Khatta Meetha (2010 film)
Khatta Meetha (transl. Sour and Sweet) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language political satire comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan and produced by Hari Om Entertainment. the film stars Akshay Kumar and Trisha (in her Bollywood debut), while Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Johnny Lever, Aruna Irani, Urvashi Sharma, Makarand Deshpande, Jaideep Ahlawat, Manoj Joshi, Milind Gunaji and Neeraj Vora feature in supporting roles. It is a remake of the malayalam film Vellanakalude Nadu also directed by Priyadarshan.
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Directed by | Priyadarshan |
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Story by | Sreenivasan |
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Produced by | Cape Of Good Films |
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Cinematography | V. Manikandan |
Edited by | Arun Kumar |
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Distributed by | Eros International |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹35 crore |
Box office | ₹62.79 crore |
The story follows Sachin Tichkule, a struggling contractor whose failure in making peace with the corrupt bureaucracy in town as well as strained relation with his ex-girlfriend and his family leads to misadventures that deprive him of his closest relations. However, as he begins to mend his ways, justice comes knocking on his door.
Released on 23 July 2010, Khatta Meetha opened to mixed reviews and was a below-average grosser at the time of release but became a cult film.
ASTPL, an Indian software developer, also released a puzzle mobile video game based on the film.