Ishqiya

Ishqiya
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Abhishek Chaubey
Produced by	Raman Maroo Vishal Bhardwaj
Written by	Gulzar
Screenplay by	Vishal Bhardwaj Sabrina Dhawan Abhishek Chaubey Gulzar
Starring	Naseeruddin Shah Vidya Balan Arshad Warsi
Music by	Vishal Bhardwaj
Cinematography	Mohana Krishna Agapu
Edited by	Namrata Rao
Production company	VB Pictures Shemaroo Entertainment
Distributed by	Shemaroo Entertainment
Release date	29 January 2010 (2010-01-29)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹190 million
Box office	₹250 million

Ishqiya is a 2010 Indian black comedy film starring Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi and Salman Shahid in the lead roles. It was directed by Abhishek Chaubey in his directorial debut and was produced by Raman Maroo and Vishal Bhardwaj. The film was released on 29 January 2010.

The film performed well at the box office. It was selected for screening at the 34th Cairo International Film Festival. A sequel Dedh Ishqiya was released in January 2014 with the same cast and crew, sans Vidya Balan, who was substituted by Madhuri Dixit and Huma Qureshi.

Ishqiya starts with Krishna Verma (Vidya Balan) trying to convince her husband, Vidyadhar Verma (Adil Hussain), a local gang-lord, that he should surrender. He agrees but is soon killed in a gas explosion. Two criminals Iftikhar aka Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Razzak Hussain aka Babban (Arshad Warsi) botch up a job and escape from the clutches of their boss Mushtaq (Salman Shahid), who wants to bury them alive. They land up in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh to seek refuge in the house of Vidyadhar Verma.

Instead they meet his widow Krishna, who gives them shelter and tries to seduce them to achieve her own secret goal. She proposes the kidnapping of Kamalkant Kakkar aka KK (Rajesh Sharma), a small businessman. The duo reluctantly agree, since they want to escape the clutches of Mushtaq. Khalujan and Babban meantime realise that they are falling for Krishna, but they do not reveal their feelings to each other.Meanwhile Babban seduces Krishna and both have sex. Khalujan decides to tell his feelings to Krishna but is shocked when he sees Krishna and Babban together dancing after having sex . Khalujan is angry but keeps quiet. However, when the kidnapping does not go as smoothly as wanted, Khalujan and Babban start fighting.