Cheeni Kum
2007 · Movie · 136 min · ★ 6.3 · 63% critics
A sharp-tongued older chef running a popular Indian restaurant in London clashes with a younger visitor over a dish, sparking an unexpected romance. Their bond is tested by the large age gap and social pressure, especially when her father strongly disapproves after learning an awkward detail about their ages.
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Details
- Years
- 2007
- Release date
- 2007-05-25
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (42 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like unconventional, mostly light romance with bickering chemistry and family pushback, similar in spirit to Atrangi Re; Not for you if big age-gap romances or uneven, sometimes slow storytelling bother you.
Pros: fresh premise; witty one-liners; strong performances | Cons: uneven pacing; repetitive scenes; second-half drag
Cast & crew
Amitabh Bachchan
as Buddhadev Gupta
Tabu
as Nina Verma
Paresh Rawal
as Omprakash Verma
Swini Khara
as Sexy
- VJ
Vinay Jain
as Sexy's Father
Zohra Sehgal
Jameel Khan
- KB
Krishna Bhatt
Alexx O'Nell
Directed by R. Balki