Sameer N. Soni

When his daughter decides to further her studies in London, a hardworking Rajasthani businessman does everything in power to make her dreams come true.

Sheik Yerbouti

Angrezi Medium

Champak Bansal (Irrfan Khan) is a widower and a sweet-shop owner in Udaipur, Rajasthan. He often fights with his half-brother Gopi (Deepak Dobriyal), who runs a competing sweet-shop, but they&#39;re greatly fond of each other. They own the brand name Ghasiteram sweets in Udaipur and have many buyers asking them to sell it.
Champak&#39;s daughter Tarika (Radhika Madan) has always harbored a dream to travel and study abroad. Though she is poor in studies, Champak is strongly supportive of her dream, and, with some effort, she secures a high rank in her final school examinations, enough for her to secure a scholarship from London&#39;s Truford University, which has partnered with her school. On the school&#39;s Annual Day, Champak notices that the chief guest is Judge Chheda (Zakir Hussain), who had accepted a watch as a bribe from Gopi a few days before so that he could win the rights to the Ghasiteram name (A long running court case was decided in favor of Gopi by Chheda, on the basis of a will that GOpi and Champak&#39;s father died before signing. That night Gopi got drunk and admitted to bribing Chheda with a Rs 9 lakhs Rolex). He goes on stage and exposes the judge who had emphasized on honesty and values in his speech, not knowing that he is the principal&#39;s husband. The following morning, he meets the principal at her home and asks for forgiveness, only for her to tear Tarika&#39;s scholarship letter to pieces and throw it on his face. He vows to send Tarika to London, come what may.
The college admissions consultant helps to apply for Tarika in the foreign student quota, but she is rejected as all seats go to the Chinese. The only way now is to apply via the British citizenship route. With the help of a London-based acquaintance, Bablu (Ranvir Shorey), Champak and Tarika along with Gopi proceed to London. Champak invites Bablu to come to Udaipur business class.. Bablu proposes that Champak invests 100K pounds in UK with him and the Govt will automatically grant him citizenship. He will take a 5% cut, which also Champak agrees. Champak and Gopi need to get a business visa and Tarika would travel on a tourist visa. The only hitch is that for visa to be granted there should be no pending court cases against the person. So, Gopi gathers the entire town and gets them to take back their court cases in exchange for allowing them to use the Ghasiteram brand name. However, Champak and Gopi are caught and interrogated by the airport police. When they inadvertently say that they have &#39;drugs&#39;, they are deported and their passports blacklisted. Tarika, who had been calling Champak, Gopi and Bablu to no avail, goes to a rented home (helped by the students of her university support group where she meets Advait (Manish Gandhi)), and starts enjoying the free-spirited London life while also trying to fund her education (she gets a part time job with Mrs Kohli). Meanwhile, Champak and Gopi are referred to a fixer in Dubai, Tony (Pankaj Tripathi), who gives them Pakistani aliases and forged passports. They return to London, under the names of Abdul Razzaq and Saqlain Mushtaq, and are briefly accosted by Naina (Kareena Kapoor Khan), a cop (she was performing an undercover arrest, when she was accidentally exposed by Gopi and Champak). They find lodging in a house owned by Mrs. Sampada Kohli (Dimple Kapadia), who is Naina&#39;s estranged mother and who is Tarika&#39;s employer. Tarika stays in a different house. When they meet Sampada GOpi runs away as he finds pics of Naina with her. Champak demands that Tarika leave her lodgings or he will sever ties with her. Tarika refuses to sacrifice her freedom and demands that Champak leave her alone. Gopi asks him why he says so, to which he replies that this is in order to avoid getting caught by Naina, which would surely get Tarika blacklisted and her dream would be busted.
The two visit a police station, where Bablu is lodged (London police had arrested him after Champak and Gopi told them the previous time that they were Bablu&#39;s business partners in the drugs business); they pay for his bail (with the help of Naina who finds them at the station and guides them), and he tells them that he is now penniless (the 100K pounds paid by Champak was spent by Bablu to pay off some local mafia debts). Champak forgives Bablu. Bablu vows to get Tarika an admission by any means and invites Gopi &amp; Champak to stay with him. One night, Mrs. Kohli has invited the Bansals for dinner (She met Gopi on the streets one day and recognizes him and makes friends with both GOpi and Champak) on the eve of her birthday, when Naina suddenly barges in and says that since her mother has not cared for her, she can do whatever she pleases. The next day, Champak and Gopi find the senior Kohli unconscious on the floor, and rush her to the hospital, narrowly saving her life. When Naina arrives on the scene, she breaks down and realizes the value of caring for her. Champak, Gopi and Bablu hear of a fundraiser organized by Truford University and reluctantly agree to bid for its renovation (the highest bid will give a University seat to the bidder), which costs 300,000 pounds. At their wits&#39; end for arranging for such a large sum (they have a week&#39;s time to deposit the money. They try gambling, betting on sports, even scamming motorists by willingly coming in front of their cars), they agree to sell the Ghasiteram family name.
When Champak tells Tarika the news, she is nonplussed (she was in the middle of kissing her Brit boyfriend, which Champak interrupted). Champak is heartbroken when Tarika asks him to knock before entering the house.. He leaves saying that his house for her will always be open forever.. The next day, as the three go to a scrapyard to collect the money (from illegal cash transfer sources), Champak pours his entire story to Tarika, who is convinced that she should not have put him and Gopi through so much trouble to fulfill her dream. London police get a tip on illegal cash transfer transaction of 300K pounds, but Naina intervenes and allows them to escape Londo with the money. Tarika later decides to give up her London scholarship and study back home in Udaipur, to which everyone agrees. The film ends with Champak and Gopi continuing the use of the Ghasiteram name and suing the buyer along with the entire family (127 cousins and relatives)

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