People get duped by someone they know or by strangers everyday and it is no fun. Nevertheless, watching Bollywood con movies on the screen is exciting and thrilling.
It could be about planning a major heist years in advance or petty thieves making small change by conning multiple people daily. Either way, a con artist is always a very talented personality whose main skill is to pitch the exact thing that you want and gain trust within minutes of first interaction.
Here are some of Bollywood’s amazing con artists who have stripped people of all their wealth, broken hearts under false pretense of love, and avenged wrong doing. Some of the movies are free while others you can stream on your TV for just under Rs. 100.
1. Baap Nummberi Beta Dus Numberi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgznAepDI44
It is pure fun to watch Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor in this hilarious movie. This team of petty con artists will keep you entertained throughout the movie as they sell everything from stolen artifacts to the Taj Mahal!
2. Khel
Easily one of the best movies of the 90s. In a classic con Anil Kapoor stages multiple incidents to gain trust of the rich Sulakshana Devi and wants to grab her property and assets worth millions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMItXtEjSWw
An engaging romantic comedy, Khel has everything: thrill, romance, comedy, and drama.
3. Ek Aur Ek Gyarah
Meet Tara (Govinda) and Sitara (Sanjay Dutt), brothers, and small-town con men. An innocent con, Tara and Sitara are running from a dreaded criminal and are now forced to put up an act under the keen eyes of Major Ram Singh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plhy4ETazP4
But then, they fall in love! Will Tara and Sitara keep up the con and leave when they get what they want? or will they stay and fight along with Ram Singh? Watch Ek Aur Ek Gyarah with your family for an afternoon of pure fun.
4. Special 26
Definitely one of the best movies of this decade. If you haven’t, for some reason, seen this movie, you have missed something really good.
An elaborate plan with multiple sub-plots and a roller coaster ride, Special 26 will keep you guessing in this edge-of-the-seat entertainer.
The team of con-men posing as government officials dupe multiple political leaders and corrupt government employees and strip them of all the accumulated black money. With a strong star cast of Manoj Bajpayee, Anupan Kher, Akhasy Kumar and Jimmy Shergill in pursuit, Special 26, inspired from the 1987 Opera House heist, is pure thrill.
5. Oye Lucky Lucky Oye
50 jewellery boxes. 90 music systems. 140 TV sets. 212 video cassettes. 475 Shirts. And yes, 2 dogs! Meet Lucky Singh. A simple boy from suburban Delhi who tricks people for fun.
Enjoy his story as Lucky Singh travels across India and accumulates Knick Knacks from his small cons and keeps the police on the run in Oye Lucky Lucky Oye.
6. Bunty Aur Babli
Another crime comedy that is pure enjoyment. Two ambitious, small-town youngsters decide to take on the world, make their dreams come true. One escaping his father’s desire that he land a secure government job, other trying to run away from an arranged marriage.
Find out how Bunty and Babli fund their trip to Bombay by conning people wherever they go and then keep doing it just for the thrill of it all. Will ACP Dashrat Singh catch them? or will they succeed in conning him too?
7. BluffMaster
If you are around Roy, be sure that you been conned or are about to. No one is safe as Roy cons everyone, even his beloved. A strong star cast with Nana Patekar and Boman Irani in supporting roles this movie is a thorough entertainer.
8. Andaz Apna Apna
A Bollywood comedy classic, Amar and Prem though somewhat stupid, rank right up there in conning people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M_jHUawccI
With an intention to marry a rich NRI, and inherit her money, Amar and Prem fallout over who will marry the rich girl. Andaz Apna Apna will leave you ROFL as you watch Amar and Prem’s exploits in their tussle to get the girl of their dreams.
9. Khosla Ka Ghosla
More of a family drama category, this one too has an elaborate con that rises more out of necessity than greed. The Khosla’a have all their hard-earned wealth invested in a piece of land, which is now occupied an habitual offender – Kishen Khurrana.
Kishen Khurrana is now asking the Khoslas to pay him an exorbitant amount of cash to vacate their land. Watch how the Khoslas mount a con with friends to get their land back from this local goon in Khosla ka Ghosla.
10. Ladies V. Ricky Bahl
This is one of the best movies of the decade. A serial conman, Sunny Singh has a set game. He looks for rich, single girls and cons the into marrying him and giving away their money.
But tables are soon turned when three of his victims meet and decide to plan a bigger con. Find out if Ricky or Sunny, or whatever his real name is can be conned by his victims in Ladies Vs. Ricky Bahl.
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