| Praan Jaye Parr Shaan Na Jaye | |
| Director: | Sanjay Jha |
| Producer: | Mahesh Manjrekar Asoo Nihalani |
| Starring: | Aman Verma Rinke Khanna Dia Mirza Raveena Tandon Bharat Jadhav |
| Narrator: | Vijay Raaz Sushmita Sen |
| Screenplay: | Mahesh Manjrekar |
| Music: | Daboo Malik Nitin Raikwar (songs) Rahul Ranade (score) |
| Cinematography: | Rajeev Shrivastava |
| Editing: | Sarvesh Parab |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Budget: | 3.25 crore[1] |
| Gross: | 2.35 crore |
Praan Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed by Sanjay Jha which depicts various aspects of chawl culture in Mumbai. It was inspired by the Malayalam film Vietnam Colony. This film was co-produced by Raj Lalchandani, Mahesh Manjrekar, Asoo Nihlani and Sagoon Wagh. The film stars Aman Verma and Rinke Khanna.[2] [3] [4]
Aman Joshi (Aman Verma) is on a research assignment. His subject is the Chawl dwellers of Mumbai. He rents a small tenement there and talks to the people living there. He soon gets involved in their lives, and even gets attracted to plain-looking Suman (Rinke Khanna). Aman's kindness is mistaken for generosity by all the chawl dwellers, and they swarm him for his money, trying to get loans and gifts, to improve their lives. Then the lives of this small community are turned upside down, when the owner Parveen Seth (Sachin Khedekar) announces that he intends to tear the building down.