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22-401: Do Knot Disturb is a 2009 Indian comedy film directed by David Dhawan . The film is a remake of the 2006 French film The Valet (French: La Doublure ). The film stars Govinda , Riteish Deshmukh , Lara Dutta , Sushmita Sen , Ranvir Shorey , Sohail Khan and Rajpal Yadav . It was released on 2 October 2009, and received generally positive reviews upon release,It was an inspiration for

44-723: A camp sensibility lay behind the successful Carry On films , while in America subversive independent film-maker John Waters made camp films for college audiences with his drag queen friends that eventually found a mainstream audience. The success of the American television show Saturday Night Live drove decades of cinema with racier content allowed on television drawing on the program's stars and characters, with bigger successes including Wayne's World , Mean Girls , Ghostbusters and Animal House . Parody and joke-based films continue to find audiences. While comedic films are among

66-465: A detective ( Ranvir Shorey ) follow Dolly and Govardhan. The twist in the story comes when Kiran tells Raj that she is going to Pune to meet her mom, when she is actually making a plan with the detective to catch Dolly and Raj red-handed. As soon as Kiran leaves, Raj calls and books the presidential suite at a hotel for Dolly and him, just like Kiran expected. While Dolly and Raj are enjoying themselves, Kiran's detective starts his job. But he gets crushed by

88-462: A lyricist in 1983 with the film Bekhabar (1983). The first film song he recorded was "Maar Ke Kataaree Mar Jaibe" for the Bhojpuri film Bairi Saawan (1984) sung by Suresh Wadkar and Preeti Sagar . In 1990, he came into prominence with songs in films such as Dil and Aashiqui . He won his first Filmfare Award for the song "Nazar Ke Saamne" in the latter. In the following decades he wrote

110-628: A picture of Raj with Dolly and gives it to Kiran. Kiran gets suspicious but then Raj says that Dolly is not his girlfriend. He says that there are three people in the picture, Raj, Dolly and Govardhan ( Ritesh Deshmukh ). Raj tells Kiran that the guy, who came into the picture as he was walking by, is Dolly's boyfriend and tells Govardhan to live with Dolly for a couple of days so Kiran's suspicions will go away. Govardhan gets really troubled when Dolly's ex-boyfriend Diesel ( Sohail Khan ) shows up and threatens Govardhan that, when he finds out who Dolly's boyfriend is, Diesel will beat him up. Meanwhile, Kiran has

132-551: A separate genre, but rather, provides a better understanding of the film. Sameer (lyricist) Shitala Pandey , better known as Sameer Anjaan or Sameer , is an Indian lyricist, known for writing songs predominantly for Bollywood films. He is a Guinness World Record holder for writing the most songs. His father is the Hindi lyricist, Lalji "Anjaan" Pandey. He has won three Filmfare Awards . Sameer, officially named Shitala Pandey, but commonly known by his nickname Rajan,

154-562: Is a film genre that emphasizes humor . These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending , with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre . Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies , which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music

176-514: Is her boyfriend. When Diesel runs into Raj, he tells him Govardhan is Dolly's boyfriend. Govardhan finds Dolly and tells her that instead of lying about love, she should be with the one who really loves her, Diesel. Dolly agrees and hugs Govardhan telling him he is a good guy. Unfortunately, Diesel mistakes the situation and starts to beat up Govardhan. Dolly saves Govardhan by telling Diesel that Govardhan convinced her to go back to him. Dolly leaves with Diesel. Govardhan goes back to his sick mother in

198-474: The 2014 Punjabi comedy Disco Singh which was also remade in Bengali as Haripada Bandwala . Indiagames also released a mobile video game based on the film. The film is based on Raj ( Govinda ) who has a girlfriend, supermodel Dolly ( Lara Dutta ), and a wife, Kiran ( Sushmita Sen ). Raj fires Mangu ( Rajpal Yadav ), a cook, because of attempting to seduce the female staff. To take revenge, Mangu takes

220-443: The fall he suffered. Raj tells him he is John Matthews and he is married. Dolly tells him he is John Matthews and divorced. Govardhan tells him he is John Matthews, still a bachelor. Mangu tells him he is his friend and that he has a memory problem; under this pretense, he takes his watch and necklace saying that he forgot that Mangu actually gave it to him. Diesel runs into Govardhan and is about to beat him up when he tells him that Raj

