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Yam goes on a Bijli Bachao Andolan to reduce his electricity bill which has suddenly doubled. Unfortunately, its Diwali time and Jigna has decked up the house with electric lights. Jigna, Himesh and his visiting inlaws, Himen and Jyotiben, bear the brunt of his andolan until Yam discovers that his electric line has been tapped and someone is stealing power from him
Director: David Polycarp
Yamraj makes repeated attempts to take the praan of a certain deadly Don only to be interrupted constantly by Jigna to run some household errand or the other. Meanwhile the Don keeps doubling his protection thinking his rival gang in the city has hired an assassin to kill the Don. Simultaneously in drama class at school, Himesh and Satya are battling it out to play the titular role of Vishwamitra, so as to get closer to the girl of both their dreams Mohini, whos playing the role of Menaka, female lead in the play.
While going about his daily routine of taking praans, Yamraj comes across an extremely rich man, who is thoroughly confused about which of sons should be the heir to his enormous fortune. The old man entrusts the responsibility of finding the most deserving heir to Yamraj, in exchange for half his wealth. Poor Yamraj, having always dreamt of amassing great wealth, grabs the opportunity immediately. Meanwhile, Jigna, on hearing news of the immense wealth thatll soon be theirs, immediately starts planning the biggest party of the neighborhood, inviting everyone from the milkman to landlord.
When Yamraj, tries to take the praan of an ailing man in the hospital, the man surprises him by being remarkably agile and pushes him out the window. This in turn leads to Yamraj being forcibly hospitalized and placed in the bed right next to the old man whose praan he is meant to take. While Yamraj struggles to get out of his forced hiatus, a friendly yet slightly competitive game of chausar between Himesh and Satya, turns into an ugly ego battle between Jigna and Mandira.
Deeply affected by the harsh words spoken by a politician who proclaimed to his audience that Yamraj, The Lord of Death is a symbol of evil Yamraj decides to ask his boss, Akaashwani for a job that commands more respect from the mortals. When Akaashwani dismisses his pleas, Yamraj takes the extremely bold step of quitting his job to work for his reluctant fatherinlaw. While he is trying to make himself useful in his fatherinlaws jewelry shop, Himesh tries to enjoy some quality time with Mohini at his home, only to have it disrupted, time and time, by Satya.
Tired of living a life with no luxury, owing to the modest means earned by Yamraj, Jigna lies to her mother about being pregnant in order to claim the crores her father has kept aside for his first grandchild. What Jigna did not foresee however, is her mother showing up to tend to her in her pregnancy, right when shes prepping for a dance competition in which she fully intends to beat threetime champion Mandira.
Tired of living a life with no luxury, owing to the modest means earned by Yamraj, Jigna lies to her mother about being pregnant in order to claim the crores her father has kept aside for his first grandchild. What Jigna did not foresee however, is her mother showing up to tend to her in her pregnancy, right when shes prepping for a dance competition in which she fully intends to beat threetime champion Mandira.
When Yamraj casually takes the praan of an astrologer, the astrologers last words to him are that he will suffer bodily, mental and monetary harm. While Yamraj doesnt believe him at first, the events of his rather unfortunate life force him to acquiesce that the astrologer might just be right. In the hope that further damage van be avoided, Yam and Doot set out to bring back the astrologer from the underworld.
When Jigna sees Mandira and Guptaji return from a thoroughly enjoyable holiday, she immediately demands that Yam take her on a Holiday. Yam of course denies the possibility of taking a vacation. As luck would have it, a letter is delivered to Jigna conveying that the couple has won a holiday package in lucky draw. Thrilled, she immediately starts planning for the trip. Yam however is not so sure. The trip is onagainoffagain like swaying blade of grass, and with every sway, this way or that, Himesh alters his plans to either have a candle light dinner for two with Mohini or go for a class picnic. What finally comes to be of this madness, is an outcome none could have imagined.
When Jigna sees Mandira and Guptaji return from a thoroughly enjoyable holiday, she immediately demands that Yam take her on a Holiday. Yam of course denies the possibility of taking a vacation. As luck would have it, a letter is delivered to Jigna conveying that the couple has won a holiday package in lucky draw. Thrilled, she immediately starts planning for the trip. Yam however is not so sure. The trip is onagainoffagain like swaying blade of grass, and with every sway, this way or that, Himesh alters his plans to either have a candle light dinner for two with Mohini or go for a class picnic. What finally comes to be of this madness, is an outcome none could have imagined.
