- Two lousy crooks find paradise in the seven stages of love.
- Dedh Ishqiya is a 2014 Indian comedy thriller film. Out from jail, Khalujaan a.k.a Iftekhar (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) have stolen a necklace made of royal jewels and are on the run. They part ways and meet at the Majidabad palace, where Iftekhar is competing with Urdu poets to win the heart of the nawab's widow Begum Para (Madhuri Dixit). Her quick-witted and mysterious friend and assistant Munniya (Huma Qureshi) slowly warms up to Babban and they together plot a kidnapping. Khalujaan (Naseeruddin Shah)and Babban (Arshad Warsi), the two romantic thieves are back in Dedh Ishqiya, sequel to the acclaimed and successful Ishqiya with their romantic adventures. And this time love will take them through the SEVEN STAGES OF LOVE... with the beautiful and dangerous Madhuri Dixit as Begum Para and Huma Qureshi as Munniya.—Sukh Sandhu
- Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and his nephew Babban (Arshad Warsi), a thief duo, pose as a Nawab and his attendant, and manage to run away with a prized necklace from a jewelry shop. In the police chase they get separated, while Khalujaan is hurt. Khalujan also pretends as if he dropped the necklace just before he gets separated from Babban. Babban thinks that Khalujan has been killed or captured by the police.
Months later Babban traces Khalujan again, this time posing a Nawab of Chandipur, Iftikar Hussain, at a poetry contest. It is a Mushaira organized by Begum Para (Madhuri Dixit), the widowed Begum of Majidabad as per the wishes of her deceased husband. The winner would win the Begum as bride and in turn become the Nawab of Majidabad. However, by the opening night, Babban traces Khalujaan. Khalu tells Babban that the necklace was indeed lost. Soon Babban falls in love with Begum Para's assistant, Muniya (Huma Qureshi), while Khalujaan has his heart set on Begum herself. Kahlu wants to win the contest, become the Nawab & then take off with Begum's wealth.
To complicate the matters there is another suitor in the fray, a local MLA-gangster Jaan Mohammed (Vijay Raaz), who posing as a poet, making a poet Nawab Italwi (Manoj Pahwa) write poetry for him in captivity. Jaan Mohammed quickly sees Khalu as a threat to his plans of winning over the begum & becoming the Nawab. Jaan confronts Khalu & Babbar, but they manage to escape. Jaan also holds the title deeds to Para's mansion as her husband had mortgaged the property to him before his death. Jaan tries to pressure Para into choosing him as the next Nawab.
Gradually the story progress a plot to kidnap the Begum is revealed. Muniya is revealed to be involved & is speaking to a kidnapper in the market to finalize the kidnapping plans. But her plans go awry when her contracted kidnapper is arrested by the police in a different matter. Muniya now turns her attention to Babban who is hitting on her badly & will do anything for her. Muniya has sex with Babban & entices him to kidnap Para. Babban tries to communicate the plan & the conspiracy to Khalu, but Khalu prohibits Babban from taking any action on Para & vows to tell Para the truth about himself as he truly loves her. He tells Para the truth, but he reacts as if Khalu is joking with her.
Khalujaan tries to impress the Begum by giving her the prized necklace they stole earlier but on the final day Begum declares Jaan Mohammed as her to be husband and new Nawab of Majidabad. Disappointed Khalujaan approaches begum with a gun just before a masked man kidnaps her at gun point. Khalujaan chases them and blocks their way only to discover that the masked man was Babban and Begum has plotted her own kidnapping to extort money from the new to be Nawab (now Jaan Mohammad) as the Begum was left bankrupt by her late husband. That night Muniya joins Babban, Khalu and Para & it is revealed that Muniya was Para's accomplice in the plan. In fact Muniya and Para are lovers. Para explains that her husband was gay & had no interest in women. She tried getting a divorce, but no one supported her, that's when Muniya came to her rescue & became her friend and lover. Para had to plot her own kidnapping as her husband had left her with no money.
Babban calls Jaan Mohammed to bring 10 Crore ransom money to a railway station who now is aware of Begum's plan, as the original kidnapper turns out to be a member of Jaan's gang and reveals the truth to him.
All four reach the railway station to collect money but find the bag empty and surrounded by Jaan Mohammad's goons. Much to their good fortune Nawab Italwi arrives with police force and cross-firing starts. Begum and Muniya escape from the situation leaving behind Babban and Khalujaan only to be arrested. One and half month later both get bail and a message from Begum and Muniya who are now settled in an unknown city by selling off the prized necklace.
Movie ends with the duo once again surrounded by Mushtaq (Salman Shahid) and his gang.
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