Gayab

Gayab
Directed by	Prawaal Raman
Produced by	Ram Gopal Varma
Written by	Prawaal Raman Kona Venkat
Screenplay by	Prawaal Raman Kona Venkat
Story by	Suresh Nair Prawaal Raman Kona Venkat
Starring	Tushar Kapoor Antara Mali
Music by	Ajay-Atul
Cinematography	Piettro Zuercher
Edited by	Amit Parmar Nipun Gupta
Production company	RGV Factory
Distributed by	Prime Focus Ltd
Release date	16 July 2004 (2004-07-16)
Running time	156 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Gayab (English: Disappear or Vanished) (Hindi: गाय़ब) is a 2004 bollywood, supernatural thriller film directed by Prawaal Raman, and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It stars Tusshar Kapoor and Antara Mali as the lead protagonists. The film became a moderate box office success and was remade in Tamil as Jithan.

Vishnu Prasad (Tusshar Kapoor) is an unappreciated nerd. His mother nags him and his father ignores him. He is in love with his neighbour Mohini (Antara Mali), but she already has a boyfriend - Sameer (Raman Trikha). Vishnu sees Mohini in a cafe with Sameer. As Sameer goes to get drinks, Mohini's eyes meet Vishnu's. A shy and nervous Vishnu accidentally winks at Mohini which angers Sameer into hitting him. Vishnu bursts into tears. Sad and depressed from his life he goes to a beach.

Angry at God for the life He has given him, Vishnu asks the statue to make him disappear from the world as no one likes him. When he reaches home, he discovers that God took his wish literally and turned him invisible. Excited and happy Vishnu gets many opportunities to spy on Mohini and get her boyfriend in trouble. He realises that he cannot wear any other clothes than the ones he was wearing on the day he received the boon because those were the only clothes that turned invisible with him. When Vishnu sees his father is worried about him and also because of a nagging wife, he tells his father about his secret and calms him down. He plays the role of an invisible ghost to teach his mother a lesson. His mother gets scared thinking that the ghost is of her late Father-in-law and faints. Vishnu thinks that he needs money to impress Mohini. So he robs a bank and brings her all the cash but Mohnini is shocked and terrified. Vishnu decides to tells her everything. Mohini flies in a rage and tells Vishnu to leave her alone as she is in love with Sameer.

Alone and heartbroken Vishnu gets drunk and wanders the streets. The media makes up incredible stories after the bank robbery done by an "invisible force" and they try to get more information. The police department takes action and tries to hunt down the "invisible-man". Sameer decides to leave town with Mohini before Vishnu comes back looking for them again but they are unable to do so. So they go into hiding and Vishnu demands that the police bring him Mohini or else he will wreak havoc throughout the city.