Kanjoos Makhichoos

Kanjoos Makhichoos is an Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Vipul Mehta and produced by Soham Rockstar Entertainment along with ThunderSky Entertainment. The film is based on the famous Gujarati play Sajan Re Jhooth Mat Bolo. The film stars an Kunal Khemu, Shweta Tripathi, Piyush Mishra, Alka Amin, Rajeev Gupta and Raju Srivastava. The film was released on 24 March 2023, on ZEE5. Kanjoos Makhichoos is comedian Raju Srivastav’s last movie appearance. Plot Set in Lucknow, Kanjoos Makhichoos is a black comedy about a miserly person named Jamnaprasad 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 realises that he would 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. Cast 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 Production 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.