Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost () is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language drama film starring Abhishek Bachchan, Lara Dutta and Chunky Pandey. The film is directed by Apoorva Lakhia. The film touched on the subject of the influence of television on village life. This is the first film in which Abhishek Bachchan did not keep a clean shaven look, which proved popular with audiences. Synopsis Dinanath Singh (Snehal Lakhia) is honored by the Indian Government, which is televised live. While receiving the honors, Dinanath informs the Government that his village is still without electricity, and he is promised that electricity will be provided in his village immediately. And electricity is provided in the village. Dinanath's grandson, Karan "Kanji" (Abhishek Bachchan), who is in Mumbai, hears of this and returns to the village along with a C-Band ten foot satellite dish and a super flat stereo television. When the satellite is set up, the villagers are thrilled by the TV shows. This helps create a running gag of copying TV culture into the rural lives. The changes lead to the village priest (Akhilendra Mishra) complaining to Chotey Thakur Rudra Pratap Singh (Yashpal Sharma) that the villagers are turning away from his temple and worship. Rudra is not concerned as he himself has a TV set in his home. But when the priest informs Rudra that his sister, Kesar Pratap Singh aka Kesi (Lara Dutta) and Kanji are in love, Rudra makes a threat to destroy Kanji and all of the village in the presence of a TV crew filming the whole drama and telecasting it live worldwide. The plot comes to a culmination when, angered by Kanji's antics, Rudra arrives to destroy the village. The villagers stand up to the exploitation and fight Rudra and his goons. Cast Abhishek Bachchan as Karan "Kanji" Singh Lara Dutta as Kesar "Kesi" Pratap Singh Chunky Pandey as Sanjay "Sanju" Singh Aditya Lakhia as Surya Yashpal Sharma as Chotey Thakur Rudra Pratap Singh Rajendra Gupta as Sameer Goswami Daya Shankar Pandey as Hari Malhotra Akhilendra Mishra as Priest Amitabh Bachchan as Narrator Raageshwari as Reporter Priya Snehal Lakhia as Grandfather Ajay Khamosh as Guru Shubro Bhattacharaya as Abdul Aahi Khan as Binti Bhagwati Singh as Gulaboo Akbar Naqvi as Bhima Narender Kumar as Gora Sonal Choksi as Salma Divya Sharma as Priest's wife Ritu Vij as Thakur's wife Tan Singh as Postman Deepash Nihalani as Cameraman