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{{Infobox film
| name = Bluffmaster!
| image = Bluffmaster!.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Rohan Sippy]]
| producer = [[Ramesh Sippy]]
| writer = {{unbulleted list
|Shridhar Raghavan
|[[Rajat Arora]] (dialogue)
}}
| starring = {{unbulleted list
|[[Abhishek Bachchan]]
|[[Priyanka Chopra]]
|[[Ritesh Deshmukh]]
}}
| music = {{unbulleted list
|[[Vishal-Shekhar]]
|[[Trickbaby]]
|Sameeruddin
}}
| cinematography = Himman Dhamija
| editing = [[Amitabh Shukla]]
| studio = Entertainment One Pvt. Ltd
| distributor = [[UTV Motion Pictures]]
| released = {{release date|2005|December|16|df=yes}}
| runtime = 139 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR|100}} million<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=283|title=Bluffmaster - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR|327}} million<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=283|title=Bluffmaster - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
}}

'''''Bluffmaster!''''' is a 2005 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[crime comedy]] film directed by [[Rohan Sippy]] and produced by [[Ramesh Sippy]]. The film stars [[Abhishek Bachchan]], [[Riteish Deshmukh|Ritesh Deshmukh]], [[Priyanka Chopra]], [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]], [[Boman Irani]] and [[Nana Patekar]]. It is an adaptation of the 2000 [[Cinema of Argentina|Argentinian film]] ''[[Nine Queens]]''.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |last1=Pandohar |first1=Jaspreet |title=Review - Bluffmaster! |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/12/15/bluffmaster_2005_review.shtml |website=BBC - Movies |date=12 December 2005}}</ref> ''Bluffmaster'' was released on 16 December 2005, and received mixed response from critics. The film became a box office success, earning a ''Semi-Hit'' verdict, as well as being the 17th [[Highest-grossing Bollywood films|highest-grossing]] Bollywood film of 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Box Office 2005|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=211|publisher=Box Office India}}</ref>

==Plot==
Roy Kapoor ([[Abhishek Bachchan]]) is a conman, information that his girlfriend Simran 'Simi' Ahuja ([[Priyanka Chopra]]) is not privy to. On the day of their engagement, however, Roy's true character is exposed and Simi leaves him. Consequently, Roy starts drinking heavily.

Six months later, Roy meets Aditya 'Dittu' Srivastav ([[Ritesh Deshmukh]]) and Jassi ([[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]]), amateur conmen who attempt to con him but are unable to do so. They set their sights on a doctor, Dr. Bhalerao (played by [[Boman Irani]]) instead. Roy helps Bhalerao after he is conned and Bhalerao feels greatly indebted to him.

One fateful day, Roy drinks too much and starts feeling dizzy. In the middle of the street, he falls unconscious and is saved by Dittu. Dittu begs Roy to teach him (Dittu) all he (Roy) knows about the art of conning. Roy reluctantly agrees and the two start their escapades, conning everyone from a family to a "gang" who possesses black money. Roy and Dittu decide to visit a club, where Roy starts feeling dizzy again. He again falls unconscious. Dittu then takes him to hospital. Roy learns (via a CAT scan done by Dr. Bhalerao) that he has a brain tumor and will die within three months.

Simi, meanwhile, is working as a restaurant manager and is again engaged to be married to a man whom she doesn't love. Roy tries to tell her that he has a brain tumor. She eventually believes him - after meeting with the doctor - and they rekindle their friendship.

It is then revealed that Dittu's father and many others have been duped of their life savings by a man called Chandru ([[Nana Patekar]]), the main reason that Dittu became a conman in the first place. Roy decides that, before he dies, he'll help Dittu con Chandru of his stolen wealth. However, while planning the ultimate fraud, Roy's cancer enters its final stages.

Simi is then kidnapped by Chandru and Roy goes to rescue her. Roy is afterwards pushed by Chandru from the terrace of a building, only to survive because he falls on a huge inflated square. Roy then goes for an MRI scan at the hospital, which is actually closed, to realise that he is well and that his cancer has been cured.

Roy goes home, only to find that everything that happened uptil then was staged, masterminded by Dittu and scripted by Chandru. Almost everybody involved in the plan was duped by Roy and the plan was to get him out of his wrong ways. Roy never had cancer: he thought he did because the scans were fake and drugs were sometimes added to Roy's drinks to make him feel those were symptoms of cancer. Roy then decides to mend his ways and thus the film ends happily.