Jigna is upset with Yam as Mandira has a microwave at home but she doesnt. Later that day, Yam spares the life of a housewife in return for her microwave. Jigna is thrilled. Yam embarks on the path of sparing lives in return for expensive goods for the house. Guptaji is suspicious of Yams newly found wealth and is determined to get to the bottom of it. Doot, in the meantime, is forced by Yam to tutor the dunce, Himesh, who has failed once too often in school.
Surprised at all the goodies that Yam is bestowing upon Jigna, Mandira convinces her that this could only mean that he is having an affair The motivation for bringing home all these gifts could only be guilt. Jigna is horrified. She follows Yam to find out what is going on. Once she does find out, she becomes his partnerincrime. Guptaji, in the meantime, is still trying to get to the bottom of Yams newly acquired riches. He follows Yam and Jigna and discovers the truth as well, promptly complaining to Akashwaani.
Jigna is unwell and so Yam hires a baai to do the housework. As things start disappearing from the house, Yam puts Doot on the job to spy on the baai. Doot promptly falls in love with her, and is left tied to a piller while the baai cleans up Himesh, in order to help Mohini and himself, steals a question paper from the Principals office, leading to disastrous results.
Jigna is profoundly upset when learns from Mandira that Guptaji gives her pocket money in exchange for all the work she does around the house. Seething, she demands the same from Yamraj, who laughs it off, as a result of which, Jigna now charges him for every little thing she does. Undeterred Yamraj tries to prove that he can very well manage without her help In the midst of all this drama, Himesh inspired by a film he sees on television, decides to anonymously blackmail friends and family to make a quick buck.
Yam brings home a water tank as the water supply in Yamlok is very erratic. In order to save money, he deputes Doot to connect up the tank content missing I guess with disastrous results. Having no water in the house, Yam gets a plumber to divert some of Guptajis water to his house. Himesh, in the meantime, discovers that his brotherinlaw is quite a celebrity amongst some people. He devises a novel way to make money, charging Yams fans money and bringing them over to meet him.
Yam moves his beloved Bhainsa to the bedroom as he is sick with a cold. An angry Jigna starts to leave the house to go back to her parents place on Dhartilok when her old school friend, Dolly, pays her a surprise visit. Jigna stays back, pretending to have an amazingly happy marriage with Yam. Dolly however, having discovered that Jigna is sleeping on the living room couch and overhearing Yam speak lovingly to his bhainsa from outside the bedroom door, believes that Yam is having an open affair. Himesh, in the meantime, crashes Mandiras new car while pretending to know how to drive to impress Mohini. He hides the car in the bhainsas empty stall with Doots help while pretending that the car was stolen, but is soon caught. Meanwhile Dolly enters Yams bedroom to find the truth, discovers the bhainsa and falls out of the window, further damaging the already stricken car.
Mandira has a fight with Guptaji and moves in with a suitcase to stay with Jigna. Guptaji soon follows with a suitcase as well. Himesh and Satya begin to steal and sell various goods from Guptajis now empty house. They rope in Doot to help as well. In the meantime, Yam discovers that Guptaji and Mandira are very tiresome house guests. Secretly, Guptaji and Mandira are only pretending to fight in order to have free boarding and lodging at Yams. When Yam buys a new TV and it turns out to be Guptajis, chaos erupts.
Jigna is horrified to find a large stain in a sari she borrowed from Mandira. Yam decides to remove the stain himself with Doots help, making it worse with each attempt. Himesh tries to trick Satya into going to a socalled haunted spot, having convinced Mohini to pretend to be a ghost and scare him when he gets there. The ghost turns out to be genuine In the meantime, Yam manages to buy an identical sari to return to Mandira, who is surprised to find the stain missing as she was aware of its existence even before she lent it to Jigna.
Yam and Jigna get into an argument about who has the tougher job. They decide to exchange roles for a day. Yam stays back to manage the house, while Jigna goes out to take Yams quota of praans. Himen and Jyotiben unfortunately come over to visit, making Yams job a nightmare. In the meantime, Jigna has her fair share of adventures.
Yam is annoyed because Jigna always includes Himesh in all their family outings. He asks Doot to get Himesh out of his hair for a bit so he may spend some time with Jigna. In the meantime, Himesh pretends to be kidnapped in order to extract Rs. 500/ from Yam to buy a video game. Thinking that this is Doot at work, Yam tells off the socalled kidnappers. Jigna calls her parents for support. Realising an opportunity to extract some money from Himen, Yam pretends the kidnappers have asked for Rs. 50,000/ Giving this money to a confused Doot to put into his bank, Yam collects Himesh, who has just returned disappointed that his plan didnt work, and brings him home. When Himesh realises what has happened, he blackmails Yam to give him fifty percent of the money. In the midst of a now happy family, Doot enters with the Rs. 50,000/ saying that the bank is closed, inadvertently revealing Yams duplicity to all.
