[1][2] The film is based on the famous Gujarati play Sajan Re Jhooth Mat Bolo.

[3] The film stars Kunal Khemu, Shweta Tripathi, Piyush Mishra, Alka Amin, Rajeev Gupta and Raju Srivastava.

Kanjoos Makhichoos is comedian Raju Srivastav’s last film appearance.

[5] Set in Lucknow,[6] Kanjoos Makhichoos is a black comedy about a miserly person named Jamnaprasad Pandey who saves money to send his parents on a pilgrimage.

Jamuna Prasad Pandey is left distraught when he realises that he would be receiving only half the compensation amount announced by the government due to middlemen and rampant corruption.