Kanjoos Makhichoos trailer: Kunal Kemmu and Shweta Tripathi starrer is a perfect dose of drama

ZEE5 announced its upcoming direct to digital movie – Kanjoos Makhichoos today. Written and directed by Vipul Mehta, the comedy drama stars Kunal Kemmu, Shweta Tripathi, Piyush Mishra, Alka Amin, Rajiv Gupta and the late Raju Srivastav in pivotal roles and is set to premiere on ZEE5 on 24th March 2023.

An interesting comedy drama, Kanjoos Makhichoos is the story of Jamnaprasad Pandey (Kunal Khemu) who is infamous in the entire town of Deoria, Uttar Pradesh as a miser. His parents, Gangaprasad Pandey (Piyush Mishra) and Saraswati Pandey (Alka Amin), wife Madhuri (Shweta Tripathi) and son Krish, are fed up with Jamna’s penny-pinching habits. Right from allocating one bucket per person for bathing to using one agarbatti throughout the month, Jamnaprasad never spares a single rupee unnecessarily. However, little does the family know that Jamna has been saving up to fulfill his father’s longstanding wish of going on a char-dhaam yatra. 

Jamna’s happiness of having fulfilled his father’s wish is short lived because destiny plays tricks and due to heavy rains and flooding, the contact between the family breaks. The Government declares people missing for more than 25 days dead and releases a compensation of Rs. 7 lakhs for each missing person, making it 14 lakhs for Jamna’s both parents. 

However, by the time the money reaches Jamnaprasad, it is reduced to 10 Lakhs as government officers in the middle have generously shared 4 lakhs of the compensation money amongst themselves. Upset that he has been cheated like this, Jamna decides to fight back against an illicit system. But, will a powerless, generally undermined middle-class person win against a powerful, corrupt system? 

Talking about the film, Kunal Kemmu said,

 “Kanjoos Makhichoos is the kind of film that I would love to watch with my family because it is a complete mass entertainer. It has the perfect dose of drama, comedy, plot twists, a sweet message and a whole lot of entertainment”.

Kanjoos Makhichoos will stream exclusively on ZEE5 from 24th March 2023.