A Delhi-based retired middle class man tries to get his land back from a swindling property dealer with the help of his sons and their friends.|Sep. 22, 2006|India|135 Min.|n/A
Genre: Bollywood;Comedy
Description: “Khosla Ka Ghosla!” is a 2006 Indian film that tells the story of Kamal Kishore Khosla, a middle-class man from New Delhi. Kamal invests his life savings to purchase a plot of land where he plans to build a home for his family, which includes his wife Sudha, their younger son Chiraunji Lal (Cherry), elder son Balwant (Tanky), and daughter Nikki. Cherry, a software engineer, secretly plans to move to the United States for a job but hasn’t disclosed it to his family yet, except to his girlfriend Meghna and his agent Asif Iqbal.
During a visit to the plot for a religious ceremony, the family discovers squatters have taken over their land. It turns out that the illegal occupants are part of a land-grabbing ring led by the influential and corrupt Kishan Khurana. When Kamal confronts Khurana, he demands a hefty sum of ₹1.5 million to vacate the property. Kamal refuses to pay and seeks help from authorities, but they only offer to negotiate a slightly lower price for a commission.
Determined to help his father, Bunty enlists the aid of local wrestlers to forcibly reclaim the land by demolishing the boundary walls erected by Khurana’s men. However, their victory is short-lived as Kamal is arrested on false charges of trespassing at Khurana’s instigation. After spending a day in jail, Kamal’s spirit is crushed, leaving the family in a challenging predicament.
The film explores themes of corruption, family resilience, and the struggles of the middle class in navigating a flawed system.
Cast director: Dibakar Banerjee
Cast actor: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Parvin Dabas, Tara Sharma, Kiran Juneja, Ranvir Shorey, Vinod Nagpal, Vinay Pathak, Nitesh Pandey, Rajendra Sethi
Original name: खोसला का घोसला