Diwali dhamaaka! Defying her serious image, Kirti Kulhari returns (after 12 years) to excel in hilarious family movie ‘Khichdi 2’ –opposite Jamnadas Majethia ! In a silly romantic glam-avataar Kirti --just looking like a ‘wow’ (pataakha) ! by  Chaitanya Padukone

Both acclaimed comedy content senior writer-director Atish Kapadia and senior eminent lead actor-co-producer Jamnadas Mathethia  (“JD”)  are all set to explode a Diwali .dhamaal dhamaaka on Friday, November 17 (2023) with their latest roller-coaster adventure comedy movie titled ‘Khichdi 2’ – Mission Paanthukistan! Most of the Khichdi 2 ensemble cast featuring actors Supriya Pathak Kapur, Jamnadas Majethia, Rajeev Mehta, Anang Desai, Vandana Pathak, Kirti Kulhari, Kiku Sharda and director Aatish Kapadia were present at the screening of the trailer for the invited media audience.

The hilarious trailer screening preview was punctuated with laugh-a-minute cheering and clapping from the PVR-invited theatre audience. Incidentally, the hit comedy prequel movie Khichdi had released way back in the year 2010.  Shared Jamnadas “This year and the recent past has been creating history with successful movie sequels like Drishyam 2, Gadar 2, PS-2, Dream Girl 2, OMG 2  and now Khichdi 2. The entertaining prequels have already connected emotionally with the audiences and hence they accept and appreciate the sequels. Let me share with the theatre audiences that our Khichdi 2, is a fresh, innovative re-invented subject, an enjoyable, engaging full-family entertainer adventure-comedy with crazy romance, family sentiments and hit original songs-music. Our movie mission for this Diwali season is ‘Hanso Aur Hansaao’ ( Laugh and also make Others Laugh)  !  We assure the audiences of a minimum of 50 crazy comic laugh-aloud, situations while watching the movie., Otherwise we will shave off the moustache of screen character ‘Babu-jee’ (Anang Desai),” says Jamnadas-bhai jestfully.

The emotional repartee reaction came from seasoned award-winning actress Supriya Pathak-Kapur who plays Hansa in ‘Khichdi.  “My exuberant funny screen character Hansa will never leave me—it will always remain a part of me as long as I am alive,” shared Supriya amidst loud applause. While winsome actress Flora Saini and dynamic director-choreographer Farah Khan are part of the cast, it is popular Kiku Sharda ( of Kapil Sharma Sony TV comedy show fame) who has a special important surprise role and an impressive monologue.

When I asked the charming talented model actress ( looking just like a ‘wow) Kirti Kulhari about her return to comedy after 12 years, she responded. “ That’s true I started my acting career with the prequel comedy movie Khichdi ( 2010). Somehow I deviated into a series of serious, intense roles as in several landmark movies like ‘Pink’, ‘Indu Sarkar’, ‘Mission Mangal’ and  ‘Uri-The Surgical Strike’. Returning to comedy in Khichdi 2 is like a breath of fresh air, I feel absolutely liberated, no advance prep. It’s a silly silsila playing Parminder, but I really enjoyed it Because it also had its flash-back sentimental value and it was as if the character Parminder ki aatma-bhatak-rahi-thhi and she entered my body again after 12 years.(laughs) And writer-director Aatish Kapadia,  told me, leave-your-brains-at-home. So it was a tension-free joy ride. You will figure out how much I enjoyed, it when you watch me gleefully dancing in the trending viral freak-out foot-tapping romantic song ‘Vande Raka’ (only feeling-no meaning)  we shot on locations with my screen-hero “Himanshu” played by my co-star Jamnadas who also has very unusual quirky romantic kissing-gestures scene with me,”  shares versatile actress Kirti Kulhari whose next upcoming movies include ‘Hisaab Baraabar’ with lead co-star R. Madhavan and the movie is more of  a social-humor-crime-drama genre. And also the realistic yet engaging upcoming English movie ‘Sach Is Life’ with Jim Sarbh as her co-star.