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Darwaza Bandh Rakho
Darwaza Bandh Rakho
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	J. D. Chakravarthi
Written by	S.Goswam; Chakravarthi
Produced by	Ram Gopal Varma
Starring	Aftab Shivdasani; Isha Sharvani; Manisha Koirala; Chunky Pandey; Zakir Hussain; Snehal Dabi; Divya Dutta; Gulshan Grover; Aditya Srivastava
Cinematography	Chota K. Naidu
Edited by	Bhanodaya
Distributed by	RGV Film Company
Release date	4 August 2006;
Running time	106 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹3,75 crore
Box office	₹2,32 crore

Darwaza Bandh Rakho (transl. Keep the Door Shut) is an Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by J. D. Chakravarthy,^[2]^[3] cinematography by Chota K. Naidu and released in 2006. The film was remade in Telugu in 2011 as Money Money, More Money, with J.D. Chakravarthy playing the lead role and in Kannada as 5 Idiots.

Synopsis

Four small-time crooks turn towards kidnapping for some quick money. They kidnap a millionaire's daughter, Isha Taneja, and demand money (1 crore). They are forced to barge into the home of a vegetarian Gujarati family of 35.

Their stay in the house gets extended when they learn that the hostage's father has gone abroad, and they have to wait until he returns. The kidnappers are forced to take more hostages to keep their identities secret and prevent the kidnapping venture from failing. Eventually, other people are stuck in the house, such as a pizza guy, a police constable, a salesgirl, a guy who wants money from Kantilal, and a real estate guy. What follows is a "mad-mad comedy of errors."

Taneja finally appears; he gives the four kidnappers the money; however, there is now a fight between the four, and then Taneja calls the police. The kidnappers go to the court. Isha says Ajay, Goga, and Raghu are innocent but not Abbas. After 16 months, Ajay owns a hotel and works with Mughale Azam; Isha and Ajay are both friends; Julie works with Raghu on the sales business; Goga owns a sweet shop; Ganpat Kale is not a policeman but a police driver; Abbaas goes to jail; and the Shah residence lives happily ever after.^[4]

Cast

Aftab Shivdasani as Ajay 'Balu' Pandit
Chunky Pandey as Raghuveer 'Raghu' Achrekar
Zakir Hussain as Mohammad Abbas Ali
Aditya Srivastav as Inspector
Snehal Dabi as Govind 'Goga' Gawde / Narrator
Isha Sharvani as Isha Taneja
Manisha Koirala as Julie - CISCO Salesgirl
Ishrat Ali as Kantilal Shantilal Shah
Gulshan Grover as Taneja
Tashu Kaushik as Sheeba K. Shah
Ravi Kale as Havaldar Ganpat Kale
Divya Dutta as Chameli G. Kale
Goga Kapoor as Manish Mehta - Real Estate Agent
Nitin Raikwar as Madhusudan 'Mugaleazam' - Pizza Boy
Anupam Shyam as Police Inspector
Srinivasa Rao Kota as Dr. Mukala Umapathi Kutti
Pramod Moutho as Dinesh Duggal - Secretary
Raju Mavani as Mushtaqbhai Pathan
Javed Rizvi as Arvind S. Shetty
Padma Rani as Mrs. Shah 'Ba'
Vijay Shah as Ponky K. Shah

Soundtrack

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Darwaza Khulega Kismat Ka"	Nitin Raikwar
2.	"Golimaar"	Guru Randhawa

Reviews

The movie was tagged as a "thrilling comedy"; other reviewers regarded it as an innovative theme that "ran out of steam" midway into the plot. The performance was regarded as "lackluster", Acting was mediocre and people who watched said that the actors tried "too hard" to make people laugh but failed miserably.^[5] The movie was box office failure.