Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota

September 28th, 2008

Yun Hota To Kya Hota, English: If This Happened Then What Would Have Happened) is a 2006 Bollywood film. The film directed by Naseeruddin Shah stars Konkona Sen Sharma, Ayesha Takia, Jimmy Shergill, Paresh Rawal, Boman Irani, Saroj Khan and Irfan Khan.
Synopsis
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The film revolves around four very different people whose lives are entwined…

Tilottima Das - Punj (Konkona Sen Sharma) is happily married to the man of her dreams Hemant (Jimmy Shergill) who she met via the internet. However their time together is cut short when Hemant is wanted in the USA to attend to his job. Determined to make sure he does not go, Tilottima goes to extreme lengths to stop him from going…

Salim Rajabali (Irfan Khan) is the rich son of a powerful Godmother. He is captivated by the much older Namrata (Suhasini Mulay). Unfortunately he gets involved in a killing and also finds out that Namrata has been cheating on him. Before the situation gets out of hand his mother (played by Saroj Khan) tells him to flee the country…

Poor yet academically brilliant Rahul Bhide (Ankur Khanna) is over the moon when he receives an offer to study at a prestigious university abroad. However his excitement is short lived by the lack of funds and his incapacitated father. Just when he gave up hope he receives his funds and looks to a bright future abroad…

Rajubhai Patel (Paresh Rawal) is an organiser for foreign shows. Many people look for the chance to star in his shows which would cost them a lot of money. Ex-girlfriend Tara (Ratna Pathak Shah) mortgages her house to pay the money to him for his daughter to take part in the show. He then finds himself with a young teenage girl for company…
Cast

Konkona Sen Sharma… Tilottima Das - Punj
Irfan Khan … Salim Rajabali
Ayesha Takia … Khushboo
Jimmy Shergill … Hemant Punj
Karan Khanna … Salim’s Brother
Paresh Rawal … Rajubhai Patel
Saroj Khan … Salim’s Mother
Ratna Pathak Shah … Tara
Ankur Khanna … Rahul Bhide
Boman Irani … DCP
Suhasini Mulay … Namrata
Imaad Shah … Joy
Shahana Goswami … Payal
Sameer Sheikh … Nitin
Meghna Malik …. Kalpa
Trivia

The film is Naseeruddin Shah’s directorial debut.
The film also stars Shah’s wife Ratna Pathak Shah and his son playing Joy.



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