Do Paise Ki Dhoop, Chaar Aane Ki Baarish

Juhi is an aging prostitute whose son Kaku requires a wheelchair. She finds it challenging to take care of him with the limited number of customers that now find her attractive. Debu, a not-so-successful lyricist, is dumped by his boyfriend, and is out on streets. These characters, in need of money and love, bump into each other, after which their lives take a similar direction. Their relationships, born out of mutual needs, change their perceptions about each other, which in turn brings a change in them—finally, a sunny day after days of merciless downpour.{{cite news |url=http://gapersblock.com/ac/2010/10/04/chicago-south-asian-film-festival-part-one |title='Chicago South Asian Film Festival, Part One' |date=4 October 2010 |work=Gapers Block |last=Amy Dittmeier |access-date=17 May 2011 |archive-date=21 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821165543/http://gapersblock.com/ac/2010/10/04/chicago-south-asian-film-festival-part-one/ |url-status=live }}

• Manisha Koirala as Juhi{{cite news |url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/mar/240311-Manisha-Koirala-Deepti-Naval-Do-Paise-Ki-Dhoop-Char-Aane-Ki-Baarish.htm |title='Manisha Koirala's next inspired by a real story' |last=Upala KBR |date=24 March 2011 |work=Mid-Day |access-date=14 May 2011 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819164302/https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/mar/240311-Manisha-Koirala-Deepti-Naval-Do-Paise-Ki-Dhoop-Char-Aane-Ki-Baarish.htm |url-status=live }}
• Rajit Kapur as Debu
• Sanaj Naval as Kaku
• Milind Soman
• Naseer Abdullah as Producer
• Alyy Khan as Ali (guest appearance)

This art film premiered at the market section of 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It was slated to release theatrically on 8 March 2012 in India but was postponed.{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2636297.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | first=Priyadarshini | last=Paitandy | title=Soul act | date=17 November 2011 | access-date=19 November 2011 | archive-date=24 November 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124014548/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2636297.ece | url-status=live }} The film was released worldwide on Netflix on 22 September 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://whatsnewonnetflix.com/singapore/1833009/do-paise-ki-dhoop-chaar-aane-ki-baarish-2009|title=Is Do Paise Ki Dhoop Chaar Aane Ki Baarish (2009) on Netflix Singapore?|website=whatsnewonnetflix.com|access-date=11 January 2020|archive-date=30 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930152627/https://whatsnewonnetflix.com/singapore/1833009/do-paise-ki-dhoop-chaar-aane-ki-baarish-2009|url-status=live}}

The film got a positive response at 2009 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/3941/content/219315/archives.php|title=Deepti Naval's directorial debut premieres in Cannes|work=Deccan Herald|access-date=13 October 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924050811/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/3941/content/219315/archives.php|url-status=live}}

Gapers Block gave a moderate rating, calling the plot unoriginal, comparing it to an "elongated episode of Will & Grace". The representation of Debu, who is semi-closeted, was also criticised, for its stereotyped gay characteristics. Shoma A. Chatterji of The Citizen called the film "niche" while praising the performances of three principal characters stating, "But the cream and the cake go to the three actors".{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/16/17745/Do-Paise-Ki-Dhoop-Too-Niche-to-Appeal-to-a-Mass-Audience|title=Do Paise Ki Dhoop… Too Niche to Appeal to a Mass Audience|first=Shoma A.|last=Chatterji|website=The Citizen|date=21 October 2019|access-date=18 January 2020|archive-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023212238/https://www.thecitizen.in//index.php/en/newsdetail/index/16/17745/do-paise-ki-dhoop-too-niche-to-appeal-to-a-mass-audience|url-status=live}}

• 2010-Best Screenplay - The New York Indian Film Festival (MIAAC){{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/I-wish-Id-done-more-films-Deepti-Naval/articleshow/6176926.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606144043/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-07-17/news-interviews/28303255_1_paise-ki-dhoop-deepti-naval-gay-songwriter|url-status=live|archive-date=6 June 2012|title='I wish I'd done more films: Deepti Naval|last=Disha Kamra|work=The Times of India|date=17 July 2010}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110507081256/http://www.dopaisekidhoop.com/ Official website]
• [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Do-Paise-Ki-Dhoop-Chaar-Aane-Ki-Baarish/198667633507601 Facebook page]
• {{IMDb title|1935782|Do Paise Ki Dhoop Chaar Aane Ki Baarish}}

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