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'Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav' is a Bollywood comedy film directed by Mahesh Manjrekar. starring Sunil Shetty , Mahesh Manjrekar Johnny Lever ,Sharat Saxena and Gulshan Grover in important supporting roles. The title, which comprises the names of the four lead characters, is meant to be a pun on Lalu Prasad Yadav, an Indian politician. It is an unofficial remake of the 1988 Hollywood movie 'A Fish Called Wanda'.

Synopsis



Laloo (Sunil Shetty)'s girlfriend Padma (Masumeh Makhija) is fed up of his regular cheating on her. After one such incident she takes a flight to Cape Town to recover some jewels, which are rightfully hers, since her father's partner wrongfully stole them. Padma lands in Cape Town to discover him already there to receive her. After endless bouts of asking for her forgiveness Laloo is finally pardoned for the Nth time.

Laloo tries to help out Padma in her mission but ends up messing things miserably. To get out of the mess Laloo takes help of a local thug in Cape Town called Johnny, a club owner, and his sidekick called Yadav (Johnny Lever) who help them to rob the bank holding the jewels. The four rob the bank, recover the stolen jewels and split outside the bank. While escaping from the bank, Yadav nearly runs over an old lady (Shashikala) with three dogs who becomes a witness to the robbery.

Now that the jewels are out from the bank, Padma has no qualms about ditching the other three. A game of double crossing begins. Padma calls the police and informs them of Johnny having robbed the bank. The cops pick up Johnny. But Johny has moved the jewels somewhere else.

Padma now turns her charms to Prasad (Mahesh Manjrekar), the lawyer who is fighting for Johnny. She entices Prasad to extract the information as to where the jewels have been hidden by Johnny. Laloo gets jealous of Prasad and wants to teach him a lesson. But he has not reckoned with Yadav, also a victim of Padma's charm.

Cast



* Sunil Shetty as Lalchand Dilachand (Laloo)

* Masumi Makhija as Padmashree Divakar Kashyap

* Mahesh Manjrekar as Advocate Prasad Pritam Pradyuma

* Johnny Lever as Yadav

* Gulshan Grover as Johnny

* Sharat Saxena as Uncle Tom (Laloo's uncle)

* Kim Sharma as Rita

* Anupama Verma as Mrs. Pradyuma

* Navdeep Singh as Seth

* Kalpana Pandit

* Lalu Prasad Yadav as Himself (special appearance)

* Vikash Verma as Don

* Puneeth Rajkumar

Music



Music was done by 3 music directors, Anand Raj Anand, Sukhwinder Singh and Nitin Rai

# "Aaoonga Nahn Peeche Peeche" - Abhijeet, Vaishali Samant - Music: Anand Raj Anand

# "Chidiya Chidiya" - Vaishali Samant, Mahesh Manjrekar - Music: Anand Raj Anand

# "Chidiya Chidiya" (Fadooo Mix) - Mahesh Manjrekar, Vaishali Samant - Music: Anand Raj Anand

# "Deewana" - Music and Singer: Sukhwinder Singh

# "Jadoo" (Female) - Sunidhi Chauhan - Music: Sukhwinder Singh

# "Jadoo" (Male) - Music and Singer: Sukhwinder Singh

# "Kabhi To Rooth Ja" - Shaan - Music: Nitin Raikar

# "Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav" Vinod Rathod, K. K. - Music: Nitin Raikwar

Reception



It was screened at the 2005 Global Indian Film Awards held in Dubai. Rediff.com's film critic called the picture "an insult to cinema".

References




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