Bluffmaster

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Bluffmaster

Directed by	Rohan Sippy
Produced by	Ramesh Sippy
Written by	Rajat Arora (dialogue), Shridhar Raghavan (screenplay)
Starring	Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Ritesh Deshmukh
Music by	Vishal Dadlani, Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa, Ehsan Noorani, Shekhar Ravjiani , Trickbaby
Release date(s)	December 16, 2005
Running time	137 mins
Language	Hindi
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Bluffmaster is a Bollywood movie released on 16th December 2005, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani and Nana Patekar.

The film is directed by Rohan Sippy, the son of Ramesh Sippy. This is his second directorial venture after his first film Kuch Naa Kaho. The role played by Priyanka Chopra was originally given to Aishwarya Rai, but she was dropped from the film.

1 Summary
2 Trivia
3 Cast
4 External links

[edit] Summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Roy (played by Abhishek Bachchan) is a professional conman (bluffmaster in Indian English), who is a master of his dubious "art." He is in love with the honest and true "Simmi" (played by Priyanka Chopra). She breaks off the relationship when she finds out the truth about Roy.

Then Roy meets "Aditya Srivastav" alias "Dittu" (played by Ritesh Deshmukh). Aditya is a conman too, though an incompetent one. Roy agrees to teach Aditya the art of the con. This altruistic gesture opens up Roy's heart even further; he develops a true friendship for Aditya.

Then Roy is told that he has a brain tumor and will die soon. He decides to perform one last good deed -- to help Aditya avenge himself upon his father's enemies. He proves willing to sacrifice his life for those he loves ... and then finds that he himself has been conned, into choosing good rather than bad.

The movie is primarily inspired from the Argentine movie, Nueve reinas (Nine Queens) and the Hollywood movie Matchstick Men.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

When Roy and Dittu attempt a con in a cinema hall, the movie playing is Ramesh Sippy's hit film Shaan.
Usually all singing in Bollywood films is done by playback singers. Abhishek did one song in his own voice, Right Here Right Now, a rap song.
When Roy's car is stolen, Roy boards a taxi with the licence plate MH-O1-9211, which is a reference to another Ramesh Sippy film Taxi Number 9211
The song Bittersweet Symphony appears during several scenes in the film.