==Cast==
* [[Abhishek Bachchan]] as Roy Kapoor
* [[Priyanka Chopra]] as Simran 'Simi' Ahuja
* [[Riteish Deshmukh]] as Aditya 'Dittu' Srivastav / Arjun Bajaj
* [[Nana Patekar]] as Chandrakant 'Chandru' Parekh / Shridhar
* [[Boman Irani]] as Dr. Bhalerao
* [[Sanjay Mishra (actor)|Sanjay Mishra]] as Jassi
* [[Tinnu Anand]] as Parimal Bajaj, Arjun's father
* [[Mahesh Thakur]] as I. L. Malhotra
* [[Supriya Pilgaonkar]] as Mrs. I. L. Malhotra
* [[Arash Labaf]] in a special appearance in song "Buro Buro"
* [[Carol Gracias]] in a special appearance

==Soundtrack==
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| name = Bluffmaster
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
| cover =
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| recorded = 2005
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 46:34
| label = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[Sa Re Ga Ma]]</div>
| producer = [[Vishal-Shekhar]]
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The soundtrack was released on 20 November 2005. The background score was composed by Sameeruddin.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} According to the Indian trade website [[Box Office India]], it was the tenth-highest-selling soundtrack album of that year, with around 14 ''lakh'' (1.4. million) units sold.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Hits 2000–2009 (Figures in Units)|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215081557/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5&PHPSESSID=108b9056cd4ca14236f9c6119d34dcce|archivedate=15 February 2008|publisher=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref>

===Track listing===

#"Sabse Bada Rupaiyya" : [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]], Chetan, Saira Hussain, TrickBaby – 4:09
#"Say Na Say Na" : [[Aneela Mirza]], [[Robert Uhlmann (composer)|Robert Uhlmann]], [[Arash (entertainer)|Arash]] – 3:16
#"Tadbeer Se Bigdi Hui Taqdeer" (Destiny Mix): [[Geeta Dutt]] – 3:26
#"Right Here Right Now" : Abhishek Bachchan, [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] – 3:02
#"9 Parts of Desire" : TrickBaby (Hussain, Ager) – 3:48
#"The Gateway Theme" : [[Sameeruddin]] – 2:47
#"[[Boro Boro]]" : [[Robert Uhlmann (composer)|Robert Uhlmann]], [[Arash]] – 3:06
#"Do Aur Do Paanch" : Sameeruddin – 4:29
#"Indi-Yarn" : TrickBaby (Hussain, Ager) – 3:58
#"Neela" : TrickBaby (Hussain, Ager) – 3:06
#"Parde Ke Peechhe" : [[Jaideep Sahni]], TrickBaby (Hussain, Ager) – 3:37
#"Come Fishing" : (Bluffmaster Theme): Sameeruddin – 2:42
#"Right Here Right Now" (Hip Hop Mix): Abhishek Bachchan, Sunidhi Chauhan – 3:43

==Release==
===Reception===
''Bluffmaster'' received mixed response from critics.

''[[BBC News]]'' gave the film 4 stars out of 5, appreciating the "cleverly constructed" storyline, direction and performances by the supporting cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2005/12/15/bluffmaster_2005_review.shtml|title=Bluffmaster! (2005)|website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=12 December 2005}}</ref> Raja Sen from ''[[Rediff.com]]'' praised the film, noting the film's comedy, dialogue, tone and music as its major positives and calling it a feel-good style ''[[Matchstick Men]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/dec/16bluff.htm|title=Bluffmaster: A timepass blast!|website=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=16 December 2005}}</ref> However, ''[[Taran Adarsh]]'' reacted negatively, giving the film 1.5 stars out of 5, praising several individualistic sequences, music, dialogue and cinematography but criticizing the romance track and mainly the climax, which he called "''[[The Sixth Sense]]'''' kind of an ending.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/bluffmaster/critic-review/bluffmaster-movie-review/|title=Bluffmaster Movie Review|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|access-date=16 December 2005}}</ref>

===Box Office===
According to [[Box Office India]], lifetime collection of the film is 327 million. They gave the verdict "Semi-Hit".<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=283|title=Bluffmaster - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>

===Home Video===
In August 2020, the film began streaming on [[Amazon Prime Video]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/abhishek-bachchan-bluffmaster-on-amazon-prime-video.html|title=Abhishek Bachchan's 'Bluffmaster!' Arrives On Amazon Prime Video; Actor Shares Post|website=[[Republic TV]]|access-date=19 August 2020}}</ref> It is also streaming on [[Netflix]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/70045196|title=Bluffmaster!|website=[[Netflix]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0476527|title=Bluff Master}}

[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:Films about con artists]]
[[Category:Films directed by Rohan Sippy]]
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian crime comedy films]]
[[Category:Films scored by S. D. Burman]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vishal–Shekhar]]
[[Category:UTV Motion Pictures films]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of foreign films]]

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