Akshay Kumar and Priyadarshan’s Khatta Meetha recently received a request from The Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The library wishes to acquire a copy of the screenplay of the film.

Khatta Meetha is largely a political satire on the municipal and construction dealings in India told through Sachin Tichkule’s (Akshay Kumar) life. It aims at highlighting and revealing the various facets and levels of bribing and crooked tricks required for a common man to survive the system.

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After lending the film a decent opening, audience may not have patronised Khatta Meetha throughout its opening week. However, in the times when it is an opening that makes or break most of the films, Khatta Meetha too managed to breathe relatively easier with 32 crores coming in after the first week. The collections did see a hit over the second weekend due to the release of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, hence denting chances of a reasonably longer second innings. The word of mouth wasn’t encouraging enough and audience decided to give the film a pass.

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In a year, there are those 8–10 films that give out right signals right from the time the first promo hits the air. Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai is one such fortunate films that has treaded just the right path to reach the kind of comfort stage that it finds itself in today. Just about everything seems to be going positively for this Milan Luthria film as of now. Whether it is it’s casting (Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi), edgy look, and dramatic premise and, of course, the music which is topping the charts – everything is contributing to ensure that Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai takes a very positive start at the box office.

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You are bound to have a winner on hand with director Priyadarshan and the star with impeccable comic timing Akshay Kumar showcasing to audiences in the light hearted manner that they’ve mastered the various facets and levels of bribing and crooked tricks required for a common man to survive the system.

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Khatta Meetha hasn’t lived up to the expectations from the content perspective. What was being sold entirely as a comedy has turned out to be a semi-humor-semi-drama affair. Even that would have been acceptable had the film being an engrossing watch. However, the fact remains that this is yet another loosely put together film by Priyadarshan, something which was the case with his last release Bumm Bumm Bole as well.

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Tere Bin Laden (TBL) the wacky new concept comedy from Walkwater Media is all set to break box office records for Indian independent comedies as it heads into a bumper second week. Audiences are still flocking to theaters to catch this film and its spoofy portrayal of Osama Bin Laden. Positive word of mouth has helped the film hold on to its screening slots in multiplexes in spite of competition from Akshay Kumar starrer Khatta Meetha and the Hollywood film Salt starring Angelina Jolie.

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Another South Indian screen-queen Trisha Krishnan is all set to invade Bollywood. And this Tamilian follows the trend of making her debut with a leading man far older than her. After the 43-year old Akshay Kumar, 27-year old Trisha’s co-star is going to be the 24-year old Pratik Babbar.

Says Trisha, “The second Hindi film is a love story with just me and the guy in central roles. It’s a subject that can’t go wrong. I’ve already done the Tamil version of this film Vinaaithandi Varuvaya. Now the same director Gautham Menon is remaking it into Hindi with Pratik Babbar and me. I think we should be kick-starting it in August. I am excited because unlike Khatta Meetha where I don’t have a central part this one has a central role for me”.

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It is a foregone conclusion that Khatta Meetha will open well at the box office. In fact, this has been a constant phenomenon for Akshay Kumar and though his earlier effort De Dana Dan with Priydarshan did have to settle down for an average status after a very good start, one does expects the ‘jodi’ to fetch better returns this time around. The promos have been good from the very beginning and though a blockbuster outcome isn’t quite expected, Khatta Meetha is the kind of film that is safe at the box office from the very first day.

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Akshay Kumar is busy touring the country for the promotions of his forthcoming movie ‘Khatta Meetha’. Besides the cycle marathon in Pune that Akki participated in, he had also visited Nagpur city.

Akshay has always led a rather disciplined and regimented life. Besides, he is known to be quite spiritual. In tune with this, Akshay visited a series of religious places in the city of Nagpur. In fact, he offered his prayers at not only the famous Ganesh Tekdi temple but also at a Gurudwara and a mosque. In addition, he also made a visit to the famed Baba Saheb Ambedkar statue.

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