Khatta Meetha (2010) on Netflix
Sachin Tichkule, a small-town road contractor in Phaltan, cannot get his payment out of the municipal office. Its new commissioner is Gehna Ganpule, the ex-girlfriend who wants him blacklisted.
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- Netflix2.0/5
- IMDb6.2/1016,241 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes17%
Plot summary
Sachin Tichkule is a road-works contractor in Phaltan, a small town in the Satara district, who dreams of big jobs but has no money to bribe the officials who award the contracts. His family has lost faith in him and tells him to earn honestly. The municipal corporation in Satara has frozen his payment, and Sachin decides to sue it. His extended family is already dealing with a bridge collapse in which sixty-five people died. The new Municipal Commissioner is Gehna Ganpule, the girlfriend he had in college, who now hates him and intends to blacklist him. Around all this Sachin manages his indolent employees and his sister's marriage.
Cast
- Paresh Brahmabhattas Peon
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Khatta Meetha (2010)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The house where Akshay Kumar's character and his family lived was filmed at a palace in Phaltan, Maharashtra, which was the ancestral home of Saibai, the first wife of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
- The end-credits song "Bullshit" was inspired by singer Shehzad Roy's original songs; Roy rewrote and performed the song, which was guest-composed and rearranged by Pakistani musician Shani.
- Since its release, Khatta Meetha has made a large impact on meme culture, particularly in memes about poor quality construction of roads nationwide.
- The song "Aila Re Aila" was recreated for the 2021 film Sooryavanshi, also starring Akshay Kumar, by Tanishk Bagchi.