Sick and tired of his fatherinlaws taunts and insults, Yam decides to take matters into his own hands by letting Himen think that he has no time left to live. Faced with reality of certain death, Himen is put in Yams hands, and Yam takes advantage to fullest. What Yam doesnt realise however is how dearly he will have to pay for this prank. Meanwhile, Doot seems to have fallen in love again and the object of his current affection is Jignas new Yoga instructor. Feeling rather at sea about how to charm this young woman, Doot makes the mistake of taking advice from the selfproclaimed Love guru Himesh and what finally happens between Doot and the Yoga instructor is no surprise at all
Yam overhears a conversation where Jigna turns down going to a club in Yamlok because Yam simply cannot dance. Hurt by the fact that his lack of skill is causing Jigna to forego something she would otherwise enjoy, he decides to enroll for dance classes and master the skill for the sake of his loving wifes happiness. Little does he know that he will come to enjoy dancing so much it will take over his entire existence. On the other hand, Himesh has gotten himself into yet another fix. Jealous about Satya and Mohini constantly texting each other, he took away Mohinis phone to have some fun with Satya while pretending to be Mohini. However, while trying to hide from Yam, he drops it on the floor in the cow shed and consequently, it is swallowed whole by Yams faithful bhains. The rest of episode sees Himesh and Doot trying everything possible to get the phone out of Bhains.
When Yam refuses to take Jigna to Dhartilok for a movie, she looks to Mandira for company. Happily entrusting the responsibility of her fatherinlaw to Doot, the ladies gleefully head off to the movies. Doot however, has a rather difficult handling Mandiras fatherinlaw. At home, Yam is overjoyed at being able to enjoy a day of peace and quiet, only to be rudely disturbed by Satya and Himesh, who have been bribed by Guptaji to stay away from his home, so HE can enjoy a day of peace and quiet. Yam immediately doubles the bribe and sends them back to Guptajis and from then
Theres a rat in the home of great Yamraj. And much to everyones dismay, Yam has decided to take care of the rodent issue himself. Moving from one ridiculous solution to next, Yam along with his begrudging aide, Doot, take matters from bad to worse, causing Jigna to walk out of the house. But when the root cause for the rat being in the house is revealed, all of their collective infuriation is targeted at someone completely unexpected
While Himesh and Yam are in the midst of another lengthy and exhausting fight, a mystical and unexplained force swaps their souls so Himesh is in Yams body and vice versa. What follows is Himesh taking full advantage of being a position of power while Yamraj, while bearing the brunt of it, is trying desperately to minimize the damage. Meanwhile Doot engages in another romantic tryst, this time in pursuit of cutiepie77, an online acquaintance. When he finally meets her however, oh what a surprise is on store for him then
Jigna finds an expensive necklace set hidden amongst Yams clothes and assumes that it is a gift for her. She tries various tricks to get Yam to reveal the supposed surprise, but he is clueless. Meanwhile, one of the famous priests of heaven, Ramsay ji, visits the school to give the students a motivational speech. Angry at Himesh for disrupting the class and making fun of him, the priest curses him and turns him into a rooster. Later on, Mandira drops by looking for Yam and seeing her wearing the necklace, Jigna is both shocked and upset. Watch how Yam will get out of this one
When Jigna pressures Yam into getting her a pet, he picks a parrot that becomes a household favourite in no time. Soft spoken, polite, virtuous and kind, the parrot is also proficient at giving apt and extremely helpful advice. Looking to capitalize on this trait, Himesh and Satya set up an astrology stand to make a quick buck. What follows is a series of hits and misses mostly misses where Himesh and Satya try to undo the damage theyve done, while unfortunately making matters worse.
