Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors is a Hindi

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 comedy film

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 released on 26 September 2008. It is directed by Lucky Kohli and Rajesh Bajaj and stars Sarika

Sarika

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, Zain Khan, Sweeny Khara, Harry no Pottar, Vijay Raaz

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, Jackie Shroff

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 and Lilette Dubey. It is based on the popular movie "Home Alone

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Plot

The film revolves around a ten year old boy, Hari Prasad Dhoonda (nicknamed Hari Puttar), who has recently moved from India

India

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 to the United Kingdom

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. Left home alone with his cousin Tuk Tuk (Swini Khara) when his parents go on vacation, Hari must deal with two burglars who hope to steal a secret formula Hari's father had created.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for Hari Puttar features songs composed by Aadesh Shrivastav with lyrics by Sameer:

• "Hari Puttar" - Shaan
  Shaan (singer)
  Shaan , is an Indian playback singer, and television host. He hosted the shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, Star Voice of India and "Star Voice of India 2"...
  
  , Aadesh Shrivastava and Neha Bhasin.
• "Tutari" - Sukhwinder Singh
  Sukhwinder Singh
  Sukhwinder Singh, Born as Sukhi Singh Lubana is an Indian singer best known for working as Bollywood playback artist. Singh is famous for singing "Chaiyya Chaiyya" for which he won the Best Male Playback Award at the 1999 Filmfare Awards. The song, from Mani Ratnam's 1998 film Dil Se, was composed...
  
   and Sunidhi Chauhan
  Sunidhi Chauhan
  Sunidhi Chauhan is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi film songs in Bollywood. She has also recorded songs for Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese and Gujarati films and is credited with over 2000 songs....
  
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• "Bhai Ae Gaya" - Akriti Kakkar and Vicky Chandra
• "Meri Yaadon Mein Hai Tu" - Shreya Ghoshal
• "Hari Hari Puttar Hai" - Hamza Faruqui, Zain Khan and Sonia
• "Hari Puttar is a Dude" - Sameer and Aishwariya.

Controversy

Warner Bros.

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 filed a lawsuit against production company Mirchi Movies to stop the release of the film due to the similarity of its title to that of the Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

film series

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. An Indian court threw out the case on the basis that the public would be able to differentiate between the two titles, and that Warner had chosen to wait three years until the film's release to file their case.

Mirchi Movies CEO Munish Purii has insisted that there is very little similarity between Hari Puttar and any elements in the Harry Potter franchise, and explained that Hari is a popular Indian name, while "puttar" means "son" in the Punjabi language

Punjabi language

Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...

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External links

• Hari Puttar Website