King of Bollywood

For the book by Anupama Chopra, see King of Bollywood (book). For the Indian actor the book is based on, see Shah Rukh Khan.

King of Bollywood is a 2004 British-India, English and Hindi language, comedy film written, edited, directed and produced by Piyush Jha, starring Om Puri in the lead role.^[2] The film is a satire of the Hindi film industry (Bollywood).

King of Bollywood
Directed by	Piyush Jha
Written by	Piyush Jha
Produced by	Piyush Jha
Starring	Om Puri Sophie Dahl Murli Sharma Manoj Pahwa
Cinematography	Piyush Jha
Edited by	Piyush Jha
Music by	Smoke, Ashutosh Phatak and Sanjay Divecha
Distributed by	iDream Production (through SPE Films India)[1]
Release date	24 September 2004 (2004-09-24)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Hindi English

Plot

British journalist Crystal Chaurasia decides to make a documentary about a faded Bollywood star of yesteryear, Karan Kumar. She follows KK as he tries to make his comeback with a new movie. Meanwhile, his son Rahul disapproves of his efforts, but he increasingly comes to like Crystal.

Cast

• Om Puri as Karan Kumar ("KK")
• Sophie Dahl as Crystal Chaurasia
• Diwakar Pundir as Rahul
• Kavita Kapoor as Mandira Kumar
• Manoj Pahwa as Ratnesh, Karan Kumar's secretary
• Murli Sharma as Sunny

Release

The film released worldwide on 24 September 2004.

Music

1. "My Heart Goes Dhak Dhak All The Time" (Kay Kay)
2. "King of Bollywood" (Chetan Shashital)
3. "Tu Hai Sehari Babu, Babu" (Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan)
4. "Road Dancer, Road Dancer" (Kunal Ganjawala)
5. "Pyaar Me Haar" (Vijay Prakash, Kunal Ganjawala)