Mumbai Matinee
2003 film by Anant Balani
Mumbai Matinee is a 2003 Indian romantic comedy film directed and written by Anant Balani and starring Rahul Bose as a 32-year-old virgin. The film premiered on 26 September 2003 and was also released in the UK. Director Anant Balani died before the film was released on 29 August 2003.
Plot
Debu is a 32-year-old advertising agent but has a serious problem in that he is still a virgin. He meets Baba Hindustani in a hotel who promises to cure him of the teasing he gets from being a virgin. He later meets Nitin Kapoor, a filmmaker who later films him as he works out in the gym and other physical activities. Unaware of what is happening, Kapoor edits the film in such a way to give the impression of Debu as having sex. The film is released and becomes a box office hit, and Debu quickly becomes a sex symbol. He later meets Sonali Verma, a journalist, who helps him through his difficulties, and they later fall in love.
Cast
Rahul Bose as Debashish Chatterjee (Debu)
Perizaad Zorabian as Sonali Verma
Vijay Raaz as Baba Hindustani
Saurabh Shukla as Nitin Kapoor
Anusha Dandekar as Anusha, the temptress
Asrani as Pyarelal
Sanjay Gandhi as Rohan Khanna
Shehzad Khan as Don
Prithvi Zutshi as Police Inspector
Pinky Chinoy as Prostitute
Bakul Thakkar as Roshan Kumar
Soundtrack
Anand Raj Anand - composer of the song "Loot Gaye"
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Shantanu Mukherjee
Sonu Nigam
Saswati Phukan
Farhad Wadia
Track list
"Tera Dekh Ke Najara Tobba Tobba Mere Yara (Loot Gaye)" - Shashwati
"Tere Bina Mai Jiu Aise" - Kunal Ganjawala
"Ye Hai Mumbai" - Sonu Nigam
"You" - Shaan
"Bumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost" - Abbey
"Sex Is Good" - K. K.
"Shame" - Joe Alvares
"Tere Bina Mai Jiu Aise (2)" - Kunal Ganjawala
Critical reception
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film a rating of 1 out of 5 and said that, "The film has an interesting plot in fact a story like this has never been attempted by an Indian film-maker before but how one wishes the twists and turns in the story were captivating enough to keep you glued right till the climax." Shahshi Matta of PlanetBollywood.com gave the film a rating of 4.5 out of 10 saying that, "The film looks hurriedly put-together and the contemplation's of the protagonist at various points in this film (on love, the gay character, etc.) look like they belong to another film. A film that could have been.
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