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{{Short description|2019 film by Sourabh Shrivastava}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Fraud Saiyaan
| image = Fraud Saiyyan film poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Sourabh Shrivastava
| producer = [[Prakash Jha]] Disha Jha Kanishk Gangwal
| screenplay = Amal Donwaar Sharad Tripathi
| starring = [[Arshad Warsi]] [[Sara Loren]] [[Flora Saini]] [[Saurabh Shukla]] [[Nivedita Tiwari]] Peeyush Suhaney
| music = [[Sohail Sen]] [[Tanishk Bagchi]]
| cinematography = Prakash Kutty
| editing = Nirav Soni
| studio = Prakash Jha Productions Drama King Entertainment
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2019|01|18}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross = {{INR}}53 [[lakhs]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/fraud-saiyaan/box-office/|title=Fraud Saiyaan Box Office Collection till Now - Bollywood Hungama|publisher=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|accessdate=21 January 2019}}</ref>
}}

'''''Fraud Saiyaan''''' ({{translation|Fraud husband}}) is a 2019 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy-drama]] film directed by Sourabh Shrivastava and produced by [[Prakash Jha]], Disha Jha and Kanishk Gangwal. The film stars [[Arshad Warsi]], [[Saurabh Shukla]] and [[Sara Loren]], and features Deepali Pansare, [[Flora Saini]] and [[Nivedita Tiwari]] in supporting roles.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fraud Saiyaan Trailer Goes Viral, Arshad Warsi is Just Brilliant |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Bollywood/2018-12-29/Fraud-Saiyaan-Trailer-Goes-Viral-Arshad-Warsi-is-Just-Brilliant/466474 |accessdate=29 December 2018 |agency=The HANS India |date=29 December 2018}}</ref> Filming locations included [[Obedullaganj]], [[Raisen]], [[Bhopal]] and [[Mumbai]]. The soundtrack was composed by Sohail Sen, while Udai Prakash Singh handled the art direction. The film was released worldwide on 18 January 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/taran_adarsh/status/1062238943515566080|title=Twitter|website=Mobile.twitter.com|accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref>

== Plot ==

Story revolves around Bhola Prasad tripathi ([[Arshad Warsi]]), a [[con man]] who marries rich ladies for his living.

Bhola is living a happy married life with Sunita ([[Deepali Pansare]]) and living at her expenses. One day, her tauji ([[Saurabh Shukla]]) was coming to Lucknow so she fix up the meeting of her husband to meet tauji at railway station.

It is shown that Bhola did not turn up to meet tauji at railway station, instead he has been running from local goons and happens to meet tauji in train. Both unknowingly meet with each other in the train, until Sunita send pics of Bhola to tauji on his mobile phone.

Once tauji recognises Bhola, he pursue him by keeping his identity hidden and came to know about all the scams of Bhola and his relationships with various ladies in different parts of the city. Tauji, who is a detective who is hired by the police to catch him, becomes his associate. When Bhola meets Payal ([[Sara Loren]]), who is shown as a widow, he plans to con her but eventually falls in love with her. He finally robs her on the wedding day but could not run away due to his feelings for her. He comes back only to find out that she is also a fraudster like him who marries rich men for money. They both escape but Bhola gets caught by the police. He gets bailed after a week by tauji and Payal, who plans of the next con but he ditches her also at last and takes away all the jewellery and cash.

== Cast ==
* [[Arshad Warsi]] as Bhola Prasad Tripathi / Rana Bhola Pratap Singh
** Mohit Balchandani as young Bhola
* [[Saurabh Shukla]] as Murari Chaurasia
* [[Flora Saini]] as Shraddha
* [[Sara Loren]] as Payal
* [[Varun Badola]] as Badri
* [[Deepali Pansare]] as Sunita
* [[Nivedita Tiwari]] as Mala Dubey
* Peeyush Suhaney as Dulare
* Preeti Sood as Preeti
* Parul Bansal as Shrishti
* [[Parag Tyagi]] as Chandani's Husband
* [[Anangsha Biswas]] as Astha
* [[Amanda Rosario]] ([[item number]] "Ladies Paan")
* [[Elli Avram]] as Chandani ([[item number]] "[[Chamma Chamma]]")
* Ritesh M M Shukla as Train vendor <ref name="Chamma">{{cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/elli-avram-steps-into-urmila-matondkars-shoes-for-chamma-chamma/articleshow/66699490.cms|title=Elli AvRam steps into Urmila Matondkar's shoes for 'Chamma Chamma'|work= Mumbai Mirror|date=20 November 2018|access-date=21 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/elli-avrram-steps-into-urmila-matondkars-shoes-for-chamma-chamma-remake-for-fraud-saiyaan/19991198|title=Elli AvrRam steps into Urmila Matondkar s shoes for Chamma Chamma remake for Fraud Saiyaan|date=20 November 2018|website=Mid-day.com|accessdate=10 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/elli-avram-recreate-chamma-chamma-arshad-warsi-film/|title=Elli Avram recreate chamma-chamma|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref>

