Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? movie is a 2010 Bollywood comedy film directed is Ashwni Dhir & producer is Amita Pathak. Loosely based on the short story Tum Kab Jaoge, Athithi? by Sharad Joshi,
This film leading stars cast are Ajay Devgan, Paresh Rawal and Konkona Sen Sharma. It was released on 5 March 2010.The film was an Super Hit grosser and made nearly double of its budget at the box office. It received numeorous nominations at award ceremonies.
- Directer : Ashwni Dhir
- Producer : Amita Pathak
- Screenplay by : Tushar Hiranandani,Robin Bhatt
- writer : Ashwni Dhir
- Starring : Ajay Devgn,Paresh Rawal,Konkona Sen Sharma
- Music composer : Pritam
- Background Score : Sanjoy Chowdhury
- Cinematographer : Aseem Bajaj
- Editor : Dharmendra Sharma
- Distributor : Warner Bros. Pictures,Wide Frame Pictures
- Genres : Comedy
- Release date : 5 March 2010
- Running time : 115 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
- Budget : 20 cr rs (US$2.3 million)
- Box office : 57 cr rs
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? movie trailer :
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? movie Star cast :
- Ajay Devgn as a Puneet ‘Pappu’
- Konkona Sen Sharma as a Munmun
- Paresh Rawal as a Lambodar ‘Chachaji’ Bajpai
- Satish Kaushik as a Taneja
- Akhilendra Mishra as a Sulemanbhai / Ramu
- Somesh Agarwal
- Rajesh Bakshi as a Serial Director
- Suresh Chatwal
- Dhananjay Galani
- Rohitash Gaud as a Niranjan Tripathi – Bank Manager
- Aayush Joshi as a Aayush
- Hrishikesh Joshi
- Pradeep Kabra
- Bikramjeet Kanwarpal
- Viju Khote as a Self
- Nataliya Kozhenova
- Sanjay Mishra as a Watchman
- Mac Mohan
- Sharvani Pillai
- Malkeet Rauni
- Shankar Sachdev
- Jeetu Shivhare
- Navinder Pal Singh as a Cameraman
- Sanjay Swaraj
- Dinesh Thakkerr as a Mr. Shah
- Mukesh Tiwari as a Police Inspector
Production :
The film shooting done mainly in at Yashraj Studios, Filmistan, Film City and other locations in Mumbai. The makers bought the rights to the short story Tum Kab Jaoge, Athithi? by Sharad Joshi.
Adaptation :
Author and cartoonist Abid Surti has sued makers of Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge claiming that story is directly lifted from his Gujarati novel Bauter Varas No Babo published in 1976, which was later translated in Hindi as Bahatar Saal Ka Baccha. He has filed a case with The Film Writers Association (FWA) and has demanded Rs 11.5 million as compensation, the case is still pending judgment.
Sequel :
A sequel to film named Guest iin London was released on 7 July 2017.
Awards and nominations of the film :
- Apsara Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role – Paresh Rawal — Winner
- Best Comedian – Paresh Rawal — Nominaton.
Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? movie Songs / Music :
The film music composer are Amit Mishra and Pritam Chakraborty while the lyricist is Irshad Kamil.
The film Background score composer was Sanjoy Chowdhury. The music album was released on 20 February 2010.
“Aaja Aaja” and its remix are composed by Pritam while the rest were by Amit Mishra.
- “Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge”………Amit Mishra
- “Jyoti Jalaile”…………………..Sukhwinder Singh
- “Aaja Aaja”……………….Raghuvir Yadav, Ajay Jhingran & Rajneesh
- “Dohe”………………………Amit Mishra
- “Sukhakarta”…………….Amit Mishra
- “Aaja Aaja (remix)”…….Raghuvir Yadav, Ajay Jhingran & Rajneesh
Review of the film :
The film recviews are mostly positive from critics.
Critics review :
- Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave it 3.5 star from 5 star, and stated that “the film was “fun” and “frolic” for all.”
- Times of India critics gave 3 star from 5 star and stated that “Wait and watch out for some more of the Basu Chatterjee-Hrishikesh Mukherjee brand revival.Performances of Paresh Rawal’s pitches a picture perfect Chachaji, while Ajay Devgn and Sanjay Mishra are immensely watchable.”
- Komal Nahta gave it 3 star from 5 star and explained how it should be acclaimed for its family love, and the great message at the end.
Box office collection :
- Screens : 1050
- Day 1 – Friday…………3.87 Cr
- Day 2 – Saturday……..4.50 Cr
- Day 3 – Sunday………3.50 Cr
- Day 4 – Monday………..3.13 Cr
- Day 5 – Tuesday…….2.00 Cr
- Day 6 – Wednesday…..1.20 Cr
- Day 7 – Thursday………0.73 Cr
- Week 1 Collection…….18.93 Cr
- Week 2 Collection…….11.37 Cr
- Week 3 Collection…….5.58 Cr
- Week 4 Collection……. 3.17 Cr
- Week 5 Collection…….1.35 Cr
- Week 6 Collection…….0.56 Cr
- Week 7 Collection…… 0.15 Cr
- Total Net Collection……41.11 Cr
- India Gross Collection………55.51 Cr
- Overseas Collection…………1.49 Cr (est.)
- India Gross Collection………55.51 Cr
- Worldwide Collection Gross……57.00 Cr
- ATKJ movie Budget : …………20.00 Cr
- ATKJ movie Verdict : ………HIT