Kanjoos Makhichoos Movie Details:
| Based on | Sajan Re Jhooth Mat Bolo (Gujarati Play) |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Comedy Drama Family |
| Release date | 24 March 2023 |
| Running time | 1hr 56min |
| Starring | Kunal Khemu Shweta Tripathi Piyush Mishra Alka Amin Rajiv Gupta Raju Srivastava |
| Directed by | Vipul Mehta |
| Written by | Vipul Mehta |
| Produced by | Deepak Mukut Srishti Sharma Kushagra Sharma |
| Cinematography by | Pratik Parmar |
| Music by | Songs: Sachin–Jigar Guest Composition: Shabbir Ahmed Background Score: Rachita Arora |
| Production Company | Soham Rockstar Entertainment ThunderSky Entertainment |
| Distributor | ZEE5 |
Kanjoos Makhichoos Movie Cast & Characters:
- Kunal Khemu as Jamuna Prasad Pandey
- Shweta Tripathi as Madhuri Pandey, Jamuna’s wife
- Alish Nathani as Krish Pandey, Jamuna’s son
- Piyush Mishra as Ganga Prasad Pandey, Jamuna’s father
- Alka Amin as Saraswati Pandey, Jamuna’s mother
- Hema Singh as Jhumri Pandey, Ganga’s sister
- Raju Srivastava as Yadav
- Rajiv Gupta as Alok Chaturvedi
- Abhishek Giri as Harish
- Sachin Singh as Birju
- Avinash Shukla as Bansi
- Prashant Tiwari as Chhotu
- Yogesh Pandya as Agent Gupta
Storyline:
Set in Lucknow, the story follows a miserly person named Jamuna Prasad Pandey who saves money to send his parents on a pilgrimage. However, fate has other plans when he loses his parents in a flood. Jamuna Prasad Pandey is left distraught when he realizes that he will be receiving only half the compensation amount announced by the government due to middlemen and rampant corruption. The rest of the story follows several hilarious twists and turns as he fights against the corrupt system to get the rightful compensation.
About Kanjoos Makhichoos Movie:
The film is based on the famous Gujarati play Sajan Re Jhooth Mat Bolo.
Kanjoos Makhichoos is comedian Raju Srivastav’s last movie appearance.
The shoots of the film started soon on September 10, 2021, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. The shoots were wrapped on Dusshera, 15 October 2021. The film was shot across Rishikesh and Lucknow.
The OTT release of Kanjoos Makhichoos was announced by Kunal Khemu when he shared the official poster of the movie on social media.
The trailer of the movie was released on March 13, 2023.
Kanjoos Makhichoos premiered on March 24, 2023, on ZEE5.
