National, 23rdMarch 2022: ZEE5, India’s largest homegrown OTT platform is all set for the digital premiere of their latest upcoming original movie – KanjoosMakhichoos. Adapted by a famous Gujarati play – Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo, KanjoosMakhichoosstars Kunal Kemmu, Shweta Tripathi, Piyush Mishra, Alka Amin, Rajiv Gupta and the late Raju Srivastav in pivotal roles. After the success of the play, Vipul Mehta is all set to premiere the film on ZEE5 on 24th March 2023.
An interesting comedy drama – Kanjoos Makhichoos isthe story ofJamnaprasad Pandey (Kunal Khemu) who is infamous in the entire town of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh as a miser. His parents, Gangaprasad Pandey (Piyush Mishra) and Saraswati Pandey (Alka Amin), wife Madhuri (Shweta Tripathi) and son Krish, are fed up with Jamna’s penny-pinching habits. Right from allocating one bucket per person for bathing to using one agarbattithroughoutthe month, Jamnaprasad never spares a single rupee unnecessarily.However, little does the family know that Jamna has been saving up to fulfill his father’s longstanding wish of going on a char-dhaam yatra.
Jamna’s happiness of having fulfilled his father’s wish is short lived becausedestiny plays tricks and due to heavy rains and flooding, the contact between the family breaks.The Governmentdeclares people missing for more than 25 days dead and releases a compensation of Rs. 7 lakhs for each missing person, making it 14 lakhs for Jamna’s both parents. However, by the time the money reaches Jamnaprasad, it is reduced to 10 Lakhs as government officers in the middle have generously shared 4 lakhs of the compensation money amongst themselves. Upset that he has been cheated like this, Jamna decides to fight back against an illicit system.But, will a powerless, generally undermined middle-class person win against a powerful, corrupt system?
Director Vipul Mehta said, “KanjoosMakhichoos is a story of a middle-class, simple-minded Pandey family, belonging to Lucknow. The story has a very realistic approach with humane and relatable characters. The humour depicted in the film is also very natural. In this world of nuclear urban families, our film is focussing on the story of a joint, close-knitted family. The protagonist Jamnaprasad is a miser minded person and his miserly ways will steal the heart of the audience. Overall,my journey with Zee has been everlasting as my first show ’KoshishEk Aasha’ aired on Zee and now my first Hindi debut film KanjoosMakhichoos is also releasing on ZEE5”.
Actor Kunal Kemmu said, “KanjoosMakhichoos is the kind of film that I would love to watch with my family because it is a complete mass entertainer. It has the perfect dose of drama, comedy, plot twists, a sweet message, and a whole lot of entertainment. Also, I had a great time shooting with my co-actors and the entire crew because the energy on-set was great. I am sure that my fans and their families will enjoy this film”.
KanjoosMakhichoos will stream exclusively on ZEE5from 24th March 2023
