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| Directed by | Paritosh Painter |
| Written by | Paritosh Painter |
| Based on | Sailesh Dey's Bengali play Joymakali Boarding |
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| Cinematography | Selva Kumar |
| Edited by | Manish More |
| Music by | Sajid–Wajid |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Paying Guests is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film starring Ashish Chaudhary, Shreyas Talpade, Javed Jaffrey, Vatsal Seth, Celina Jaitly, Neha Dhupia, Riya Sen, Sayali Bhagat and Johnny Lever. It is directed by Paritosh Painter under Subhash Ghai's Mukta Arts banner. It is a comedy film revolving around four close friends who reside together in Pattaya. The film is a Hindi adaptation of Sailesh Dey's Bengali play Joymakali Boarding.[1]
Shooting started in the second week of April 2008.[2] Riya Sen was originally offered Neha Dhupia's role, Aarti Gupta, but declined and instead chose the role as Jayesh's melodramatic girlfriend, Alpita. A sequel, Paying Guests 2, is in production and will take place against the backdrop of a beauty pageant.[3]
- ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781135943257 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mukta Arts launches 'Paying Guest'
- ^ Harshikaa Udasi (29 June 2009). "Makeover specialist". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2010.