Ladies vs Ricky Bahl

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Ladies vs Ricky Bahl
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Maneesh Sharma
Written by Habib Faisal (Dialogue)
Screenplay by Devika Bhagat
Additional Screenplay:
Habib Faisal
Story by Aditya Chopra
Produced by Aditya Chopra
Starring Ranveer Singh
Anushka Sharma
Parineeti Chopra
Dipannita Sharma
Aditi Sharma
Cinematography Aseem Mishra
Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by Namrata Rao [1]
Music by Salim–Sulaiman
Distributed by Yash Raj Films
Release date
  • 9 December 2011 (2011-12-09)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget20 crore
Box office49.4 crore [2]

Ladies vs Ricky Bahl is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Maneesh Sharma from a screenplay by Devika Bhagat and Habib Faisal. It stars Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Parineeti Chopra, Dipannita Sharma, and Aditi Sharma. In the film, a group of women team up to pull an elaborate con on Ricky Bahl (Singh), a con artist who has conned them.

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Produced by Aditya Chopra for Yash Raj Films, its story and plot was inspired by Jeffrey Archer's 1976 novel Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less .

Ladies vs Ricky Bahl was released on 9 December 2011. It grossed 49.4 crore worldwide and received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised the chemistry between Singh and Sharma. Chopra's performance was acclaimed; at the 57th Filmfare Awards, she won the Best Female Debut and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

Plot

Story 1: Delhi

Dimple Chaddha is presented as a spoilt brat since her father Suresh Chaddha is the creator of "Chaddha Industries", a huge finance company in Delhi. Dimple is used to meeting her boyfriend, Sunny Singh secretly. The two party all night, and one day, eventually Dimple passes out of alcohol. Sunny then drops her home and faces her parents before wandering off. He breaks into a bungalow nearby and starts to throw stones on windows claiming it was part of his family inheritance and consequently is chased by the residents. Later he explains to Dimple that the bungalow actually belongs to his father, who died shortly before, and was encroached by tenants, but he gets taxed. Dimple convinces her father to help him but he tries to make profit out of it by buying the property at less valuation. Her father claims later as if he had fooled Sunny big time, though he is later arrested when the police claims that the family living there had a stay order, and that he entered there with no permission. Dimple realizes she has been conned, and starts to cry out loud. Then, Sunny is spotted in an airport leaving for Mumbai, with the Rs.20 lakhs which he receives as an advance from Dimple's father.

Story 2: Mumbai

Raina Parulekar is a businesswoman in Mumbai who is paranoid about everything. She has been ordered by her boss to deliver an M.F. Hussain painting, which is sold out everywhere. She meets Deven Shah, who presumably owns an art gallery that comprises the painting she needs. Raina fails to identify the fake painting and she contacts Deven for the M.F. Hussain over the phone, and he acts to be the owner of the painting and sells it to Raina. She gives Rs. 60 lakhs to Deven but later her boss realizes it's a fake, and fires her immediately. She expresses her story of being conned by a man named Deven Shah to the media which, spreads like wildfire. This news is seen by Dimple and suspects that maybe Deven Shah could be Sunny and they may have been conned by the same person.

Story 3: Lucknow

A young widow named Saira Rashid calls Raina and explains her story of being conned by a person named Iqbal Khan into giving away Rs. 10 lakhs through her father-in-law and duping his garment business.

Story 4: Goa and Beyond

Raina calls over Dimple and Saira to Mumbai, where they make a plan, locate and con the man who conned them and name him "Bloody Kameena" (BK).

To trace BK, they use his ringtone clue to find his name as Diego Vaz from Goa. They hire a saleswoman, Ishika Desai to act like a millionaire heiress, Ishika Patel, who wants to open a restaurant chain in India with the help of the "Bloody Kameena" so that if he invested money in the restaurant, they could sneakily steal the money and escape, thus ruining the BK. The four divas set out to Goa, and start their trap. The BK slowly starts falling into it, but he never realizes he is being conned. Ishika says she can't con him anymore because they love each other, and the BK has no clue of it. Dimple begins to argue loudly with her and is overheard by Vikram Thapar who was waiting outside the door for Ishika.

He is heartbroken and realizes the pain he gave to everyone when he conned them but still out of ego-driven vengeance, he makes a plan to con the four girls. He himself originally purchases a swamp worth Rs. 3 lakh and as the con blows it cost to 90 lakhs. All girls blame Ishika for cheating and take their anger out on her. The three now return home, only to find Vikram Thapar (Ranveer Singh) sitting in their garden, with the Rs.1 crore. He explains why he came back, and that he didn't feel good about conning the girl he truly loved, and that the four girls have changed him into now becoming an honest and decent man. He returns the money he stole from them and leaves.

The girls realize the love Ishika has for Vikram and reunite them. He proposes to her but Ishika asks his real name, to which he reveals himself as "Ricky Bahl", and the story ends with a kiss, as the three girls leave.

