Gali Gali Mein Chor Hai is an upcoming Hindi-language comedy film directed by
Rumi Jaffrey, featuring Akshaye Khanna, Shriya Saran and Mugdha Godse in the
lead roles and music composed by Anu Malik The film, produced by Nitin Manmohan
under the banner of One Up Entertainmnet Pvt Ltd, is slated to release on
February 3rd, 2012.
Bharat is the quintessential Indian common man, or aam
aadmi, who lives in Bhopal, in Central India. He is a cashier at a bank, and,
like all bankers, has a trusted sidekick – his scooter. He is also a part-time
actor, and portrays the role of Hanuman, the monkey God, at the local Ramleela
His family consists of his wife, Nisha, a schoolteacher,
and his father, Shivnarayan, a patriotic, idealistic man, who dreams of a
corrupt-free nation.
Then there is Amita, the unwanted guest, who is an
employee with a call centre. She is a pretty young thing, which is enough
reason for Nisha to be slightly insecure about her marriage. Nisha is ambitious
for her husband, and would like him to be promoted from cashier to manager at
the bank.
Bharat, however, has other goals. He wants to be Ram, the
protagonist in Ramleela. Sattu Tripathi, an extremely bad actor, gets to
portray Ram, without opposition, because he is the younger brother of the
politician, MLA Manku Tripathi. Both the Tripathi brothers dislike Bharat, for
different reasons. Sattu is overshadowed by Bharat’s superior acting skills on
stage, leading to a rivalry between the two. Manku, on the other hand, is
miffed with Bharat, because the extra room in the latter’s house is now used as
a re-election campaign room by Mohanlal, Manku’s adversary.
And then one day, Bharat’s table-fan gets stolen. The
police constable, Parshuram Khushwaah tells Bharat that the local paanwalla,
Bacchu Gulkand, can testify in court that it was none other than Chunnu
Farishta, burglar par excellence, who is responsible for the crime.
A rather reluctant Bharat then gets sucked into a system
that worships corruption and dishonesty, and is forced to bribe his way through
criminals and law keepers alike, just to get this table-fan back. What the
system does not seem to realise, however, is that even somebody as common as
Bharat can snap, and when he does, he can make life hell for a lot of people.
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