
Mithya
Mithya is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film co-written and directed by Rajat Kapoor and produced by Planman Motion Pictures. It stars Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia, Naseeruddin Shah, and Vinay Pathak in pivotal roles. The score and soundtrack were composed by Sagar Desai. It was released on 8 February 2008, opening to good reviews.
Plot
An extra (Ranvir Shourie) in Bollywood gets caught up with the wrong people because his face is identical to the underworld don, 'Raje' bhai (a slang for underworld don in Mumbai). An opposing gang seeing the opportunity plans to murder the don and replace him with the actor, who will sit at the helm of the don's empire and act as their puppet to help them take over the empire. The plan falls apart when the actor suffers a head injury during an accident and experiences dementia.
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author | Rajat Kapoor |
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director | Rajat Kapoor |
editor | Suresh Pai |
genre | comedy crime saga |
keywords | bhai bollywood dementia extra head injury hippocampus identity mumbai |
musicBy | Sagar Desai |
producer | Arindam Chaudhuri |
theme | black comedy crime comedy gangster mafia comedy memory |