242-515: The film industry due to their popularity. In The Screenwriters Taxonomy (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story, and therefore, the labels "drama" and "comedy" are too broad to be considered a genre. Instead, his taxonomy argues that comedy is a type of film that contains at least a dozen different sub-types. A number of hybrid genres have emerged, such as action comedy and romantic comedy . The first comedy film

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264-407: The hospital. (She is the one he did this all for. He needs money for her hospital bill and agreed to go along with everything Raj said.) He agrees to marry the woman of his mother's choice, Mala ( Rituparna Sengupta ) the nurse taking care of her. And Raj convinces Kiran that nothing is going on and they go home as well. In the midst of all this, the detective gets his memory back and goes to Kiran with

286-413: The lyrics for over 4,000 songs in more than 500 films. According to Sameer, his inspirations have been lyricists Majrooh Sultanpuri and Anand Bakshi , and his father, Anjaan . He has often said, "Whatever I am today is only because of my father." Sameer won two additional Filmfare Awards in 1993 and 1994; one for the song "Teri Umeed Tera Intezaar" from the movie Deewana , and the second for

308-754: The most popular with audiences at the box office, there is an 'historical bias against a close and serious consideration of comedy' when it comes to critical reception and conferring of awards, such as at the Academy Awards . Film writer Cailian Savage observes "Comedies have won Oscars, although they’ve usually been comedy-dramas, involved very depressing scenes, or appealed to stone-hearted drama lovers in some other way, such as Shakespeare in Love ." According to Williams' taxonomy , all film descriptions should contain their type (comedy or drama) combined with one (or more) sub-genres. This combination does not create

330-471: The previous albums of Nadeem-Shravan. The lyrics were penned by Sameer . The film received positive reviews from critics. Taran Adarsh rated it 3.5/5 and described it as one of David Dhawan 's best works yet. However, the film opened to a poor response and grossed $ 213,525. Overall, it earned a net gross of ₹ 65 million, and also faced competition from Wake Up Sid which surpassed Do Knot Disturb completely. Comedy film The comedy film

352-584: The proof of her husband's infidelity. As he gets there, Kiran and Raj are about to leave for a second honeymoon. When the detective sees the love between Kiran and Raj, he loses hope and throws the camera with the proof of Raj and Dolly's affair. The camera lands on Kiran's foot, and she sees the pictures. The story ends with Raj crying. The music for the album has been composed by the music director duo Nadeem–Shravan , who made their comeback after their split in 2006, with popular songs like ' Bebo ', "mere naal". The songs in this album were of very different taste than

374-733: The song "Ghunghat Ki Aad" from Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke . In 1998, he won Zee Cine Award for "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai . Some of his most successful songs include songs in films like Beta , Saajan , Raja Babu , Coolie No. 1 , Raja Hindustani , Anjaam , Kuch Kuch Hota Hai , Fiza , Dhadkan , Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham , Devdas , Raaz , Dil Hai Tumhaara , Ishq Vishk , Dil Maange More , Tere Naam , Asambhav , Fida , No Entry , Aksar , Dhoom 2 , Saawariya , Race , Damadamm! , Housefull 2 , Rowdy Rathore , Son of Sardaar , Dabangg 2 , Balmaa , and more. Sameer

396-512: The use of comedy film to make social statements by building their narratives around sensitive cultural, political or social issues. Such films include Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Love the Bomb , Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and The Graduate . In America, the sexual revolution drove an appetite for comedies that celebrated and parodied changing social morals, including Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Fanny Hill . In Britain,

418-444: The window as he is trying to climb into Raj and Dolly's room. When Raj and Dolly notice, they call Govardhan to help get rid of the body because they think he is dead. Just as Govardhan shows up, so does Dolly's ex, Diesel. While trying to get rid of the body, Raj's ex-cook, Mangu, shows up (he is now working at the hotel). The story takes a twist when they discover that the detective is alive. Lucky for them, he has lost his memory from

440-414: Was L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed and produced by film pioneer Louis Lumière . Less than a minute long, it shows a boy playing a prank on a gardener. The most notable comedy actors of the silent film era (1895–1927) were Charlie Chaplin , Harold Lloyd , and Buster Keaton , though they were able to make the transition into “ talkies ” after the 1920s. Film-makers in the 1960s skillfully employed

462-594: Was born near Banaras , Uttar Pradesh . He earned a Master of Commerce degree at the Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi , and started a new position as a bank officer at the Central Bank of India . However, a few days after joining, he left the job because he "knew the bank was not my world". To pursue a career as a lyricist, he moved to Mumbai in 1980. Sameer started his career as

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484-417: Was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue . Comedy, compared with other film genres , places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to

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