Gujjubhai The Great

The film opens with an opening shot of the Gandhi residence, then rewinds to reintroduce the cast. Hasmukh Gandhi, Siddharth Randeria, is a happy-go-lucky man whose stress-free life is interrupted when his daughter, Tanisha, Dipna Patel, returns home with her boyfriend Montu, Alekh Sangal. Tanisha is a die-hard fan of Sonia Kapoor, and Montu promises to arrange a meeting with her. Montu goes to Ahmedabad on a challenge to prove he can win any girl and even offers a partnership in his upcoming project to Hasmukh, which is rejected because Hasmukh sees through Montu’s manipulative nature. Yet the family is charmed by Montu’s swagger, and Hasmukh decides to protect Tanisha by thinking of a plan: to mislead her with a staged romance with Bakul Buch, Jimit Trivedi. Bakul, Hasmukh’s loyal office manager and Tanisha’s childhood friend, is shy and doubts he’s a good match for Tanisha, but Hasmukh is determined to mold him into a more confident, “cool Gujju”. He hatches a bold plan to create a fake connection between Bakul and Sonia Kapoor, exploiting Sonia’s popularity to win Tanisha’s heart.

In the interim, Hasmukh meets Laila, who realizes Hasmukh is rich and tries to trap him with blackmail. Hasmukh’s wife remains unaware of the trouble, adding a layer of domestic tension to the scheme. Hasmukh and Bakul finally meet Sonia in a hotel after fooling her bodyguard, and they pull off a convincing ruse: Bakul plays a blind patient while Hasmukh poses as a doctor from a Foundation. The photos and videos they capture go viral, and Tanisha begins to warm to Bakul, her affection slowly shifting as she buys into the staged romance.

Montu soon discovers the ploy and moves to expose Bakul to Tanisha. He drags the entire family to Sonia’s shooting location, where Sonia recognizes Bakul and greets him warmly. Montu accuses Bakul of deceit, but Sonia corrects him: she has never met Montu and does not know Bakul is lying. Tanisha grows angry with Montu for his betrayal, sensing that the manipulation has gone too far.

Meanwhile, the authorities begin to suspect Hasmukh and Bakul of involvement in terrorist activity, trailing their every move. The tension spikes when Bade Bhai, a mobster who is the actress’s real boyfriend, learns of the supposed relationship and travels to the Gandhi residence to eliminate Bakul. The police intervene, sealing the home and arrest Bade Bhai, while Bakul is wounded when Bade Bhai fires his gun. Frustrated and exhausted by the chaos, Bakul asks the police to take him into custody for treatment.

The film closes on a note of uneasy resolution: Tanisha and the rest of the Gandhi family visit Bakul in the hospital, Montu leaves Ahmedabad, and Bade Bhai is jailed, leaving the family to reckon with the consequences of deceit and the ties that bind them together.

Last Updated: October 03, 2025 at 06:45