Film

Mere Dad Ki Maruti

Name: Mere Dad Ki Maruti
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2013
Cast: Saqib Saleem, Rhea Chakraborty, Ram Kapoor, Prabal Panjabi, Benazir Shaikh

Comedy
Light-hearted

A light Hindi comedy about a spoiled son who borrows his father's new Maruti car for one night and catastrophically loses it. What follows is a bumbling scramble to recover the vehicle and cover his tracks before his wedding-bound sister discovers the truth. It's the kind of film that treats mishap as knockabout fun rather than genuine consequence—frothy, fast-paced, and designed for laughs over realism.

TMDb rating

3.0

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