Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? 2010

Puneet Bajpai [Ajay Devgn], a movie scriptwriter, leads a comfortable life in a high-rise in Goregaon, Mumbai, with his Bengali interior-designer wife Munmun [Konkona Sen Sharma] and their six-year-old son Ayush. Ayush eagerly hopes for a guest to arrive, filling the home with a quiet anticipation that brightens their days.

Everything shifts the moment Lambodar Chacha [Paresh Rawal], a distant uncle of Puneet, appears unannounced one morning and slaps the guard, triggering a chain of dramatic disruptions. Lambodar is searching for a son of his late cousin Putani and, upon finding Puneet, refers to him as Pappu—something Puneet is not accustomed to—and proceeds to take over the couple’s life with a string of unreasonable demands: early-morning gargling, hearty eating, and a loud, comical farr—habits that push the family to the edge. The household remains at odds, though Ayush is oddly delighted by the new, larger-than-life presence.

Lambodar interferes in every aspect of their daily routine, from pressuring the maid to quit her job to incessantly seeking Puneet’s attention, to inviting strangers as “new friends” and constantly calling when Puneet is away. Some neighbors applaud what they interpret as devotional devotion at the local temple, or his odd “cure” for backaches that involves a sharp kick to the sufferer’s rear. In a moment of desperation, Puneet even lets himself get arrested just to finish his script without Lambodar’s meddling.

One day Puneet brings Lambodar to his film set, a grand affair directed by Ranjeet Taneja [Satish Kaushik]. There, Lambodar spots an actor known as Kaalia of Sholay [Viju Khote] and repeatedly urges him to recite his famous dialogue from the old film. The insistence gnaws at Kaalia, who tries to escape the pressure, but Lambodar keeps nudging him. When Kaalia finally speaks the word “two,” the bomb operator blows up the mansion well ahead of schedule, and an enraged Taneja fires Puneet. Puneet defends Lambodar, arguing that his uncle’s devotion deserves respect.

Desperation grows as the couple’s attempts to rid themselves of Lambodar multiply. They stage a fake relative’s death to lure him away, but the ruse backfires when the friend is arrested after Lambodar sees through the ruse. A planned Delhi trip sees Munmun orchestrating Lambodar’s departure with tears, only for Lambodar to jump off the train and return to their flat. A night in a hotel with Ayush ends in a police raid that wrongly labels Puneet as molesting Munmun. They hire a local don to send Lambodar away, but the don instead brings Lambodar home, saving him from a rival gang.

Time passes, and Puneet is ultimately welcomed back to work as Taneja apologizes for underestimating Puneet’s bravery—an act that becomes clear after Puneet defended his Chacha during a tense moment. A fortunate turn of events also sees Puneet reclaim his repossessed car thanks to a tie between Lambodar and a seemingly ordinary man who turns out to be the bank manager. Their child’s schooling improves thanks to the lessons taught by Chachaji, and the family slowly begins to appreciate the value of having elders in the house.

During Ganesh Chaturthi, the immersion at Juhu beach, Lambodar goes missing amid a stampede. Puneet spends the night in a hospital, fearing the worst, and returns home to find Lambodar alive and well. The couple begs for forgiveness as Lambodar seems ready to leave. The twist comes when Putani’s second son arrives—the real Pappu—who apologizes for the confusion and explains that his flat number matched Puneet’s, but in a different tower, prompting Lambodar to stay with him and restoring a sense of finality to the family saga.

“How many men were there? Two”