India 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.
The 2002–2004 India Window
122 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Hungama sits at position #41.
Other Titles From Venus Records & Tapes
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Hungama premiered. 454 total titles in this decade from India.
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 |