== Production ==
[[Principal photography]] commenced in October 2014 and was completed by 20 December. Warsi's character has 13 wives in the film. Priyanka Mundada was the film's costume designer.<ref>{{cite news |title= Arshad Warsi to have 13 wives|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2690011/Arshad-Warsi-to-marry-13-women-in-Fraud-Saiyyan|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref>

==Marketing and release==
The film was released worldwide on 18 January 2019.

===Reception===
The film received negative reviews from critics.
Writing for ''[[Daily News and Analysis]]'', Meena Iyer rated it one and a half stars
out of five and opined, "Don't bother with this farce, fraud or whatever in cinema's name you would like to refer to this one as".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/movie-reviews/report-fraud-saiyaan-review-this-is-the-worst-fraud-there-is-2709381|title='Fraud Saiyaan' review: This is the worst fraud there is|date=18 January 2019|website=Dnaindia.com|accessdate=10 February 2019}}</ref> Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of ''[[The Times of India]]'' rated the film one star out of five and concurred with Iyer, concluding, "Regardless of whether you enjoy con-man stories or you’re a fan of Arshad’s comedic talents, ''Fraud Saiyyan'' is not the kind of film that you should spend your time and effort on".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/fraud-saiyaan/movie-review/67611397.cms|title=Fraud Saiyaan Movie Review {1.0/5}: Critic Review of Fraud Saiyaan|accessdate=10 February 2019|website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film collected {{INR}}52 [[lakh]] nett in India in its opening week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/fraud-saiyaan/box-office/|title=Fraud Saiyaan Box Office Collection - Fraud Saiyaan Film Collection - Box Office Till Now|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]|accessdate=10 February 2019}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Fraud Saiyaan
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Sohail Sen]] and [[Tanishk Bagchi]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 18 January 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/fraud-saiyaan/xEy2IpKeE94_|title=Fraud Saiyaan - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |publisher=[[Saavn]]}}</ref>
| recorded = 2018
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Feature Film Soundtrack]]
| length =18:57
| label = [[Tips Industries|Tips Music]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| producer =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Sohail Sen]]
| type = soundtrack
| prev_title = [[Baazaar]]
| prev_year = 2018
| title = Fraud Saiyaan
| year = 2019
| next_title = [[Romeo Akbar Walter]]
| next_year = 2019}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Tanishk Bagchi]]
| type = soundtrack
| prev_title = [[Simmba]]
| prev_year = 2018
| title = Fraud Saiyaan
| year = 2019
| next_title = [[Luka Chuppi]]
| next_year =2019
}}}}

The music of the film has been composed by [[Sohail Sen]] and [[Kumaar]] has penned the lyrics.
The song "Chamma Chamma" which featured Elli Avram, is a recreated song from 1998 film [[China Gate (1998 film)|China Gate]] which originally featured [[Urmila Matondkar]] and was composed by [[Anu Malik]].<ref name="Chamma"/>
{{Tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 18:57
| title1 = [[Chamma Chamma]]
| extra1 = [[Neha Kakkar]], Romy, Arun, [[Ikka Singh|Ikka]]
| music1 = Original by: [[Anu Malik]] '''Recreated by''': [[Tanishk Bagchi]]
| lyrics1 = Original by: [[Sameer (lyricist)|Sameer]] '''Recreated by''':[[Shabbir Ahmed (lyricist)|Shabbir Ahmed]]
| length1 = 3:16
| title2 =Ishq Ishq Tera
| extra2 =Altamash Faridi
| lyrics2 =[[Kumaar]]
| length2 =5:35
| music2 =[[Sohail Sen]]
| title3 = Fraud Saiyaan
| extra3 = [[Shadab Faridi]]
| lyrics3 = Kumaar
| length3 = 2:03
| music3 = Sohail Sen
| title4 = Mashoor Hazoor - E - Aala
| extra4 = [[Shahid Mallya]]
| lyrics4 = Kumaar
| length4 = 3:34
| music4 = Sohail Sen
| title5 = Ladies Paan
| extra5 = Shahid Mallya, [[Mamta Sharma]], Shadab Faridi
| lyrics5 = Kumaar
| length5 = 4:29
| music5 = Sohail Sen
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|5013008}}
* {{Bollywood Hungama movie|fraud-saiyaan}}

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