Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century

Fun2shh: Dudes in the 10th Century
Fun2shh: Dudes in the 10th Century
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Directed by	Imtiaz Punjabi
Written by	Story and Screenplay:; Imtiaz Punjabi; Screenplay and Dialogues:; Pravin Rai; Rajesh Khattar
Produced by	Seema Kar; Dhilin Mehta
Starring	Gulshan Grover; Paresh Rawal; Farida Jalal; Anuj Sawhney; Iqbal Khan; Raima Sen; Natanya Singh
Cinematography	Faroukh Fali Mistry
Edited by	Onir
Music by	Songs:; Pritam; Background Score:; Salim–Sulaiman
Distributed by	Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited
Release date	19 December 2003;
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹4.41 crore

Fun2shh: Dudes in the 10th Century is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language science fiction comedy film written and directed by Imtiaz Punjabi (in his directorial debut) and produced by Seema Kar and Dhilin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Limited, with a script co-written by Pravin Rai and Rajesh Khattar. The film stars Paresh Rawal, Gulshan Grover, Anuj Sawhney, Iqbal Khan, Natanya Singh, Raima Sen and Farida Jalal.^[2] The music is composed by Pritam and the background score by Salim–Sulaiman.^[3]

Plot

Mumbai lives in fear of a notorious thief who calls himself Chindi Chor and steals whenever and whatever he desires without any regard to security or police protection. When Ghoshal announces the exhibition and subsequent auction of a crown once worn by Emperor Babushah, Chindi challenges him that he is going to steal this priceless crown, and Ghoshal accepts the challenge and hires private security guards. Chindi carries out the theft, and two of the security guards, Vikram and Ajay, and an accomplice, John D'Souza, become prime suspects and are on the run. They must apprehend Chindi and recover the crown to absolve themselves of this crime. While being chased by security guards, the trio crashes into a wall and is transported back to the 10th century, straight into the palace of Emperor Babushah himself. The trio thinks they are on the set of a Bollywood film and takes nothing seriously until they are imprisoned. It is then the hapless trio realise that they must not only escape but must also take the crow, back with them to the 21st century to absolve themselves of this crime. Only a miracle can get them back to the 21st century.

Cast

Paresh Rawal as John "Johnny" D’Souza
Iqbal Khan as Vikram "Vicky" Rajput
Anuj Sawhney as Ajay "Ajju" Sharma
Gulshan Grover as Chindi Chor / Babushah
Natanya Singh as the First Princess Junali
Raima Sen as the Second Princess Rudali
Farida Jalal as Mrs. Preeti D'Souza / Hiraka
Rushali Arora as Maria / Shalaka
Kader Khan as Bhaleram / Goatherd
Kanwarjeet Paintal as Scientist of 10th century
Narendra Jha as Babushah's Commander
Ashish Vidyarthi as Ghoshal Roshan
Bobby Darling as One of Maharaj Babushah's 40 wives
Veerendra Saxena as Inspector Chhatri Pal
Niloufer as Maharaj Babushah's 1st wife
Kavi Kumar Azad as Royal Guard/Goon on Juhu Beach
Amitabh Bachchan as Narrator

Music

The songs are written by Pravin Rai, Nitin Raikwar and Amitabh Verma.

All music is composed by Pritam

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Hold, You Will Be Mine"	K. K., Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan	4:28
2.	"Dhuan Dhuan Sa Sama, Gila Gila Aasman"	K. S. Chithra (background vocals by Sanjeevani)	4:58
3.	"Fun2shh" (Female Version)	Usha Uthup	5:37
4.	"Fun2shh" (Male Version)	Kunal Ganjawala	5:32
5.	"Hum Hai Fun2shh"	Nitin Raikwar, Vinod Rathod, Kunal Ganjawala	5:09
6.	"Time Kharab Hai"	Sonu Nigam, Farida Jalal, Paresh Rawal, Iqbal Khan, Anuj Sawhney, Sudesh Bhosle	4:39
Total length:			30:23

Reception

Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, FUN2SHH has an interesting first half, but an uninspiring second half takes away the sheen from the enterprise. The film has some curiosity value, but the content [script] does not match the expectations one has from a subject like this. "^[4] Jyoti Shukla of Rediff.com wrote, "Fun2shh appears to be a mix of a few episodes of the television serial Chandrakanta, a few Asterix comics and some Bollywood song and dance masala. The result is neither satirical nor comical. Just a test of the viewers' patience."^[5]

References

^ "Fun2shh... - Movie - Box Office India". Boxofficeindia.com. 19 December 2003. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Bollywood this December:Fun2shh". Rediff.com. 5 December 2003. Archived from the original on 13 September 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
^ "'FUN2SHH DUDES IN THE 10TH CENTURY'". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ Adarsh, Taran (19 December 2003). "Fun2ssh Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
^ Shukla, Jyoti (19 December 2003). "This one's no fun". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2024.