Ishqiya (2010)

Original title

इश्क़िया

Directed by

Abhishek Chaubey

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two small-time crooks get tangled up with a mysterious widow in a remote village. Their scheme to steal a fortune leads to betrayal and dangerous games.

slapstickdarkly comicsuspensefuledgyunpredictablegrittyintenseplayful

What happens

Ishqiya (transl. Passionate) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language slapstick black comedy film directed by debutante Abhishek Chaubey and produced by Raman Maroo and Vishal Bhardwaj. The film stars Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi. The film was released on 29 January 2010. The film opened to positive critical reception and performed moderately well at the box office. It was selected for screening at the 34th Cairo International Film Festival. A sequel Dedh Ishqiya was released in January 2014 with the same cast and crew, sans Vidya Balan, who was substituted by Madhuri Dixit and Huma Qureshi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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