Toh Baat Pakki!

<p>Rajeshwari Saxena is a clever middle-class woman who is married to Surinder Saxena. She is currently looking for a groom for her sister Nisha, who she wants to marry a rich, successful boy. She happens to meet Rahul while grocery shopping. He is studying to be an engineer and is also a Saxena. Grabbing the opportunity, she offers him a room in her house. There, Rahul has the chance to meet Nisha, Rajeshwari’s sister. They fall in love (pushed by Rajeshwari), and Rahul agrees to marry Nisha. The wedding celebrations are underway when Yuvvraaj happens to come to Rajeshwari’s house. He has a permanent job and will be buying a house next month. And he is also a Saxena. Upon seeing a better choice of groom for her sister, Rajeshwari tricks Rahul into vacating the room. Yuvvraaj starts staying in the now empty room. He meets Nisha and falls in love with her. Now, the wedding plans have altered slightly. The groom has changed. When Rahul finds out about this, he plans to outwit Rajeshwari at her own game. Yuvvraaj becomes aware of the situation and steps aside and asks Rajeshwari to accept Rahul. Rajeshwari realises her folly. Rahul and Nisha wed and go on their honeymoon. The film was first announced by in September 2008. She had recently starred in and later in . She says that she has got a jump-start in Bollywood but the film was delayed and finally released in February 2010. She also added that the cast and crew was already decided by then. The film stars who has returned to acting after three years. She was last seen in alongside and later on in a cameo appearance in . This created great publicity of the film during production. Tabu was also signed by . is a friend of director , who knew no other actors on the sets. He helped him work with other actors. The film was actually scheduled to release in the September 2009 but because of the multiplex strike the film was delayed by five months and finally released on 19 February 2010. This proved that Sharman Joshi’s only release in 2009 was . Toh Baat Pakki failed to do well at the box office upon its release. It performed between 10–15% in the first week. This was a great shock to the public as well as the crew as it was highly publicised. The film along with and , which were released together, did not perform well. This proved that , which was released the previous week, still dominated the Box Office. In the first two-three days Click ruled over Toh Baat Pakki but later Toh Baat Pakki gained collections. The film grossed Rs. 34,500,000 and was declared a flop. of rated the film 3 on 5 stars, writing, “Well, Toh Baat Pakki may not be as riveting as the 80s entertainers, yet it rides high on sheer nostalgia. Also, it presents a different kind of cinema in an age that lays great emphasis on high decibel, larger-than-life drama.” of gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing, “On the whole”, he says, “Toh Baat Pakki has a few interesting moments, but not enough to keep you hooked.” of , gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars, saying that the film is mainly for those who love family dramas and emotions. He also adds that the sets and locations were lacking, along with the music. He says that the plot is inappropriate and the film continues on and “Why Tabu, really!” The soundtrack consists of 10 songs composed by . tells that the music has got mainly Punjabi mix beats like and . Taran Adarsh comments that the movie’s music is poor except for . which was written by .</p>