'' Do Dooni Chaar '' ( ) is a 2010 Indian Hindi family comedy-drama film produced by Arindam Chaudhuri ( Planman Motion Pictures ) , written and directed by debutant director Habib Faisal , and starring Rishi Kapoor , Neetu Singh , Aditi Vasudev and Archit Krishna in lead roles . The film is about a middle-class school teacher who tries to keep his wife and children happy in inflationary times and dreams of buying a car . The movie also marks the return of the Kapoor pair as a lead couple on the silver screen . Although the duo had not acted in a film in over 30 years , they had previously acted in numerous hits during the 1970s . The directorial debut film was also the first live-action Hindi film to be distributed by Disney World Cinema . It went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi at the 58th National Film Awards . The Duggals are a middle-class Punjabi family living in a one-bedroom apartment in Lajpat Nagar , Delhi . The middle-aged patriarch , Santosh Duggal ( Rishi Kapoor ) , is a modest high-school mathematics teacher ; his wife Kusum ( Neetu Singh ) is a stay-at-home housewife who quit her job at Santosh ’s insistence . They have two teenage children : a tomboyish college-going daughter , Payal ( Aditi Vasudev ) , who narrates the film , and a high-schooler son , Sandeep ( Archit Krishna ) , a.k.a. Deepu or Sandy . They lead a hand-to-mouth existence , penny-pinching at every opportunity . Santosh commutes using a dilapidated old scooter , nicknamed ‘ Duggal Express ’ , from his home to the school and to a coaching centre , where he gains a supplementary income . Despite his best efforts to give his children a quality education , he always falls short of their expectations , who wish for a comfortable life despite their situation
58th National Film Awards
58th National Film Awards
Do Dooni Chaar