Plan

Plan

Year: 2004

Runtime: 149 mins

Language: Hindi

Director: Hriday Shetty

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To pay off their gambling debt, four best friends kidnap an organized crime figure having mistaken him for a wealthy businessman.

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On a train bound for Mumbai, four strangers—Bobby Dino Morea, Omi Rohit Roy, Lucky Sanjay Suri, and Jai—form an unlikely bond as they realize they’re leaving the familiarity of their villages behind and stepping into the bustle of the city.

Bobby dreams of breaking into acting and pursues a path that echoes the iconic Amitabh Bachchan, hoping fame will finally find him in the crowded world of Mumbai cinema. Omi carries a heavier burden, trying to recover money that was borrowed from his father, a debt that hangs over his head like a shadow. Lucky, once a village gambler, arrives in the city determined to test his luck on bigger stages, while Jai longs to win back a love he lost and can’t quite forget.

Early on, a revelation changes the dynamic: Omi had secretly arranged a 50% cut with the borrower, a plan that complicates their moral compass and future choices. Lucky begins to taste real luck in the city, Bobby’s movie prospects encounter brutal reality, and Jai discovers that Shalini, the woman he loves, had left him by choice and doesn’t intend to return. To help him move on, his friends orchestrate a setup with Tanya [Payal Rohatgi], a nightclub performer, and Jai finds himself drawn to her, though she makes it clear she isn’t “the one” for a nice boy like him. With this new arrangement, the four friends decide not to return to their village but to enjoy the possibility and thrill of life in Mumbai.

As time passes, the quartet finds themselves running short on cash. Lucky bets big to change their fortunes, but the outcome goes against him: the opponent cheats, leaving Lucky owing a substantial sum—Rs. 700,000—with a ticking clock of one week to pay and a warning not to leave the city. Faced with mounting pressure, they hatch a drastic plan: kidnap a business tycoon who could settle their debt in one bold move. The target turns out to be Musa Bhai [Sanjay Dutt], the feared head of Mumbai’s underworld. Musa Bhai is revealed to be a man who, if kidnapped, would have died at the hands of a rival’s bribes—an irony that seems to fatefully unfold in their favor.

In a surprising turn, Musa Bhai recognizes that their capture saved his life, and he agrees to help them. He assists Bobby in landing a film opportunity with Sapna [Sameera Reddy], and he negotiates with the winner of their subsequent game, promising debt relief if his side wins again. When a new opponent cheats, Musa Bhai steps in to ensure fairness, lifting the burden from the boys’ shoulders. The dynamic shifts as Jai develops feelings for Tanya, though Tanya declares she isn’t suited for someone as naive as him and encourages him to return to his village.

When the time comes to confront Sultan, Musa Bhai orders the four friends to return to their villages, arguing that he should face this danger himself but cannot, given the extent of his crimes. Nevertheless, the boys return to stand by Musa Bhai and help in the fight against Sultan. Musa Bhai ultimately defeats Sultan, a culmination that marks a violent but decisive end to the immediate danger. After the dust settles, the four friends depart for their villages, with Musa Bhai bidding them farewell and urging them to pursue honest lives.

A subtle thread runs through the narrative: Rani [Priyanka Chopra Jonas], a bar-dancer who loves Musa Bhai, hopes to marry him. Musa Bhai shares affection for Rani but initially resists marriage, proposing a non-marital arrangement instead. Rani refuses that plan, and the drama lingers until the end of the story, when Musa Bhai finally agrees to marry her, realigning love with loyalty in a world filled with risk and ambition.

Throughout their journey, the film blends ambition, luck, loyalty, and the lure of city life, exploring how four young men navigate dreams and danger on a course that could either break them or redefine who they are.

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