Tell Me O Kkhuda

{{Infobox film

| name = Tell Me O Kkhuda

| image = Tell Me O Kkhuda.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| producer = Madan Paliwal{{Cite web | title = Tell Me O Kkhuda Review | last = Nahta | first = Komal | work = koimoi.com | date = 22 July 2016 | accessdate = 2016-07-25 | url = http://www.koimoi.com/reviews/tell-me-o-kkhuda-review/ | author-link = Komal Nahta | archive-date = 17 August 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160817061852/http://www.koimoi.com/reviews/tell-me-o-kkhuda-review/ | url-status = live }}
Hema Malini

| writer =

| starring = Esha Deol
Arjan Bajwa
Dharmendra
Vinod Khanna
Rishi Kapoor
Farooq Sheikh
Deepti Naval
Chandan Roy Sanyal
Richa Pallod
Salman Khan (Guest appearance)

| music = Songs:
Pritam
Abhijeet Hegdepatil
Background Score:
Sanjay Wandrekar

| cinematography = Tribhuvan Babu Sadineni

| editing =

| studio = Miraj Entertainment Ltd

| distributor = Hema Malini Creations

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2011|10|27}}

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Hindi

}}

Tell Me O Kkhuda ({{trans|Tell me, oh god}}) is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Hema Malini, starring Esha Deol, Arjan Bajwa, Sudhanshu Pandey, Vinod Khanna, Dharmendra, Rishi Kapoor, Farooq Sheikh, Deepti Naval and Chandan Roy Sanyal. Salman Khan makes a guest appearance. It released on 27 October 2011 coinciding with the Diwali festival to mixed reviews at the box office. The music was composed by Pritam and the lyrics were by Mayur Puri.

The film bears a resemblance to Malini's first directoral venture Dil Aashna Hai (1992) and is an unofficial remake of the 2008 Hollywood hit Mamma Mia!.{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/reviews/type/view/id/1144/ |title=Tell Me O Kkhuda - Movie Review |author=Taran Adarsh |author-link=Taran Adarsh |work=Bollywood Hungama |accessdate=19 September 2015 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144019/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/reviews/type/view/id/1144/ |url-status=live }}
- {{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-06/news-interviews/28068118_1_hema-malini-s-pics-mayur-puri-vinod-khanna |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021095425/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-06/news-interviews/28068118_1_hema-malini-s-pics-mayur-puri-vinod-khanna |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2013 |work=The Times of India |title=Hema remaking Mama Mia? |date=6 October 2009 }}
- {{cite web |title=Tell Me Oh Khuda's preview |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/preview/14202/index.html |website=Bollywood Hungama |accessdate=14 July 2011 |date=15 July 2011 |archive-date=14 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714210416/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/preview/14202/index.html |url-status=live }}
- {{cite web |title=Tell Me O Khuda: Oh for God's sake... |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-tell-me-o-kuhuda/20111027.htm |website=Rediff |date=27 October 2011 |accessdate=2016-09-02 |archive-date=10 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110210717/http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-tell-me-o-kuhuda/20111027.htm |url-status=live }}

Plot

The film tells the story of a girl named Tanya (Deol), who learns that she was adopted by Colonel Ravi Kapoor and his wife when he rescued her from a burning hospital. This leads Tanya to go on a journey in search of her biological parents.

The first man she visits is the ruler of a patriarchal district in Rajasthan, Abhay Rana Pratap Singh (Khanna), where female infanticide is common. However, it is revealed that Manjuri brought up as Singh's niece, is his actual daughter. Her nanny had hidden the truth from everyone, and even Rana Pratap had not known that his wife had given birth to a baby girl before dying in a fire.

Tanya then travels to Turkey to meet Altaf Zardari (Kapoor). Zardari and his non-Indian wife live a peaceful life, but the wife does not remember losing her baby girl in the fire that demolished the hospital where Tanya was born. Tanya helps her regain her memory of the incident and to accept her daughter's death. A heartbroken Tanya returns to India to her foster parents.

She then embarks on one last mission to find her father, this time to see Tony Castello (Dharmendra), a mafia leader. Initially doubtful of her, he meets up with his ex-flame, Susan (Malini), who is now a nun. Eventually, after a gang fight, Tony accepts Tanya as his daughter, and the movie ends with her and her best friend (Bajwa) marrying in a church, with all four of Tanya's fathers walking her down the aisle.

Cast

Esha Deol as Tania R. Kapoor
Arjan Bajwa as Jai Vishal Singh
Dharmendra as Don Anthony Costello
Hema Malini as Susan D'Mello
Vinod Khanna as Abhay Rana Pratap Singh
Rishi Kapoor as Altaf Zardari
Farooq Sheikh as Ravi Kapoor
Deepti Naval as Mrs. R. Kapoor
Madhoo as Geeta Bhabhi
Salman Khan (Guest appearance)
Sudhanshu Pandey as Kunwar Virat Pratap
Chandan Roy Sanyal as Kuki (Tanya & Jai's friend)
Sharat Saxena as Danny
Johnny Lever as Pandurang P.
Meltem Cumbul as Zainab Zardari
Richa Pallod as Sini

Production

The film was shot in Mehboob Studio. Most of it was filmed in Turkey, with the Turkish star Meltem Cumbul making a guest appearance. It was promoted by Videocon on the posters. Though the film was to be released on 30 September 2011, it was postponed by a month due to personal incidents of the crew.

Box office

BoxOffice India declared the film a "disaster".{{cite web |date=5 November 2011 |title=Ra.One Scores Big In Week One New Releases Dull |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3652 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428202521/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3652 |archivedate=28 April 2012 |accessdate=7 June 2023 |website=BoxOffice India}} The film had poor box office receipts due to its clash with the mega budget Ra.One (another Diwali release).