Characters:
Akshay
Kumar:
Kishen
In
1965
he
was
geeky,
toothy
simpleton,
bullied
by
all.
Then
he
would
work
long
hours
in
his
father's
Surya
Prakash
Bhijanalaya.
In
2010
he's
the
proud
owner
of
the
popular
Bollywood
Cafe,
totally
hen
pecked
by
his
wife
Mala.
Now
he
puts
in
long
hours
shopping
for
the
cheapest
vegetables!
Aishwarya
Bachchan:
Mala
Full
of
aggro,
she
was
tomboy
who
dressed
loud,
shouted
loud
and
laughed
loud.
All
her
friends
were
guys.
Today
she
is
a
bored
Shopaholic.
If
her
car
stereo
conks
off,
she
won't
buy
a
new
stereo,
she'll
buy
a
new
car!
'Kharchvati",
would
have
been
a
much
more
fitting
name
for
her!
Neha
Dhupia:
Mona
Mala's
best
friend.
Not
as
aggressive
as
Mala,
she
nevertheless
follows
her,
wherever
she
goes.
Aditya
Roy
Kapoor:
Bunty
The
helpless
and
hapless
offspring
of
Kishen
and
Mala.
His
pathological
fear
for
marriage
stems
from
witnessing
his
parent's
bitter
relationship.
Desperate
to
save
his
parent's
marriage
and
his
own
life,
he
takes
the
drastic
step
of
traveling
back
in
time,
to
play
Cupid
to
his
not
yet
married
parents.
Because
he
knows
that
unless
he
mends
their
marriage,
he
can
never
get
married
himself.
Sudeepa
Singh:
Tanya
Bunty's
girlfriend.
She
loves
Bunty
and
knows
that
Bunty
loves
her
too,
but
she's
mystified
because
every
time
she
proposes
marriage,
he
runs...
Rannvijay
Singh:
Kundan
The
ring
leader
of
Mala's
gang,
he
takes
perverse
pleasure
in
torturing
bechara
Kishen.
He's
assumed
that
Mala
will
be
his
one
day,
and
when
he
senses
a
rival
in
Kishen,
he
lets
all
hell
loose.
Synopsis
Action
Replayy
plot:
Bunty
loves
his
girlfriend
Tanya
but
runs
a
mile
whenever
she
mentions
marriage.
His
phobia
with
matrimony
stems
from
his
parents
Kishen
and
Mala's
acrimonious
marriage.
But
now
Bunty
is
in
a
fix.
Tanya's
grandfather,
Professor
Anthony
Gonsalves,
as
given
him
an
ultimatum
-
get
married
to
Tanya
or
stop
seeing
her.
Bunty
knows
that
unless
he
does
something
fast,
his
dreams
of
living
happily
ever
after
with
Tanya
will
bite
the
dust.
As
Bunty's
surprise
party
for
his
parent's
35th
wedding
anniversary
deteriorates
into
yet
another
explosive
fight
between
Kishen
and
Mala;
he
decides
to
turn
back
the
clock
and
rewrite
Kishen
and
Mala's
destiny
and
alter
their
disastrous
arranged
marriage
into
a
romantic
affair
of
the
hearts.
And
how
does
he
do
that?
By
stealing
the
professor's
time
machine
to
travel
back
in
time!
To
a
time
when
Kishen
and
Mala
were
not
married...To
a
time
when
Kishen's
father
Rai
Bahadur
and
Mala's
mother,
Boli
Devi
were
sworn
enemies...To
a
time
when
his
father
Kishen
was
certified
nerd,
bullied
merciless
by
his
father...To
a
time
when
his
tomboyish
mother
couldn't
stand
the
sight
of
his
father
and
took
great
pleasure
in
ragging
him
silly...
Bunty
has
his
work
cut
out
for
him.
He
has
to
transform
his
father
from
a
wimp
into
an
eligible
bachelor
and
his
mother
from
a
tomboy
into
the
epitome
of
feminine
grace.
Then
he
has
to
attempt
an
impossible
task
-
make
them
fall
in
love
with
each
other.
And
finally
-
he
has
to
make
his
grandparents
agree
to
their
love
marriage!
Because
until
and
unless
he
does
this,
his
own
love
story
with
Tanya
will
never
have
a
happy
ending...
watch
out
for
Action
Replayy!
Director:
Vipul
Shah
Cast:
Akshay
Kumar,
Aishwarya
Bachchan,
Randhir
Kapoor,
Neha
Dhupia,
Kirron
Kher,
Om
Puri,
Aditya
Roy
Kapoor
Story first published: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 11:35 [IST]