Humshakals

Humshakals
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sajid Khan
Produced by	Vashu Bhagnani
Written by	Sajid Khan
Starring	Saif Ali Khan Riteish Deshmukh Bipasha Basu Tamannaah Bhatia Esha Gupta Ram Kapoor
Music by	Himesh Reshammiya Background Score: Sandeep Shirodkar
Cinematography	Ravi Yadav
Edited by	Bunty Nagi
Production company	Fox Star Studios
Distributed by	Pooja Entertainment India Ltd.
Release date	20 June 2014 (2014-06-20)
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi English
Budget	₹50Crore
Box office	₹45Crore

Humshakals (English: Look-alikes) is a 2014 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Sajid Khan and produced by Vashu Bhagnani. Saif Ali Khan, Ram Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh are in triple roles. The film is shot extensively in foreign locations, starting September 2013. The film is co-produced by Fox Star Studios and Vashu Bhagnani's Pooja Entertainment. The film was released on 20 June 2014.

The film was heavily panned upon its release. Individuals starring in the movie and otherwise associated with it such as Bipasha Basu and Esha Gupta also criticized its production publicly. Regarded as one of the worst films ever made in Indian history, the movie also failed to make back its production costs in the box office.

Ashok (Saif Ali Khan) and Kumar (Riteish Deshmukh) are best friends, whereas Shanaya (Tamannaah Bhatia) and Mishti (Bipasha Basu) are their love interests. Ashok's father is a multi millionaire but has been in a coma for the last six years, while his wicked Mamaji (Ram Kapoor) teams up with an evil doctor, Dr. Khan (Nawab Shah) to get rid of Ashok and take over all his property. During a board meeting Singh(Ram Kapoor) mixes a medicine in Ashok and Kumar's drink and they both start behaving like dogs.

They are taken to a mental asylum for treatment by Dr. Shivani (Esha Gupta), who soon realises the truth and promises to discharge them. But fate takes a twist as two lookalikes of Ashok and Kumar being treated in the same hospital's 'B' ward (who work for Bijlani (Chunkey Pandey), a cocaine smuggler) are accidentally released instead of the true ones. Shanaya and Mishti take them to Ashok's mansion where Singh understands the whole mix-up and plans to use the duplicate Ashok to become the owner of the whole business empire. Now the true Ashok and Kumar also come to know of Mamaji's evil plan but are stuck in the asylum. They are offered help by one of the ward boy Cyrus (Darshan Jariwala), who takes them to a secret ward 'C' to meet 'Johnny' who is a look alike of Mamaji but has a dangerous habit of attacking people who sneeze in front of him. Ashok and Kumar plan revenge against Singh with the help of Johnny but get caught by the warden Y. M. Raj (Satish Shah) before they can escape from the asylum. Y. M. Raj prepares to punish them but accidentally sneezes in front of them. Angered by this, Johnny beats him black and blue, thus helping the three to escape.