Do Dooni Chaar

Two twos are four) is a 2010 Indian Hindi family comedy-drama film produced by Arindam Chaudhuri (Planman Motion Pictures), written and directed by debutant director Habib Faisal, and starring Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Aditi Vasudev and Archit Krishna in lead roles.

The film is about a middle-class school teacher who tries to keep his wife and children happy in inflationary times and dreams of buying a car.

They have two teenage children: a tomboyish college-going daughter, Payal (Aditi Vasudev), who narrates the film, and a high-schooler son, Sandeep (Archit Krishna), who is also known as Deepu or Sandy.

Santosh commutes using a dilapidated old scooter, nicknamed "Duggal Express", from his home to the school and to a coaching centre, where he gains a supplementary income.

One evening, Santosh receives a phone call from his sister Urmi, who informs him that her youngest nanad (sister-in-law) is getting married at their home in Meerut that weekend.

After a fellow teacher at school proposes renting a car to Meerut, but at too high a price, Santosh turns to his jovial neighbour Farooqui, who offers the Duggals his old Maruti Esteem.

Farooqui is unperturbed by the damage expenses, but his wife Salma loses her temper and challenges the Duggals to buy a car.

That night, an exuberant Payal tells Santosh about her new job's offer letter, but he is unhappy with his daughter sacrificing her education for some extra money.

In a fit of rage, Payal tears up her offer letter, but then the family learns of the betting ring through a TV news report.

The family spends considerable time ripping open cartons, cutting through packets and fishing out coupons, but the grand prize eludes them.

Just as Santosh is about to show the answer-sheet, Zafar Iqbal, an ex-student of his, arrives on the scene with his wife and small daughter, and thanks him for making him a successful person in life and a principled "good boy".

Both parties, splattered with sauce, flee the restaurant, with Aryan's SUV in hot pursuit of the "Duggal Express" as the latter speeds through the roads of Delhi.

The film ends with the Duggals enjoying their new Maruti Alto; as Payal teaches Santosh to drive it, they lament that they are now stuck in traffic jams, whereas they would have simply squeezed through them with their scooter; of course, it is a small price for them to pay.

As per producer, Arindam Chaudhuri, "The common question the teacher asks when he looks at his student, who is just 25 and owns a car, is why at 55 he is still riding a scooter?

[20] Pratim D. Gupta of The Telegraph gave two thumbs up to the film calling it "an irresistible trip to the movies" that "makes you feel good about yourself".

"[24] Vinayak Chakravorty of Mail Today gave it three stars, writing: "Debutant Habib Faisal's direction works for the way he underplays routine ironies of life."

Lead actor Rishi Kapoor at the premiere of the film, in Mumbai