Shararat is a 2002 Bollywood

Bollywood films of 2002

This article contains a list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 2002.-Top grossing films:The top grossing films at the Indian box office in 2002....

 Comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

, Drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 Directed by Gurudev Bhalla and starring Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....

, Hrishitaa Bhatt

Hrishitaa Bhatt

Hrishitaa Bhatt , also spelled as Hrishita Bhat, is a Bollywood actress and model. She debuted in the film Asoka opposite Shah Rukh Khan, but it was Haasil , that brought major turn into her career. Bhatt got acclaim by this role and appeared in films like Ab Tak Chappan and Jigyaasa...

 and Amrish Puri

Amrish Puri

Amrish Singh Puri , ; 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005 was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad...

 in the lead roles. It was released on July 12, 2002.

Plot

Rahul Khanna (Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....

) is the only son of wealthy industrialists, who have no time for their son while on the other hand Rahul has nothing but time on his hands and is hell bent upon getting into small mischief and trouble with the law, such as racing cars with his friends but he gets away with it most of the time by bribing the officer. Eventually his luck runs out one day while stuck in traffic and in a hurry to reach the airport for his flight to america he meddles with the traffic lights turning them all green and causing a number of vehicles to crash. This time the offense is too serious and unable to bribe the officer he is arrested. DCP Bhosle (Om Puri

Om Puri

Om Puri is an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Indian films and art films. His credits also include appearances in British and American films. He has received an honorary OBE.-Early life:...

) wants to teach Rahul a lesson but cant think of a way other than making him do time in jail. Neha Sengupta (Hrishitaa Bhatt

Hrishitaa Bhatt

Hrishitaa Bhatt , also spelled as Hrishita Bhat, is a Bollywood actress and model. She debuted in the film Asoka opposite Shah Rukh Khan, but it was Haasil , that brought major turn into her career. Bhatt got acclaim by this role and appeared in films like Ab Tak Chappan and Jigyaasa...

) inspired by a Bill clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

 newspaper article, comes up with a unique punishment idea for Rahul, Community Service

Community service

Community service is donated service or activity that is performed by someone or a group of people for the benefit of the public or its institutions....

. The Judge Murthy likes this idea and sentences a remorseless Rahul to a senior citizen's home out in the country. Sparks fly when Rahul meets the old residents of the senior citizens' home causing many comedic moments as Rahul and the senior citizens do not get on very well.

Cast

• Abhishek Bachchan
  Abhishek Bachchan
  Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and is married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai....
  
   as Rahul Khanna
• Hrishitaa Bhatt
  Hrishitaa Bhatt
  Hrishitaa Bhatt , also spelled as Hrishita Bhat, is a Bollywood actress and model. She debuted in the film Asoka opposite Shah Rukh Khan, but it was Haasil , that brought major turn into her career. Bhatt got acclaim by this role and appeared in films like Ab Tak Chappan and Jigyaasa...
  
   as Neha Sengupta
• Amrish Puri
  Amrish Puri
  Amrish Singh Puri , ; 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005 was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad...
  
   as Prajapati
• Helen
  Helen (actress)
  Helen Jairag Richardson is an Indian film actress and dancer of Anglo-Burmese descent, working in Hindi films. She is often cited as the most popular dancer of the item number in her time. She was the inspiration for four films and a book.-Early life and background:Helen was born in Burma on 21...
  
   as Anuradha Mathur
• Tinnu Anand
  Tinnu Anand
  Tinnu Anand is an Indian actor and director from Bollywood, who is most known as the director of Amitabh Bachchan's movies including, Kaalia , Shahenshah , Main Azaad Hoon and Major Saab .He is the son of veteran writer Inder Raj Anand and uncle of director Siddharth Anand.Anand recently...
  
   as Saifuddin "Saifu"
• A.K. Hangal as Gajanan Desai
• Dara Singh
  Dara Singh
  Dara Singh Randhawa is a wrestler and Indian film actor. He was born in a Jat Sikh family of Punjabi background.He was a wrestler before he started acting in Hindi films in 1962....
  
   as Mr. Gujral
• Daisy Irani
  Daisy Irani
  Daisy Irani is a television actress, director and producer from Singapore. Born in a Zoroastrian family in India, she is best known for appearing in the role of Daisy in the popular Singapore TV series Under One Roof. She became the executive producer for MediaCorp Studios English Entertainment...
  
   as Mrs. Chitra Gujral
• Viju Khote
  Viju Khote
  Viju Khote is an Indian actor who has worked as character actor in more than 300 films in Hindi cinema and Marathi cinema. He is especially famous as the dacoit Kalia in the film Sholay and the dialogue, Sardar maine aapka namak khaya hai and Robert in movie Andaz Apna Apna...
  
   as Keshav Deshpande
• Shubha Khote as Shanta Deshpande
• Mohnish Bahl as Vikram Saxena
• Navni Parihar as Advocate Nandini Khanna (Rahul's Mum)
• Romesh Sharma as Niranjan Khanna (Rahul's step Dad)
• Ashish Vidyarthi
  Ashish Vidyarthi
  Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Hindi films and lately in South Indian films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for film Drohkaal in 1995....
  
   as Arora
• Om Puri
  Om Puri
  Om Puri is an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Indian films and art films. His credits also include appearances in British and American films. He has received an honorary OBE.-Early life:...
  
   as DCP Bhosle
• Anjan Srivastav
  Anjan Srivastav
  Anjan Srivatsav is an Indian film, television and stage actor, associated with Indian People's Theatre Association in Mumbai of which he remained Vice-President for several years...
  
   as the Judge
• Anang Desai as Neha's Dad
• Rajendranath Zutshi
  Rajendranath Zutshi
  Rajendranath Zutshi, aka Raj Zutshi, is a Mumbai-based Indian film and television actor. He is actor Aamir Khan's ex-brother-in-law, as he was married to producer-director-writer Nasir Hussain's daughter Nuzhat...
  
   as Gajanan's son
• Iravati Harshe as Gajanan's Daughter-in-law
• Yatin Karyekar as Anuradha's son

Soundtrack

Music was composed by the famous duo Sajid-Wajid

Sajid (music director)

Sajid Ali is a Hindi music composer and director who works for Bollywood films. With his brother Wajid Ali, he forms the musical duo known as Sajid-Wajid...

. It consists of 8 original songs.

Track Listing:

Dil Kehta Hai - Sonu Nigam

Ek Ladki Mujhe - Sonu Nigam & Alka Yagnik

Kuch Tum Kaho - Sonu Nigam

Mehki Hawaon Mein - Sonu Nigam & Kay Kay

Ye Main Kahan - Hariharan, Anupama & Sonu Nigam

Mastana Albela - Hariharan

Na Kisi Ki Aankh Ka - Talat Aziz

Dil Kehta Hai - Instrumental