Synopsis
“A singer, a young woman and a bank employee lie to get ahead in life, leading to cases of mistaken identities.”
The story of a bunch of misfits whose misconception about each other’s backgrounds leads to a series of chaotic, yet comic outcomes. Aftab and Rimi play two strangers who have to pretend that are a married couple in order to get a place to live. Paresh Rawal plays a rich, yet ground to earth businessman whose business is named after his wife Anjali. Akshaye Khanna plays a young man starting a new business in electronic ware. Things get complicated when Rimi Sen goes to Paresh Rawal's house in search of a job & meets Akshaye Khanna who falls in love with her thinking she is Paresh Rawal's daughter. Paresh Rawal's wife thinks that he is having an affair with Rimi Sen while Paresh Rawal thinks his wife is having an affair with Akshaye. Enter Shakti Kapoor whose daughter falls in love with a guy pretending to be Paresh Rawal's son and soon everything gets out of control.
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The 2002–2004 India Window
Hungama holds position #41 of 122 India films in the 2002–2004 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Hungama premiered alongside 36 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other India films in 2003.
The 411th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
61 audience reviews — more than 85% of India films in our index.
Review volume (85th percentile) outruns trending popularity (56th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #796 of 1,983 India films indexed here (60th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Comedy productions specifically: #217 of 648 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Venus Records & Tapes |
| Runtime | 2h 33m |
| Release Date | August 1, 2003 |
| IMDb | tt0371735 |












