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'Saas Bahu aur Sensex' is a mix of 'Saas Bahu' kind of soap opera and stock market, ranging from the small to the big screen. Kitty party friends who watch 'Saas Bahu' opera come to know about shares and the stock market in this movie. So, this creates a curiosity among kitty players to participate in share market. Another reason is that one of their colleague turns wealthy by investing in shares. Thus, their kitty party conversations switch from TV soaps to share market and investments. That's why the director has titled it 'Saas Bahu aur Sensex'. The movie is produced by Jayshree Malhija and presented by the world-famous 'Warner Bros. Pictures'. The music is given by directors - Randolph Correa, Bipin Panchal and Blaaze, to the lyrics of Blaaze, Raqueeb Alam and Shona Urvashi.

The movie begins with a family comprising a mother Binita Sen played by Kirron Kher and her daughter Nitya played by Tanushree Dutta. Binita, who lives in Kolkata, divorces her husband, as the latter wants to marry a younger girl. She moves from Kolkata to Navi Mumbai along with her daughter Nitya and is lost in the new city. Incidentally, a boy named Ritesh Jethmalani played by Ankur Khanna gets Nitya a job in a call center where he also works. The story takes a turn from here.

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While Ritesh is in love with another society girl Kirti Wagaskar played by pretty Masumeh, the latter though from middle-class aspires to marry a millionaire. But, she keeps Ritesh as an alternative. Ritesh believes that one day Kirti would realize the worth of his love and come back to him. But Kirti has her eyes set on Yash Modi played by Sudhanshu Pandey, a billionaire. Yash's father owns a large share of 'M & M', the financial call centre in which Nitya and Ritesh work. Kirti meets Yash and feels very happy.

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However, she soon realizes that Yash is engaged with the daughter of the owner of Macmillan financial group. This wedding proposal promises to be good for 'M & M' and therefore Binita and her 'kitty party friends invest in the company. After learning about Yash's engagement, Kirti returns to Ritesh and agrees to marry him. Ritesh is too good and is always ready to help anyone. But, he has a weakness - his blind love for kirti. Among other deficiencies of his personality are his fondness for non-vegetarian food coupled with often running late. At this time, Nitya learns that her father fell for a younger woman and this is why her mother had to divorce him and come to Mumbai. She also comes to know that Binita and her friends have invested in 'M and M'. Binita who inherited shares from her father wishes to sell some and comes across a sensitive stockbroker Feroz Sethna played by Farooq Sheikh.

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Farooq, a natural actor, has come back to the silver screen after a long hiatus. He guides Binita into proper investing. Binita turns rich, so her kitty party colleagues want to follow her in becoming neo-rich. They invest in stocks. It appears that the filmmaker thus succeeds in making the kitty players share savvy! Interestingly, Ritesh's romance moves in sync with a sensex backdrop, taking the movie to a climax. The film turns a satire on daily soaps with initial humor. However, it turns boring later following the introduction of share arithmetic.

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The star cast includes Tanushree Datta, Ankur Khanna, Kirron Kher, Farooq Sheikh, Masumi Makhija, Lilette Dubey and Sharon Prabhakar. Each and every actor plays his or her role very well. While Farooq Sheikh induces some funny moments with his pristine Parsi performance, Kirron Kher puts in a compelling act. Masumeh proves perfect in the role of an urban girl. Lilette Dubey sparkles from amongst the kitty participants. Sharon Prabhakar looks ageing and thus needed help of the makeup department.