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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Darwaza Bandh Rakho<br />
| image = Darwaaza Bandh Rakho poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[J. D. Chakravarthy]]<br />
| producer = [[Ram Gopal Varma]]<br />
| writer = [[Snehal Dabi]] (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = J. D. Chakravarthy<br />
| story = Micky<br />
| starring = [[Aftab Shivdasani]]<br />[[Isha Sharvani]]<br />[[Manisha Koirala]]<br />[[Chunky Pandey]]<br />[[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]]<br />[[Snehal Dabi]]<br />[[Divya Dutta]]<br />[[Gulshan Grover]]<br />[[Aditya Srivastava]]<br />
| music =<br />
| cinematography = [[Chota K. Naidu]]<br />
| editing = Bhanodaya<br />
| distributor = RGV Film Company<br />
| released = {{Film date|2006|08|4|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 106 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = {{INR}}3.75 crore<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=289|title=Darwaaza Bandh Rakho – Movie|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref><br />
| gross = {{INR}}2.32 crore<ref name="auto"/><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Darwaza Bandh Rakho''''' ({{translation}} ''Keep the Door Shut'') is an Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[black comedy film]] directed by [[J. D. Chakravarthy]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Darwaza Bandh Rakho {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/darwaza-bandh-rakho |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Darwaza Bandh Rakho |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/darwaza-bandh-rakho/cast/2030292383/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref> cinematography by [[Chota K. Naidu]] and released in 2006. The film was remade in Telugu in 2011 as ''[[Money Money, More Money]],'' with [[J.D. Chakravarthy]] playing the lead role and in Kannada as ''[[5 Idiots]]''.<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
Four small-time crooks turn towards kidnapping for some quick money. They kidnap a millionaire's daughter, Isha Taneja, and demand money (1 crore). They are forced to barge into the home of a vegetarian [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] family of 35.<br />
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Their stay in the house gets extended when they learn that the hostage's father has gone abroad, and they have to wait until he returns. The kidnappers are forced to take more hostages to keep their identities secret and prevent the kidnapping venture from failing. Eventually, other people are stuck in the house, such as a pizza guy, a police constable, a salesgirl, a guy who wants money from Kantilal, and a real estate guy. What follows is a "mad-mad comedy of errors."<br />
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Taneja finally appears; he gives the four kidnappers the money; however, there is now a fight between the four, and then Taneja calls the police. The kidnappers go to the court. Isha says Ajay, Goga, and Raghu are innocent but not Abbas. After 16 months, Ajay owns a hotel and works with Mughale Azam; Isha and Ajay are both friends; Julie works with Raghu on the sales business; Goga is an auto driver, Ganpat Kale is not a policeman but an instructor in a driving school ; Abbaas goes to jail; and the Shah residence lives happily ever after.<ref>http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/12498/index.html Review by Taran Adarsh</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
* [[Aftab Shivdasani]] as Ajay 'Balu' Pandit<br />
*[[Chunky Pandey]] as Raghuveer 'Raghu' Achrekar<br />
*[[Zakir Hussain (actor)|Zakir Hussain]] as Mohammad Abbas Ali<br />
* [[Aditya Srivastav]] as Inspector<br />
* [[Snehal Dabi]] as Govind 'Goga' Gawde / Narrator<br />
*[[Isha Sharvani]] as Isha Taneja<br />
*[[Manisha Koirala]] as Julie - CISCO Salesgirl<br />
*Ishrat Ali as Kantilal Shantilal Shah<br />
*[[Smita Jaykar]] as Sarita K. Shah<br />
*[[Gulshan Grover]] as Taneja<br />
*[[Tashu Kaushik]] as Sheeba K. Shah<br />
*[[Ravi Kale]] as Havaldar Ganpat Kale<br />
*[[Divya Dutta]] as Chameli G. Kale<br />
*[[Goga Kapoor]] as Manish Mehta - Real Estate Agent<br />
*Nitin Raikwar as Madhusudan 'Mugaleazam' - Pizza Boy<br />
*[[Anupam Shyam]] as Police Inspector<br />
*Srinivasa Rao Kota as Dr. Mukala Umapathi Kutti<br />
*[[Pramod Moutho]] as Dinesh Duggal - Secretary<br />
*[[Raju Mavani]] as Mushtaqbhai Pathan<br />
*Javed Rizvi as Arvind S. Shetty<br />
*[[Padma Rani]] as Mrs. Shah 'Ba'<br />
*Vijay Shah as Ponky K. Shah<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{{Tracklist<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Darwaza Khulega Kismat Ka<br />
| extra1 = Nitin Raikwar<br />
| title2 = Golimaar<br />
| extra2 = [[Guru Randhawa]]<br />
}}<br />
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==Reception==<br />
The movie was tagged as a "thrilling comedy"; other reviewers regarded it as an innovative theme that "ran out of steam" midway into the plot. The performance was regarded as "lackluster", Acting was mediocre and people who watched said that the actors tried "too hard" to make people laugh but failed miserably.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1855963.cms |title=Darwaza Bandh Rakho- The Times of India |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829084329/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1855963.cms |archive-date=2006-08-29}}</ref> The movie was box office failure.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|id=0471646}}<br />
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[[Category:2006 Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2006 films]]<br />
[[Category:2006 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:2006 comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]</div>Hakeem Nafeesurrahman Thanvi