Yam, upset that he cant fulfill Jignas birthday wish for a diamond necklace, makes an interesting plan with Doot. He will take a diamond necklace from one of his victims in exchange for letting her live a few more days, gift the necklace to Jigna, making her happy and then fake steal the necklace to give it back without her knowledge. However, throw a real thief, a buffalo thats all too ready to gobble down diamonds and greedy HimeshHimen combo who will do anything for diamonds, and you find yourself an inevitable and nonstop laugh riot
Yam gets knocked on the head with a cricket ball while taking the praan of an unmarried lady, Pinky, whos been desperate to get married. Realising that Yam now has amnesia, and believing him to be the husband that a pundit had promised, she lets him believe that theyre engaged to be married. Seeing them shopping for jewellery in Himens shop, Himen thinks that Yam is having an affair. After a confrontation with him, Jigna and Himesh realise that Yam has lost his memory. Himesh suggests another whack on his head could give him his memory back. In the meantime, Pinky hurriedly gets the pundit to marry them, but Yam gets hit on the head by a cricket ball once more and regains his memory. Jigna and Himesh arrive, not realising this, and as per plan, Himesh whacks Yam on the head
Yam gives Atmanand a job in heaven that of Yamdoot. Yam then assigns Doot to help out Jigna whenever she needs a hand at home. Doot still holds a grudge against Yam
While taking the praan of a teaching doctor in a medical college, Yam hears about the symptoms of a heart attack and realises that hes going through the same symptoms. A vaid examines him and pronounces that it is indeed a heart attack. Himesh, in school, impresses a school inspector with his honesty, much to the annoyance of the principal. Returning home and finding Yam on his deathbed, Himesh recognizes his symptoms for what they are... gas
An overworked Yam does not have time for Jigna, which infuriates her. Later, Yam goes to take the praan of a scientist whos just cloned an animal. Yam spares his life in return for a clone of himself. Using the clone to do all his work, Yam finds a lot of time for Jigna and himself. Himesh discovers the truth and demands for a clone of himself in return for his silence. Soon the clones rebel and move into the house forcing Yam and Himesh out Discovering that the clones are now in love with Jigna and Mohini, Yam and Himesh come up with a novel plan to solve all their problems.
An overworked Yam does not have time for Jigna, which infuriates her. Later, Yam goes to take the praan of a scientist whos just cloned an animal. Yam spares his life in return for a clone of himself. Using the clone to do all his work, Yam finds a lot of time for Jigna and himself. Himesh discovers the truth and demands for a clone of himself in return for his silence. Soon the clones rebel and move into the house forcing Yam and Himesh out Discovering that the clones are now in love with Jigna and Mohini, Yam and Himesh come up with a novel plan to solve all their problems.
Himen and Jyotiben’s dog has puppies and Jyotiben promises one to Jigna. Jigna keeps that fact secret from Yam, who’s a bit scared of dogs. Mandira inadvertently talks to Yam about the “naya mehman” they are expecting. Yam misunderstands and excitedly believes that Jigna is about to have a baby. He goes on a rampage buying things for his “naya mehman” much to Jigna’s confusion.
Yam goes to take the praan of the director of a play, who offers Yam a role in his play... if he shaves his moustache. Yam does and returns home with a small moustache and a script Jigna believes that Yam is actually Kamdev in disguise and gets Doot, Himesh and Mandiras help to overpower him. Yam finds himself tied to a chair, and has a hard time convincing everyone that he is indeed Yam. Later, the family go to see Yam acting in his play. Unfortunately, Yam suffers from stage fright
Yam is expecting officials to come and check on him as his job appraisals are going on. In the meantime, Doot has registered in a matchmaking website. Himesh changes Doots profile to Yams. A family comes to see Yam for their daughter but is mistaken by Yam and Jigna as officials from Antaksharis office, leading to some hilarious moments.
Yam decides to fast along with Jigna during Karwachauth. Unfortunately hes gifted a crate of mangoes, of which hes extremely fond. Watching Himesh eating the mangoes proves too much for Yam, and he secretly devours them all, developing loose motions. Doot, in the meantime, tries to take up a teaching job in Himeshs school but the job turns out to be that of a security guard. Yam, even with loose motions, goes to inaugurate a juice centre and is forced to drink a lot of mango juice, resulting in the inevitable.
Yam asks his friend Kamdev for help in his marriage after a big fight with Jigna. Kamdev tries to shoot her with his love arrow but shoots Mandira instead, who falls madly in love with Yam. Thinking that shooting Yam with an arrow now and making him fall in love with Mandira will solve the problem, Kamdev fires, but strikes Himen, whos now besotted with Mandira. This goes on till there is a chain of people, each in love with the next Mandira with Yam, Himen with Mandira, Guptaji with Himen and the bhains with Guptaji
Yam and Jigna are invited to a party in Himen’s house. Jigna convinces Yam to wear a suit. Unfortunately, it’s a mythological theme party and Yam sticks out like a sore thumb. What makes it worse is the presence of a guest who has come dressed as Yamraj In the meantime, Himesh attempts to make homemade pizza at home for Mohini using the washing machine and succeeds in messing up the house quite badly.
Yam and Jigna are invited to a party in Himens house. Jigna convinces Yam to wear a suit. Unfortunately, its a mythological theme party and Yam sticks out like a sore thumb. What makes it worse is the presence of a guest who has come dressed as Yamraj In the meantime, Himesh attempts to make homemade pizza at home for Mohini using the washing machine and succeeds in messing up the house quite badly.
Hindi
31 July 2020
Comedy
David Polycarp
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