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Line 29: }} '''''Ladies vs Ricky Bahl''''' is a 2011 Indian [[Hindi\|Hindi-language]] [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Maneesh Sharma]]. Produced by [[Aditya Chopra]] under the banner of [[Yash Raj Films]], it stars [[Ranveer Singh]], [[Anushka Sharma]], [[Parineeti Chopra]] (in her debut), [[Dipannita Sharma]] and [[Aditi Sharma (actress, born 1983)\|Aditi Sharma]] in lead roles. Loosely inspired from [[Jeffrey Archer]]'s 1976 novel ''[[Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less]],'' the adapted screenplay was written by [[Devika Bhagat]] and [[Habib Faisal]]. The ~~films~~film revolves around a group of women ~~team~~teaming up to pull an elaborate con on Ricky Bahl (Singh), a con artist who has conned them.a ''Ladies vs Ricky Bahl'' was released on 9 December 2011. It grossed {{INR}} 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 [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut\|Best Female Debut]] and was nominated for [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress\|Best Supporting Actress]]. == Plot == Ricky Bahl is a [[con artist]], who attracts women and dupes them off their money. The first of his many cons is Dimple, the daughter of a successful businessman. Posing as a fitness instructor, Ricky befriends Dimple at the gym. Dimple is convinced by him to lend him money, so that he may buy out his inheritance, which has been encroached upon by tenants. Dimple's father gives Ricky [[Indian rupee\|INR]] 20 lakhs, which he takes and disappears. Sometime later, a businesswoman in Mumbai, called Raina, is sold a fake painting by a man called Deven Shah, who presumably owns an art gallery. Deven takes off with INR 60 lakhs, and Raina makes the story public. She is contacted by Dimple, as well as a widow named Saira, who was conned of INR 10 lakhs. ~~'''Story 1: Delhi'''~~ The three women gather in Mumbai, where they plan to 'con' Ricky for the money they lost. Not knowing his real name, they call him "bloody ''kameena''" (which means rascal, in [[Hindi]]). They hire a mall worker named Ishika, who is an expert salesperson, to aid their con. Raina sponsors their arrangements, and the four women leave for [[Goa]], having traced Ricky to living at a beach there. 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. Ishika appears as the [[Non-resident Indian\|NRI]] daughter of a motel-chain owner from the US, on a business trip to Goa to set up a restaurant. Ricky, now Vikram Thapar, pretends to own a beachside watersports facility. He befriends Ishika and decides to target her next. To win her over, he agrees to invest in her restaurant and its launch party. Unknown to him, he is being sold fake products and arrangements, planted by Raina's contacts. Soon, the women are close to recouping the amount he stole from them. ~~'''Story 2: Mumbai'''~~ After the launch party, Ishika and Ricky spontaneously go clubbing, where they kiss. Ricky shows up at Ishika's hotel the next morning, only to find her plotting with Dimple, Raina and Saira. Realising he has been conned, he decides to get back his money, by selling Ishika a worthless property for her restaurant. The women accuse Ishika of colluding with Ricky, but he shows up at their hotel to return them their money. Claiming he has realised what it feels like to be cheated, he says he will stop being a con artist. 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. Raina, Dimple and Saira notice Ishika is in love with Ricky, and reunite the two. Ricky proposes to Ishika, but confesses he will have to learn from her how to live an honest life. ~~'''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 (BK) 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 == Line 78 ⟶ 67: === 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, India\|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 {{INR}} 198.5 million.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3791&nCat= \|title=Boxofficeindia.com \|publisher=Box Office India \|access-date=16 December 2011 \|archive-date=7 January 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107205743/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3791&nCat= \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3790&nCat= \|title=Boxofficeindia.com \|publisher=Box Office India \|date=10 December 2011 \|access-date=16 December 2011 \|archive-date=3 June 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603201231/http://boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews \|url-status=live }}</ref> During the second day of release, it showed good improvement and collected {{INR}} 445 million. Collections rose once again on Sunday and it collected {{INR}} 767.5 million to bring the 3-day total to {{INR}} 805 million approx.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3795&nCat= \|title=Boxofficeindia.com \|publisher=Box Office India \|access-date=26 December 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231809/http://boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3795&nCat= \|archive-date=25 April 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The film remained steady on Monday, with collections around {{INR}} 815 million nett, taking the four-day total to  million nett approx.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3800&nCat= \|title=Boxofficeindia.com \|publisher=Box Office India \|access-date=26 December 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421043845/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3800&nCat= \|archive-date=21 April 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The film also put up a decent first week collection, grossing {{INR}} 730 million nett.<ref>[http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=earnings] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224164918/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=earnings\|date=24 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3811&nCat= \|title=Boxofficeindia.com \|publisher=Box Office India \|access-date=17 December 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231815/http://boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3811&nCat= \|archive-date=25 April 2012 }}</ref> Overall, it did decent business at the box office and earned {{INR}} 840 million in full theatrical run and declared hit at the box office.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3834&nCat= \|title=Boxofficeindia.com \|publisher=Box Office India \|access-date=25 January 2012 \|archive-date=7 January 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107201636/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3834&nCat= \|url-status=live }}</ref> [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."<ref>{{Cite web\|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954598/\|title = Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl\|publisher = [[IMDb]]\|access-date = 19 February 2022\|archive-date = 30 March 2022\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220330025333/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954598/\|url-status = live}}</ref> == Awards and nominations ==