KHATTA MEETHA

Akshay Kumar as Sachin Tichkule.

Trisha Krishnan as Gehna Ganpule.

Makrand Dashpande as Azad Bhagat.

Rajpal Yadav as Rangeela.

The Crew:
Producer: Akshay Kumar, Vijay Kumar
Director: Priyadarshan
Lyricist: Irshad Kamil, Shehzad Roy, Nitin Raikwar
Music Director:
Art: Sabu Cyril
Sachin Tichkule (Akshay Kumar) is a struggling Road contractor and he is very desperate to be successful in a society that is tilted deeply towards the corrupt, the mean, the selfish and the law breakers

Even though Khatta Meetha is a remake of the 1989 film Vellanakalude, it is also based on the murder of PWD engineer Yogendra Pandey from Bihar who was killed by the road mafia in 2009.

However, Khatta Meetha is not as serious as the basis for the plotline. Akshay plays the role of Sachin Tichkule, a struggling road contractor who seems to have no luck in making it big in show business. In order to make it big you need money to bribe people with - which Sachin has none of! What makes matters worse is that the municipal commissioner that Sachin works for turns out to be his ex girlfriend, played by Trisha, who now hates him!

Throughout the movie it seems like Sachin simply has the worst luck ever. As Sachin swerves his way from one disaster to the next, the film reveals the extent of corruption and bribery in the system. Sachin displays how to work the system in order to get where he needs to be.



What Worked:
Akshay Kumar is and always will be a good actor. His on-screen chemistry with newbie Trisha Krishnan works just fine and there are a few funny scenes that actually hold up the movie.

What Didn't:
The makers of Khatta Meetha should have focused more on getting the story straight. Or getting a story at all. The topic of corruption has been dealt with many times and this movie just doesn't stand out in a crowd.

Slated or Rated:
Watching this movie is definitely more Khatta than Meetha; the jokes in this flick - that is supposed to be funny - mostly fall flat and the film certainly lacks a solid story. If you're going to make a satire, the jokes need to fall in place and not be all over the place amid chaotic screaming.