![]() Synopsis of the Indian movie 'Buddha Mar Gaya' Money corrupts and a large amount of money corrupts in a large amount. This is the take off point for Buddha Mar Gaya. This is a black comedy about dead bodies, mucho moolah and funerals. Laxmikant Kabadiya also known as LK, is one of India's richest industrialists, a self made man who's risen from selling scrap to become a construction magnate. His accumulate is on the verge of a 5000 crore IPO that should make them one of the largest companies in the country. LK's family comprises of his spinster twin sister Prerna, his two sons Ranjeet and Sameer, their wives Shruti and Anju respectively and Ranjeet's daughters Sanjana and Namrata, and Sameer's son, Pawan. All of them can't stop salivating at the thought of all that money.Unfortunately for all of them fate displays a wicked sense of humour. On the night before the IPO opens, LK dies while sharing intimacy with a starlet who's aspiring to become the heroine of a film that LK plans to produce. ![]() After all, hiding the death of a man as famous as LK, is a Herculean task. To make matters worse, every time they're ready to announce LK's death, fate intervenes forcing them to keep his death hidden for another couple of days. Which results in them having to announce the death of a fictitious friend or relative of LK's; they also stage a fake funerals. Which of course means generating dead bodies and worse, getting the dead LK to make appearances at these funerals. Complicating matters further are an inquisitive and greedy servant, the Prime Minister's fixer, a procurer of dead bodies, the paparazzi and for good measure a couple of cops; and of course internal jealousies, greed, rivalries within the family only add spice to the goings on. Buddha Mar Gaya takes you on a rip-roaring ride into a world littered with dead bodies, body parts, unending greed, corruption, funerals, ice cubes and a femme fatale. As a whole the film can be enjoyed without using the brains in a Sunday afternoon. Cast and crew of 'Buddha Mar Gaya' The star cats of the film includes Paresh Rawal, Anupam Kher, Om Puri, Raakhi Sawant, Ranvir Shorey, Murli Sharma, Mukesh Tiwari, and Mona Ambegaonkar. The film is directed by Rahul Rawail while it is produced by Rahul Rawail and Sunil Lulla. The cinematography is done by suhas Gujarati. The music director is Bappi Lahiri while Manoj Muntashir is the lyricist. |