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Money Bag

A self-righteous father, a god-fearing mother, a rebellious son, a dutiful daughter and just to round off things, an ailing wise old grandfather! Meet the Gupchups, the living template of an Indian middle-class household. Financially weak but morally rich, everything about their life was ordinary. As Papa Gupchup would always harp, "Paisa kam hai toh kya hua, izzat bahut kamai hai humne!"

Until the extraordinary day, they discover a bag full of crisp, brand new, unclaimed 2000 rupee notes. A relentless night of counting the stash with trembling hands ensues. Finally, Gupchups tap out the amount on their old creaky calculator and after a minor squabble on the number of zeroes, realization dawns that they are standing with a staggering windfall of 5 crores rupees under their noses. They immediately hide the bag inside their steel almirah, behind layers of clothes, put a huge lock on it and vow not to use the money, as that seems like the most ethical thing to do with their newfound loot!

But things turn murky when this unused, locked stash of money, manages to emanate its vicious tentacles, from the deep crevasses of that almirah, to engulf and tear the basic fabric of this “Izzatdaar” middle-class Puneri family!

Cast

Siddharth Menon Sheetal Thakur Ayesha Raza Vinay Pathak
  • Siddharth

    Menon

    - Shubham Gupchup
  • Sheetal

    Thakur

    - Ketaki Gupchup
  • Vinay

    Pathak

    - Sharad Gupchup
  • Ayesha

    Raza

    - Vaishali Gupchup

Director's Bio

Sameer Joshi

Sameer Joshi directed the 2013 Marathi film, Mangalashtak Once More, starring Swwapnil Joshi, Mukta Barve, Kadambari Kadam, and Sai Tamhankar. The film had a steady run at the box office and continues to stream on Hotstar. A veteran of the entertainment field, he has been working for the past 20 years in various creative capacities across both films and television. Apart from his occupation with the screen, Sameer is also passionate about theatre and runs his own theatre group, Samanway, in Pune.