Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl (2011)

A smooth and charming conman, Ricky Bahl, cons girls for a living but finally meets his match is this fun-filled "ROM-CON."

Director:

Maneesh Sharma

Writers:

Devika Bhagat (screenplay), Aditya Chopra (story)

Stars:

Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Parineeti Chopra

10 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ranveer Singh	...	Ricky Bahl / Vikram Thappar / Sunny Singh / Iqbal Khan / Deven Shah
Anushka Sharma	...	Ishika Desai / Ishika Patel
Parineeti Chopra	...	Dimple Chaddha
Dipannita Sharma	...	Raina Parulekar (as Dipannita Sharma Atwal)
Aditi Sharma	...	Saira Rashid
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Akshay Anand
Sonika Chopra
Arpit Kapoor	...	Boss of Ranveer Singh
Shireesh Sharma	...	Mr. Chaddha

Storyline

Dimple Chaddha (Parineeti Chopra), a brash 19 year old Delhi college girl falls in love with Sunny Singh, a fitness trainer. Raina Parulekar (Dipannita Sharma), a 28 year old independent and successful corporate woman in Mumbai does business with an art dealer Deven Shah. Saira Rashid (Aditi Sharma), a 24 year old sweet, hard working widow in Lucknow makes a new friend, the shy Iqbal Khan. Three very different girls who each get taken for a lot of money by each of these three men. The problem is that it is actually just one man - Ricky Bahl (Ranveer Singh), a suave and charming con-man who revels in the game and is only after the Money. A chance encounter brings these three women together who vow to take down Ricky Bahl and get their money back. The next step is the actual plan. Enter Ishika Desai (Anushka Sharma), a young and ambitious girl whose street smart ways will one day, very soon, get her to the top. The furious trio, one professional con-man and a girl who loves adventure. ...

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Plot Keywords:

con | con man | con artist | character name in title | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on the film John Tucker must die

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Goofs

During The Introduction of Anushka Sharma's character, a sequence was shot on a Railway platform. It shows different trains in the background, once a normal passenger otherwise, a duronto at different angles of the shot.

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Quotes

Ricky Bahl: We'll be a perfect couple. We won't be able to lie to each other because we'd instantly be nailed.It'll be a 100% true partnership between two liars.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits come a full 22 minutes after the film begins.

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Connections

Referenced in Aadat Se Majboor (2017)

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Soundtracks

Fatal Attraction
(uncredited)
Written by: 'Salim Merchant' and 'Sulaiman Merchant'
Performed by: Natalie Di Luccio
[Played while Anushka and Ranveer dancein a Club in Goa. The theme of this song is also played throughout the film to the end.)

User Reviews

First half impresses,..second half depresses

Again a Yash Raj movie,again a Maneesh Sharma film,again Anushka-Ranveer pairing that worked wonders in Band Baaja Baraat,but on the contrary Ladies vs Ricky Bahl never has that element of magic that BBB had.Of course u can blame Anushka coming to the fore in the second half,but the movie actually subsides in the second half itself not only because of some boring sequences but the predictability the movie creates as we rush through second half.First half is fun-filled specially because of the presence of Parineeti Chopra (Priyanka's cousin) and it never ever seems its her first movie.Ranveer as always is impressive not only in conning girls but flaunting his body with those 8 pack abs.Dipannita and Aditi have done commendable jobs.Anushka(especially in the black bikini)looks hot.Songs are OK.Overall the movie could have been better in the second half.Go for it only if you are an ardent fan of Ranveer.I go with 6/10

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi Punjabi Urdu English

Release Date:

9 December 2011 (India)

Also Known As:

Senhoras vs Ricky Bahl

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$328,870

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yash Raj Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

140 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color