28 January 2005 (2005-01-28)
Running time
149 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. Starring Sunil Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar[1][2] Johnny Lever, Sharat Saxena and Gulshan Grover in supporting roles. The title, which comprises the names of the four lead characters, is meant to be a pun on Lalu Prasad Yadav, an Indian politician. A portion of the film was shot in South Africa.[3]

Synopsis

Laloo (Sunil Shetty)'s girlfriend Padma (Masumeh Makhija) is fed up of his regular cheating on her. After one such incident she takes a flight to Cape Town to recover some jewels, which are rightfully hers, since her father's partner wrongfully stole them. Padma lands in Cape Town to discover him already there to receive her. After endless bouts of asking for her forgiveness Laloo is finally pardoned for the nth time. Laloo tries to help out Padma in her mission but ends up messing things up miserably. To get out of the mess Laloo obtains help from a local thug in Cape Town named Johnny, a club owner, and from his sidekick Yadav (Johnny Lever), who help them rob the bank holding the jewels. The four rob the bank, recover the stolen jewels, and split up outside the bank. While escaping from the bank, Yadav nearly runs over an old lady (Shashikala) with three dogs who becomes a witness to the robbery.

Now that the jewels are out from the bank, Padma has no qualms about ditching the other three. A game of double crossing begins. Padma calls the police and informs them of Johnny having robbed the bank, after which the police arrest Johnny — but Johnny has already moved the jewels.

Padma turns her charms to Prasad (Mahesh Manjrekar), the lawyer who is fighting for Johnny. She entices Prasad to extract the information as to where the jewels have been hidden by Johnny. Laloo gets jealous of Prasad and wants to teach him a lesson, but has not reckoned on Yadav, who has also fallen victim to Padma's charms.

Cast

Music

Music was done by 3 music directors, Anand Raj Anand, Sukhwinder Singh and Nitin Rai

  1. "Aaoonga Nahn Peeche Peeche" - Abhijeet, Vaishali Samant - Music: Anand Raj Anand
  2. "Chidiya Chidiya" - Vaishali Samant, Mahesh Manjrekar - Music: Anand Raj Anand
  3. "Chidiya Chidiya" (Fadooo Mix) - Mahesh Manjrekar, Vaishali Samant - Music: Anand Raj Anand
  4. "Deewana" - Music and Singer: Sukhwinder Singh
  5. "Jadoo" (Female) - Sunidhi Chauhan - Music: Sukhwinder Singh
  6. "Jadoo" (Male) - Music and Singer: Sukhwinder Singh
  7. "Kabhi To Rooth Ja" - Shaan - Music: Nitin Raikar
  8. "Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav" Vinod Rathod, K. K. - Music: Nitin Raikwar

Reception

Ronjita Kulkarni of Rediff.com's called the film, "an insult to cinema".[5]

References

  1. ^ Chaudhry, Deeptakriti (2014). Bollybook: The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-9351187998.
  2. ^ Skoda, Uwe (2017). India and Its Visual Cultures: Community, Class and Gender in a Symbolic Landscape. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 978-9386446695.
  3. ^ A Ganesh Nadar (24 October 2004). "Masti, Laloo & Manjrekar". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  4. ^ Subhash K Jha (15 September 2004). "Lalu Prasad says yes to films!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  5. ^ Ronjita Kulkarni (28 January 2005). "Padmashree is an insult to cinema!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

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