Film
No Entry
- Comedy
- Light-hearted
A Bollywood comedy about infidelity, temptation, and marriage where a faithfully married man is drawn into his friend's world of affairs and escorts. It's broad, energetic, built on physical comedy and misunderstandings, starring Anil Kapoor and Salman Khan at peak comedic energy. For anyone who loves Hindi cinema's maximalist approach to romance and chaos.
Should you watch it?
Watch it if you enjoy farce built on a tangle of mistaken identities and escalating lies, with a cast that plays every panic at full volume and clearly relishes the chaos.
Skip it if you want restraint or a sharp, grounded script, since the humour leans on loud slapstick and repetitive misunderstandings that can wear thin across its long running time.
What it asks of you: Settle in for a long, busy evening: it runs well over two and a half hours, moves at a brisk clip, and rewards you for keeping up with who is pretending to be whom.
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Hera Pheri2000
The same director's earlier hit: three men, impossible schemes, genuine belly laughs from pratfalls and dialogue timing. Salman Khan and Anil Kapoor work this dynamic even better here, trading jokes with sharp precision.
But It's even longer than No Entry, and the plot is deliberately nonsensical—if you want stakes or logic, you're watching the wrong film.
Maine Pyar Kiya1989
Salman Khan's biggest romance, the film that made him a star. Pure earnestness about love and commitment, shot through with genuine warmth. If No Entry made you enjoy Khan's charisma, see where it started.
But It's deeply sincere in ways No Entry deliberately undermines. The tone is completely different—romantic rather than cynical.
Dil To Pagal Hai1997
The gold standard of Hindi romantic comedies: smart, beautifully shot, genuinely funny, with a moral centre about honesty in love. Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit at their peak. Everything No Entry is clumsy about, this does with grace.
But It's a romance first, comedy second. If you're here purely for chaos and slapstick, the emotional core might feel slow.
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The wildcard
Something you would not have found on your own.
Luv Ka The End2011
Both are comedies about husbands and infidelity, but Luv Ka The End asks what No Entry never does: what if none of this was funny?
A Bollywood relationship comedy made by someone who actually seemed tired of Bollywood's relationship comedies. It deconstructs the formula No Entry exemplifies—the fake loyalty, the scheming, the marriages treated as games. Sharper, nastier, and darkly aware of what it's satirizing.
But It's cynical to the point of meanness about the people in it. There's no warmth underneath the mockery like there is in No Entry—just contempt for everyone involved.
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Partner2007
Another marriage-and-cheating comedy with Govinda and Salman Khan, but sharper and tighter. It refines the template No Entry was working with, same themes but better constructed.
But If you watch both back-to-back, you'll notice how similar they are. It's essentially the same film done better, which can make No Entry feel redundant.
Rang De Basanti2006
Youth, friendship, idealism, and moral awakening. It has the ensemble energy No Entry tries for, but in a completely different register—earnest where No Entry is ridiculous. Shows what Bollywood could do when it wasn't chasing laughs.
But It's serious about things No Entry treats as punchlines. The tonal whiplash might be jarring if you're expecting more comedy.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge1995
The definitive Bollywood romance, where the couple actually likes each other and the film trusts that. If No Entry made you cynical about marriage, DDLJ is the argument for why people fall in love and stay loyal.
But It's three hours of earnestness and songs. No broad comedy, no chaos—just romance and charm, which is the opposite of what No Entry offers.
Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin1999
Govinda in a marriage-crisis comedy with real emotional stakes underneath. It walks the line No Entry tried to find—funny but not dismissive of relationships, chaotic but grounded in actual feeling.
But It's lesser-known and harder to find than the obvious big names. The production values don't match the energy of your main recommendations.
Mujhse Dosti Karoge!2002
Young, romantic, genuinely charming Bollywood about mistaken identity and deception, but in a lighter, sweeter register than No Entry. Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan are luminous, and the film actually trusts the audience to feel things.
But It's for people who like Bollywood romance, not Bollywood chaos. If No Entry's appeal was purely the slapstick, this will feel slow.
Page 32005
Both examine infidelity and marriage through comedy, but Page 3 never lets the audience off the hook. No Entry is warm about its characters; this film is uncomfortable with them.
Made the same year, it's Madhur Bhandarkar's dark comedy about Mumbai's nightlife, affairs, and the performance of relationships. Still Bollywood, still funny, but unflinching about what people actually do and why. It takes the subject matter seriously.
But It's grim underneath the laughs—some real cruelty, some real consequences. The tone is uneven because life is uneven, which can feel messy if you want a clean story.
He Loves Me… He Loves Me Not2002
Both use comedy to explore how people lie in relationships and the gap between who we pretend to be and who we are, but this film treats that gap as tragedy rather than entertainment.
A French romantic comedy about obsession, deception, and the way relationships are performed rather than lived. Much smaller and weirder than No Entry, but asking similar questions through the lens of something darker and more psychologically unsettling.
But It's in French, much slower, and genuinely unsettling at times. The woman is not likeable, the man is not redeemable, and there are no big laughs—just pitch-black comedy about people hurting each other.
People
Cast
Anil KapoorKishen
Salman KhanPrem
Fardeen KhanSunny
Bipasha BasuBobby
Lara DuttaKaajal
Esha DeolPooja
Celina JaitlySanjana
Boman IraniMinister P.J. Gupta
Dinesh HingooDoctor / Airport Employee
Razak KhanJohny Toteywala
Aanjjan SrivastavJudge Saxena
Anant JogMinister Kawle
Directing
- Anees BazmeeDirector
Writing
- Anees BazmeeDialogue
- Sameer AnjaanLyricist
- Anees BazmeeScreenplay
- Anees BazmeeStory
Production
- Arjun KapoorExecutive Producer
- Balraj IraniExecutive Producer
- Kanwalinder SinghExecutive Producer
- Kulthep NarulaLine Producer
- Rachvin NarulaLine Producer
- Boney KapoorProducer
- Surinder KapoorProducer
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