Aankh Micholi (2023 film)

Aankh Micholi is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Umesh Shukla and produced by Ashish Wagh and Umesh Shukla under the banner of Merry Go Round Studios and Culver Max Entertainment. It revolves around a family of misfits and stars Paresh Rawal, Abhimanyu Dassani and Mrunal Thakur as leads. The film was released on 3 November 2023 and received negative reviews from critics and was a box-office disaster.

Cast

 * Paresh Rawal as Navjot Singh
 * Abhimanyu Dassani as Rohit Patel
 * Mrunal Thakur as Paro Singh
 * Sharman Joshi as Yuvraj Singh
 * Abhishek Banerjee as Harbhajan Singh
 * Divya Dutta as Billo Kaur, Yuvraj's wife
 * Darshan Jariwala as Rohit's Maternal uncle
 * Grusha Kapoor as Rohit's maternal aunt
 * Vijay Raaz as Bhatti, the Jweller
 * Vrushali as Chaitali's sister

Release
This movie was released on 3 November 2023. It was telecast on Sony liv.

Production
In February 2020, the film was announced by Culver Max Entertainment and stars Abhimanyu Dassani and Mrunal Thakur. The principal photography of the film wrapped during the COVID-19 pandemic in Patiala. The motion poster of the film was released on 19 July 2021. Initially planned for a 2021 release, Aankh Micholi was pushed to summer 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Music
The music of the film is composed by Sachin–Jigar while lyrics written by Jigar Saraiya, Priya Saraiya, Vayu and IP Singh.

Reception
Bollywood Hungama rated the film with 1.5/5 stars and wrote "AANKH MICHOLI fails to induce laughs and is laced with a very bad climax. A film like this would be ideal for TV viewing and won’t stand a chance on the big screen. Bhavna Agarwal of India Today rated the film with 1.5/5 stars and wrote "At times, when comedies have gotten smarter with their writing, ‘Aankh Micholi’ seems like a misfit." Kartik Bhardwaj of The New Indian Express rated the film with 1.5/5 stars and commented "Peak-a-bore".

Deepa Gahlot of Rediff.com rated the film with 1.5/5 stars and called it a "Outdated Humour" and wrote "The biggest drawback is its very outdated look and humour, which even TV sitcoms have outgrown." Avinash Lohana of Pinkvilla rated the film with 1/5 stars and wrote "The overall screenplay and its treatment is highly mediocre, with most of the jokes not landing at all" "scenes are even cringy, especially the climax sequence which somehow makes no sense at all."