Welcome to Sajjanpur

(2008)

It was Jawaharlal Nehru who changed the name of a small town, Durjanpur, to Sajjanpur, and that was about all the change that had occurred there since then. The town still lacks adequate infrastructure, no safe drinking water; in a 24 hour period, electricity is out for almost 23 hours, and most people, even though they own mobile phones, cannot speak or write English. One of the residents, who does speak and write English fluently, Mahadev Kuswah (Shreyas Talpade), lives with his mother, and both run a small fresh vegetable store after his dad abandoned them when he was very young. He has since obtained a degree from Satna University, and assists residents with written correspondence for a fee. Amongst his clients are Man Singh - who wants his homicidal wife to stand for the Municipal elections; a eunuch, Munnibai Mukhrani (Ravi Jhankal), who is also to stand for elections; a snake charmer who is trying to make a living with fake snakes and is trying to locate his father; Ram Kumar (Ravi Kishan), who is in love with a widow, Shobha (Rajeshwari Sachdev); frantic Ramsakhi Pannawali (Ila Arun), who desperately wants to marry off her rebellious Manglik daughter, Vindhya (Divya Dutta), to a Saturday-born dog; while Mahadev uses his skills to break Kamla (Amrita Arora)'s marriage with Bansiram.