Cast

Equipment

Aseem Mishra and Ravi K Chandran have used an Angenieux Optimo as zoom lens. [3]

Reception

Release

The film was released in India on 9 December 2011. Upon release, it received mixed to positive response from critics. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra's cousin, Parineeti Chopra, made her acting debut in the film and most critics have praised her highly for her acting skills. Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama gave 3 out of 5 stars and said: "Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl is, at best, a decent fare, which appeals in parts. The film starts well, even ends well. It's the in between that's plain ordinary. Ideally, the film merits a two-and-a-half star rating, but that extra half star is for Ranveer and Anushka, who steal your heart with truly striking performances." [4] Nikhat Kazmi from The Times of India gave 2.5 of 5 stars adding: "There is no humour, no earthy flavour, no tingling chemistry between the lead pair. What does work in favour of the film are its performances and its non-hysterical tenor." [5] Komal Nahta from Koimoi gave it a 3-star as well stating: Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl is a fair entertainer. What is good about it is: The basic plotline; some con-game sequences; performances; music NDTV gave the film 3.5 stars from 5, calling it predictable and adding that the loses out on the great chemistry between the two leads. But it is still great to watch. However, he praised the performance of Ranveer Singh. [6] So did Rajeev Masand who, in his review for IBN Live, described it as watchable but thought that it could've been so much more fun. [7] Zee News gave it 3/5 stars, stating: "A good option to get entertained this weekend and reconnect with the Band Baaja Baaraat Jodi for some laughter and foot stomping again! Go watch Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl."

Box office

Ladies vs Ricky Bahl had a biggest first day with many places recording high first day collections, but some multiplexes recording 90–100% for the first day. The collection improved well in Delhi and Punjab area throughout the day. The multiplex-dominated areas saw good to decent occupancy while single-screened areas remain on lower side. The film had a decent first day collections of 198.5 million. [8] [9] During the second day of release, it showed good improvement and collected 445 million. Collections rose once again on Sunday and it collected 767.5 million to bring the 3-day total to 805 million approx. [10] The film remained steady on Monday, with collections around 815 million nett, taking the four-day total to  million nett approx. [11] The film also put up a decent first week collection, grossing 730 million nett. [12] [13] Overall, it did decent business at the box office and earned 840 million in full theatrical run and declared hit at the box office. [14] [IMDB] Rated it 6 out of 10 stating A smooth and charming conman, Ricky Bahl, cons girls for a living but finally meets his match is this fun-filled "ROM-CON." [15]

Awards and nominations

Ladies vs Ricky Bahl awards and nominations
Parineeti Chopra at 'The Mugshot Cafe' promotion in Pune.jpg
Parineeti Chopra garnered several accolades for her performance in Ladies vs Ricky Bahl.
Totals [lower-alpha 1]
Wins13
Nominations18
Note
  1. Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
AwardCategoryRecipient(s)Result
Filmfare Awards Best Supporting Actress Parineeti Chopra Nominated
Best Female Debut Won
IIFA Awards Best Supporting Actress Won
Best Female Debut Won
Star Screen Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
Most Promising Newcomer – Female Won
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Won
Best Female Debut Won
Cosmopolitan Awards Fun Fearless Female DebutanteWon
Global Indian Film and Television HonoursMost Promising Fresh Face – FemaleWon
FICCI Frames 2012 AwardsBest Female DebutWon
Stardust Awards Superstar of Tomorrow – Female Won
Best Actress in a Comedy or Romance Anushka Sharma Won
Star of the Year – Female Nominated
Zee Cine Awards Best Female Debut Parineeti Chopra Won
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female Nominated
Dipannita Sharma Nominated
BIG Star Entertainment Awards Best Choreography Vaibhavi Merchant (for "Thug Le")Won

Soundtrack

Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl
Soundtrack album by
Released2011
Recorded2010
Genre Film soundtrack
Label Sony Music India [16]
Producer Salim–Sulaiman
Salim–Sulaiman chronology
Band Baaja Baaraat
(2011)
Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl
(2011)
Anaganaga O Dheerudu
(2011)

The song "Jigar Da Tukda" won the most atrocious lyrics award at the Golden Kela Awards in 2012. [17]

All tracks are written by Amitabh Bhattacharya

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Aadat Se Majboor" Benny Dayal, Ranveer Singh 04:38
2."Thug Le" Vishal Dadlani, Shweta Pandit 03:39
3."Jigar Da Tukda" Salim Merchant, Shraddha Pandit 04:14
4."Jazba" Shilpa Rao 04:39
5."Aadat Se Majboor (Remix)" Benny Dayal, Ranveer Singh 04:34
6."Jazba (Remix)" Anushka Manchanda 04:02
7."Fatal Attraction" Instrumental 03:34
Total length:28:00

Plagiarism allegations

Director Selva accused the makers of Ladies vs Ricky Bahl of plagiarising his 2007 Tamil film Naan Avanillai and its 2009 sequel, both which followed a con artist marrying several women under various identities. [18] British novelist Jeffrey Archer accused the makers of plagiarising his 1976 novel Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less . [19]

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