Ladies vs Ricky Bahl

Ladies vs Ricky Bahl
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Maneesh Sharma
Produced by	Aditya Chopra
Written by	Habib Faisal (Dialogue & Additional Screenplay)
Screenplay by	Devika Bhagat
Story by	Aditya Chopra
Starring	Ranveer Singh Anushka Sharma Parineeti Chopra Dipannita Sharma Aditi Sharma
Music by	Salim-Sulaiman
Cinematography	Aseem Mishra Ravi K. Chandran
Edited by	Namrata Rao
Distributed by	Yash Raj Films
Release date	9 December 2011 (2011-12-09)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	₹200 million (US$3.0 million)
Box office	₹740 million (US$11 million) (as per 2012)

Ladies vs Ricky Bahl is a 2011 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Maneesh Sharma and produced by Aditya Chopra. It stars Ranveer Singh opposite Anushka Sharma in lead roles along with Dipannita Sharma, Aditi Sharma and debutant Parineeti Chopra. Ranveer plays a conman named Ricky Bahl who cons women until three of these women unite to con him back. The story was loosely inspired by Jeffrey Archer's novel Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less and American comedy John Tucker Must Die. It was released on 9 December 2011. It got mixed to positive response from critics and was an average at the box office.

Dimple Chaddha (Parineeti Chopra) is a spoilt brat and only daughter of Sandeep Chaddha, the creator of "Chaddha Industries", a huge property company in Delhi. Her boyfriend is Sunny Singh (Ranveer Singh), a fitness instructor at a local gym. While travelling with Dimple on his bike, he stops at an old bungalow and proceeds to break in to harass the residents. Sunny tells a confused Dimple that the bungalow he vandalised belongs to his family and it had been illegally encroached upon by the tenants. His grandfather, father and mother have all died recently due to the stress of fighting the court case to remove tenants. The government however as ruled in favour of the tenants and he has to pay thousands in property tax to avoid being arrested.

Dimple convinces her father, Mr. Chaddha (Shireesh Sharma) to help Sunny get his ancestral property back, to which he agrees as the bungalow is on a sought after road. He sends his goons to forcibly evict the tenants. After this, Mr. Chaddha convinces Sunny to sell him the property for much less than market value. Later, Mr. Chaddha is arrested for evicting the tenants as unbeknownst to Mr. Chaddha, the family living there had a stay order due to a family dispute in the court for years on ownership. However, this dispute did not involve a "Sunny Singh". Dimple becomes heartbroken on knowing she's been conned and tries to find Sunny, who has already made his escape by boarding a flight to Mumbai. Sunny Singh in reality is only one of the fake identities of a serial con-artist named Ricky Bahl (Ranveer Singh).