• Friday, July 25, 2008

• Country:

  India

• Language:

  Hindi

2008

This film deals with six individual characters. Bobby is a happy go lucky guy, who runs away from home to prove himself. Lalabhai becomes wealthy after his win of 1 crore rupees in lottery. But he’s back on the road as his business fails and he loses all his money. Gaurav, a copy writer is fired from his job. Manik is a struggling model who sleeps with a middle-aged fashion designer, hoping to make it big.

Ashima Kapoor is a successful TV star but she’s not happy with her career and is desperate to do films as the lead heroine. Shruti is a struggling dress designer. One fine day, they all get an SMS informing them that they are the owners of a 1000 crore company. However, their happiness do not last long for their lawyer reveals that there’s a loan of 1200 crore on the company and they must repay it and until the loan is repaid, they would be kept under house arrest.

Character Sketch

GOVINDA as Bobby
Bobby (Govinda), the smooth talking, fast spending, good for nothing, spoilt, only son of rich parents. He has no Intentions of ever working and his ideal life is one of total and complete entertainment.

AFTAB SHIVDASANI as Gaurav
Gaurav (Aftab Shivdasani) is straight and honest and is working as a copywriter in an advertising agency. No client wants to here the truth. Gaurav can speak nothing but the truth and finds himself on a sticky wicket all the time.

UPEN PATEL as Manik
Manik (Upen Patel) is a struggling model, making ends meet by modeling for underwear and 'Khaj-Khujli' commercials. He hates what he's doing and dreams of big bucks and that big chance.

MANOJ BAJPAI as Lalabhai
Lalabhai (Manoj Bajpai) He wears red, rides red and things positive. Father losing all the money he won in a lottery in various business disasters, he can still smile and say he never lost a crore but gained a crore's worth of experience.

HANSIKA MOTWANI as Ashima
Ashima (Hansika Motwani) is a successful TV actress, loved by millions as meera, her serial character. But she feels stifled and dreams of Bollywood, costarring with Shah Rukh Khan and winning the Film fare Award.

CELINA JAITLEY as Sharuti
Sharuti (Celina Jaitley) is an extremely talented designer struggling to find her feet in the cut throat world of Fashion. Rather than getting into pricey haute couture, she wants to design stuff that can be worn and afforded by the common man.

RAVI KISHAN as Parag
Parag (Ravi Kishan), He's looked after his uncle and his business for years and believes he is the rightful heir. He's shocked when his uncle nominates six strangest and is determined, by fain means or fouls to win back what he's lost.

PREM CHOPRA as KK Jaiswal
KK Jaiswal (Prem Chopra). This eccentric but kindly millionaire has always believed in doing good for others. Almost on his death bed he decided to bequeath his entire fortune to six total strangers. Will his trust be misused?

Maxabout Review

A poor show, a damp squib at the box office

David Dhawan and Priyadarshan triggered off a trend - of making brainless comedies - and thus began a wave of leave-your-brains-at-home laughathons. Inspired by the success of these ha-ha-he-he fares, every second film-maker decided to join the bandwagon for that elusive Hit. But, of late, no-brainer comedies have reached a saturation point.

Ganesh Acharya's MONEY HAI TOH HONEY HAI actually tests the patience of the viewer. Fine, you don't expect a riveting storyline from a film of this genre, but you definitely expect laughs, don't you? You expect to be entertained, don't you? Alas, what you get to see is definitely not good, not even bad, it's verrry boring!

Trivias

• Celina Jaitley brought in her birthday on November 24 2007 with a bang in Mauritius while shooting for the movie Money Hai to Honey Hai.
• The cast members threw a big party after pack-up for her. Govinda sang the old tracks like Happy Birthday and Tum Jiyo Hazaron Saal while Aftab Shivdasani danced. Producer Kumar Mangat, too, celebrated his birthday on the same day.
• Govinda, Upen Patel, Manoj Bajpai and producer Kumar Mangat won Rs. two lakh at a local casino in Mauritius while shooting for the movie Money Hai to Honey Hai. It was Kumar Mangat's birthday as well when he won the jackpot!
• Kim Sharma will be wearing a bikini in Money Hai to Honey Hai after Nehle Pe Dehla. Kim underwent weight training and pilates under her personal trainer Yasmin to get a hot body for the same.
• Govinda slapped an alleged trespasser on the sets of Money Hai To Honey Hai in Mumbai on 16th January 2008. While addressing a press conference on the sets of the film, he slapped the onlooker in full view of the cameras. According to Govinda, the onlooker was misbehaving with other artists.
• In a fit of rage, Upen Patel ripped the shirt provided as part of the shooting for Kumar Mangat's comedy Money Hai To Honey Hai in Mauritius.
• Upen was so exasperated by the clothes provided to him that he cut the shirt with a pair of scissors. According to Upen, the new designers just kept him offering clothes that didn't go with his character. The deadlock between the designing duo and Upen ended with a compromise by the producer Kumar Mangat. He agreed to let another designer, of Upen's choice, fly down to Mauritius to just do Upen's clothes.