Khatta Meetha was a 2010 political satire action comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan. It was a remake of Priyadarshan’s 1988 film Vellanakaalude Nadu. It featured Akshay Kumar, Trisha, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Johnny Lever, Aruna Irani, Urvashi Sharma, Makarand Deshpande, Jaideep Ahlawat, Manoj Joshi, Milind Gunaji and Neeraj Vora in lead roles. Made with a budget of Rs 35 crore, this film did a business of Rs 62.79 crore.