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Ishqiya is a film of genre Thriller directed by Abhishek Chaubey released in USA on 29 january 2010 with Vidya Balan
Ishqiya (2010)
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Add to a movie listIshqiya is a 2010 Indian black comedy thriller film starring Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi, Naseeruddin Shah, and Salman Shahid in the lead roles. It was directed by Abhishek Chaubey in his directorial debut and was produced by Raman Maroo and Vishal Bhardwaj. The film was released on 29 January 2010.
The film was declared an average performer 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 will be substituted by Madhuri Dixit and Huma Qureshi.
Synopsis
Ishqiya starts with Krishna Verma (Vidya Balan) trying to convince her husband, Vidyadhar Verma (Adil Hussain), a local gang-lord, that he should surrender. He agrees but is soon killed in a gas explosion. Two criminals Iftikhar aka Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Razzak Hussain aka Babban (Arshad Warsi) botch up a job and escape from the clutches of their boss Mushtaq (Salman Shahid), who wants to bury them alive. They land up in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh to seek refuge in the house of Vidyadhar Verma.Actors
Vidya Balan
(Krishna Verma)
Naseeruddin Shah
(Khalujaan)
Arshad Warsi
(Babban Hussain)
Salman Shahid
(Kamalkant Kakkad)
Adil Hussain
(Vidyadhar Verma)
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