Santa Banta Pvt Ltd (2016)

Director
Akashdeep Saigal

Main cast
Tinnu Anand; Neha Dhupia; Vir Das

Genres
Comedy

Description
Two friends and their sweet and endearing misadventures and one of these misadventures sees them land in the middle of a kidnapping investigation.


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