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{{Short description|1999 Indian film directed by Gulzar}}
{{Other uses|Kabaddi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Hu Tu Tu
| image = HuTuTuFilmPoster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Gulzar]]
| producer = Dhirajlal Shah
| screenplay = Gulzar [[Meghna Gulzar]]
| starring = [[Nana Patekar]] [[Sunil Shetty]] [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] [[Suhasini Mulay]]
| music = [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]
| cinematography = [[Manmohan Singh (film director)|Manmohan Singh]] Rajan Kothari
| editing = Ram Koti Ram Sada
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1999|01|22}}
| runtime = 173 Mins
| country = India
| language = Hindi
}}

'''''Hu Tu Tu''''' is a 1999 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[drama film]] directed by [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]], starring [[Nana Patekar]], [[Sunil Shetty]], [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] and [[Suhasini Mulay]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2019/jan/22/18289/20-years-of-hu-tu-tu-gulzar-s-political-diatribe-that-failed-to-fire-the-imagination | title=20 years of Hu Tu Tu: Gulzar's political diatribe that failed to fire the imagination | access-date=18 July 2022 | archive-date=18 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718081747/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2019/jan/22/18289/20-years-of-hu-tu-tu-gulzar-s-political-diatribe-that-failed-to-fire-the-imagination | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Plot==
The story opens with the kidnapping of Panna Barve, the daughter of Chief Minister Malti Barve. The responsible gang's demand is that one of their members be released from police custody. While in captivity, Panna reminisces about her childhood, where she had to struggle to grow up with a power hungry and inconsiderate mother and a simple, quiet, and spineless father. Panna's mother had also been carrying on a rather open affair with party co-member Sawantrao Gadre. Flashback over and Panna soon meets the man behind her kidnapping Aditya Patel who Panna knows from before.

Via second flashback, we learn that Panna and "Adi" were lovers once upon a time. Their closeness stemmed from the fact that he also was struggling with a corrupt parent in the form of businessman father, P.N. Patel. Panna and Adi both find solace in a poor basti with the company of Adi's old teacher Joshi Master and in the philosophy of poet Bhau, much to the dismay of the couple's respective parents. Bhau even goes to the extent of becoming Malti's most vociferous opponent. Due to a sudden car accident, however, Adi is presumed dead and Panna loses Adi's out-of-wedlock baby before it can be born. Thus ends the second flashback.

Getting back to the kidnapping, Adi and Panna reunite after quite some time. They talk to each other and piece together the events that have occurred since their separation. Just then, the missing gang member is sent back to Adi. It is none other than Bhau, who is returned to the gang with his brain destroyed by electric shock. News also comes that Joshi Master is killed in jail and it is portrayed as a suicide. Panna and Adi then decide what the best form of poetic justice will be for their parents. They both sneak into an election campaign of Malti Barve and P.N. Patel, and explode bombs attached to them, thus destroying everything. The film ends with Panna's father working as headmaster in a school.

Gulzar suggests that although we have already ruined the world for Generation X, we should focus our efforts into the protection and education of our school children. If we shield them from this corruption, they will become the leaders of tomorrow, and they will run the country the way it should be.

==Cast==
* [[Nana Patekar]] as Bhau
* [[Sunil Shetty]] as Aditya Patel (Adi)
* [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] as Panna Barve
* [[Suhasini Mulay]] as Maltibai Barve
* [[Shivaji Satam]] as Barve
* [[Mohan Agashe]] as Sawantrao Gadre
* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as P.N. Patel
* [[Raj Zutshi]] as Arun Barve
* [[Gracy Singh]] as Shanti
* [[Ajit Vachani]] as Police Commissioner J.D.
* [[Rajesh Khera]]

==Soundtrack==
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| name = Hu Tu Tu
| type = [[Soundtrack album]]
| artist = [[Vishal Bhardwaj]]
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Music by Vishal Bhardwaj.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://planetbollywood.com/Music/hututu.html | title=Planet-Bollywood - Music Review - Hu Tu Tu | access-date=18 July 2022 | archive-date=18 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718081747/https://planetbollywood.com/Music/hututu.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
#"Itna Lamba Kash Lo Yaaro" - [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
#"Bandobast Hai, Jabardast Hai" - [[Roop Kumar Rathod]]
#"Chhai Chhap Chhai, Chhapa Ke Chhai" - Lata Mangeshkar, Hariharan
#"Ghapla Hai, Ghapla Hai, Ghapla Hai Bhai" - Roop Kumar Rathod
#"Jago Jago Jagte Raho, Jago Jago Jagte Raho" - Roop Kumar Rathod
#"Jai Hind Hind, Guru Manter Mera" - Lata Mangeshkar
#"Nikla Neem Ke Talese Nikla" - [[Anuradha Paudwal]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]], Roop Kumar Rathod
#"Ye Ankhe, Ye Num Ankhe" - Lata Mangeshkar

==Reception==
A critic from ''[[Rediff.com]]'' wrote that "''Hu Tu Tu'' ranks as one of Gulzar's finest and is a must see".<ref>{{cite web|last=Verma |first=Suparn |url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/21hut.htm |title=The power game |work=[[Rediff.com]] |date=21 January 1999 |access-date=4 June 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712111751/http://in.rediff.com/movies/1999/jan/21hut.htm |archive-date=12 July 2015 }}</ref> A critic from ''[[India Today]]'' wrote that "''Hu Tu Tu'' may well be Gulzar's political manifesto. The brutally honest and uncompromising statement doesn't make it easy for even the audience or the box office".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19990201-film-review-hu-tu-tu-starring-nana-patekar-sunil-shetty-tabu-kulbhushan-kharbanda-825023-1999-02-01 | title=Film review: 'HU TU TU', starring Nana Patekar, Sunil Shetty, Tabu | access-date=18 July 2022 | archive-date=18 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718081747/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19990201-film-review-hu-tu-tu-starring-nana-patekar-sunil-shetty-tabu-kulbhushan-kharbanda-825023-1999-02-01 | url-status=live |work=[[India Today]] | date=February 1999 }}</ref>

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Award
!scope="col"| Category
!scope="col"| Nominee(s)
!scope="col"| Result
|-
| rowspan="4"|2000
| rowspan="3"|[[45th Filmfare Awards|Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Critics)]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Suhasini Mulay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[46th National Film Awards|National Film Awards]]
| [[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|id=0246687}}

{{Gulzar}}
{{Meghna Gulzar filmography}}

[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:1999 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress National Film Award–winning performance]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vishal Bhardwaj]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Gulzar]]
[[Category:Films directed by Gulzar]]

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Himanshuucharan at 23:33, 3 March 2026