Mad rush) is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Neeraj Vora.
The film stars Akshay Kumar, Govinda and Paresh Rawal as the three leads alongside Lara Dutta, Rajpal Yadav, Jackie Shroff, Arbaaz Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Manoj Joshi, Razak Khan, Sharat Saxena and Asrani.
The film tells the story of a theatre group which travels to London for a show and need a heroine to complete their play, only to be entangled in a murder mystery they did not commit, as well as mistakenly becoming the enemies of a drug cartel and a street gang, in the process.
In order to find one, on the advice of Gullu, a cab driver, he goes to a garden where he is followed by Bunty, and the two agree to take the turns in the role of the hero.
Mehra, who was present in the audience, investigates the case and finds Champak's bloodstained kurta and Babla's chain on Vikram's body and has the trio arrested.
They call at the number she registered for booking and find out that another girl named Sheetal, who is a friend of Nisha, has brought the ticket for her.
Champak accidentally allows himself to get kidnapped by Gandhi's men, and they torture him to get the information that they suspect he knows about their drug smuggling business.
Nisha reveals to Bunty that her actual name is Aditi Desai, and she was hired by Vikram Chauhan to act as her real wife, Nisha Chauhan, for sometime, and make everyone believe she had suicidal tendencies in exchange for 20 lakh and a ticket back to India, as she was currently stranded without her passport.
Gandhi believes everyone present is undercover police and tries to shoot them, hitting a hive of bees who attack and chase everyone (apart from Mehra, who escapes) outside onto the clock on the top floor.
All of them are admitted to the hospital, where Mehra visits Champak's team and Aditi, returns their passports, and surrenders himself to the police.
[4] The plot twist in the climax was borrowed from the 1999 Marathi thriller Bindhaast which Priyadarshan had earlier remade in Tamil as Snegithiye and Malayalam as Raakilipattu.
[citation needed] All lyrics are written by Sameer; all music is composed by Pritam ChakrabortyNote: the Soundtrack also contains "Aa Khushi Se Khud Kushi Kar Le", which is the Solo Version Sung by Sunidhi Chauhan, which was not used in the movie, it was Later Remade with Shaan and included in the 2007 film "Darling".
"[8] Indu Mirani of DNA India gave the film 0.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "Ever since Priyadarshan made Hera Pheri in 2000, he has been continually repeating the formula.
Currently, the film is in the script-writing stage, with a new team of writers assigned to create a story that will capture the same energy and humor that made the original a massive hit.
The film will reunite the original trio of Kumar, Govinda, and Paresh Rawal, and is expected to go on floors in 2025, with a release slated for 2026.