Nehlle Pe Dehlla (2007) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Johnny and Jimmy are small-time crooks driven by poverty and big dreams of getting rich quick. Despite repeatedly getting caught and jailed, their desire for a smarter score never fades. The film establishes early that they brood over schemes while behind bars, constantly planning their next heist. Their repeated failures only intensify their hunger for a bigger, more successful criminal venture.

• johnny
• jimmy
• criminals
• poverty
• dreams
• jail

The mobster trio led by Dilher, with his brothers Hansa and Jazzy, kill Ballu to steal the 300 million rupees he embezzled from his hotel. Ballu had secretly stolen a staggering sum from his own company, and when the mobsters learn about this money, they eliminate him to take the cash for themselves.

• ballu
• mobsters
• dilher
• murder
• money
• embezzlement

After discovering Ballu's body, Johnny and Jimmy realize their blackmail plan is compromised. They fear exposure since they were the only ones who knew about the embezzlement. To buy time and continue their scheme, they hide Ballu's corpse and present him as alive whenever the danger of discovery looms. This macabre ruse allows them to search for the real culprit while keeping their involvement hidden.

• ballu
• body
• fake alive
• blackmail
• scheme

While investigating Ballu's death, Johnny and Jimmy discover a map that supposedly directs to the location of the stolen 300 million rupees. The map becomes the key driving force behind the chase, as both the crooks and the mobsters race to find the money using this guide.

• map
• money
• treasure
• location
• chase

The real culprit behind Ballu's murder is the mobster trio led by Dilher and his brothers Hansa and Jazzy. They killed Ballu to steal the 300 million rupees he had embezzled. Johnny and Jimmy must identify this to understand who they're really up against.

• real culprit
• killer
• dilher
• mobsters
• ballu death

After Johnny and Jimmy steal the money from the mobsters' hideouts, Dilher, Hansa, and Jazzy catch up and confront them. When Johnny and Jimmy refuse to hand over the loot, the mobsters kidnap Puja (Ballu's niece and Johnny's love interest) and Jimmy as leverage to force the surrender of the money.

• kidnap
• puja
• jimmy
• leverage
• mobsters
• money

Kim and Johnny launch a daring rescue mission by delivering the money to the mobsters in exchange for Puja's release. This triggers a brutal brawl between the criminals. Just as the confrontation reaches its peak, the police arrive, turning the situation into a showdown that ends with all the criminals being apprehended.

• rescue
• kim
• johnny
• police
• brawl
• mobsters

The police arrive at the climax of the brawl between Johnny, Jimmy, Kim, and the mobster trio. Their timely arrival shifts the balance of power entirely, allowing the chaos to resolve into an arrest. The exact timing is presented as convenient plot convenience rather than explained in detail.

• police
• arrival
• brawl
• arrest
• climax

After the police arrest the mobsters and the chaos settles, the money remains with the group. Since Ballu was Puja's uncle, the funds effectively become hers to use. The epilogue shows Johnny marrying Puja and Jimmy marrying Kim, with all of them beginning new, lawful lives funded by Ballu's embezzled money.

• ballu money
• new lives
• wedding
• clean life
• funding

Johnny meets Puja, Ballu's niece, while Jimmy crosses paths with her friend Kim. As the story progresses through their criminal scheme, love interest develops between both couples. The danger and adventure create bonds that ultimately lead to marriage at the film's end.

• puja
• kim
• romance
• relationships
• johnny
• jimmy

Dilher, Hansa, and Jazzy killed Ballu specifically to steal the 300 million rupees he had embezzled. When Johnny and Jimmy steal the money first, the mobsters pursue them relentlessly to reclaim what they consider their prize. The money becomes the central conflict driving the film's action.

• dilher
• mobsters
• money
• pursuit
• revenge